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Leisher wrote:Best or worst hider ever?

Malcolm wrote:

Leisher wrote:Best or worst hider ever?

Wtf did the gator do to deserve death?

TheCatt wrote:

Malcolm wrote:

Leisher wrote:Best or worst hider ever?

Wtf did the gator do to deserve death?

Pretty sure that's standard operating procedure of any animal that kills a human.

Less sure if they then cut off its head and put it on a stake as a message to others.

TheCatt wrote:It doesn't apply to animals.

Leisher wrote:Time to ban bows and arrows.

West Virginia State Police say a 15-year-old boy was killed while playing a game of "dodging arrows."

Leisher wrote:Shooting at explosives. What could go wrong?

Tannerite — a mixture of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder that explodes when struck by a high-velocity bullet — is normally used for target practice.

During this week’s court appearance, Anthony Senatore testified that he was only 10 feet away when his son fired the fatal shot.

“When the gun went off, I turned around and realized what gun it had been,” Senatore said, according to video published by the Press. “I immediately removed it from his hands and threw it into my garage up on my work bench...

Senatore’s attorney, Robert Ebberup, told the paper last year that his client — a sportsman who hunts and fishes — had originally removed the rifle from a gun locker after hearing a noise in the middle of the night. Senatore testified that the weapon was wrapped in a towel and loaded at the time, according to the Press.

The gun was under the bed for months.

“Each and every one of us have hobbies and other recreational activities that we pursue,” he said. “I am no different than any other person in that respect, but for one horrible mistake, one terrible lapse in judgment, which will define the remainder of my days.”

During a court appearance in 2014, Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain said Senatore also kept multiple shotguns in the house, including a Remington 12-gauge and two Harrington & Richardsons. The weapons were placed near ammunition, the prosecutor said, in a household with three children aged 12, 8 and 4.

But on June 30, while in New Hampshire, Lee was forced by a family emergency to leave the trail. Largay insisted on going on alone despite what Lee said was a poor sense of direction.

Lee later told investigators that Largay "had taken a wrong turn on the trail, more than once." She also said Largay was afraid to be alone — and scared of the dark, the New York Times reported.

Largay's doctor told them she was prone to panic attacks and took anxiety medication.

Investigators said Largay's cellphone revealed she got lost in the dense woods after she left the trail to use the bathroom. Right away, she texted her husband for help.
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It turned out that Largay, who died while waiting for help that never arrived, was just two miles from the Appalachian Trail.

The boy climbed through a barrier and fell some 15 feet to a shallow moat in Harambe's enclosure, Maynard said.
Kimberly Ann Perkins O'Connor, who captured some of the incident on her phone, told CNN she overheard the boy joking to his mother about going into the water.
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"Unfortunately, it was a bad situation where a 4-year-old didn't have the attention of his mother for seconds," she said. "I don't think it was as easy as standing up and falling in. He actually had to climb under something, through some bushes and then into the moat."

Some even suggested the boy's parents should be held criminally responsible for the incident.