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ByBen Cost

August 6, 2021 | 11:30amPopular Texas fishing guide Raymond “Skipper” H. Mock died after contracting a “flesh-eating” disease from an oyster cut.Facebook

A popular Texas fishing-boat guide tragically died last month after contracting a ravenous “flesh-eating” bacteria from a seemingly innocuous wound.

South Padre Island’s Raymond “Skipper” H. Mock, 61, had reportedly been infected with vibriosis, or fish poisoning — a bacterial infection most commonly associated with eating raw or undercooked seafood or exposing open wounds to water,the Houston Chronicle reported.Family and friends believe he most likely picked up the flesh-ravaging microbes through an oyster cut,according to Newsweek.

The fisherman officially died July 30 due to organ failure caused by sepsis, a “life-threatening condition that occurs when the body’s response to an infection damages its own tissues,”per the Mayo Clinic.

“It’s a very invasive disease,” said Dr. Sandra Lozano, a physician…