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Knife in Pocket Stabbing

2005 Reader Submission
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A 50 year old man from Sandanski, Bulgaria took himself out of the gene pool when he fatally stabbed himself by accident. The man had been drinking heavily when he ran into some friends in the street. He asked them to give him some money, and then parted company from them. Meters away the drunk man dropped the coins. Bending down to pick them up, he stabbed himself with a kitchen knife he was carrying in his pocket. The man was rushed to the Emergency Centre of Sandanski but died on the way to hospital.

Submitted on 05/03/2005

Submitted by: Jaimie
Reference: Focus News Agency, May 3, 2005

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Daniel said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm torn on this one, walking around with a kitchen knife in your pocket is pretty stupid, but...

Kelly said:
Maybe Toss: Other
Please provide a link to the article.

Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm going to go along with Daniel on this. While I'd like more information and a link, we did have a similar submission a couple of years ago from South East Asia about a man who slipped in a mud puddle and cut open an artery with the knife he had stuck in his pocket, if I remember correctly.

Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I also remember a similar story from not too long ago. While carrying an open knife in your pocket is stupid, it normally isn't fatally stupid... which leaves me in two minds about this.

Tracy said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'll go with the DA - the previous story of slipping in a puddle was an accident. This guy knew he had a knife in his pocket, yet still bent down!

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