'It's like something out of a horror movie': Man, 67, dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria
Mike Funk, 67, contracted a bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus. He had an open leg wound when he went into the Assawoman Bay in Maryland on September 11 as he packed up a boat A man's death has been described by his widow as 'something out of a horror movie'. Mike Funk, 67, contracted a bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus. He had an open leg wound when he went into the Assawoman Bay in Maryland on September 11 as he packed up a boat, CBS Baltimore reported.