Darwin Awards

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

How long before this guy becomes a candidate? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... frica.html

[Ex-Ascot]

How long before this guy becomes a candidate? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... frica.html

Didn't notice this post. Have just asked 'er if she saw the article. He will get killed. We have had so many incidents here with elephants. Guide thinks that he can interact and gets trampled to death. We have a very good guide friend who thinks that he understands hippos and wants to get very close. We tell him no way. We are hippo magnets, attacked too many times. Charged by ellies I think four times. This is not Southport.

[Boac]

It's a long time since I was charged by a hippo in Southport, but she didn't charge much.

[Woody]

It's a long time since I was charged by a hippo in Southport, but she didn't charge much.

[Pontius Navigator]

Anyone notice the similarity between his head and lion's mouth?

[G-CPTN]

Must try harder.

[llondel]

I could see people trying that at home if the lockdown goes on too long.

[PHXPhlyer]

Sounds like fun...just need the recipe and a link for procurement.

PP

[llondel]

This one sounds a bit unfortunate. Elderly couple thought they were taking the anti-malarial drug to avoid Covid-19 but it turned out to be fish tank cleaner.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... virus.html

Man who tried to treat himself with hydroxychloroquine DIES: Couple ate fish tank cleaner thinking it was the malaria drug that Trump is touting as a miracle coronavirus remedy

The couple, both in their 60s, were hospitalized after ingesting chloroquine phosphate, an additive often used at aquariums to clean fish tanks
The man died and his wife was left in critical condition as a result
It's believed that they confused the chemical with hydroxychloroquine, an antimalaria drug that's shown promising results in treating coronavirus patients
Banner Health, a non-profit hospital system based in Arizona, issued a statement about the shocking case on Monday
In the statement experts warned the public against the use of inappropriate medications and household products to prevent or treat COVID-19
President Trump drummed up excitement over hydroxychloroquine when he called the drug a 'game changer' last week
But the drug has not yet been proven as effective in treating coronavirus

[Pontius Navigator]

Too late in their lives, at least for his wife. Thousands of contestants in UK last weekend.

[barkingmad]

Does this guy merit nomination fro the April 2020 award?

https://nypost.com/2020/04/04/nyc-man-f ... y-station/

Commonsense says lay between the tracks inline with them to avoid a possible grazed neck so he obviously doesn’t even understand the concept of a railway sleeper!

Sadly he was probably handed over to the white coats and straitjacket brigade...

[PHXPhlyer]

Unfortunately only runners-up.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ca ... e-n1188231

PP

[ricardian]

[ricardian]

Man run over and killed by Boeing 737 after going for walk on airport runway

[ricardian]

Man run over and killed by Boeing 737 after going for walk on airport runway
ATC chat about incident

[ricardian]

Not a Darwin Award related story but just because...

Virginia theme park depicting dinosaurs fighting in the Civil War delays opening because of COVID-19

[Boac]

Do they have the Chumps aircraft flying in the battle as well?

[Magnus]

Yeah, the Lockheed Martin Pterodactyl.

[unifoxos]

Plenty of candidates round these parts last night. 2@s decided to have street parties to celebrate VE day, presumably. In our village it was a bit muted - a few people out on their front drives, 2 metres back from the footpath, enjoying a beer and a picnic. However in other villages, and towns, inhabited by those of lesser understanding, there was dancing in the street, hugging and kissing, footpaths thronged with revellers, and fireworks. Expect a sudden rise in the death figures in a couple of weeks.

[PHXPhlyer]

I guess I won’t do this again’: Last words of woman tragically killed by alligator after trying to 'stroke' it
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A manicurist in South Carolina was killed by an alligator after attempting to take pictures and “stroke it,” the Post and Courier reports.

Despite lockdown, Cynthia Covert, 58, had attended an at-home nail appointment for a friend who lived in a gated community on Kiwah Island, Charleston.

Covert reportedly arrived with a bottle of wine and was “acting strange” before she spotted the alligator.

According to her client, Covert’s demeanour was markedly different during the interaction, saying:

At the salon [Covert] acts very professional but today she was very relaxed and excited that her boyfriend was coming from Tennessee to visit.

After Covert had finished doing her client’s nails, she saw the alligator in a pond near the house, and was apparently “fascinated”.

Police reports detail that Covert began taking pictures of the reptile, getting increasingly closer to it until she was “waist deep” in the pond.

Her client says she warned the beautician multiple times to move away from the alligator, yelling a warning that she’d seen the alligator grab a dear from the same spot “the other day”.

“I don’t look like a deer,” Covert allegedly replied.

She then moved to “stroke” the gator.
Immediately it grabbed her left leg in its jaws.

Covert’s client and a neighbour who’d come to help after hearing the commotion, managed to help her briefly escape after clinging to a rope thrown by the pair, but the alligator seized her leg again and dragged her into the water.

Covert was heard to say “I guess I won’t do that again,” as she was pulled into the pond.
The gator then performed its deadly ‘death roll’, a killing technique that sees it rotate in the water at high speed to drown prey and tear it apart.

Although police officers and firefighters arrived on the scene, it was too late.

After about 10 to 15 minutes, Covert’s body could be seen to surface but the alligator then dragged her back under before reappearing moments later.

At this point, the alligator was shot in the head by a police officer and subsequently released Covert’s body, which was brought ashore but she was declared deceased.

Police then shot the alligator four more times before killing it. Its remains were sent to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

An autopsy later confirmed the beautician had drowned.

Although her body was intact, she had severe leg wounds.

Covert is only the third person to die from an alligator attack in recorded state history.

“This case is an unfortunate tragedy,” said the Charleston County Sheriff’s office in a tweet.

“We urge citizens to be alert and cautious around wildlife. Enjoy the outdoors safely and responsibly”.
https://www.indy100.com/article/alligat ... na-9505256