Hit in the neck with high velocity paint balls

May 3, 2020
10:36:01pm

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Somehow working as a kid in a kitchen cleaning job I got in with a bunch of Vietnam vets who relived their war patrol days in Hobble Creek Canyon. I was covered in welts by the time they were done and my mom thought they were hickeys

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POLL: Have you taken a bullet? If so, what was it like?

ldssdl

5/3/20 9:46pm

9mm-Like a hot, stinging sensation. Really, kind of a stange feeling. However, I

Hoopster

5/3/20 9:52pm

What's the story behind that?

Ragnar Danneskjold

5/3/20 9:53pm

Shot during a robbery attempt while serving a mission with my wife in Mexico

Hoopster

5/3/20 9:57pm

Don't stop there. 😉

Choke

5/3/20 9:59pm

It's pretty obvious, he and his wife were robbing someone while they were in MX

wabluecoug

5/3/20 10:02pm

Shhh. That's not the story we tell people 😉

Hoopster

5/3/20 10:12pm

Sounds like a trib headline. 🙁

Choke

5/3/20 10:23pm

The Trib version had me resisting the gunman and causing my own shooting

Hoopster

5/3/20 10:27pm

😃 So sad. That rag drives me nuts.

Choke

5/3/20 10:41pm

I thought this was a joke and then read your original post and

cougarfann888

5/4/20 12:47am

I thought YOU were kidding, then I read the article... my goodness.

(Private)

5/4/20 9:08am

Did they ever recant the story? Apologize?

Choke

5/4/20 12:48pm

No, and I never contacted them or asked them to. The stories published in Mexico

Hoopster

5/4/20 3:28pm

This post from 4 1/2 years ago covers it.

Hoopster

5/3/20 10:06pm

Thanks. Sorry to pester you. 😉

Choke

5/3/20 10:11pm

No worries. I don't share details unless asked, but, it is "public" info on CB

Hoopster

5/3/20 10:15pm

I remember reading about that in the newspaper. Back in September 2015.

HighHorse

5/3/20 10:07pm

One of my BFs was shot by a .45 while serving his mission in Haiti in the mid 80

BYU Grounds

5/4/20 4:29pm

Does shrapnel count?

PickleButton

5/3/20 10:20pm

Sure, if you share the story

ldssdl

5/3/20 10:21pm

Just nerf dart gun wounds for me

JackStack

5/3/20 10:24pm

Hit in the neck with high velocity paint balls

OU Cougar

5/3/20 10:36pm

Nope, doesn't come close to counting.

Vincent's Picks

5/3/20 10:39pm

Really? If think getting a bunch of hickeys from some Vietnam Vets would be about as bad as taking a bullet. Poor OU.

Cru Jones

5/3/20 10:56pm

I knew a guy who shot himself in the leg.

byujdmba

5/3/20 10:39pm

My son shot himself in the foot last October. Said it didn't hurt much. He

Ssebo

5/4/20 12:22am

We were antelope hunting.

Ssebo

5/4/20 12:26am

WHAT?? This is nuts - he's lucky he still has a foot. If he'd hit bone it

Santos L. Halper

5/4/20 7:37am

Sure.

Ssebo

5/4/20 7:57am

My grandpa once took one to the thigh

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