44 Magnum vs Mouse

Maybe it's all the smoke from the fires, but something's gotten into the intelligence factor of some folks out here in California. It's the kind of stuff that comedies are made of.


An unidentified 44-year-old woman was apparently disturbed by the sight of mice scurrying across her travel trailer floor. Rather than resorting to peanut butter and spring traps, she found the .44 caliber magnum pistol in her shoulder holster to be a tad bit quicker to get at. Enter the forces of gravity, and perhaps (peanut?) butter-fingers.


The loaded pistol fell to the trailer floor, whereupon it immediately discharged one bullet. With unerring--seeming fatalistic--accuracy, the gun's projectile then made a non-stop, through-and-through visit in and out of the woman's right kneecap. After departing the kneecap, the bullet traveled across the trailer, impacting a ring of keys.

Unfortunately, the ring of keys was attached to a 42-year-old man's belt loop. On impact with the keys, the bullet ricocheted off the key ring. From there the wayward bullet tore an entry hole into the man's pants, traveled across his body, causing what police described as a, "superficial wound" to the front of his groin. The bullet was later seized as evidence by police when it was found hiding out in the man's coin pocket.


On arrival medics found the woman lying partially in and partially out of the trailer. The report did not indicate in what position the as-yet-unidentified man was found in. Some might suggest it was possibly in prayer.

Folks, we don't make these things up. Further information appears in both the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, and the Lake County News.