It all started at Saturday.

Me and my bud were just sitting around in his apartment, having a cold one, and chatting about hunting shotguns. (We`re both avid gun-lovers and both own shotguns.)

Thing after thing, we were talking about blank shells. I claimed, that they are as dangerous, as buckshot, if misused, while buddy held the notion, that they are completely harmless.

So, to prove his point, he promptly slipped one in his shotgun, cocked it, put the barrel under his chin, and said - "Now look here!"

I wasn`t paying too much attention, until he said to look, so I only had time to drop the beer and sit up, before he pulled the trigger.

Thankfully, the barrel slipped, so it did not killed him on the spot. Rather, blast ripped off his chin to the bone, dislocated his jaw, knocked out several teeth, made him bit off the tonguetip, and burned his face pretty badly.

The following is pretty obvious - ambulance, hospital, police. It was decided to classify this as "unfortunate accident", after much of investigation.

Story might be covered in local newspapers (Ukraine, Odessa), but I haven`t saw any mention, so far, since there was no crime or death involved.

I withhold the name out of courtesy, since main hero is alive and getting better. If there will be any media coverage, the cat is out of bag, I guess, but I hope he`ll manage to stay "unidentified idiot".

(For technically-conscious - shotgun involved was 12-gauge TOZ-194 with pistol grip.v)

Submitted on 03/13/2007

Submitted by: Alice Shade
Reference: Date: March 10, 2007. Media: None, sorry. Personal account.

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I couldn't find any news articles on this so it'll have to remain a Personal Account. If it does make it into the newspapers be sure to re-submit the story and provide a link. Thanks, Alice!

James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Yep, about as "classic" as it gets, up to and including "watch this"! I take it this happened in the Ukraine, so I doubt we'll see any news of this here in the US, but it's a keeper as a PA! Thanks Alice!

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