2010 Darwin Awards......

Eighth Place

In Detroit, a 41- year- old man got stuck and drowned in two feet of
water after squeezing head first through an 18- inch- wide sewer grate to
retrieve his car keys.


Seventh Place

A 49- year- old San Francisco stockbroker, who "totally zoned when he
ran", accidentally jogged off a 100- foot high cliff on his daily run.


Sixth Place

While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for
protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the
bottom, when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him
out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment
almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.


Fifth Place

Santiago Alvarado, 24, was killed as he fell through the ceiling of
a bicycle shop he was burglarizing. Death was caused when the long
flashlight he had placed in his mouth to keep his hands free rammed into the
base of his skull as he hit the floor.


Fourth Place

Sylvester Briddell, Jr., 26, was killed as he won a bet with friends
who said he would not put a revolver loaded with four bullets into his mouth
and pull the trigger.


Third Place

After stepping around a marked police patrol car parked at the front
door, a man walked into 'H&J Leather & Firearms' intent on robbing the store
The shop was full of customers and a uniformed officer was standing at the
counter. Upon seeing the officer, the would- be robber announced a hold- up
and fired a few wild shots from a target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, and several customers also drew their guns and fired. The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons. No one else was hurt.


HONORABLE MENTION

Paul Stiller, 47, and his wife Bonnie were bored just driving around
at 2 A.M. So they lit a quarter stick of dynamite to toss out the window to
see what would happen. Apparently they failed to notice that the window was
closed.


RUNNER UP

Kerry Bingham had been drinking with several friends when one of
them said they knew a person who had bungee- jumped from a local bridge in
the middle of traffic. The conversation grew more excited and at least 10
men trooped along the walkway of the bridge at 4:30 AM. Upon arrival at the
midpoint of the bridge, they discovered that no one had brought a bungee
rope. Bingham, who had continued drinking, volunteered and pointed out that
a coil of lineman's cable lay nearby. They secured one end around Bingham's
leg and then tied the other to the bridge. His fall lasted 40 feet before
the cable tightened and tore his foot off at the ankle. He miraculously
survived his fall into the icy water and was rescued by two nearby
fishermen.. Bingham's foot was never located.


AND THE WINNER IS....

Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt (Paderborn, Germany) fed his
constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of
berries, figs and prunes before the plugged- up pachyderm finally got relief. Investigators say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give
the ailing elephant an olive oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded.
The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation knocked Mr.
Riesfeldt to the ground where he struck his head on a rock as the elephant
continued to evacuate 200 pounds of dung on top of him. It seems to be just
one of those freak accidents that proves.....'Shit happens."

The last one is the best!

I've always wondered, are these real? Or do they make them up for comedy?

some are fake and have been around for years and others are real but OLD.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin06.asp

The winner is a repeat.

FAIL, I received these in an email......

Here is a real one

Man saved a man that fell on subway tracks, only cause the death would have stopped all trains and prevented him from getting to work for time and a half.

How about a real one from Milwaukee.

Man kills girlfriend for answering phone during sex.

This is phony. 2010 is NOT over yet.

Weather true or not, it was a good read. Sad to think there really are people like that out there.

Third place is pretty good, doubt its true, but ya never know