A 54-year-old Florida man credits two small Bibles in his shirt pocket with saving his life when they stopped a bullet.


Bill Henry told Orange Park police that two men he didn't recognize ambushed him with a rifle as he carried bags of garbage to a trash bin.


He said his attackers then fled in opposite directions.


The man said the bullet was stopped by two New Testaments that he was carrying in his shirt pocket to give to friends. Police took them as evidence.


The Florida Times-Union reported that aside from a red mark and a pain in his chest, the man was not injured.


Henry said he normally doesn't carry a Bible, but on Monday he was returning the books to a friend.


No arrests have been in the incident, authorities said.



wow

WOW I think I saw that in a movie or sumpfin.

SpisaRibb said:

:FellTheFuckOffMyChair:

Must have been the King James version. From what I hear, it has incredible stopping power.

my friend was stabbed, but her credit card saved her

Makes me want to shoot a bible.

ZombieKitten said:

whew!

SpisaRibb said:

yeah I know!

They tested this on Mythbusters. A thick book only stopped a .22 pistol about halfway through the book, while more powerful guns went all the way through (book looked a good six hundred pages approx.)

i knew there was some use for that damn book

The bullet ruined his New Testament

Now he'll have to write a new one

PANDURITO said:

Would he be a dead man if there were 2 pocket dictionaries instead?
[Edited 11/9/06 11:59am]

i remember them joints from sunday school...they're built kinna flimsy, ain't they? must've been a big pocket he had, filled about 300-deep with them things.