A Colorado man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound just after midnight on June 13 after a shootout with an unarmed raccoon, he claims.
Don Upshaw told police he was trying to get rid of a raccoon he saw sitting on a utility pole.
Somehow the 67-year-old missed—badly.
When police arrived at the 2500 block of Weston Road in southeast Colorado Springs, they found Upshaw bleeding from a gunshot wound in his lower leg.
Upton was transported to a hospital. His wound was not life-threatening, The Gazette report.
It might be an expensive wound, though.
Besides needing to pay for the ambulance and the hospital bills, Upshaw also may need to pay a fine.
Police cited him on suspicion of illegally firing a gun within city limits.
It is not likely his insurance will cover that.
Somewhere in Colorado Springs, a raccoon is laughing.
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