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[Don Billings]

Hiker accidentally shoots himself in the rear
The Associated Press
Posted: 08/31/2010 12:31:13 PM PDT
Updated: 08/31/2010 04:35:31 PM PDT

WENATCHEE,  Wash.—A hiker on Blewett Pass shot himself in the butt when he put a  
handgun in his back pocket. 


The Chelan County sheriff's office said the  52-year-old Snohomish man had moved 
his .40-caliber handgun from its  holster to his back pocket Saturday to see if 
that position would be  more comfortable.


The Wenatchee World reported the gun fired the  bullet down his left buttock and 
left leg, coming to rest just above the  knee. He was treated at Central 
Washington Hospital in Wenatchee.