Posted on 11/03/2016 3:01:58 PM PDT by PROCON
WASHINGTON (ABC7) A U.S. Park Police officer shot himself in the foot Thursday after being attacked by a raccoon in Northwest D.C., according to officials.
Police say the officer was trying to get the raccoon off him when he shot himself. The officer was taken to the hospital and police say the injuries are not life-threatening.
ABC7's Q McCray reports neighbors say they heard nine gunshots and that the officer was flown to the hospital.
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About 7 yds out I yell at it and am able identify it as a coon. It turns around and runs off so I made a derogatory comment about it's lack of bravery. (^;
It turned around and charged again, I yelled again, but it kept coming. I drew my hunting pistol, drew the hammer, and dropped it on the safety pin. The juvenile coon was now still running at me and was at my feet. I drop kicked it and it left.
Well, since you brought it up...............yes.
yep...most likely
Great minds think alike... :-)
Always carry three extra magazines or speedloaders. Otherwise, plinking just ain’t no fun...
He couldn’t identify his attacker as it was wearing a mask like with this video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTcjzaqL0pE
Once a raccoon jumped and attacked me. Good thing I had a carhardt
on. I was hiding behind a tree, trying to catch kids who were doing donuts on my lawn. Never again!
Sounds like a Jerry Clower routine to me.
Reading a book ain't nothing like doing it.
Raccoons are typically afraid of humans, unless this DC one is somewhat tame. Nonetheless, they can be extremely viscous, downright nasty and scary. I can see why this clown wanted to shoot it. But 9 shots at this close of a range?
"Just shoot up in here amongst us; ONE of us has got to have some relief!"
We sure could use a Jerry Clower now a days.
We can laugh about this, but raccoons are incredibly strong and can be extremely mean. I used to coon hunt and saw some coons tear up dogs. I watched a 15 lb coon soundly beat a 120 lb coon dog, to a degree that the dog never tracked coons again. The owner had to make the dog a deer dog; which reduced the dogs monetary value by about 2/3s. If a coon started actively fighting me, I would start shooting and only stop when I ran out of bullets.
He is clearly too ashamed to admit the raccoon got his gun and shot him. I don’t blame him. Those varmints are big.
They killed our beautiful cat once. He was the dumbest cat we had at the time. There was a water dish on the porch and the other cats just let all the wild animals eat out of it. He tried to defend his stupid water dish.
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