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piggy disaster

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When an impecunious village man in southern western China heard his precious piglet's cry in cesspool, his first response was jumping into the cesspool in effort to save the piglet, only to find the poorly ventilated cesspool was filled with methane, ammonia, sulfureted hydrogen and other lethal gas. He struggled and cried out with his remaining vitality. This last cry dragged three more lives from the world. His wife and his mom jumped in to save the man followed his call and both suffocated shortly while his niece was dispatched to find help. Two neighbours were brought back and they plunged into the cesspool along with the niece. Without a surprise, they passed out. Their bodies, with the dead piglet, were quickly collected by fellow villagers, from the 2.5*2.2*1.5 cesspool. The 2 neighbours survived, leaving all the members from the unfortunate family dead.

August 14th, 2006 http://news.china.com.cn/chinanet/china.cgi?docid=88913839,55964435&server=192.168.5.191&port=3000

Submitted on 08/29/2006

Submitted by: Shawn Zhu
Reference: china.com.cn

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Thanks, Shawn! An interesting (and somewhat more amusing) variation on the five people trying to save the pidgeon! My only concern is the age of the neice, which is unknown (but I would have to presume over 16, as a kid probably wouldn't jump in a cesspool). I imagine a piglet is worth a lot in rural China, which may explain the motive, but the visual is too funny to just zap, and no bystanders were hurt. I'll let Darwin decide but for the record I LIKE this one! :-)


Sheryl said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
Thanks for the story, Shawn. I seem to recall seeing quite a lot of these cesspool stories over the years and this one doesn't really stand out from the others I've read.


Fitzroy said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I like this one too, I mean in the sense that it seems suitable for the project. It is bizarre, and it does harken back to other "people died trying to save a small animal" incidents. It is another reminder to us all to be grateful for our various departments of public works.


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