Cell Phone Saves Lucky Man From Stray Bullet

R.J. Richard says he doesn't normally put his cell phone in his chest pocket, but it saved his life the one time he did.

The 68-year-old man from Covington, Louisiana, was mowing the lawn on his 5-acre property when a stray bullet from nearby woods struck the cell phone in his pocket.

He figured a rock kicked up by his tractor hit him. That is, until he took out the phone and a .45-caliber bullet fell from its case.

Richard told the New Orleans 'Times-Picayune' that he doesn't believe it was a coincidence, either.

"I look at this as God telling me to put my cell phone in that pocket, and I'm grateful and humbled," he said.

Richard was bruised but doctors told him the bullet came at an angle, which along with the cell phone probably prevented serious injury.

Deputies don't believe the shooting was intentional but are investigating to find the source of the stray bullet.

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