Legally they're innocent - but they still sound like idiots.
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What we saw looked like a gorilla, but this is Pennsylvania, not
Africa, so we figured it had to be Bigfoot," said Gerald, a
42-year-old auto mechanic. "When it turned like it was coming toward
us, we panicked. I had a clear shot and Fred yelled, 'Shoot the damn
thing!' so I shot.
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That's what my first reaction would have been.
'Crap, what is that thing?'
'Shoot it a couple of times first. Maybe then we'll be able to tell.'
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It let out a scream that sounded more human than animal and went down
hard -- and suddenly, these two guys with videocameras came running
out of the woods, screaming, 'Oh, no! Oh, no! You killed him!'
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'You mean I took away a creatures's life needlessly? I just thought I was game hunting!'
Why do these people shoot the crap out of the first thing that terrifies them? It's that gun mentality that drives me nuts.