I believe it and have seen similar results. I shot a buck about 5-6 years ago that was sharply quartering away at about 80yds. I went for the neck shot, but missed and just skimmed him from his ribs up through the shoulder. Basically unzipped his hide from the backbone down to midway of the cavity. It was quite unbelievable. The "hole" was the size of 2 footballs side by side. Wierd things can and do happen.