Potent forces of probability, causality, and fate somehow converged on Tony George Sunday afternoon as he accidently shot himself five times and received painful powder burns from a sixth shot. "Man, it was really weird!" explained George from his Indianapolis hospital bed, where he's expected to linger for quite some time without actually getting any better. "Like I told the cops, I was sitting there quietly, not cleaning my gun, and I heard a BLAM, then BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM Zweee! (George purses his lips and makes a ricochet sound). I don't own a gun, and I'm not certain that there's even a gun in my house. It's just really, really bad luck, that's all."

While treating Mr. George's injuries attending physician Dr. James Randi noticed a similar partially healed gunshot wound, apparently inflicted by Mr. George sometime last spring. Curiously enough, George told Officer Kreskin of the Indianapolis Secret Police that the previous injury also occurred while Mr. George was busy not cleaning his gun.

"We've urged Mr. George to take some sort of precautions to ensure that this doesn't happen again," said Officer Kreskin, "but he insists that there's nothing he could do differently to prevent this. We're certainly hoping that he's just in shock at the moment, but he's quite adamant that these events are simply a matter of chance."

"I don't know if I believe that it's just really, really bad luck," offered Dr. Randi, "but if it is, all I can say is that this guy's got some seriously bad mojo going on."