It’s happened countless times in movies: the hero slips a Bible, a notebook, a watch, or (in “Back the Future III”) a stove door into their shirt before squaring off with their opponent. After a moment of tension-building drama, the villain draws and fires, striking our hero who crumples to the ground. After yet another moment of suspense, the seemingly-dead hero springs back to life, holding the book, watch, or what-have-you in their hand with a bullet or arrow stuck halfway through.
It’s the sort of unlikely turn of events you can only find in movies—after all, what are the chances that someone would hit the few square inches of protection tucked secretly inside the protagonist’s shirt? Well, apparently not as bad as one might think, because that’s almost exactly what happened in Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia last week.
According to the New South Wales Police Force, the victim (who was not named) pulled into his driveway on Nimbin Road at around 9 a.m. last Wednesday and noticed a man standing at the edge of his property brandishing a bow and arrow. According to the police report, the two men knew each other, and as the property owner produced his cell phone camera to take a picture of his bow-wielding visitor, the intruder released the arrow with, what one can assume, was an intent to kill.
Fortunately, luck was on the victim’s side and the arrow somehow hit the phonehe was using to try to capture a picture of his assailant. The force of the arrow’s impact pushed the phone back into the man’s face, allowing the arrowhead to cut his chin, leaving what police described as a “small laceration” and nothing more.
NSW Police Force
Police arrested a 39-year-old man at the scene, still carrying the bow, though officials have not released his name either. He was charged with intent to commit an indictable offense, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and malicious damage.
It’s happened countless times in movies: the hero slips a Bible, a notebook, a watch, or (in “Back the Future III”) a stove door into their shirt before squaring off with their opponent. After a moment of tension-building drama, the villain draws and fires, striking our hero who crumples to the ground. After yet another moment of suspense, the seemingly-dead hero springs back to life, holding the book, watch, or what-have-you in their hand with a bullet or arrow stuck halfway through.
It’s the sort of unlikely turn of events you can only find in movies—after all, what are the chances that someone would hit the few square inches of protection tucked secretly inside the protagonist’s shirt? Well, apparently not as bad as one might think, because that’s almost exactly what happened in Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia last week.
According to the New South Wales Police Force, the victim (who was not named) pulled into his driveway on Nimbin Road at around 9 a.m. last Wednesday and noticed a man standing at the edge of his property brandishing a bow and arrow. According to the police report, the two men knew each other, and as the property owner produced his cell phone camera to take a picture of his bow-wielding visitor, the intruder released the arrow with, what one can assume, was an intent to kill.
Fortunately, luck was on the victim’s side and the arrow somehow hit the phonehe was using to try to capture a picture of his assailant. The force of the arrow’s impact pushed the phone back into the man’s face, allowing the arrowhead to cut his chin, leaving what police described as a “small laceration” and nothing more.
NSW Police Force
Police arrested a 39-year-old man at the scene, still carrying the bow, though officials have not released his name either. He was charged with intent to commit an indictable offense, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and malicious damage.
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