Man tries shooting stubborn lug nut, shoots his legs instead

New York Daily News ^ | november 13 2007 | DancesWithCats

[DancesWithCats]

SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - A man tired of fighting a stubborn lug nut blasted the wheel with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring himself badly in both legs, sheriff's deputies said.

The 66-year-old man had been repairing a Lincoln Continental for two weeks at his home near Southworth, about 10 miles southwest of Seattle, and had gotten all but one of the lug nuts off the right rear tire by Saturday afternoon, Kitsap County Deputy Scott Wilson said.

"He was bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said.

From about arm's length, the man fired the shotgun at the wheel and was "peppered" in both legs with buckshot and debris, with some injuries as high as his chin.

"Nobody else was there and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said.

[DancesWithCats]

... no, just incredibly stupid. Hope he don't work at Pep Boys.

[Kozak]

“Hold muh beer”.....

[Man50D]

What an idiot. An M-80 would have done the job.

[rightinthemiddle]

Shotgun in the trunk, lug wrench in the garage. Seems about right.

[Red Badger]

[TommyDale]

Had he not survived, he would have been a shoo-in for the Darwin Awards.

[Malsua]

What a dummy. Just put a longer pipe on the breaker bar. Either it comes loose or breaks off, but the problem is fixed.

[dennisw]

No Darwin unless he peppered his nuts.

[reagan_fanatic]

Dummy. He should have held a live grenade over the lug nut. That would have broke it loose.

[Tarpon]

Probably bent the wheel out of balance, now needs new wheel as well. Who knew you couldn’t remove a lugnut with a shotgun blast.

[KarlInOhio]

A shotgun: the WD-40 for the 21st century.

[posterchild]

Well, did it work?

[VR-21]

I’ll bet that dumbass used too tight a choke. I swear!

[NormsRevenge]

a cousin of Madeline NotSoAlBright, no doubt.. damn

[BnBlFlag]

For a 66yo, he hasn’t learned much. Has he ever heard of the word “ricochet”?

[Eye of Unk]

[GOPmember]

Any relation to this guy? They're both Washingtonians.

[colorado tanker]

Liquid Wrench would’ve worked better, but I guess it wouldn’t have been as emotionally satisfying as shooting the sucker.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1925028/posts

[wideawake]

Thanks for the link. What a silly person.