Shooting at Aliens

[GunnyGene]

No, not the Earthling type. Real aliens. Well, at least the 2 shooters who were spaced out on bath salts thought they were. Turned out they were fireflies. Now they're in jail. Not the fireflies, the shooters. :roll:

Excerpt:

https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/...-mistakes-fireflies-alien-lasers-return-fire/

A Pennsylvania man high on bath salts told police last week that he fired a gun at fireflies because he thought the glowing insects were “alien lasers,” authorities said.

Police said Jesse Shields and his girlfriend, Katherine McCloskey, believed the fireflies were “messing with them” and wanted to scare them off.

After firing the gun, Shields, along with McCloskey, ran away from the insects and broke into two homes, frightening the owners in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Shields told the second homeowners that he was being attacked, and they needed to call 911, the Harrisburg Patriot News reported.

If this dynamic duo is are our best hope in the event of an alien invasion, we’re boned.

Besides, everyone knows an alien invasion will target Will Smith first. It’s only natural since he’s clearly the greatest thorn in the side of any alien threat. (See also: Independence Day, Men In Black movies)

Seriously, though, this should never have happened. Why anyone would do these bath salts is beyond me. At least this time, no one was hurt. That’s a solid win right there.

 

[bogus bill]

I had a close friend, a Vietnam vet, who told me he was so hyped up that his first night in Nam he was manning a machine gun and opened up on some fireflys!

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Gunny, it doesn't sound like those two rated very high on the intelligence scale, BEFORE they got into the bath salts. I can't imagine what that stuff does to the brain. It's a wonder they weren't shooting into peoples houses and who knows where. I'm surprised someone wasn't killed. With any luck the jailer will loose the key to the cell. They really shouldn't be out in public.

 

[ronto]

I had a close friend, a Vietnam vet, who told me he was so hyped up that his first night in Nam he was manning a machine gun and opened up on some fireflys!

Upon arrival in Vietnam many Army personnel were processed in at the 90th Replacement Battalion in Long Binh. Many new arrivals were assigned guard duty shortly after being in-country. Many deer and monkeys met their end when the trigger happy new comers (me included) opened up on anything that moved outside the perimeter. It got so bad that you were given X rounds of ammo when you went on guard and if you came back with less than X rounds you were charged $1 for each round less.

 

[Big Old Boy]

I hated guard duty but after a few nights of waking everyone up at two am. with a few short burst i was on the 50 tower I was never on guard duty again.