Imagine this scenario : A poacher arrives at an area where there are wild deer, intent on shooting one – but it’s out of season, so it’s illegal to do so. He takes a shot at a deer and hits it – unknown to him though, it’s actually a stuffed replica put there by the […]
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Fetish: Americans Shooting Themselves in the Foot
Theodore Cosco [pictured here], who is a past president of the Cambridge University Clay Pigeon Shooting Club, and James Harmsworth King display their unusual across-the-sea foot fetish, in this study: “Americans shooting themselves in the foot: the epidemiology of podiatric self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the United States,” Theodore D. Cosco and James H. King, Medical Journal of […]
Attracting Wildlife – for research (or shooting) [new patent]
Inventor Harrison Forrester, from Greenwood, SC, USA, has just received a patent for a wildlife attractor device which may help scientific researchers (or hunters), “The present invention is related to a hunting device that is particularly suitable for attracting wildlife and animals, such as deer, antelope, and varmints to a particular location.” The device, which […]
Shooting a Football Fan with a Signal Rocket
A game of football can, even after the fact, generate forensic interest. A case in point: “Singular Case of Shooting a Football Fan with a Signal Rocket,” M. Kobek, K. Rygol, C. Chowaniec, A. Nowak, Forensic Science International, Volume 147, Supplement, 17 January 2005, Pages S43-S44. The authors, at the Medical University of Silesia in […]
Headline of the Day: Eyes Shoot Rays, They Say
Today’s Headline of the Day is from a now- (and perhaps always)-undated press release issued by Ohio State University. It says: DOES SOMETHING LEAVE OUR EYES DURING VISION? MANY ADULTS SAY YES It was probably sent out in 2001, as it refers to this study: “The persistence of a misconception about vision after educational interventions,” […]