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A martial arts enthusiast pulls a vehicle with a rope connected to his eye sockets during a performance in Hefei, Anhui province November 30, 2009. Picture taken November 30, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily

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    Bird dog steps on gun, kills hunter

    HOUSTON
    Wed Jan 9, 2008 9:10am EST
    A hunter holds his shotgun during a shoot in a forest at Bayenghem-les-Seninghem, near Saint-Omer, France, November 3, 2006. A Houston-area man was killed in a hunting accident after his dog stepped on a loaded shotgun in the back of a pick-up truck, triggering a blast that pierced the vehicle and the hunter's leg, a local sheriff said. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Houston-area man was killed in a hunting accident after his dog stepped on a loaded shotgun in the back of a pick-up truck, triggering a blast that pierced the vehicle and the hunter's leg, a local sheriff said.

    Oddly Enough

    Perry Price, a 46-year-old math teacher, shot a goose on Saturday then put his gun in the back of the truck where the dog was waiting to retrieve the bird.

    "I've been in law enforcement 20 years and this is probably the strangest one I've had," said Chambers County Sheriff Joe LaRive.

    Investigators found paw prints and mud from the dog, a chocolate Labrador retriever named Arthur, on the shotgun, LaRive said.

    Price was taken to a local hospital, but died from a loss of blood after doctors were unable to revive him.

    (Reporting by Anna Driver in Houston, editing by Todd Eastham)
    Oddly Enough


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