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Man shoots armadillo, hits mother-in-law (GA)
wyff4.com ^
| April 14, 2015
Posted on 04/14/2015 9:36:13 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
LEESBURG, Ga. —A man shot an armadillo, but the bullet ricocheted off the armadillo and struck his mother-in-law.
Investigators say that Larry McElroy fired a pistol at the armadillo Sunday night, WALB-TV reports.
The bullet killed the armadillo but ricocheted off of it, hit a fence, went through the back door of Carol Johnson's mobile home and hit the chair in which she was sitting, hitting her in the back, The Associated Press reports.
Johnson's wounds are not life-threatening, the AP reports.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: armadillo; motherinlaw; napl
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"I really think if they're going to shoot at varmints and whatnot, maybe use a shotgun," Lee County Investigator Bill Smith tells WALB-TV.
To: ilovesarah2012
Probably a simple case of mistaken identity.
He THOUGHT it was an armadillo - it turned out it was his mother-in-law all along.
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:38:01 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
To: ilovesarah2012; All
“A man shot an armadillo, but the bullet ricocheted off the armadillo and struck his mother-in-law.”
Nice shot?
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:38:20 AM PDT
by
areukiddingme1
(areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
To: ilovesarah2012
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:38:35 AM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: ilovesarah2012
Ats a damn unlucky accidental shot. A real unfortunate accident IMO....
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:38:42 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: WayneS
That’s quite a trick shot. He planned it that way.
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:38:58 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Honor the Commandments because they're not suggestions; don't gamble on forgiveness.)
To: ilovesarah2012
We know it wasn’t Lee Harvey Oswald’s magic bullet.
To: FreedomPoster; Hoodat
Georgia Ping.
Can I safely assume this was not either one of you?
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:39:12 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: ilovesarah2012
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:39:29 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: areukiddingme1
channeling Arlen Specter...
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:40:01 AM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: WayneS
Armadillo, was carrying a mirror (mimicry).
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:40:58 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
To: ilovesarah2012
How many shots did he take at the armadillo?
That is an awful lot of energy before it gets to Mom.
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:41:27 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
To: Loud Mime
Took him only three tries ...
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:41:46 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Victim" -- some people eagerly take on the label because of the many advantages that come with it.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Johnson's wounds are not life-threatening, Missed by...THIS much....
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:42:05 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Unmutual and Disharmonious)
To: dfwgator
Best Headline, ever. The only thing that could make this story better would be a police report that concludes there was no armadillo.
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:42:17 AM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: ilovesarah2012
Armadillos are damn hard to kill.
I killed one with a crescent wrench once.
It jumped 3 feet in the air!.........................
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:42:34 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Loud Mime; All
Annie Oakley Trick shot!
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:42:49 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
To: Loud Mime
LOL I know this story isn’t funny, but I couldn’t help but laugh. Glad the MIL will be okay.
To: Alex Murphy
It ran away, officer, honest!...................
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posted on
04/14/2015 9:43:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
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