Everybody was afraid of him until a farmer, whom nothing frightened easily, moved in Zlatá Koruna. Local people were telling him about the waterman’s mischiefs and they warned him and his wife better stay away from him. But farmer wasn’t scared and he decided to do something with it. He asked his wife to prepare him his fishing rod, and that he was going to have a look at that waterman. His wife was crying and begged him to stay at home, but he didn’t listen to her.

After the nightfall he went to the river. He spread his fishing stuff, started fishing and waited for the waterman. But he didn’t need to wait so long. The waterman was suddenly standing behind him with an awful screaming. The farmer got a little shiver but he pretended that he couldn‘t hear him. So the waterman came closer to him and wanted to scream right into his ear. But the farmer caught him with his muscular arms, grabbed his disgusting green hair and picked him up.