SPARKLEBERRY LANE / PAINT IT BLACK -- Darwin Award -- Confirmed True
July 2009, South Carolina | Two disguised men entered the Sprint
store on Sparkleberry Lane, pulled out guns, and stole wallets,
purses, and credit cards before ordering the employees into a
bathroom. Both men fled, but they could not flee from their
own stupidity. 24-year-old James Thomas had disguised himself
by spray-painting his own face.
Yes, in order to conceal his identity during the robbery, Thomas
covered his skin with paint--a toxic substance with well known
inhalation risks. He began having trouble breathing (surprise!)
and died wheezing shortly after the robbery took place. Witnesses
were certain as to the identity of their assailant; had he lived,
he would have been charged with armed robbery.
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2009 Darwin Award: Sparkleberry Lane / Paint It BlackLOOK BEFORE YOU LEAK -- Darwin Award -- Confirmed True
April 2008, Florida | Traffic was moving slowly on southbound I-95.
Shawn Montero had left a Pompano Beach bar with three friends, and
now all four were stuck in traffic. You don't buy beer, you just
rent it, and Shawn couldn't wait another moment to relieve himself.
"I need to take a leak."
He was dying to go.
Traffic was deadlocked, so the waterlogged man climbed out, put his
hand on the divider, and jumped over the low concrete wall... only
to fall 65 feet to his death.
"He probably thought there was a road, but there wasn't," said a
Fort Lauderdale police spokesman. His mother shared her thoughts.
"Shawn didn't do a whole lot for a living. He got along on his
charm, just like his father." Though his death was tragic, it
proves the old adage: Look before you leak!
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