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Moomins that go bump in the night

2007 Reader Submission
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An 18-year old Norwegian actor donning a large, white "Moomin Troll" costume told his two friends to film him whilst he lay down on the highway.

It was after dark, and the three friends had just gotten back from an acting gig in Sweden when they decided to take a break in the small Norwegian town of Askim. The actor then had the great idea to do a Jackass-inspired stunt which included putting on a costume in the shape of beloved Finnish children's cartoon character "the Moomin Troll" and laying down on the highway.

There are two important things to consider about this stunt: 1. This particular highway is badly lit. 2. After the first car managed to swerve away, the Moomin had enough time to get out of the way and re-think his idea.

The actor, however, unphased that a motorist had just narrowly avoided hitting him, kept to his stance, and his friends kept filming the event. As the second car approached, the driver though the white matter on the ground was junk, and didn't slow down until after he felt the thump. The actor died instantly, forever immortalised as the first Moomin to perish as a Jackass.

What the moomin looks like: http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&client=safari&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rls=nb-no&q=moomin

Submitted on 05/31/2007

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article781418.ece http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hb 26 Apr 2004

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James said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
While "jackass" inspired stunts are common, this seems to be different enough to consider. Nevertheless, I will await the commentary of my fellow mods!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
What did this guy expect to happen, have cars swerve around him until one of them got into an accident? Not getting out of the road after the first car swerved around him just proves his stupidity. Thanks for sending this in!


Graham said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I wonder, as this was such a stupid stunt, could it be considered a suicide? It's a testament to Man's idiocy that he copies what he sees in such lame movies as 'Jackass' (requires room temperature IQ just to watch). I'd keep this one, just to show how incredibly moronic people really can be. It doesn't say, but I'd bet there was copious amounts of alcohol involved.


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