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2005 Reader Submission
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After reading some of the Darwin Awards I realized that the following incident that happened about 10 years ago in the area where I grew up in South Africa would place this candidate in the top ranks for the award...

In the Mooketsi valley near a town called Tzaneen, farm workers where plowing a new tomato field when one of the men accidentally fell in front of one of the tractors. The tractor drove over the man's head with it's double back tire. Lucky for him the freshly plowed soil was soft and his head sunk into it, the weight of the tractor was carried by the other tires... he walked away unharmed from this experience...

That evening he told his friends about the incident, of course none of them believed him and so to prove his story he talked one of his friends into driving the tractor over his head again the next day so that every one could see for themselves.

Unfortunately for him the concrete floor of the workshop was not as forgiving and the man permanently removed himself from the gene pool in front of all his friends...

Submitted on 01/18/2005

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: 1990's, Mooketsi, South Africa

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Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
A bit different from the usual "how did you do that?" story that we've gotten in the past.

Daniel said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Without a reference, it's just a PA, but a good one.

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Jorge said:
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