My Dad is famous.

OK, ok, ok. Yes, my dadshot himself in the leg. And yes, he was trying to kill an opossum that was trying to get his chickens. The funniest thing about this is that it made it across the whole country as a news article. After shooting his leg Dad walked down to the house and mom took him to the hospital. There they determined that it was in deep enough that it was best to leave the bullet. So, at this point he is fine, though a little sore.

Here is the article by Accociated Press
CHICKEN OWNER SHOOTS SELF WHILE STALKING OPOSSUM
When Larry Tenbrink heard his chickens "carrying on" late at night, he figured the problem was the opossum that had already snatched more than a dozen of them over the past few months. With a .22 caliber pistol in hand, the Mount Vernon man says he spotted an opossum the size of a large cat wandering his property Sunday night -- but he accidentally pulled the trigger too early, sending a bullet through his lower right thigh. The 61-year-old handyman told the Skagit Valley Herald on Monday that he's back home after a trip to the hospital. The opossum is free for now, but Tenbrink says he'll be hunting it again. Next time, he says he'll use a trap.