the slugs from fenwick 's rifle , however , did not bury themselves harmlessly in the fecund vietnamese dirt -- to be found and wondered over 10,000 years in the future by an archeological survey team from the sub-tropical antarctic people 's republic -- but instead ricocheted zinging from a tilted flat stone under the shattered branch and peppered the latrine where captain gonzo was at that precise moment in the very middle of doing his business .