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Hungry python kills owner

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I was going through some old Darwin awards and found that this one from 1996 was showing unconfirmed. Media reference attached is is the New York Daily news article for this story.

Submitted on 03/08/2009

Submitted by: Paul
Reference: http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1996/10/11/1996-10-11_strangled_teen_s_kin___we_tr.html

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Thanks for the research Paul. In the future you can send these sorts of confirmations directly to Darwin via the contact link on the main page.

Candi said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
What Bruce said.

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