News Of The Weird - Jan. 3, 2005

Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.

January 3, 2005

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Bizarre but true stories about real people collected by syndicated columnist Chuck Shepherd.

The following people also accidentally shot themselves recently:

–A teenage boy, in the leg while fleeing after robbing a food store in New Caney, Texas (August);

–A 33-year-old Milwaukee man, in the leg while fleeing after robbing a man on the street (October).

–And Danny Walden, Taylorsville, Ky., was shot by the rifle he had set up in his home as a booby trap to protect his 115 marijuana plants (October).
(Send your Weird News to Chuck Shepherd, P.O. Box 18737, Tampa FL 33679 or [email protected] or go to www.NewsoftheWeird.com.) NEWS OF THE WEIRD

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