{"id":3851,"date":"2011-12-01T08:17:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T15:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/01\/well-i-didnt-think-it-happened-on-purpose\/"},"modified":"2011-12-01T08:25:31","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T15:25:31","slug":"well-i-didnt-think-it-happened-on-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/01\/well-i-didnt-think-it-happened-on-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Well…. I didn’t think it happened ON PURPOSE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man is accidentally shot by his own dog |<\/a><\/p>\n

And strangely enough, that’s what really happened to a hapless dog owner in Brigham City, Utah. The man in question–a 46-year-old hunting enthusiast who is not named in local news reports on the incident–got a behind-full of birdshot courtesy of his loyal canine companion when he was out duck hunting over the weekend.<\/p>\n

KSL.com reports the man and his dog were traveling in a canoe-like boat when the man stepped out into a shallow marsh to set up some decoys. His left his 12-gauge shotgun resting across the bow of the boat, according to Box Elder County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Potter.<\/p>\n

That’s when the dog “did something to make the gun discharge,” Potter said. “I don’t know if the safety device was on. It’s not impossible the dog could have taken it off safety.”<\/p>\n

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Apparently excited to join his owner in the marsh, the dog jumped up on the boat’s bow and stepped on the gun. The gun was fired, hitting the man in the buttocks with 27 pellets of birdshot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UPDATE: The man lived, so no Darwin award here…. though I assume he won’t be doing much sitting for awhile.<\/p>\n

UPDATE II: You don’t suppose his last name is Cheney, do you?<\/p>\n

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