He returned home, pleased with his catch, and prepared to cook the fish. He scrubbed and dismantled it.

But he had a serious scare. He discovered a human finger in the fish.

He was perplexed, and his wife was appalled.

How did a finger from a person get inside the carp?

The riddle was answered, according to the Daily Mail, when the fisherman called a friend to explain what had occurred.

The acquaintance informed him that a man who had an accident on the same lake and had lost four fingers had been the subject of a TV news broadcast.