Tim Ralston is a prepper. As such, he is prepared to face the unexpected -- and is even prepping his own underground bunker in case of disaster -- but perhaps accidentally shooting his own thumb off was one scenario he hadn't envisioned.
On "Doomsday Preppers" (Tues., 9 p.m. Est on National Geographic) Tim was indulging in some target practice when his gun misfired while his hand was in front of the barrel.
He shot his thumb almost completely off his left hand, but thankfully his young son, who was standing close by, was not injured in the accident.
As paramedic Jesse Ellerbee finished dressing his wound, Tim passed out and lay unresponsive on the ground. For a while things looked really bleak for Tim, and Ellerbee said later he thought the prepper would lose his thumb completely.
In fact, Tim went on to make a full recovery. The bullet had...
On "Doomsday Preppers" (Tues., 9 p.m. Est on National Geographic) Tim was indulging in some target practice when his gun misfired while his hand was in front of the barrel.
He shot his thumb almost completely off his left hand, but thankfully his young son, who was standing close by, was not injured in the accident.
As paramedic Jesse Ellerbee finished dressing his wound, Tim passed out and lay unresponsive on the ground. For a while things looked really bleak for Tim, and Ellerbee said later he thought the prepper would lose his thumb completely.
In fact, Tim went on to make a full recovery. The bullet had...
- 2/15/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Huffington Post
Tim Ralston is a prepper. As such, he is prepared to face the unexpected -- and is even prepping his own underground bunker in case of disaster -- but perhaps accidentally shooting his own thumb off was one scenario he hadn't envisioned.
On "Doomsday Preppers" (Tues., 9 p.m. Est on National Geographic) Tim was indulging in some target practice when his gun misfired while his hand was in front of the barrel.
He shot his thumb almost completely off his left hand, but thankfully his young son, who was standing close by, was not injured in the accident.
As paramedic Jesse Ellerbee finished dressing his wound, Tim passed out and lay unresponsive on the ground. For a while things looked really bleak for Tim, and Ellerbee said later he thought the prepper would lose his thumb completely.
In fact, Tim went on to make a full recovery. The bullet had...
On "Doomsday Preppers" (Tues., 9 p.m. Est on National Geographic) Tim was indulging in some target practice when his gun misfired while his hand was in front of the barrel.
He shot his thumb almost completely off his left hand, but thankfully his young son, who was standing close by, was not injured in the accident.
As paramedic Jesse Ellerbee finished dressing his wound, Tim passed out and lay unresponsive on the ground. For a while things looked really bleak for Tim, and Ellerbee said later he thought the prepper would lose his thumb completely.
In fact, Tim went on to make a full recovery. The bullet had...
- 2/15/2012
- by Catherine Lawson
- Aol TV.
National Geographic Channel/ Sharp Entertainment Christopher forces a notch into a strip of wood while demonstrating how to start a fire using “the hand-drill method” in Los Angeles in National Geographic Channel’s “Doomsday Preppers.”
Since when did prepping for the end of the world become a hobby?
In a sense, that’s one of the questions behind “Doomsday Preppers,” a new National Geographic Channel 10-part series that bows tonight at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
The show looks at more...
Since when did prepping for the end of the world become a hobby?
In a sense, that’s one of the questions behind “Doomsday Preppers,” a new National Geographic Channel 10-part series that bows tonight at 9 p.m. Et/Pt.
The show looks at more...
- 2/8/2012
- by Charles Passy
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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