Every year in the world many different prizes are awarded for the various merits of humanity. Do not ignore those nominees whose actions are difficult to call sane, for they invariably had a tragic end.
So, let's talk about the winners of the Darwin Prize. This virtual award is annually awarded posthumously to people for the monstrously stupid actions that led to their death.
1. My house is my fortress
An elderly Belgian engineer was killed by one of his deadly traps set by him in his own house. He lost the court for this house to his daughter and was afraid of eviction.
2. Instinct of self-preservation - self-defense or suicide
Someone falls asleep with a teddy bear, and forty-seven-year-old Newton from North Carolina Ken Charles Barger got used to falling asleep with his beloved Smith and Wesson of the 38th caliber. When one day he was awakened by a phone call, he mechanically put a "deadly toy" to his ear and pulled the trigger.
3. Insurance - first of all
So the resident from Los Angeles argued, intending to repair the roof of his house. He thoroughly fixed the safety rope, and the other end of it was tied to the bumper of the car standing in the courtyard. Just at this time, his wife was going shopping. The car started off, the man was torn from the roof and struck to the first store near which his wife stopped. And although this time he was rescued, he died even more absurd. The toilet in his toilet exploded when he threw a cigarette butt. The wife, refueling the lighter, spilled a little flammable liquid inside. Fate or evil fate?
4. Deadly love of nature
A young botanist from California made a trek through the reserve on the rocky coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The walk took a little longer. In order not to pollute the soil with body waste, the young man decided to urinate from the cliff in the sea, but could not resist and fell a two-hundred-meter cliff and crashed to death.
5. After the beautiful
In 2005, one elderly lady decided to take a walk in the mountains. On the way to her eyes caught the amazing feather. She tried to pick it up, but a strong gust of wind took him to the side of the fence. The woman rushed after him. As a result, she fell down from a height of 300 meters and died of a traumatic brain injury.
6. Woe from Wit
2000 year, the Philippines. A resident of Davao City decided to rob passengers on board the aircraft. He managed to carry on board an improvised parachute, grenades and a gun. He robbed passengers for $ 25,000, demanded from the pilot to lower the plane to a height from which it is possible to make a jump. After jumping out of the plane, he threw a ring from her instead of the grenade into the cockpit. In addition, the parachute never opened.
7. The lawyer-joker
A successful lawyer from Toronto, proving the strength of the windows in the office, was amused by the fact that he ran with a run to the window, frightening the visitors of the office. However, the 24th attempt turned out to be fatal. The window was broken, and the wicked joker made a leap.
8. Salvation of drowning people is a work of hands ...
A resident from Austria, having taken a fair amount of alcohol and deciding to go out for a breath of fresh air, for some reason could not open the door of his apartment. Trying to get into the small window in the kitchen, he was stuck so that his head was in a sink with water. Being pretty drunk, he could not turn off the water and choked. Paradoxically, the keys to the apartment were in his pocket.
9. The power is there - no need
Ukrainian fisherman decided not to trivialize, fishing with a fishing rod, and threw into the river electric cable under tension. When the fish surfaced, the hapless fisherman went into the water to collect it, previously forgetting to turn off the tension. As a result, he suffered the fate of his catch.
10. Revenge of fish
A fisherman from South Korea was preparing his catch for sale and was going to gut the fish. However, being still alive, the fish unexpectedly sharply waved its tail and the knife, intended for cutting, hit the fisherman's chest. He died on the spot.
11. Travelers to Hell
Four Chinese teenagers, after watching the movies about the supernatural, decided to "go to travel to hell." They ate a melon, stuffed with rat poison, and left a note where they promised to return if they did not like it. Two out of four, apparently, liked it. Two, fortunately, managed to save.
12. About sports, you ...
The young gymnast, celebrating her 17th birthday, decided to show her personal successes in sports, making an improvised trampoline from the sofa. Entering into excitement, she flew out of the sixth floor window. Sad final of the celebration.
13. Curiosity - not a defect?
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. A young girl decided to part with life, jumping from the bridge. More than 50 onlookers gathered to watch this sad spectacle. As a result, the bridge could not stand the total weight of curious spectators and collapsed. Nine people died.
14. Forgetful Skydiver
Experienced skydiver Ivan McGuire decided to take his jump over North Carolina from a height of 3000 m, taking a camera with him, but forgetting to put a parachute. The final is known.
15. Died at work
The owner of the funeral home from France, Mark Burdjata, died to death a pile of coffins, which he traded in his shop. He was buried in one of them.
16. Tampons-killers
A resident of Hampshire, Mark Gleason decided to fight with snoring, using female tampons, thrusting them into his nostrils. The self-taught healer gasped in his sleep.
17. Deadly help
The humanitarian mission of the Belgian Air Force in Sudan ended with the death of three local residents when they fell on their heads with food boxes dropped by Belgian soldiers.
18. Deadly theft
When the unlucky thief from Cameroon Henry M Bongo decided to steal a chicken, an angry mob of locals forced him to eat everything he had stolen. As a result, the unfortunate thief died of asphyxiation, suppressed by the feathers and bones of a bird.
19. Is greed not a defect?
Disobedient motorists often become laureates of the Darwin Prize. One American, who decided to sell his car, tried to pump the remaining gasoline from the tank with a vacuum cleaner. A moment later, there was an explosion. There was no car, no house, no garage. The owner himself did not survive.
20. Pernicious habit
When driving a car, it's important to focus on the management itself, not on yourself. A certain young American had the bad habit of picking his nose while the car was moving. Once the machine slightly shook, and he heavily damaged the blood vessel with his finger. The bleeding began. When his parked car was spotted by patrolmen, the man was already dead. He was bleeding.
21. Deadly betting
A 28-year-old mechanic from Moscow, Sergei Tuganov, moved to the United States. Once, when he met two Russian ladies, he made a bet with them that he could have sex for 12 hours straight. Because of the dispute of $ 5000, a young man, in order not to "fall into the dirt face," drank two packs of Viagra. His "triumph" lasted only a few minutes. He died of a heart attack.
22. Ridiculous to death
50-year-old Alex Mitchell from Kings Lynn in 1975 laughed so much at the jokes of the favorite show of the BBC channel that his heart could not stand it, and he died near the TV screen. Laughter and tears.
23. Weapons of Justice
A resident of Bonn, Peter Gruber decided to rob the Museum of Art, but he panicked when he saw the museum guards, and tried to escape. Sharply turning the corner, he accidentally stumbled upon a meter sword statue. Ironically, the exhibit was called "The Arms of Justice".
24. Saving your favorite toy
A young Frenchwoman at a loss lost control of the car and crashed into a tree. A minute before the tragedy, her favorite Tamagotchi toy was squealing, demanding attention. The girl saved the life of toys at the cost of her life.
25. Caretaker-loser
In 2001, Steve Conner, caretaker of the California zoo, fed the elephant 22 doses of a strong laxative. Deciding to look at the result, he approached the elephant from behind and as a result was buried under a centner of elephant manure.
26. Celebrated
Lovely old lady Debbie Milla was going to a party to celebrate her 100th birthday, when her wheelchair knocked down a car carrying a birthday cake. Grandmother lived 99 years and 364 days. It's insulting to tears.
27. It was not in the right place
A young woman Megan Fry decided to play a trick on police officers during training on a shooting simulator. She suddenly jumped on them with a loud scream and was shot from 14 barrels of policemen who took her for a target.
This, unfortunately, is far from a complete list of the most ridiculous deaths in the world. Death, like birth, is a natural phenomenon. Do not rush her arrival. Do not try to follow the "ladder" of Darwin in the opposite direction, be attentive to yourself and others!