posted on Sep, 22 2004 @ 04:03 PM
Bullets travel much faster than the speed of sound, so depending on the distance between yourself and the gun, a couple of seconds could go by before
you heard the one that killed you. The question as to if you can hear when you have been shot in the head is more of a medical mystery. I'm going to
say probably not.
I have a gun shot in my direction before, and you can actually hear the bullet as it goes by, before the gunshot is heard. When we told the police we
could hear bullets go by, and then gunshots a second later, their eyes got wide. They said you have to be pretty close to the bullet path to hear it.
It turned out to be some kids doing target practice with a 22 rifle. They didn't think about how far the bullets would go when they missed their
targets.