A guy (Wallace Wilkerson) was sentenced to death in 1879 by firing squad for murder. He requested not to be bound on the chair because he wanted to die like a man.

Ten men shot several rounds at him at close range. The wooden chair was completely destroyed under the hail of bullets without a single shot touching him. He was heard exclaiming on the ground, "I can't believe they missed!"

He was, however, hanged the following morning.