Darwin
Stories and Stuff
The
folks at The Darwin
Awards have allowed me to post a different story each
month on this site. If you want to read more stories check
out their web site. Also, they have a book out now called,
whatelse, The Darwin Awards, Evolution in Action. You can
pick one up at their own site!
Here
is the one for October 2003:
BulletProof
2001 Darwin Award Winner
Confirmed by Darwin
(March 2001, Ghana) Tribal clashes
are common in Northern Ghana, and people often resort to witchcraft
with the hope of becoming invulnerable to weapons. For example,
Aleobiga, 23, and fifteen fellow believers who purchased a
"magical" potion to render them invincible to bullets.
After smearing the magical lotion over their
bodies for two weeks, Aleobiga volunteered to test the spell.
He stood in a clearing while his friends raised their weapons,
aimed, fired...
You'd think he would have tested the spell
on a non-essential body part first. Aleobiga is now roaming
the Great Savannah in the sky, and the jujuman who supplied
the defective magic was beaten for his failure.
DarwinAwards.com © 1994-2003
Submitted by: Terrin Lovett, Paul, Jim
Reference: Reuters, New Zealand Press, The Sun
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