What a way to go !

[SteamWake]

List of 'unusual deaths'...

I think the first is my favorite 'the turtle survived' :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

[HunterICX]

1794: John Kendrick, an American sea captain and explorer, was killed in the Hawaiian Islands when a British ship mistakenly used a loaded cannon to fire a salute to Kendrick's vessel

''Whoopsie''

HunterICX

[SteamWake]

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy)Garry Hoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy), a Toronto lawyer, fell to his death after he threw himself through the glass wall on the 24th floor of the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy)Toronto-Dominion Centre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre) in order to prove the glass was unbreakable. The pane didn't break, but instead popped out of its frame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy)

Well he proved his point :hmm:

[Digital_Trucker]

Garry Hoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy), a Toronto lawyer, fell to his death after he threw himself through the glass wall on the 24th floor of the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy)Toronto-Dominion Centre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto-Dominion_Centre) in order to prove the glass was unbreakable. The pane didn't break, but instead popped out of its frame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy)

Well he proved his point :hmm:

Not exactly, he may have just proved shoddy workmanship in installing the window pane:rotfl:If the pane had been installed properly, then perhaps it would have broken.

[OneToughHerring]

1410: Martin I of Aragon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_I_of_Aragon) died from a lethal combination of indigestion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigestion) and uncontrollable laughing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_hilarity).

After christmas I can sort of relate to that.

[A Very Super Market]

Some of them are more....absolutely disgusting than unusual. Like that little girl who had her intestines sucked out of her rectum:o

[Frame57]

Some of them are more....absolutely disgusting than unusual. Like that little girl who had her intestines sucked out of her rectum:o OMG! I remember that. The poor girl was in swimming pool as i recall. Yikes...

[Task Force]

Some of them are more....absolutely disgusting than unusual. Like that little girl who had her intestines sucked out of her rectum:o OMG! I remember that. The poor girl was in swimming pool as i recall. Yikes...

And what lesson do we learn from this... Never get to close to the sucky things in pools.

Yea, some of them are kind of weird.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Another quick "stranger than fiction tale" fromthe book "Death Traps" (can't remember author's name, but he worked as a tank recovery specialist in the European campaign in ww2)

Evidently, a Sherman tank with a 76mm gun was hit and utterly destroyed by a Panzerkampfwagen V Panther. The complete lack of a frontal impact point, substantiated by witness accounts that the tank was not hit from behind, as well as the apparent impact point of the shell (rear turret, interior) suggested that the Panther's 75mm shell had more or less gone straight up the barrel of the Sherman's 76mm gun as the breech was opened to reload.

[A Very Super Market]

If that really happened, it would be the most GLORIOUS thing ever to occur.

But it probably didn't

I find it very doubtful that a AP shell could go up the very long 76mm Firefly gun with only 1mm of breathing space and then not break through the turret wall. If it was HE, the slightest bump would have caused it to explode inside the gun. Lies LIES!!!

[A Very Super Market]

If that really happened, it would be the most GLORIOUS thing ever to occur.

But it probably didn't

I find it very doubtful that a AP shell could go up the very long 76mm Firefly gun with only 1mm of breathing space and then not break through the turret wall. If it was HE, the slightest bump would have caused it to explode inside the gun. Lies LIES!!!

[porphy]

A sobering read... :)

It actually reminded me of two odd volumes of books I have, About Death. Written in early twentieth century by a danish surgeon Oscar Bloch , the first volume examines all kinds of death from a physiological point of view. Death by thirst, explosion, suffocation etc. The second volume is a 300 pages list of how famous persons throughout history died. And it goes into some detail as well... I might be able to expand the Wiki page! :know:

An infamous way to go from the world of mountaineering is the story of Tony Kurz (1913-1936) link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Kurz)


cheers porphy

[Stealth Hunter]

Why didn't they include Marcus Crassus, who, after being defeated by the Persians, had molten gold poured down his throat, mocking the fact that he was the wealthiest man of his time (indeed one of the wealthiest in history)?

[Dowly]

Why didn't they include Marcus Crassus, who, after being defeated by the Persians, had molten gold poured down his throat, mocking the fact that he was the wealthiest man of his time (indeed one of the wealthiest in history)?

Dont know, but someone seems to have shared his fate:

1219: According to legend, Inalchuk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inalchuk), the Muslim governor of the Central Asian town of Otrar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otrar), was captured and killed by the invading Mongols (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols), who poured molten silver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver) in his eyes, ears, and throat.

[SteamWake]

Why didn't they include Marcus Crassus, who, after being defeated by the Persians, had molten gold poured down his throat, mocking the fact that he was the wealthiest man of his time (indeed one of the wealthiest in history)?

There was some mention about someone having molten silver poured into his eyes, ears, and throat.

[Jimbuna]

892: Sigurd the Mighty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_Eysteinsson) of Orkney strapped the head of a defeated foe to his leg, the tooth of which grazed against him as he rode his horse, causing the infection which killed him.

Someone obviously tried to bite off more than they could chew :lol:

[Stealth Hunter]

Why didn't they include Marcus Crassus, who, after being defeated by the Persians, had molten gold poured down his throat, mocking the fact that he was the wealthiest man of his time (indeed one of the wealthiest in history)?

Dont know, but someone seems to have shared his fate:

1219: According to legend, Inalchuk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inalchuk), the Muslim governor of the Central Asian town of Otrar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otrar), was captured and killed by the invading Mongols (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols), who poured molten silver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver) in his eyes, ears, and throat.

DAMN.:o

Having it poured down your throat would be bad enough, but your EARS? And your EYES?:oops:

[A Very Super Market]

Mongols aren't exactly the nicest hosts, apparently.

Sort of justified, since the guy was a complete arsehole. And .rich

[SteamWake]

Dammit Dowly beat my post :oops:

Anyhow there was no mention of what order the silver was poured into his orifices. One would think pretty much any of the above would be fatal.

[August]

If that really happened, it would be the most GLORIOUS thing ever to occur.

"glorious" wouldn't be a word I would choose to describe the incident.

[A Very Super Market]

Sorry, I've made a habit of using GLORIOUS in place of epic. I suppose its a bit insensitive to the tankers inside, but for lack of a better term, its very epic.

[AngusJS]

Wow, this sounds like a great mystery.

1959: In the Dyatlov Pass incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident), Nine ski hikers in the Ural Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Mountains) abandoned their camp in the middle of the night in apparent terror, some clad only in their underwear despite sub-zero weather. Six of the hikers died of hypothermia and three by unexplained fatal injuries. Though the corpses showed no signs of struggle, one victim had a fatal skull fracture, two had major chest fractures (comparable in force to a car accident), and one was missing her tongue. The victims' clothing also contained high levels of radiation. Soviet investigators determined only that "a compelling unknown force" had caused the deaths, barring entry to the area for years thereafter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

[Jimbuna]

Wow, this sounds like a great mystery.

1959: In the Dyatlov Pass incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident), Nine ski hikers in the Ural Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Mountains) abandoned their camp in the middle of the night in apparent terror, some clad only in their underwear despite sub-zero weather. Six of the hikers died of hypothermia and three by unexplained fatal injuries. Though the corpses showed no signs of struggle, one victim had a fatal skull fracture, two had major chest fractures (comparable in force to a car accident), and one was missing her tongue. The victims' clothing also contained high levels of radiation. Soviet investigators determined only that "a compelling unknown force" had caused the deaths, barring entry to the area for years thereafter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

YETI!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/c_jane24/Smileys/4_6_100.gif

[August]

Story to scare the locals out of the exclusion area.

[Dowly]

Wow, this sounds like a great mystery.

1959: In the Dyatlov Pass incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident), Nine ski hikers in the Ural Mountains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ural_Mountains) abandoned their camp in the middle of the night in apparent terror, some clad only in their underwear despite sub-zero weather. Six of the hikers died of hypothermia and three by unexplained fatal injuries. Though the corpses showed no signs of struggle, one victim had a fatal skull fracture, two had major chest fractures (comparable in force to a car accident), and one was missing her tongue. The victims' clothing also contained high levels of radiation. Soviet investigators determined only that "a compelling unknown force" had caused the deaths, barring entry to the area for years thereafter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident

Aye, this is very interesting. Hard to imagine what possibly could've caused them to leave their camp and travel roughly 2km in -30C weather. Creepy. :yep:

[A Very Super Market]

Yeti. Its ALWAYS the Yetis

[SteamWake]

There is a recent news story where a family broke down in the snow. Father told the kids to "walk" to their destination.

The young boy was found delerious in his underwear. The little sister died.

Oh yea the dad is being charged with murder.


Sickness will surely take the mind where minds dont usually go.

[August]

With all the winter survival training i've received i've never heard of this before:

Paradoxical Undressing

Twenty to fifty percent of hypothermal deaths are associated with a phenomenon known as paradoxical undressing. This typically occurs during moderate to severe hypothermia, as the victim becomes disoriented, confused, and combative. The hypothermic victim may begin discarding the clothing he or she has been wearing, which, in turn, increases the rate of temperature loss. There have been several published case studies of victims throwing off their clothes before help reached them. Rescuers that are trained in mountain survival techniques have been taught to expect this effect. However, the phenomenon still regularly leads police to assume incorrectly that urban victims of hypothermia have been subjected to a sexual assault. (M. A. Rothschild et al., "Terminal burrowing behavior", p. 1)
One explanation for the effect is a cold-induced malfunction of the hypothalamus, the part of the brain that regulates body temperature. Another explanation is that the muscles contracting peripheral blood vessels become exhausted (known as a loss of vasomotor tone) and relax, leading to a sudden surge of blood (and heat) to the extremities, fooling the victim into feeling warm.

[SandyCaesar]

After reading that...may I point you guys to the Darwin Awards (http://www.darwinawards.com/)?

Read all about it: the chimneysweep who tried to weld a grenade to a pole, the Thai drunkards who decided to play Russian Roulette with an antitank mine...the list goes on.
:rotfl:

"In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity." --Konrad Adenauer

[A Very Super Market]

I've heard about paradoxical undressing a few times, Northern BC is a bit like Colorado, and sometimes, avalanche victims are found completely naked in -40 C temperatures.

[Task Force]

Now why take off your clothes in that weather???:-? The yeti took them.:lol:

[A Very Super Market]

Yeti are EVIL

This is a wampa
http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/250px-wampa.jpg

This is a Yeti
http://i491.photobucket.com/albums/rr278/A_Very_Super_Market/arg.jpg

As you can see, Yeti are possible the closest an animal can come to SATAN.

[Task Force]

Ooooah, look at the little fuzzy thing.:rotfl:

[SandyCaesar]

I shall call him Fluffy.:up:

[Dowly]

I shall call him Fluffy.:up:

And then it bit your legs off. :lol:

[OneToughHerring]

An infamous way to go from the world of mountaineering is the story of Tony Kurz (1913-1936) link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Kurz)

I see there's a film being made about the incident. Might be the first film in a long time I might go see in the cinema.

[porphy]

Oh, thanks for the notice about the movie. I somehow missed that on the Wiki-page. I hope to get hold of a copy, as I doubt it will be running at the theaters here.

cheers Porphy

[Task Force]

I shall call him Fluffy.:up:
And then it bit your legs off. :lol:

*task force grabs realy big gun to kill the attacking yeti.:lol:*

{loud shots in background, gun reloading and firing agian.}

Im back, just had to take care of that yeti.:yep:

[CybrSlydr]

Those were some bizarre deaths!

Fun read though - funny to see that hippy McCandles die from idiocy.

Now, if only all hippies would suffer a similar fate...

[SteamWake]

Those were some bizarre deaths!

Fun read though - funny to see that hippy McCandles die from idiocy.

Now, if only all hippies would suffer a similar fate...

Hey... being an ex Hippie I take offense to that ;)

Still if that was his real name... :hmm:

[A Very Super Market]

Yeti are invincible apart from one weakness.









Lead.

[OneToughHerring]

Oh, thanks for the notice about the movie. I somehow missed that on the Wiki-page. I hope to get hold of a copy, as I doubt it will be running at the theaters here.

cheers Porphy
On second thought, you are probably right. It could very well be that the film won't get a run in any major cinema houses, at least not here. Pity, would be nice to see a good European mountain film on the big screen. The trailer on Youtube looks good though.

OT, it's a little sad that European films don't get the big screen rotation that they'd deserve. It's just the US block busters everywhere. And the US movie makers make their products for the US audience.

[SteamWake]

Yeti are invincible apart from one weakness.




Lead.

and Ebay ! :rotfl: