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Four Hit With Blow Darts in Delaware

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(Aug. 12) -- Authorities in Delaware are investigating a recent series of blow dart attacks in which four people have been injured. One official described the attacks as "a scene from an Indiana Jones movie."
The first report came Tuesday morning from cyclist Dan Wilson, who said he was shot in the thigh with a dart while riding his bike, according to a report from NBC Philadelphia.
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Wilson was not badly hurt, but said the dart was lodged over two inches into his leg.
After hearing reports of Wilson's attack, a woman came forward to say she was hit in the neck with a blow dart while biking on Monday. Both Wilson and the woman said they noticed a white pickup truck driving by at the time of the incidents.
The case grew stranger Wednesday with the report of two more blow dart attack victims. One of the victims, a 17-year-old, was hit in the hand and the injury will require surgery, WPVI-TV reported.
WPVI reported the fourth person had been hit by a blow dart, but did not have further details on the incident. Both of the latter attacks allegedly occured before Wilson was shot, but the victims only came forward after seeing news reports on the incident.
"This has to be one of the strangest incidents of late and in the years I've been a state trooper I've never seen anything like this," Jeffrey Whitmarsh, of the Delaware State Police, said. Police are investigating but have few suspects or leads in the case.
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2009-08-12 11:56:05
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LeoCs22

03:04 PMAug 12 2009

LOL!!! No offense but c'mon these guys ride around wearing spandex with there a$$ tooted in the air......how do you not see humor in that. So they catch the person or they dont noone was killed fortunately. Yeah I'd be pretty upset and I also like to ride my bike but it wasnt me....haha.

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TexasFisherman07

03:04 PMAug 12 2009

JERSEY...a handful of roofing nails tossed at just the right time will always do the trick. it's even better when done on a steep downhill.

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Jerseygirlbout

03:04 PMAug 12 2009

When my teens are bored around here I just send them out in the field with their daddy's shot guns and let them shoot at any moving target!

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Jerseygirlbout

03:03 PMAug 12 2009

What do you expect these teens to do????? Play "Pin the tail on the donkey"...now come one people!!

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PrimeOmg

03:01 PMAug 12 2009

Damn, blow darts? What happened to the ol' Paintball / Airsoft gun prank. These kids are too Native! lol

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DnCarm6

03:01 PMAug 12 2009

Bicyclists are now required to wear full body armor as well as helmets and knee pads. It makes pedaling a little tough, but you can't be too careful! Blowdartproof bicycle tires are also a plus.

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Jerseygirlbout

03:01 PMAug 12 2009

DSHUTT.....guess you had a horrible uneventful childhood huh??? You missed out!!

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JPRPFAN58

03:00 PMAug 12 2009

Pdb6654 02:53 PMAug 12 2009 so, a tractor or other piece of farm machinery is rolling down the road at 12 mph. you slow down and pass it when it's safe. no big deal. 3 cyclists are riding down the same road at 25mph and you just go beserk. why is that? who really has the problem?----------------Again, someone misses the point. The farm machine has no choice but to drive as it does. You cyclists have a choice. You CAN safely get out of the way. Looks like YOU have the problem. What is so damn important about riding three abreast? You cyclists really think a lot of yourselves, don't you?

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Jerseygirlbout

03:00 PMAug 12 2009

TEXASFISHERMAN!! iM BAAACCCK..What about the old sling shots??? I used to shoot the boys in the butt when I was a little girl and get them everytime!

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Eulaha

02:58 PMAug 12 2009

Is anyone chomping at the bit, waiting for the school year to start again? Bored teens=troublemakers. Maybe they'll be too busy studying to pull dangerous stunts.

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Four people from Delaware have reported being shot by blow darts in what police have called a scene out of Indiana Jones.\n