The Weirdest Ways People Have Died
Reddit user ccruiz3 asked: 'What's the weirdest death you know of?'
Death is always shocking and sad, but the ways people die can give way to a whole host of other emotions.
Sometimes people die in the most pointless of ways. Other times, they die in some sort of freak accident.
And other times, they die in the strangest way... or in a very ironic way.
Redditors know all about people who died in a weird way and are ready to share.
It all started when Redditor Pitiable-Crescendo asked:
"What was the most disappointing movie you paid to see?"
Yikes!
"My mom's friend died in a plane crash. But she was on the ground. The plane fell on her."
– DessaDarling
Fast As You Can
"In 1923 Frank Hayes, a jockey from Ireland, died from a heart attack in the middle of a race. The horse, Sweet Kiss, ended up finishing in first place with the man's body still on top of it."
"The horse was a 20-1 outsider (very unlikely to win) and Hayes had never won a race prior to that event."
"Edit: He was from Ireland. The race that he died in took place in New York."
– yinzerthrowaway412
"I'd run really fast too if I had a dead animal on my back."
– boraras
Horrible Contest
"Jennifer Strange - entered a radio competition to win a nintendo wii. 20 contestants had to keep drinking water and the last to wee wins the Wii. I can't remember if she won but she died of water intoxication a few hours later"
– RGH81
"I believe that a nurse heard about the contest and even called to warn them about the dangerous, yet she was ignored and they still continued the contest."
"Pour soul... wasn't she trying to win it for her son or something?"
– PumpkinPatch404
Careful What You Dip
"2009: Vladimir Likhonos, 25, a student of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute from Konotop, was killed when his chewing gum exploded."
"Likhonos had a habit of dipping his chewing gum in citric acid to increase the gum's sour taste. On his work table police found about 100 grams (3.5 oz) of unidentified explosive powder which he used for chemistry studies. It resembled citric acid, and it is thought that he confused the two."
"The explosive was found to be four times stronger than TNT, and the explosion was possibly triggered either by reacting with Likhonos' saliva, or the pressure exerted by him chewing on the gum and explosive powder."
– Mwuuh
Proved His Case
"The lawyer who, while trying to prove that his client did not shoot the victim but the victim had accidentally shot themselves, managed to shoot himself with the gun and died later. His client was acquitted."
– Extension-Magician44
"Well, he's an effective lawyer that's for sure."
– addykitty
"Effective, but single use."
– batmassagetotheface
Just Acting?
"Tommy Cooper, a brilliant British standup/prop comedian had a heart attack on stage and the crowd thought it was part of the act. You can watch it on youtube, crowd is laughing the whole way through."
– Wendingo7
Guard Goat
"Not necessarily the weirdest, but I remember hearing about a guy who wanted to train a goat to be aggressive (I think he wanted a guard goat or something?). He did this by chaining it on a balcony and going out to beat it daily. One day the goat headbutts him, knocks him off the balcony, and kills goner."
– Willowed-Wisp
Novelty Of Molasses
"In 1919, a large tank of molasses broke open in Boston, Massachusetts. The tank was 50 feet tall and 27 feet in diameter. When it burst, 21 people died from the flood. Some were crushed by the wave of molasses and debris. Others suffocated under the dense fluid. One name for the event is The Boston Molassacre."
– SmartAlec105
Inside The Dinosaur
"The guy in Spain who died inside of a papier-mâché Stegosaurus statue. He'd dropped his cellphone and was looking for it inside the statue (I guess?) and he got trapped and died."
– gingermonkey1
"If it’s papier-mâché can’t he just break it and get out?
– TheSamethingAllOver
"I guess not."
"Edit: looking at this further, he was stuck head first down one of the legs. Not much you can do when stuck like that."
– Lamp0319
No Point In Growing It Out
"Heard about a man with a very, very long beard. During a fire, he accidentally stumbled on his beard while running for his life and snapped his neck."
– LadyDarcy24
"Not how I expected that to go after reading about the beard and the fire."
– helpfulUp123
So Very Strange
"Back in Victorian times, a man startled a mouse. The mouse panicked and ran up the man's pant legs, and continued up until it passed his shirt collar. Desperate for a place to hide, it darted into the man's mouth when he let out a cry of surprise and got lodged in his throat. Suffocation."
– CSPlushies
As if mice didn't scare me enough before I heard this story!