You Dirty Rat
Well, I’m really not surprised they found Meth on him
EUGENE, Oregon (AP) — A snorkeler who was shot in the face after he was apparently mistaken for a swimming rodent was in good condition after surgery, a hospital said Saturday.
…William Roderick, 60, of Reedsport, has been charged with assault, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. He was being held in the county jail.
Roderick told deputies he thought Cheesman was a nutria swimming in the Smith River near Reedsport, about 90 miles southwest of Eugene, and shot him with a .22-caliber rifle, police said.
A nutria is a water-dwelling South American rodent species that is larger than a muskrat but smaller than a beaver. It was introduced to U.S. waters in the 1940s, according the National Wildlife Federation.
I at least hope the guy who got shot has a full beard…
“Don’t Shoot!”
People | Mr. Bingley | 
February 12, 2007 8:17 am
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Love the picture. From “Home Alone”, isn’t it?
Hehe, we just watched that last night, actually! Daughter had never seen it.
Varmit Cong.
Clearly, it’s not safe to go into the water anymore.
And snorkeling in February???? The guy is avid indeed.
“Avid” is really not the word I’d have chosen…
THS beat me to the obligatory Caddyshack reference.
Who says we only need one Caddyshack reference?
“No! Not the snorkelers! The nutrias! The wee brown beasties.”
“Yeah – we can do that! We don’t even need a reason…”
I meant “avid” in a sense of “insane devotion to a hobby”, but I neglected to add the appropriate HTML tags.