Egyptian shepherd Mokhtar Adam Fadl was sleeping soundly beside his flock when he was shot dead - by one of his sheep.
The animal killed Fadl by kicking his gun and accidentally firing it, police said.
The shot hit Fadl in the chest as the 20-year-old Bedouin slept in the desert near Sidi Barrani, northwest Egypt.
Police in the district of Marsa Matrouh said they confiscated the locally made gun as it was not licensed.
They took the sheep away, but not to prison.