Who are they, these people who met the stupidest death? What fate befell them? Consider the most famous and most striking cases that do not fit into any framework of logic or common sense. So, let's begin:
Patrick Stiff
This brave resident of Valparais (Illinois, USA) played "coward" with his friend at midnight. They took turns staying on the tracks in front of the oncoming train. The winner was to be the one whose nerves would be stronger, and who would jump out from under the wheels of the locomotive as late as possible. Patrick won. Posthumously. The train driver did not even notice the brave debater with iron nerves, without trying to somehow slow down or take other measures, and no one accused him of this.
Patrick Stiff played coward with a friend in front of oncoming trains and won
Luhansk deputy
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The Luhansk MP, whose name was not disclosed, was walking his boxer dog. At the same time, the Luhansk police cadet was making a walk with a couple of his friends. Apparently, the cadet did his best to prove to his companions that he was the coolest of all the alpha males in the area. Seeing the deputy with an animal without a muzzle and a collar, the novice law enforcement officer made a stern face and began to explain to the owner how the dog should look and what should be worn on it. As you know, the deputies love their people. Our dog owner was no exception. In response to angry speeches, he took a grenade from his pocket - RGD-5, according to knowledgeable people.
He was not going to joke, pulled the pin and threw the ammunition at the cadet. That would be the end of the fairy tale, but the dog was trained! Then the action unfolded as in a comedy about Barbosa, only with a lethal outcome. The dog rushed forward and instantly brought a grenade to its owner. This was the last act of her life. The deputy died in the ambulance carriage, the cadet was slightly hooked, his girlfriends were not injured at all.
Dealt with moles once and for all
A resident of Germany, already a middle-aged person, decided once and for all to deal with the moles on his site, passing a current through the ground through the territory. Plunging the metal pins into the soil, he wondered, from what source to power them?
Ordinary 220V seemed frivolous to him, and he used a high-voltage power line as a "battery". He did not take into account that he also needed to somehow move on the ground. How it happened with the moles, history is silent, but the inventor fell victim to his ingenuity.
Great logician
Cases of electric shock to unwary or uninformed people are not uncommon. But the Frenchman, whose name is unknown, urinated on a bare cable on a bet, surpassed everyone. He claimed that the cable was not plugged in and found no more convincing way to prove his case. Isn't it the stupidest death?
Michael Warner
Michael Warner from Texas had an unhealthy addiction to alcohol. Moreover, it was completely unhealthy - due to a throat disease, he was forced to inject alcohol into himself rectally, that is, he did enemas. Michael once went too far. At the party he "consumed" two bottles of sherry, one and a half liters each. From such a dose, he fell into complete prostration, but the intestines continued to work regularly and absorbed more and more portions of alcohol.
During the autopsy, it turned out that the concentration of alcohol in Michael's blood was 6 times higher than the fatal value for a person. The most interesting thing in this whole story was that the procedure for the introduction of alcohol was done by Michael's wife, who was later charged with criminal negligence, but there was not enough evidence. Note that craving for alcohol is one of the most common causes of stupid death.
Miguel Anaya Pablo
Miguel Anaya Pablo, a 60-year-old Mexican farmer, had a big gripe with one of his pigs. Once, having returned home in a hefty drunk, this stupid man decided to find out with her all the differences once and for all. The farmer attacked the animal, but, being in not the best shape, he could not win an instant victory. The pig had its own ideas about what was allowed to the owner and what was not. She defended herself according to all the rules of pig self-defense and managed to chop off Miguel three fingers and … genitals. The farmer could not explain that he did not like it so much. He died in hospital from infection.
James Barnes
James Barnes from Michigan went under his car to get it repaired. After a while, he asked his friend to drive a little to determine the cause of the incomprehensible knock. He did this last favor to his friend, got behind the wheel and moved the car a couple of meters forward. This turned out to be enough for James to be wound on the propeller shaft of a car and die a stupid death.
Chick rescuers
The famous rescuers of chickens from the Egyptian village Nazlat Imara tried to pull out a bird that fell into a well. More precisely, the owner of the chicken tried, an 18-year-old peasant who climbed into the well and drowned. His sister, two brothers, then two more villagers climbed to save him. None of them got out of the well alive. The reason for these stupid deaths was a strong underground current, which the hapless rescuers had neither the strength nor the preparation to resist. Their bodies were recovered from another well, dug several miles downstream of an underground river. Alive and healthy, only the culprit - the chicken - could get out of this story.
Burnt fifth point
An epic story happened to a Los Angeles resident. He was repairing something on the roof of his house. He had no regular means of insurance, but it doesn't matter - he tied himself with a rope, which he threw over the ridge of the roof and tied it to the rear bumper of the car. After a while, the wife of our master got behind the wheel, whom he did not warn about anything. She rushed from her place to the shops, taking her husband with her. The surgeons managed to save the unfortunate man, but you can't escape fate.
In honor of his return from the hospital, it was decided to throw a party. The wife, waiting for the guests, filled the lighters with gasoline, some of which spilled into the toilet. Then the convalescent entered the toilet with a cigarette in his mouth, sat down, unrolled the newspaper and, out of habit, threw the bull into the toilet. Large burns this time did not respond to treatment.
Krzysztof Azninsky
A unique incident happened to him. Krzysztof is a Polish peasant who celebrated his bachelor party. They annealed with friends as if Krzysztof had to marry, at least, a terrible and grumpy witch. First, the men undressed, ran around naked and howled like wolves. Then they found a box of frozen turnips, which they used to beat each other if they managed to catch up. But it was boring. And then a chainsaw appeared from somewhere.
One of my friends grabbed her, started the engine and showed his cool - cut off his foot. Krzysztof could not bear this anymore, deciding to keep up, he grabbed the saw and in one motion blew off his head … Subsequently, when the investigation began, one of his friends expressed an indicative point of view - they say, as a child, Krzysztof liked to put on his older sister's underwear, but go you - died like a real man …
There are many stories about the stupidest deaths walking around the network. All of them are quite funny, although they describe not the most fun topic - human death. There are also ordinary stories - so, for a long time they talked about the zoo keeper in the city of Paderborn, even the name was called - Friedrich Riesfeldt. Allegedly, he gave the elephant a large dose of laxative, and at the most crucial moment he was in the wrong place and was buried under a mountain of elephant dung. The story has been circulating on the net since 1998, until it was revealed that there was never a zoo in Paderborn. The no less famous story with a rocket mounted on a car is also nothing more than an anecdote, albeit a very funny one.
It is possible that some of the stories cited will also turn out to be fiction, and this will not be bad at all.