About this episode

This episode features bizarre true stories involving a Texas armadillo incident and a naked driver in Mississippi.

This week on The Shallow End, one innocent armadillo proves that sometimes nature really does fight back. After a Texas homeowner decides the best way to deal with a wandering armadillo is with a .38 revolver, the laws of physics intervene in spectacular fashion, leaving him with a shattered jaw, a helicopter ride, and one of the strangest wildlife stories ever reported. Then it's off to Mississippi, where police stop a car creeping through town at an unusually slow speed—only to discover the driver is completely naked. What begins as an awkward traffic stop quickly spirals into an investigation involving marijuana, illegally modified firearms, multiple law enforcement agencies, and the timeless reminder that if you're going to break the law, breaking several at once is rarely the best strategy. Along the way, the boys swap stories about emergency room visits, stubborn pets, locked cars, and the kinds of everyday mishaps that somehow become family legends. It's another collection of bizarre true stories, spectacularly bad decisions, and the kind of real-life absurdity that proves you could never make this stuff up. In this episode: The Texas armadillo shooting that ricocheted…

People in this episode

Hosts: Schnebly, Toth

Topics covered

• wildlife stories
• bizarre incidents
• law enforcement
• humor
• accidents
• nature
• true crime

Keywords

• armadillo
• naked driver
• Texas
• Mississippi
• traffic stop
• wildlife
• humor
• accidents
• law enforcement

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Texas, Mississippi

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