Charles Darwin's Darwin Awards 
HOME
Darwin Awards
At-Risk Survivors
Slush Pile
2013 June Rejects
June 28, 2013
Couple having sex fall to death
NY woman presumed dead after floodw
Copulating couple fall to death
Man rips off own penis while high o
Window Undressing!
Markku Hulkko: an idiot
Markku Hulkko, father of 2 children
Soldier who forgot backpack dies
Head Smashing driving
z'd
Parking in China
Dragon Ball fan dies from Super Sai
Bull
Boy impasse self paying hid and see
COPS & FIREWORKS
Woman kills husband and herself
Teen playing hide-and-seek dies aft
Girl, 16, Dies While 'Car Surfing'
Boy impales self on horn of bull st
Robber misunderestimates vics
Impaled on the horn of a statue
Back up till death sets us apart
Electric earthworms
Not An Award, But A Dumbass...
Man on mushrooms rips off penis
Texas boy impaled
Steer Statue
Practice Makes Perfect
Could you get any stupider!
Woman Hurt In Crash
The Wrong Side of the tracks
Death is near the wrong gear
Cliff diver dies at Flaming Gorge
Driver kills herself and husband
breakfast Harakiri
Jewish man killed near Western Wall
Not once, but twice!
hotel water tank death
Double Jeopardy
Jew yells "Allahu Akbar" gets shot.
Driving Ms. Deadly
Double death while parking
Amatuer Chinese Women Driver
Jogger + headphones + Railway
How NOT to beat reptile phobia
liquid nitrogen in pool
Wife Backing Up Car Hits and Kills
Lighter Up
Parking SUV
nice joke
Techie falls to death
darwin
die die dildo
Female driver crushes her head
Priest dies in quake to save statue
2 thieves jump off building’s 7th f
Gold leaf eater
more than a nose to the wind
An iapple a day
Briton admits he's an 'idiot' after
tree stump kills man
unusual entry technique
Man mauled by bear he was feeding
bb dead
stupid drunk alaskan
Tall tale
High rise plummet in NZ
Love : Chapter 1 : Never stalk
DIY crocker
Siphoning Fuel with Electric Vacume
jogger killed by train
Chicken farmer vs crocodiles
Dies after falling while trying to
Mott Green, a Free-Spirited Chocola
u mods are stupid
shockingly low prices
Blind Man Scam Dies
Do-It-Yourself Bunjee
Cactus Plugging Away
Palm Bay man badly burned
East TX oil tank explosion
Hampshire tampon cure.
Living on Light
One Last Swim
Cooper wire, 1 gone, 1 locked-up
Niagara falls death barrell.
Balls and sausage flushed
female darwins
Check Pool for water
Don't Jump Here, Man
Burn Victims In Bellevue Car Fire
Lemmings in a Manure Tank
Skateboarder being towed kills self
Entire country commiting suicide
Be one with Allah
How to ignore advice and die
TV "Stormchasers" Taken Out
Oui I am stupid!
Man attacked by Beaver
Older Rejects 
 
~ Random Story ~
Email Alert!
NEW! Gift Shop
Rules  Search
Contact Darwin
Submit a Story
Philosophy Forum
Home

  

Darwin Awards
2013 Slush Pile

This item was recently submitted by a reader.
Should I include it in the archive?
Vote to tell me what *you* think!

Blind Man Scam Dies

2013 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Sorry , i was a bit lazy.This is from the daily mail

A man who told people he was blind so they would pity him was found dead in a flooded ditch, an inquest heard yesterday.

Geoffrey Haywood, 65, walked with a white stick, used a talking watch and had carers to look after him.

But the inquest was told he could see perfectly well and if someone dropped money on a pavement he would be the first to pick it up.

Mr Haywood was pretending to be blind when he went for a walk near his home and fell into the water-filled ditch, where his body was found by searchers.The coroner described it as the most extraordinary case he had dealt with in more than 30 years.

Mr Haywood’s brother Howard said: ‘Geoffrey had psychological blindness which started after the death of our mother. I would put a Christmas dinner in front of him and he would say, “Where’s mine?” But if someone dropped money in front of him he would pick it up straight away.

‘I believe he used it as a way of convincing people to take pity on him and help him. It became worse the more pressure that was on him, when he was lonely or if things weren’t going his way.’

The inquest in Newport, South Wales, heard that doctors could find nothing wrong with Mr Haywood’s sight even though he lived the life of a blind man.

A massive search took place in March after he vanished from his home in the city. The hearing was told his body was found in a ditch 150 yards from his front door.

Coroner David Bowen, who recorded a verdict of accidental death, said: ‘Either he didn’t see or didn’t want to see the ditch, slipped and drowned.

‘It’s an extraordinary situation I’ve not come across before. I’ve been doing this more than 30 years and have never had a case as unique as this – someone convincing themselves they couldn’t see.’

Bachelor Mr Haywood was living in sheltered housing in Newport when he disappeared.

A view of Newport in Wales, where Mr Haywood lived

One of the other residents, who did not want to be named, said: ‘Wherever he went you could hear the tapping of his cane. Most people thought his sight was impaired but you didn’t have to be with him for long to realise he could see as well as anybody else.’

Detective Sergeant Sam Payne told the hearing Mr Haywood enjoyed walking in woodland near his home and had previously been discovered wandering there.

Mr Haywood, who was only 5ft 2in tall, had lived with his mother for most of his life and worked as a mechanic for Land-Rover for more than 25 years.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180002/Man-pretended-blind-sympathy-carers-dead-ditch.html#ixzz2VyAvndz8

Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Submitted on 06/11/2013

Submitted by: darwinfan!
Reference: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180002/Man-pretended-blind-sympathy-carers-dead-ditch.html

Copyright © 2013 DarwinAwards.com

>> Moderator Scores <<

Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Thanks, but we received this story last year. Please be sure to thoroughly search the archives for older stories like this one, especially if it was in a mainstream newspaper. Chances are we've already received it: http://darwinawards.com/reject/201207/pending20120728-152426.html


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
What Bruce said.


The Darwin Awards Gift Shop

The Darwin Awards Condom

Keep yourself out of the gene pool!
A condom in a matchbook, useful for emergency contraception, bachelor parties, frat parties, and important rites of passage. LOADED inside and out with funny quotes and stories. Everyone loves this item!
Friends don't let friends reproduce!
$13 for Pack of 4

 

 

Slush Pile
Slush Pile Rejects

HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map
DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend