Charles Darwin with a purple swarm around his head, contemplating the twist of fate that natural selection sidestepped these still-living honorable mentions.

2008 Honorable Mention

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Orca Made Me Do It
2008 Honorable Mention
Confirmed True by Darwin

(15 March 2008, Washington) Gabriel, 29, "did it to punish the rich white people for the death of the whales, and the depletion of the rain forests." He sought revenge by sawing through a 69,000-volt line.

With a tree saw.

On a long metal pole.

And dishwashing gloves for insulation.

Gabriel was found lying on his back, with the gloves partially melted on his hands and his pants burned away from his body. He certainly succeeded in making at least one person "suffer just like the whales and trees." Thousands of households experienced a temporary loss of power when he shorted out the power lines.

The unlucky environmental activist was flown to a local hospital and is expected to survive.

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