Charles Darwin is agog at the wondrous stupidity contemplated by the near-miss Honorable Mentions who somehow survived a near-Darwin event.

Honorable Mentions!
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Although the stupidity displayed in the following tales stops short of the ultimate sacrifice, we salute the spirit and innovation shown in these misadventures.

2018 & 2017
The allure of jumping from a train...

An attractive train plagued by a pesky rider who leaps, barely misses the high voltage wires, and plummets into the river--meters away from a concrete piling.

—HONORABLE MENTIONS—

2022—2019  2018—2017  2016—2014 
2010  2009  2008  2007  2006—2005 
2004  2003  2002  2001  2000 
...and more: 1990's archive returning soon...

The At-Risk Survivors category honors those who stop short of the ultimate sacrifice, yet serve as examples of the idiotic experimentation required to win a bona-fide Darwin Award.