I’m actually buyin’ it. Sometimes the truth is just so weird it just has to be true.
Damn, though.... Up through the chin and out the face? That -really- had to hurt.
One of my nieces (who is a respiratory therapist) told me of the case in which this teenage boy placed a 12-gauge under his chin and pulled the trigger. The shot removed his face but didn't kill him. Now, he is going to spend the next 50-60 years in a hospital, with no eyes, no mouth (they made one for him), etc.
If he really wanted to kill himself, he should have placed the barrel in his mouth and aimed slightly downard to destroy the reptilian brain. Works every time.