Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted July 8, 2015 Man lights fireworks mortar from the top of his head, and dies: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-dies-after-shooting-firework-from-top-of-his-head-10367677.html http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1637&p=230983 Kathleen Staples, mother of Devon Staples, wants stricter laws regarding who can buy and use fireworks following her son's death. http://news.yahoo.com/mom-man-died-fireworks-accident-says-rules-too-205543867.html you cant regulate this kind of stupidity Let us be thankful. He could have bought a gun 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted July 8, 2015 Man lights fireworks mortar from the top of his head, and dies: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-dies-after-shooting-firework-from-top-of-his-head-10367677.html http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=1637&p=230983 Kathleen Staples, mother of Devon Staples, wants stricter laws regarding who can buy and use fireworks following her son's death. http://news.yahoo.com/mom-man-died-fireworks-accident-says-rules-too-205543867.html FFS, he was TWENTY TWO!!!!!!! As terrible as it is her son was a cockwand. I like the quote at the bottom of the article from Democratic rep, Michel Lajoie "They're going to say, 'Well, you can't regulate stupidity' ... and it's true, you can't. But the fact of the matter is you have to try something," Darwin Award material, surely. By the way, isn't there a Darwin thread somewhere? I thought this was it. That's how I made that double post. I didn't look at the "interesting ways to die" thread.because I previously searched for a Darwin award thread and I only got this. There was a Darwin Award thread somewhere, not sure if it was merged with another. I always thought the subtitle for this one should be "hold my beer and watch this!" 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted July 9, 2015 The fireworks guy found a copycat, unsuprisingly at the July 4th celebrations: http://www.newser.com/story/209502/another-man-dies-after-shooting-firework-off-body.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted July 9, 2015 The fireworks guy found a copycat, unsuprisingly at the July 4th celebrations: http://www.newser.com/story/209502/another-man-dies-after-shooting-firework-off-body.html It makes you wonder what goes through peoples' minds. The public safety videos were enough to scare me to not mess around with fireworks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted July 9, 2015 The fireworks guy found a copycat, unsuprisingly at the July 4th celebrations: http://www.newser.com/story/209502/another-man-dies-after-shooting-firework-off-body.html It makes you wonder what goes through peoples' minds. The public safety videos were enough to scare me to not mess around with fireworks. Well in the first story, a big fuck off firework!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,036 Posted July 28, 2015 Not sure where to put this so here will do, it's just too good a story not to: Commercial tree feller, falls from tree, branch falls on him resulting in his death. Place: Woodlawn. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/arborist-struck-by-branch-in-fall-from-tree-dies-1.3171270 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted August 11, 2015 Martha Mansfield, Hollywood actress of the 1920s, died when someone flicked a match into the car in which she was resting between takes, setting her dress alight: http://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/10-actors-who-died-during-production.html/?a=viewall "Mansfield's mother, Harriett Ehrlich... said smoking made her daughter "uncomfortable"": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Mansfield 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest KeiraV Posted September 2, 2015 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-teen-shot-death-selfies-gun-article-1.2345108 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted September 24, 2015 Hundreds dead at the Hajj. Always be mindful in crowds... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34346449 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted September 24, 2015 Hundreds dead at the Hajj. Always be mindful in crowds... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34346449 Is 717 dead a Hajj record? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted September 24, 2015 Hundreds dead at the Hajj. Always be mindful in crowds... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34346449 Is 717 dead a Hajj record? 1990 seemed to be the record holder with 1426 people being killed in the stampede Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted September 24, 2015 Hundreds dead at the Hajj. Always be mindful in crowds... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34346449 Is 717 dead a Hajj record? 1990 seemed to be the record holder with 1426 people being killed in the stampede ISTM there's a solution there for our current dispute with Halibuts. Do jihadist go on hadj? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted September 24, 2015 ISTM there's a solution there for our current dispute with Halibuts. Do jihadist go on hadj? I wondered if those dead people, since they didn't complete their hadj, will now go to Halibut hell. I also wondered if suicide bombers who haven't yet completed a hadj, still get into paradise? Is there maybe a shortcut? Finally, I wonder if those disasters are going to become more frequent, since there are more and more Halibuts, and they all have to fit into that, how to call it, stadium (?) and make their seven rounds around the Qaaba. Is there still room or time left? Maybe they soon have to build a sphere around it to make space for more people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted September 25, 2015 Lot of the reports on the ground suggesting that the cause of the crush was a large number of roads being closed off so King Salman could travel in peace. Nice guy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted September 25, 2015 lets face it with a billion Halibuts they won't miss a thousand or so here and there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,129 Posted September 29, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34388428/erik-roner-mtv-extreme-sports-star-dies-after-hitting-tree-in-skydiving-accident Extreme sports star Erik Roner dies hitting a tree whilst skydiving.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted October 6, 2015 "Take a photo of me pretending to be falling down a cliff" said the woman who then fell down a cliff: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3260620/British-tourist-Zoe-Woolmer-encouraged-risky-photo-falling-death.html Well, to be more precise, the tour guide encouraged her. Exemplary photos in the link if you care. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted November 25, 2015 Woman dies by making a wreath with aerosols at her daughter's grave while smoking a cigarette, causing an explosion: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-34910036 Ironic? Tragic? Stupid? Funny? I don't know.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 25, 2015 Woman dies by making a wreath with aerosols at her daughter's grave while smoking a cigarette, causing an explosion: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-34910036 Ironic? Tragic? Stupid? Funny? I don't know.... A wreath made out of aerosol cans? I can't even picture that concept. I'll throw 'bizarre' into the descriptive pile.SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,036 Posted November 25, 2015 Woman dies by making a wreath with aerosols at her daughter's grave while smoking a cigarette, causing an explosion: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-34910036 Ironic? Tragic? Stupid? Funny? I don't know.... She should have left it to professional wreath makers, who coincidentally will now have some work coming their way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 8, 2016 This happened on Christmas Day Distracted walking can be as hazardous as distracted driving, the public was reminded after the deeply unfortunate Christmas Day death of a man in San Diego. Lifeguards say the man was walking and looking at a device in the Sunset Cliffs area at sunset around 4:50 p.m. Friday when he dropped 60 feet to his death, the New York Daily News reports. "Witnesses stated seeing someone distracted by an electronic device and he just fell over the edge," lifeguard Bill Bender tells NBC San Diego. He "wasn't watching where he was walking, he was looking down at the device in his hands." The man apparently drove to the area with a passenger to watch the sunset. KABC reports he struggled to find parking and exited the vehicle in search of a spot; that's when witnesses say he was looking at a device and plummeted. Bender says that after the man fell, three witnesses "put themselves at jeopardy" by making their way down the rocks to administer CPR to the man, who was in his 30s, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. NBC San Diego cites lifeguard speculation that the device was a phone or camera, but says no such device has been recovered yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 2, 2016 An actor appearing in an experitmental theatre production that involved his character being lynched on-stage is in a coma, after the scene went wrong and he was strangled. Raphael Schumacher, 27, was taken to hospital after a member of the audience realised that he was actually being hanged when a rope tightened around his neck. Director: "When I said cut I meant CUT!" SC http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/actor-in-coma-after-lynching-scene-goes-wrong-a6848131.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted February 2, 2016 An actor appearing in an experitmental theatre production that involved his character being lynched on-stage is in a coma, after the scene went wrong and he was strangled. Raphael Schumacher, 27, was taken to hospital after a member of the audience realised that he was actually being hanged when a rope tightened around his neck. Director: "When I said cut I meant CUT!" SC http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/actor-in-coma-after-lynching-scene-goes-wrong-a6848131.html According to one report, a box on which Mr Schumacher was supposed to stand while wearing the noose had been moved. He was also meant to be wearing a body harness. Possibly attempted homicide? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 5, 2016 An actor appearing in an experitmental theatre production that involved his character being lynched on-stage is in a coma, after the scene went wrong and he was strangled. Raphael Schumacher, 27, was taken to hospital after a member of the audience realised that he was actually being hanged when a rope tightened around his neck. Director: "When I said cut I meant CUT!" SChttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/actor-in-coma-after-lynching-scene-goes-wrong-a6848131.html Condition worsening http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35481616?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,571 Posted February 5, 2016 An actor appearing in an experitmental theatre production that involved his character being lynched on-stage is in a coma, after the scene went wrong and he was strangled. Raphael Schumacher, 27, was taken to hospital after a member of the audience realised that he was actually being hanged when a rope tightened around his neck. Director: "When I said cut I meant CUT!" SChttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/actor-in-coma-after-lynching-scene-goes-wrong-a6848131.html Condition worsening http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35481616?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook Now declared clinically dead This is an awful story. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
