Scariest thing I saw was a friend I brought out kneeling down to clean his fish when someone decides to step in and fish a little while he's at it. With my back turned I hear a very loud squeal/scream. I turn around to see my friend with one hand clutching the other, the guy set the hook while casting. Not a big deal I guess, but due to positioning, there is no reason why it couldn't have been his eye. The pale faced offender apologized profusely and we didn't see him again that day.
The funniest, same day, was a guy that shouted fish on and then spring on shortly after. It was really fighting him, moving around and then attempting to spool him. Everyone pulled their lines out anxiously awaiting the arrival of this beast. After a few minutes, someone suggests it may be a snag, as it isn't moving much anymore. "oh no, it's a spring!" after a few more minutes I shout out, "it's either going to be a story about the spring you caught, or another story posted on the Internet about a guy who fought a snag for a 1/2 hour" Not sure if my comment got in his head, but a few minutes later he decided to rethink the spring theory and free up from his snag.
I guess that whole 'story on the net' thing came true after all.
One more, somewhat scary. Fishing at my usual spot and someone says there is a bear across the river. Sure enough a nice big bear, neat to see. Cut to 24 hours later in the same spot, 2 fishermen. Scary if the two stories came together.
Rob