Texas man smokes pot, calls cops after being 'shot' by dog
A Texas man may end up the butt of some jokes in his small town after surviving what he first thought was a gunshot wound to his rear end.
On Thursday, police in Groesbeck, population 4,328, moved to ease concerns about talk of a shooting in a local mobile-home park.
Groesbeck Police Chief Chris Henson posted on the department's Facebook page that officers were called to the scene by a man who said he thought he'd been shot in his left buttock while sitting on a porch.
To quell the rumor concerning a reported shooting today, I want to offer this brief explanation. We responded to a...
Posted by Groesbeck Police Department on Thursday, May 26, 2016
It wasn't clear what type of dog was the culprit, or whether it was the victim's pooch, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Henson's post generated many humorous comments, lauding the dog for "taking a bite out of crime" and glad police "weeded out" and "got to the bottom" of the issue.
