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Iowa teen dies after being mistaken for squirrel during hunting trip, officials say (www.cbsnews.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[+] -24 points 11 months ago (7 children)

You hang around conspiracy theorists much? Maybe too many crime shows on TV? I mean I thought I was cynical, but to have that be the first thing that occurs to you (and it sounds like you were pretty damned sure of it, too) blows me away.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    Eh, I just read a lot of grimdark and grimderp stories. The kind where nothing good ever happens and the bad guys always get away with everything just because it would make the main character's life worse. I'm a cashier, not law enforcement, so doesn't matter if my first instinct is skewed if I have other people to make decisions for me.

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  • [+] -30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Do you expect to remain in such a position for the rest of your life? Assuming not, then stepping back from such dark material to gain some more level-headed perspective might be wise.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    It's not an uncommon thing both historically and in modernity, it's got a built in cover of shit sometimes happens. Hell one of my ancestors got away with it 5 times before the Mormons figured out he was just murdering them and pawning their shit 2 towns over.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Hell one of my ancestors got away with it 5 times before the Mormons figured out he was just murdering them and pawning their shit 2 towns over.

    I'd like to read that story if you're willing to share it.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Not much to say about it in a particularly verbose way. Back when the Mormons were in Missouri he took a couple bounties that some nearby towns put out on the Mormon men in general, so he befriended some of the Mormons pretending to be a hunter from Arkansas and then led them to the woods and slit their throats one by one. He basically did this because he was bored and there was a lull in work for his lumber and crops, the pawning off their shit was just a bit of extra money.

    Don't know if anything was ever written about it, pretty sure this happened before Missouri declared open season the the Mormons and I think the bounties were technically illegal. Who knows maybe the Mormons wrote about it but it's nothing fancy.

    Edit: he didn't actually slit their throats, I've been playing a high casualty MGS2 run because reasons and the imagery is stuck in my head. He shot them in the back.

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