Darwin calling.....

jlabsher

jlabsher

Sorry about that chief.
Student dies in spitting contest
February 25, 2004


A student fell 11 storeys to his death during a spitting contest on his 20th birthday, police in Canada said.

The Ottawa-Carleton University student had been drinking with friends when, in an attempt to spit the furthest off a balcony, got a running start, tumbled over the railing and fell 11 storeys to his death, police said on Monday.

Police called the death "a tragic accident".

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Man dies tossing rope at train

Simi Valley man dies after tossing rope at train Wednesday February 18, 2004 SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) A 43-year-old man tossed a rope into the path of a freight train, apparently on a lark, and was killed after becoming entangled in the rope and dragged by the train, authorities said.
Alan Pichel Sr. was hanging out with his 17-year-old son near the train tracks Monday evening when he threw a bottle tied to a shopping cart into the train's path, said John Bromley, a spokesman for Union Pacific Railroad.

``Apparently, they wanted to watch the shopping cart be dragged along by the train,'' Bromley said.

Authorities say it remains unclear exactly how Pichel became entangled, though police Sgt. Joe May said the man's death was the result of ``a strange chain of events.''

``I've heard about people getting hit by the train, or people committing suicide by stepping in front of the train, but nothing like this,'' May said.

Police stopped the train, which was moving about 15 mph, after about a mile. Coroner's officials said an autopsy showed Pichel died from multiple blunt-force injuries.

Pichel's son, Alan Jr., said Tuesday that he and his father ``weren't even that close to the tracks.''

``He just didn't see it coming and it caught him. It happened so fast,'' he said, adding that his father liked to joke around. ``He was just the funniest guy,'' the teen said. ``He was a character.''

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Dymphna

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Originally posted by IM4Change
Alan Pichel Sr. was hanging out with his 17-year-old son...

`He just didn't see it coming and it caught him. It happened so fast,'' he said, adding that his father liked to joke around. ``He was just the funniest guy,'' the teen said. ``He was a character.''
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The problem with this is not only did this guy reproduce, but apparently the son admired him. :rolleyes:
 
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jlabsher

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Sorry about that chief.
What time is it?

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Vince

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From ALLAN HALL
in Berlin

A MAN who lived in his own “zoo” of lizards and insects was fatally bitten by a pet black widow spider — then eaten by the other creepy-crawlies.
Police broke in to Mark Voegel’s apartment to find spider Bettina along with 200 others, several snakes, a gecko lizard called Helmut and several thousand termites had gorged on his body.
Neighbours alerted police after becoming alarmed by the stink.
And horrified officers were met by a nightmare scene.
Spider's victim ... the body of tragic Voegel is taken away
A police spokesman said: “It was like a horror movie. His corpse was over the sofa.

“Giant webs draped him, spiders were all over him. They were coming out of his nose and his mouth.

“There was everything there one could imagine in the world of reptiles.

“Larger pieces of flesh torn off by the lizards were scooped up and taken back to the webs of tarantulas and other bird-eating spiders.”

Hungry ... termites ate body
Loner Voegel, 30, never invited people back to his “jungle” home, a small apartment in the German city of Dortmund.

Police described it as a cross between a botanical garden and the butterfly breeding ground in the serial killer movie The Silence Of The Lambs.

One tarantula had built a nest the size of a swallow’s in a corner of the ceiling.

Voegel also had a boa constrictor and several poisonous frogs from South America.

Spider expert and animal cruelty officer Gabi Bayer said he kept creatures “that should never be allowed in a private home”.

She said: “He had spiders so aggressive they are the equivalent of a pit-bull in the animal world.”

The reptiles were allowed to roam free in the flat.

The heating elements on two tanks containing spiders and their termite snacks had exploded and dislodged the metal tops allowing them to escape.

Danger ... he kept snakes
Voegel is thought to have been dead for between seven and 14 days.
A post-mortem will be carried out in the next few days. But authorities believe Bettina alone was responsible for Voegel’s death.
 
jlabsher

jlabsher

Sorry about that chief.
At least I didn't show you the whole website. Creeped me out!

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And here, my prize, the Black Widow. Isn't she lovely?.. and so deadly. Her kiss is fifteen times as poisonous as that of the rattlesnake. You see her venom is highly neurotoxic, which is to say that it attacks the central nervous system causing intense pain, profuse sweating, difficulty in breathing, loss of consciousness, violent convulsions and, finally.. death. You know what I think I love the most about her is her inborn need to dominate, possess. In fact, immediately after the consummation of her marriage to the smaller and weaker male of the species she kills and eats him - *laugh* oh, she is delicious.. and I hope he was! Such power and dignity - unhampered by sentiment. If I may put forward a slice of personal philosophy, I feel that man has ruled this world as a stumbling dimented child-king long enough! And as his empire crumbles, my precious Black Widow shall rise as his most fitting successor!
 
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