Bullet hole glitch

In Halo: Combat Evolved, there is an odd glitch that is very easy to see/perform. Basically, shoot a BULLET (not a rocket, needle or plasma bolt) nearly parallel to any surface that will leave a bullet hole (i.e. a wall, hard ground, not dirt or ice). At the point where the bullet hits, there will be a mysterious splotch of human blood. One theory is that the blood is the player´s blood, but this couldn't be right because the bullet bounces to the player but his blood is in the bullet hole.