Marietta, Texas, is of course in East Texas.  It’s half way between Nodamnplace and Mt. Pleasant.

There’s Armadillos there and 52 year old Samuel Ebert was trying to fix that.

He hauled off and fired his gun three times at an armadillo at 3:00 am. Best I know from my vast armadillo experience, armadillos do not routinely glow in the dark. I imagine the only light at 3:00 am in east Texas is neon, not the best for hunting.

In an odd twist of hunting protocol, Samuel Ebert ended up shooting himself.

He claimed the bullet ricocheted off the animal’s hard-shelled armor and plunked him in the head.

Sheriff Larry Rowe countered the explanation, saying the bullet more likely bounced off a rock.

“We got tough armadillos out here. But they’re not that tough,” Rowe told the Daily News.

He ended up with a fractured jaw, and the sheriff knowing he was drunk at 3:00 am shooting at rocks, which might be kinda embarrassing.

Amarillo 1, Rock 0, Samuel Ebert -3.