A Texas man who’s a dead ringer for actor Will Ferrell lured his father to a 40-foot cliff, and pushed him off, police said.

Gerald McCants, 49, was arrested Sunday after persuading his 78-year-old father to accompany him to a cliff in West Austin to check out a rattlesnake he spotted there, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Austin American-Statesman.

McCants’ father told police his son was excited as the pair drove about a half-mile away to the cliff. McCants then shoved his elderly father off the edge of the steep slope as he approached the precipice, according to the affidavit.

The shove sent McCants roughly 40 feet down the bluff. During the fall, McCants’ father said he heard his son “laughing,” according to the affidavit.

McCants’ father tumbled through dense brush and undergrowth before coming to a stop, KXAN reports. Paramedics estimated the fall to be closer to 50 feet, the station reports.

Responding cops later found McCants’ father with a deep cut to his forehead, as well as minor lacerations throughout his body. He was taken to a hospital for his injuries, according to the American-Statesman.

The affidavit did not indicate a motive in the incident, the newspaper reports.

McCants, who has been charged with injury to an elderly person, remained in custody Wednesday at the Travis County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bond, jail records show.