Armadillo's revenge.....

02 August 2015, 02:36

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Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet
By Lisa Maria Garza July 31, 2015

DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday.

Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire.

"His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said.

The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said.

The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe.

The status of the animal is unknown.

"We didn't find the armadillo," the sheriff said.

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02 August 2015, 03:33

Grizzly Adams

Not only that, apparently they carry Leprosy as well.

http://www.wuft.org/news/2015/...sy-rates-in-florida/

Grizz

Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal. John E Pfeiffer, The Emergence of Man

Those who can't skin, can hold a leg. Abraham Lincoln

Only one war at a time. Abe Again.

02 August 2015, 03:50

larrys01

Did the Armadillo have a name?

02 August 2015, 03:58

Gatogordo

I think he wants to remain anonymous until he is cleared based on self defense.....or he can reload.

This story was on yahoo (and others). Some of the comments are pretty funny, and, of course, there are the usual animal lovers, some can even spell......

02 August 2015, 07:46

Mark Clark

This guy needs better bullets.
Buy him some CEB Solids to take on these armored beasts.

He can't shoot anymore Dillos until he reads every page of the terminal ballistics thread.

Mark

02 August 2015, 07:56

Idaho Sharpshooter

serves him right, trying to murder a poor creature like that.

Do we know yet if the Armadillo was an "Undocumented Immigrant" or he had a family?

02 August 2015, 08:07

Grenadier

They have a habit of making bullets ricochet.

Remember this from April 14 of this very year: Georgia man wounds mother-in-law after bullet ricochets off armadillo

quote:
Carol Johnson suffers non-life-threatening injuries after bullet kills animal, rebounds, hits fence, travels through back door and recliner, before striking her in back

They are nasty beasts. I ate so many of them in the swamps of Florida I still get the taste in my mouth when I see one.

02 August 2015, 09:02

Mark Clark

Possum on the Halfshell

02 August 2015, 18:35

Gatogordo

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Clark:
Possum on the Halfshell

They taste a helluva lot better than possum.