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(DA)Chalk one up for the dog.
(?)Seatbelt subterfuge kills driver
(?)Mamba kills Man
(Hmmm)Surfing the wrong wave
Fatal Ski Slope Prank
(DA)A Breathtaking View
(HM)Mexican Divorce
DA:Dynamite Defroster
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(?)Die Hard
(DA)Chemistry Went Over Her Head
(>)Living the High Life (On a Budget)
(DA)On the Piste
(?)Darwin in heavy traffic
(?)Winched up
Monk killed by own runaway lawnmowe
(DA)Slip Sliding Away
(No)Swimming with the fish (bits)
Man died after driving down boat ra
Up, Up, and Away!
(DA)Hare today, gone tomorrow
Top of the train
Killer locomotive
A good thought gone bad
(HM)Shock Horror
Inspiration + Youth + Explosives =
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Manhole kills man, Dove in for Cana
Bridges are lower than they appear
no diving please
Roping a Bobcat
Mattress Race
Just Say No
Man has friend shoot him to get off
Old shells never die
Wash those genes away
BASE jumper succumbs to stupidity
A Mattress of Life and Death....
(DA)4 Die In Dirtbike Collision
boat welding
Trail Blazing Gaffe
It only works in the movies
feeling tyred - near miss
Tram drags man with him
Tree felling made easy
Community service for teen who burn
If at first you don't succeed
Man dies trying to beat train in Sa
The $500 Bullet
Please Take This Outside
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Death by iPod?
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Two men burned in backyard blast
Sledding Accident
The Widow Maker
Redneck Bee Exterminator
Miner nearly crushes himself
Too Close For Comfort
A fool and his bike
Drain Surfing
arrange your own hit
A tough act to swallow for student
Grocery Bang!
Drove 2.5 miles on the wrong way
2 teens hurt by explosion while dri
Departing parted
I'm dying for a drink
Smoking related near miss
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Man's death linked to cotton swab u
putting your foot in it
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Trail Blazing Gaffe

2008 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

This is an Honorary Darwin Award submission, because, obviously, this guy didn't die.

In 2005, at a summer camp in Texas, a 21 year old counselor was walking with his small group of 7 year old campers up a trail on their way back to their cabin. On the side of the trail, this counselor sees a cottonmouth and decides the best course of action is not, in fact, to get the little boys away from it to safety. No, he decided to try to kill it. With his tennis-shoed foot. Needless to say, it didn't work. He missed its head, but its head didn't miss his foot! It managed to dig one of its venomous fangs into his foot, causing the little boys to run screaming trying to find another counselor for help. He came back to camp a few days later on crutches, with a leg twice the normal size. This event apparently has not affected his views on how to handle wildlife, because in his picture on a popular networking website, the head of a Mallard duck is in his mouth.

Submitted on 02/29/2008

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: (there was no press release. we kept this "juicy" accident all to ourselves!)

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
We've had a few tales of dilettante camp counselors who have communed with snakes in one form or other, but what I really like about this one is a) he wore tennis shoes, b) he missed the snake entirely (my guess is that he was timid to begin with and even if he had hit the snake's head, all he would have done is piss it off even more), and c) he didn't learn the first time (not that a mallard is venomous or anything, but...)! Nice write-up, and definitely worth a chuckle or two! Thanks!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
This counselor sure sounds like he has all the makings for a full fledged DA winner. I wonder if we will hear about him again, or perhaps already have. Thanks!


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