Drunks vying for the Darwin Awards in Key West~
 

I spent the weekend in Key West. Yes I killed a few brain cells. Yes I worked on a future case of skin cancer. Yes I'm proud! But I'm not an idiot.

1. I didn't have to drive.

2. I wore sun screen, so I didn't burn.

3. I'm proud, but not proud of these clowns!

I was there when this was videoed, and at times I had to look away. I wanted to walk away, but I couldn't. I KNEW it would come to a bad ending. That concrete wall behind the monument? it is literally 3 feet from the bouy itself! I felt for sure these clowns would hit their heads or their bodies when they eventually fell, and it would be a massive rescue scene. It isn't hard to imagine that they would be killed- if they had fallen and hit their heads, or fallen on each other, they could easily be killed or paralyzed!

I posted this this morning [mistakenly] on the 928 board.

Here's the videos:

YouTube - Key west db ass part 1

YouTube - Key west dumb ass

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Looks like a bunch of seals trying to get on the same rock.

Man, if dying or paralysis were the only 2 outcomes of a stupid stunt, I'd be dead many times over and paralyzed at the gates. (Gates to heaven or hell, doesn't matter.)

Cant tell you how many times Ive taken a pic at that bouy. Never once did it ever cross my mind to climb on it. That thing is tall, and like you said a nice wall and pile of rocks right behind it. Plus the 200 layers of paint on it make it slippery as hell.

Dumbazzes!!

Perhaps they thought it was a rocket ship to take them back to Cuba...

I never thought to climb that monument either time I have stood by it.

Nor had I. But when we walked up, I noted what was going on, and I couldn't think how this could POSSIBLY work out without them getting seriously hurt. I had my cellphone with me, and I had it in my hand, ready to call 911 when this was going on. The video doesn't do it justice- they were about 12 feet above the ground, and there is a 90 degree solid concrete berm about 3 feet from the bottom of that bouy! I was for sure that they would fall, they would fall and strike their head, and they would fall on each other and break their backs. These guys looked to be about 5'9" and 200 pounds each, so they could easily hurt each other when they fell. And they were ROARING drunk! They went past us on scooters about 5 minutes before, and one of them nearly rammed a crossing car at a stop light on Duval Street. The scooter companies in that city must cary some serious insurance!

Amazingly, when they fell, they fell coordinated and none of them hit the berm behind them at an awkward angle. Again, the guy in the plaid shorts: When I walked away a few minutes after the video stopped, he was still sitting on the sea wall saying his feet hurt. The other guys were walking around normally.....

Alcohol is a really strange substance~

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