The police consider the shooting accidental, but the investigation is ongoing (are they going to charge the dog with attempted murder?). And although this type of incident may seem like a genuine joke, it is real and is not an isolated case.
A 53-year-old man from Pennsylvania, USA, is recovering in hospital this week after being accidentally shot by his own dog. Incredible as it may seem, the unusual incident it is not isolated (or anything new).
According to Shillington police, cited by , officers were called last Tuesday night following a report of a man with a gunshot wound to the back. When they arrived, they found the victim conscious, lying on the floor, but able to explain the ‘madness’ that had just happened.
The man said that he was cleaning his shotgun and that, as he sat down on the bed, one of his dogs jumped onto the mattress and fell directly onto the gun, which was fired, hitting the victim in the back. Injured, he was immediately transported by paramedics to a nearby hospital, where he underwent surgery. You will still need another operation.
The police consider the shooting accidental, but the investigation is ongoing and, although this type of incident may seem like a joke, it is real and is not isolated.
Historical records collected by in 2013 point to similar accidents that refer to 1928which occurred from time to time throughout the 20th century and continued into this century, both in the 2000s, 2010s and, now, in the 2020s.
In this first record found — a short one from The Evening Independent entitled “Man Whale Dog” — the newspaper reports on the death of a Denver man, after “a hunting dog stepped on the trigger of a shotgun”.
