A Texas woman did some checking into that Rick Perry shot a coyote while jogging story and came up with some interesting facts.  Like maybe, “Yeah, sure that happened.”

Wrong gun.  Wrong place.  Wrong animal.  And according to an expert, it would have to had been the shot of a lifetime.

I was skeptical of the story since he claimed it happened in February and he carried a gun because he’s scared of snakes.   First of all, snakes are sleeping in Texas in February and you couldn’t wake them up with a bullhorn and a marching band.  Second of all, any damfool knows you do not shoot snakes.  It just pisses them off.  If you don’t have a hoe and very quick reactions, you do not need to be in snake territory in cute little running shorts.

Most importantly, any man who shot a coyote would be carrying back the carcass for taxidermy and bragging rights.  Perry claims he didn’t tell anybody it for two weeks.

So Rick appears to be the first roadrunner to be outsmarted by a coyote and a Texas woman with firearm experience.

Thanks to David for the heads-up.