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Russian Roulette -Honorable Mention

2008 Reader Submission
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I worked with this kid's sister, and my father-in-law had him in math class at the local high school, and my boss's son is friends with him. They all said he was a smart, quiet kid. Apparently he went to a party at a friend's house where there was some alcohol and a locked gun cabinet. The host decided to get out his father's guns, which he were presumed were unloaded (or perhaps he took the bullets out), and show them off to his buddies at the party. A few of them had had a few drinks, but Travis had only had one beer (which may be quite a lot for a 16 year old kid who might not have drank anything before). About the time the gun got around to Travis, the girl he had a crush on sat down on his lap. When the gun was handed to him, the girl told him to put it down, that he shouldn't play with guns. He said, "Don't worry its not loaded," and put the gun to his head, and pulled the trigger. When you unload a gun, you should always check to see if there's one in the chamber. The one bullet that was forgotten fired from the gun at point blank through Travis's left temple and came cleanly out the right side. Amazingly enough, he didn't die. Actually, he wasn't even that hurt. The doctors patched him up and ran some tests, and the only injury they found were two small scars on either side of his head.

Submitted on 03/18/2008

Submitted by: Sara Snelling
Reference: Feb-March 2008 New Albany, IN

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I was all ready to reject this one as too common as Russian Roulette happens more often than we would like to see, but the fact that it passed clear through where his brain would have been, had be possessed one, without death or serious injury puts it in the realm of unusual. Hopefully the girl in his lap had second thoughts about any relationship. Thanks for the story, Sara, and if you can find a definitely link for verification, we would much appreciate it.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Verification of this story would be amazing. I hope that kid realizes he's the luckiest bastard in the world managing to survive that without any serious injury. Perhaps he can thank a clear lack of intelligence, likely due to the fact he didn't have much gray matter to begin with. Thanks, Sara!


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