2017 Darwin Award nominee

[Neilk]

Just saw that we have a new nominee for the 2017 Darwin Awards, not spectacular in nature, but he should get extra points for taking himself out during the commission of a crime.


Intruder bleeds to death after trying to crawl through broken window at Fort Worth home
FILED UNDERCRIME

A man bled to death in the yard of a stranger's house after he broke one of the windows and tried to crawl inside overnight in South Fort Worth, police said.

Here is the LINK to the article

Neil

[GH85Carrera]

Good job! One less thief on the planet.

[masraum]

First responders checked him for any gunshot wounds or apparent stab wounds, but instead found deep cuts that led them back to the partially broken-out window, Perez said. They also saw a lot of blood on the window and the blinds.

Several calls had come in about the man banging on doors and trying to get into different places.

It's not clear at this time if he was under the influence of something, Perez said.

Oh, I'd say it's pretty clear, alright...

[Heel n Toe]

At a town about 30 minutes away from us, a 67 year old woman was burning a pile of trash in her daughter's back yard. That's enough to create a weird picture, but go with it.

She got a little too close to the flame and caught herself on fire (I think the report said she was trying to put out the grass fire that had resulted from her poor decision to burn trash on the ground during a dry, windy day with no hose nearby).

Her bright idea to remedy the situation was to run into a nearby wooded area and set it on fire also.

Firefighters called to the scene found her body in said wooded area.

[Alfasrule]

We need a STUPID Disease! Just think how less the planet would be populated?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Neilk

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A man bled to death in the yard of a stranger's house after he broke one of the windows and tried to crawl inside overnight in South Fort Worth, police said.

That's just a damn shame...a broken window

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by KC911

That's just a damn shame...a broken window

It would be less appealing if it was my window and a body in my back yard. Yuck.

Nobody wants to clean up a dead guys blood from their curtains. I'm guessing that they didn't outline his body on the ground though.

[ckelly78z]

No one ever said that criminals were smart.....if they were, they wouldn't need to break in.

[dad911]

Horrific details emerge about woman’s death in donation bin | New York Post

Woman died stealing clothes from donation bin.

[Rtrorkt]

Florida arson suspect thought shop owners were Muslim, sheriff says - CNN.com
another nominee

[Fast Freddy 944]

Originally Posted by Neilk

Just saw that we have a new nominee for the 2017 Darwin Awards, not spectacular in nature, but he should get extra points for taking himself out during the commission of a crime.


Intruder bleeds to death after trying to crawl through broken window at Fort Worth home
FILED UNDERCRIME

A man bled to death in the yard of a stranger's house after he broke one of the windows and tried to crawl inside overnight in South Fort Worth, police said.

Here is the LINK to the article

Neil

We Texans have a name for that, What was it? oh yaa, Dumb A$$!

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by dad911

Horrific details emerge about woman’s death in donation bin | New York Post

Woman died stealing clothes from donation bin.

You missed this tidbit, which makes it all that much more bizarre:

Permar’s black Hummer was nearby with the engine still running,

[dad911]

2018 Darwin candidate:
Man dies after driving around barricade and onto live wires in New Jersey | abc7ny.com

A man died after authorities say he drove his car around a barricade and onto live wires in New Jersey Thursday morning.

[Heel n Toe]

That dude made the network news tonight... they didn't say he had driven around a barricade, though... I guess they didn't want to offend the family. SMH

What is that ugly thang? At first, it looked like a Prius, but when the copter cam zoomed in tighter, it morphed into something unrecognizable for me.

[RKDinOKC]

Don't let the liberals know about this or we will have to install safety glass windows!

[dad911]

I wonder what a self driving car would do?

[Lyle O]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

What is that ugly thang? At first, it looked like a Prius, but when the copter cam zoomed in tighter, it morphed into something unrecognizable for me.

Looks like a Jeep Compass. Obviously not fire resistant though...

[sammyg2]

I believe we have a new winner:

American killed by bow and arrow-wielding tribe while trying to visit remote Indian island
By Greg Norman, Louis Casiano

An American tourist trying to visit a lush, remote island in India has been killed by a tribe completely cut off from the outside world and known to attack outsiders with bows and arrows, police revealed Wednesday.

Indian officials have identified the victim as John Allen Chau, 27. They added that he was illegally ferried by fishermen to North Sentinel Island last week, part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a group of islands in the Bay of Bengal between India and Burma.

“Adventure awaits. So do leeches,” read the final post on his Instagram account, dated Nov. 2. On his Facebook profile, Chau described himself as a “soccer coach, traveller, and writer.” He often posted images of his worldwide exploits online, such as hikes in Washington state and prior trips to India.

Two police officials identified the victim to Reuters as John Allen Chau, 27.

Visitation to North Sentinel Island is heavily restricted by the Indian government and contact with the Sentinelese tribe who lives there is illegal to protect their indigenous way of life and prevent the spread of diseases.

The tribe is amongst the first people to successfully migrate out of Africa and scientists believe they arrived in the region some 60,000 years ago, the BBC reports.

A police source told Reuters that Chau is a preacher who had visited the area in the past and had a strong desire to meet the tribe. The source also claimed Chau expressed interest in preaching to them.

Dependera Pathak, director-general of police on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, told the Associated Press that Chau arrived in the region on Oct. 16 and stayed in a hotel while he prepared to visit the prohibited island.

He said Chau organized his visit to the island through a friend who hired seven fishermen for $325 to take him there on a boat, which also towed his kayak.

Chau went ashore in his kayak on Nov. 15 and sent the boat with the fishermen out to sea to avoid detection, Pathak said. He interacted with some of the tribespeople, giving them gifts he had prepared such as a football and fish. But the tribespeople became angry and shot an arrow at him which apparently hit a book he was carrying, Pathak said.

The American's kayak became damaged, so he swam to the fishermen's boat, which was waiting at a prearranged location. There he spent the night and wrote out his experiences on pages of paper which he gave to the fishermen, Pathak said.

In one of the notes handed over, according to the New York Times, Chau wrote about Jesus bestowing him with the strength to visit some of the most forbidden places on Earth.

Chau then set off for the island again the following day. Sources who spoke to AFP though said once he set foot on shore, he was “attacked by arrows but he continued walking.

“The fishermen saw the tribals tying a rope around his neck and dragging his body,” one source added.

Following Chau's death, the fishermen left for Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where they informed Chau's friend, who notified his family, Pathak said.

He said the family got in touch with Indian police and U.S. consular officials.

"It was a case of misdirected adventure," he added.

The body, according to Reuters, has not yet been recovered as of Wednesday, and those who took him to the island are said to have been arrested.

"The investigation in this matter is on," senior police officer Deepak Yadav said, announcing that the seven fishermen have been taken into custody.


It is not the first time someone has been attacked while trying to visit the island.

In 2006, two fishermen whose boat strayed into the waters around the island were killed – and their bodies have never been found, Reuters reports.

An Indian Coast Guard helicopter that had tried to land in the area to find the pair was forced to turn around after coming under fire by arrows, the news agency says.

Two years earlier, an Indian Navy helicopter that flew to the island to check up on its residents in the wake of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami also was met with a greeting of arrows.


The U.S. Consulate in Chennai, in the capital of Tamil Nadu state, said it was aware of reports of Chau’s death but declined to comment further.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/american-believed-to-have-been-killed-by-tribe-on-indian-island

[masraum]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

I believe we have a new winner:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/american-believed-to-have-been-killed-by-tribe-on-indian-island

fixed it for them...

[GH85Carrera]

At least this guy died doing what he loved!