The impact likely killed the woman, but it was not immediately clear if she had any puncture wounds from the ray's barb, Pino said.
Given that you said the hunting is messy (no clean puncture wounds), I'm assuming that they get dirty… or at least bloody.
Steven Fogarty, who suffered 40 puncture wounds to his leg, told how he survived the attack by punching the bull shark in the face. "Something just grabbed me from behind.