A father in Paradise is furious after his 12-year-old daughter was hurt after being struck by a can of corn that was flicked from a moving car.

Len Skinner said his daughter Sydney and her friend were walking on Topsail Road near Octagon Pond around suppertime Monday when something hit the inside of her leg.

"She went down like a ton of bricks, crying," Skinner told CBC's On The Go.

"They managed to walk over to the store, Marie's Mini Mart, and that's where she called myself and my wife, told us what happened, she was in a lot of pain and really upset."

Tracking down the corn can

Skinner, whose daughter is mending a large welt and bruise, said he went back to the area where she was hit and discovered a medium-sized dented tin of corn.

Skinner's daughter's friend said she saw something being thrown from a small, silver car.

He even went so far as to track down where the tinned corn was sold — Dollarama in Conception Bay South — but was unable to find out who purchased the new-looking can because there was no surveillance video available.

"Is this a new fad for the kids, like target practice on human beings? What is it?" Skinner said.

"Don't ever let me find out who [did] it, because I think I would probably end up in jail, as a father, my 12 year old ... and thinking about what could have happened ... and I'd enjoy doing the time for it."

Skinner said he plans on reporting the incident to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary.