INSURANCE JOB? SHOOT ME NOW!

It's a tough job but someone has to do it.

A Texas insurance company worker may be rethinking why he felt a "need" to carry a gun to work after he accidentally shot himself inside his cubicle.


The 47-year-old man, who hasn't been identified, put a .45-caliber gun in the pocket of his jacket before he draped it over his chair yesterday. When he settled into his chair, the gun discharged. The bullet went through both legs and a bookcase before lodging in the wall.

Police said it didn't appear that the man was having problems with his bosses or that he targeting anyone at work.

He didn't have a license to carry a concealed weapon and violated work rules against bringing a gun to the office without permission. No charges have been filed at this time.

The man said he brought the gun to work because he "just felt a need to carry it."

I'd say it's a safe bet his insurance won't cover this one.

Here's a funny cubicle song for those of you who work in one.

HEADS UP!

It was no Halloween joke when a traffic stop in Royse City, Texas, yielded two dozen embalmed heads.


The heads were used for medical training in Fort Worth and were being returned to Little Rock, Ark., when the trucker hauling the heads was stopped for speeding.

The driver couldn't immediately locate the documentation for his cargo that was wrapped in plastic, but later was allowed to proceed after paperwork was faxed to police.

He then made headway toward his destination.

Photo by Dawn Endico

AY CHIHUAHUA!

A Texas woman claims the roadkill she found outside her home in Cuero is really a mythical, bloodsucking beast.

The 40-pound bodies of three chupacabras, which in Spanish means goat suckers, have turned up near the Texas town all within four days.


Phylis Canion, who lived in Africa and is a hunter, said she believes the vampire-like beasts are responsible for killing and licking up the draining blood of 26 of her chickens.

Recent rains may have forced the mythical animal, which has large fanged teeth, big ears, and grayish-blue hairless skin, out of its den.

Veterinarians, however, think chupacabras are just a mutated, breed of dogs.

Watch out, paparazzi! I wouldn't be surprised if Paris Hilton tries wrangle up a live one for herself.

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(AP Photo/Eric Gay)