Pending Review
Fixing past Darwin award
Darwin says: "Thanks
for the addendum. The archive was filling up with electrocuted copper
thieves, ten years ago."
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:
Dear Darwin, the identity and full stupidity of the winner of this Darwin Award is found in this news report.
Cable thief acted out shock, killed by 8,000 volts
16 March 2012 | A young man who was stealing copper cable pretended he was being electrocuted, for laughs, just moments before it happened for real. Ryan Woolams, 16, paid 'the ultimate price' when he experienced electric shock while trying to steal live copper cable from an electricity sub-station at Skelton Grange, an inquest heard... <read more>
Submitted on 04/02/2022
Candi said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Thanks for the extra information