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Jimbuna 12-30-08 11:33 AM
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892: Sigurd the Mighty 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 12-30-08 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Dowly
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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, the Muslim governor of the Central Asian town of Otrar, was captured and killed by the invading Mongols, who poured molten 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 12-30-08 07:04 PM
Mongols aren't exactly the nicest hosts, apparently.

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

SteamWake 12-30-08 07:43 PM
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 12-30-08 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by A Very Super Market
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 12-30-08 08:59 PM
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 12-30-08 10:24 PM
Wow, this sounds like a great mystery.

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1959: In the Dyatlov Pass incident, Nine ski hikers in the 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 12-31-08 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by AngusJS
Wow, this sounds like a great mystery.

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1959: In the Dyatlov Pass incident, Nine ski hikers in the 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/v4...ys/4_6_100.gif

August 12-31-08 08:17 AM
Story to scare the locals out of the exclusion area.

Dowly 12-31-08 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by AngusJS
Wow, this sounds like a great mystery.

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1959: In the Dyatlov Pass incident, Nine ski hikers in the 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 12-31-08 09:35 PM
Yeti. Its ALWAYS the Yetis

SteamWake 12-31-08 09:47 PM
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.

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

August 12-31-08 10:58 PM
With all the winter survival training i've received i've never heard of this before:

Paradoxical Undressing

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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 12-31-08 11:08 PM
After reading that...may I point you guys to the Darwin Awards?

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 01-01-09 01:05 AM
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.


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