The internet has made it pretty easy for people to either find video or written analysis of Darwin Award winners or candidates. My personal favorite is from the award class of 1999. The story goes as follows:
Mexico, 1999.
A Mexican jail guard died from an excess of zeal while supervising an inmate's conjugal visit. Raul Zarate Diaz was closely watching his charge from the roof of the prison when he tripped over an air vent, crashed through the skylight, and fell 75 feet to land beside the bed where the inmate and his wife were, against all odds, enjoying an intimate moment. The interrupted prisoner, offended by the intrusion, attempted to start a riot, but was squelched by prison security. Prisoners in the Tapachula facility reported that Diaz was in the habit of prowling the prison roof during conjugal visits, in search of prisoners to supervise. Local law enforcement reported that the guard was clutching a pornographic magazine, which was retained as evidence, and binoculars, whose sentimental value let them back to the family of the deceased.
There are hundreds of stories on the Darwin Awards website, which I strongly encourage everyone to check out. In closing, i'll leave you with a video I found on YouTube that I thought was pretty entertaining. It's not quite the material you will read about on the website, but entertaining nonetheless.
1 comment:
Now thats fun stuff! thanx for the lead.
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