Perhaps the dog had a bone to pick with his owner. A Tennessee man told police he was shot by his dog while lying in bed earlier this week. No, we’re not making this up. We swear.

Every year, thousands of people in the U.S. are injured in accidental shootings. In rare cases, the trigger is pulled by a paw from man’s best friend rather than a human finger.

Jerald Kirkwood was sound asleep before he was awoken around 4 am by a loud noise and excruciating pain in his leg. He had been shot. The, um, alleged shooter's name is Oreo and he is a one-year-old pit bull.