My buddy's dad almost took the end of his thumb off today with his crossbow. He must've had his thumb up in the path of the string. That sucker's gonna hurt for a while!
Its amazing how many people do that. I used to work at Tenpoint and any time that happened they would send the person a new top of the line bow to keep the peace. Man that must hurt.
I made that mistake too years back with my old Horton. I was fortunate that I had a heavy glove on which took the brunt of the abuse. I was lucky compared to your friends Dad!