AP Article I just stumbled across, but no author was listed.
Original article found at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...d=816&u=/ap/20021127/ap_on_fe_st/hunter_saved
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Knife Stops Bullet From Hitting Hunter
It wasn't a gun that saved hunter Keith Ellis' life - it was his knife.
Ellis, 41, escaped serious injury Monday when a .243-caliber bullet grazed his hip and hit his knife while he was hunting near his home in a rural part of Augusta.
Game wardens believe the bullet came from the gun of a 13-year-old boy who was in a tree stand and was hunting with his father, spokesman Mark Latti of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department said.
The bullet grazed Ellis' hip and deflected off his folding knife, which he was carrying in a leather sheath on his belt. The bullet's impact spun Ellis around.
"It actually felt like a bee sting at first, and then I heard a loud bang," Ellis said. "I looked down and saw a hole through five layers of clothing and my knife split in two."
Ellis, who was wearing blaze orange, said he's certain the knife prevented the bullet from entering his body and possibly killing him.
"I owe it all to someone above," he said.
Original article found at: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...d=816&u=/ap/20021127/ap_on_fe_st/hunter_saved
Text from article:
Knife Stops Bullet From Hitting Hunter
It wasn't a gun that saved hunter Keith Ellis' life - it was his knife.
Ellis, 41, escaped serious injury Monday when a .243-caliber bullet grazed his hip and hit his knife while he was hunting near his home in a rural part of Augusta.
Game wardens believe the bullet came from the gun of a 13-year-old boy who was in a tree stand and was hunting with his father, spokesman Mark Latti of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department said.
The bullet grazed Ellis' hip and deflected off his folding knife, which he was carrying in a leather sheath on his belt. The bullet's impact spun Ellis around.
"It actually felt like a bee sting at first, and then I heard a loud bang," Ellis said. "I looked down and saw a hole through five layers of clothing and my knife split in two."
Ellis, who was wearing blaze orange, said he's certain the knife prevented the bullet from entering his body and possibly killing him.
"I owe it all to someone above," he said.
