Hehe... oh the many french jokes I could make..
IT was a case of the hunter being hunted when a 70-year-old French man stopped to relieve himself against a tree Friday and was shot in the backside by his own rifle.
Firefighters in southern France recounting the incident said the unidentified man leant his gun against a car and was shot when it fell to the ground and discharged.
Firemen said the bullet merely grazed his rump, adding that he had escaped serious injury by a centimetre or so.
Posted by Muddy at December 7, 2004 09:28 PM | TrackBackIsn't that something? A man goes hunting and gets shot in the ass by his own riffle. Good thing it was just his rump...could have ended up quite horribly if he had been facing the opposite direction - YOUCH!
Glad to hear the guys ok.
Posted by: mrs. muddy at December 7, 2004 11:33 PMSeveral thoughts come to mind. Safety switch....set the damned thing flush on the ground. This guy should have died.
Posted by: skywalker at December 8, 2004 09:08 AMAnother thought that comes to *my* mind...if you're going to be that stupid with your riffle while hunting - stay home to begin with. Of course, that's MO but....
Posted by: mrs. muddy at December 8, 2004 10:19 AMAnother thought comes to my mind. THat man's dead. For real.
Of course he may have been one of those stupid so called hunters, shooting animals fed all year long, destroying endangered species, asking for free access to guns and voting for conservative parties ... But he still was human, may be had grandchildren, and though his death is stupid, it still is sad.
Hunting accident happen all the time, in all countries. What's the point in relating this. Should I be looking for similar stories about americans ?
Good brief.
What a loss of time.