Redfield, IA – An Iowa man was hospitalized after what first looked like an armed recovery mission by a team of Delta Force raccoons. Authorities would establish, instead, that the gunfire was the unexpected result of an intentional, albeit poorly implemented, plan. The melee began last Saturday morning when Larry Godwin, 68, reportedly discovered a raccoon in a live trap that he had set. Soon after, Godwin set upon the plan of an execution-style slaying of the caged animal. Brandishing a .22 caliber handgun, Godwin shot at the trapped raccoon. The first shot Godwin fired ricocheted from the cage, reportedly striking Godwin in the right lower abdomenal area. This caused Godwin to drop the pistol and it fired again, striking him again in almost precisely the same location as the first shot. *It is believed that, at this point, *the original mission was aborted. An investigation at the scene presumably established that the caged raccoon was not in the possession of a concealed firearm and, in fact, had no field radio equipment that would indicate the summoning of a heavily-armed extraction team. Godwin was driven to a Des Moines area hospital. At last report, Godwin’s injuries – including those to his pride – were deemed to be non-life threatening. The incident remains under investigation by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
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