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iamwhatiam
27-03-2011, 12:34 PM
Someone sent me this in an email.

Henry Ziegland thought he had dodged fate. In 1883, he broke off a relationship with his girlfriend who, out of distress, committed suicide.

The girl's brother was so enraged that he hunted down Ziegland and shot him.

The brother, believing he had killed Ziegland, then turned his gun on himself and took his own life.

But Ziegland had not been killed. The bullet, in fact, had only grazed his face and then lodged in a tree. Ziegland surely thought himself a lucky man.

Some years later, however, Ziegland decided to cut down the large tree, which still had the bullet in it. The task seemed so formidable that he decided to blow it up with a few sticks of dynamite. The explosion propelled the bullet into Ziegland's head, killing him.

Ghost29
27-03-2011, 01:26 PM
Pics or it didn't happen.

hawker
27-03-2011, 01:38 PM
The probability of all of that happening is 0.

I call BS.

Nokkie
27-03-2011, 01:41 PM
I call it karma :)

MickeyD
27-03-2011, 01:45 PM
calls Mythbusters

1883?

genetic
27-03-2011, 02:03 PM
I call BS.

Complete BS I say.

Garyvdh
27-03-2011, 04:07 PM
This story seems to be quoted on a lot of websites as true, but I can't find anything about it being a hoax, not on Snopes or anywhere else.

Stickfigure
27-03-2011, 04:30 PM
I say it's possible. But the chances of that happening are like 1 in a bazillion.

hawker
27-03-2011, 04:33 PM
I say it's possible. But the chances of that happening are like 1 in a bazillion.

All the events themselves may be true, but just the part where he is killed by the same bullet makes me wonder. I think he was killed by some other projectile flying as a result of the explosion (stones,splinters, tree falling on him.)

Rosaudio
27-03-2011, 04:37 PM
I doubt it really.

Zewp
27-03-2011, 06:06 PM
Dynamite for a tree? Must be one huge ass mofo tree.

CrazYmonkeY159
27-03-2011, 08:45 PM
Isnt there a family in the UK whove won the Lottery twice...

statistically phenominal

Rosaudio
27-03-2011, 08:52 PM
Isnt there a family in the UK whove won the Lottery twice...

statistically phenominal

Easy. Out of luck you win the Lotto the first time, then spend all the prize money on Lotto tickets.. and win again. :)

Ekstasis
27-03-2011, 08:56 PM
my uncle has a photo of a crocodile...

Ghost29
28-03-2011, 04:23 AM
I had a portuguese teacher whose dad won the lottery twice. Once in Mozambique. He then used the money to emigrate to Portugal where he won the lottery again.

Generator Man
28-03-2011, 08:57 AM
Oh I saw a little pig just flying past my window...:D