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Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet
ReutersBy By Lisa Maria Garza | Reuters – 14 hours ago
By Lisa Maria Garza

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.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoo...-214656503.html

Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #7

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Quote: Sanguine wrote in post #6

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And, they eat bugs!

And, just for the record I don't understand why somebody would shoot a creature that they're not going to use somehow like the lion in Zimbabwe.

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Yeah, that Cecil story is a real tragedy in its own right. The dentist made a very stupid mistake. That seems obvious.

Look how it's turned out

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Quote: Sanguine wrote in post #8

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Wow, Cecil was 13?

I suspect that's pretty old for a lion in the wild.

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Quote: Sanguine wrote in post #8

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Wow, Cecil was 13?

I suspect that's pretty old for a lion in the wild.

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He looked to be in pretty good shape for an old man lion.

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I can relate to that!

but do we really know Cecil's DOB? I think that image was made by someone who didn't know, just a guess.

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