Unusual ways to die

[Blue Hills]

How about the 8 people killed in Britain's worst avalanche. Mountaineering up Zero Gully on Ben Nevis you might guess, but no, the unfortunate victims were indoors at home in their cottages in Lewes in Sussex

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_avalanche

There's now a pub on the site, named, in rather poor taste, The Snowdrop Inn

Used to take folk to that fine pub on rides i used to lead. Had the idea it had been closed for quite a few years though.

 

[figbat]

I have spent time working with marine engines. Everything up to the very largest 2-stroke diesels that move container ships and tankers. Inspection of these engines involves going into the ‘scavenge space’, which is essentially the intake manifold of the engine - from here you can inspect the pistons without having to remove them (a big job for a piston weighing hundreds of kilograms). You may have seen Richard Hammond doing exactly this.

Talking to a colleague about the safety implications of this inspection I mused the awful possibility of being shut into the engine. He said that this has apparently happened. 😬

 

[captain nemo1701]

This may not be true, but one Darwin award contender I heard about was working on a high rise when he was caught short & needed the loo for a number 2. So instead of going up or down to the portaloos on other floors, he decided to 'drop the log' down the liftshaft.......Gravity is a harsh mistress.

 

[captain nemo1701]

What about Tommy Cooper having a heart attack on stage? People thought it was part of his act and laughed. He seemed to be smiling back.

Didn't Leonard Rossiter also die on stage?. although it might have been in his dressing room in the interval. I remember seeing Tommy Cooper die on live TV, most of us probably do.

 

[Chromatic]

Didn't Leonard Rossiter also die on stage?. although it might have been in his dressing room in the interval. I remember seeing Tommy Cooper die on live TV, most of us probably do.

Yes, I do too.

 

[MontyVeda]

What about Tommy Cooper having a heart attack on stage? People thought it was part of his act and laughed. He seemed to be smiling back.

Under similar circumstances, the relatively unknown Colonel Bruce Hampton had a huge heart attack on stage during the encore at his own 70th birthday celebration.

 

[ColinJ]

This may not be true, but one Darwin award contender I heard about was working on a high rise when he was caught short & needed the loo for a number 2. So instead of going up or down to the portaloos on other floors, he decided to 'drop the log' down the liftshaft.......Gravity is a harsh mistress.

A 'number 1' very nearly did for me on a C+ forum ride in the Yorkshire Dales...

Someone will need to put a strong note in the race guide for stage 1 about the dangers of stopping for a 'natural break' on Buttertubs Pass. I walked away from the road to take a pee on a C+ forum ride and almost ended up slipping down one of the 'Buttertubs' ...

(Photo on Geograph copyright Steve Daniels.)

Sloping slabs of wet limestone and cycling shoes are not a good mix...

 

[classic33]

David Grundman in 1982 fired several close range shots with his shotgun at a Saguaro Cactus. The cacti, which stood 26 feet tall. dropped a four foot branch on top of Grundham's head - - Ultimately crushing him to death..

Grundman's death is immortalized in the song Sagura written by the Texas band, the Austin Lounge Lizards.

 

[classic33]

In February 1997. Santiago Al varado was burgling a bicycle shop in Lompoc, California. To keep his hands free while on the store roof Santiago had placed a flashlight in his mouth. Unfortunately, death found him when he fell face first onto the floor and the flashlight crushed through his skull..

 

[ColinJ]

In February 1997. Santiago Al varado was burgling a bicycle shop in Lompoc, California. To keep his hands free while on the store roof Santiago had placed a flashlight in his mouth. Unfortunately, death found him when he fell face first onto the floor and the flashlight crushed through his skull..

I bet a few pipe-smoking drivers have been killed in car crashes due to similar injuries!

 

[Profpointy]

I bet a few pipe-smoking drivers have been killed in car crashes due to similar injuries!

He wasn't killed, nor hurt even, but a mate's Dad turned his Reliant Robin over reaching over to pick up his pipe baccy which he'd dropped. I half-recall this happened twice !

 

[ColinJ]

He wasn't killed, nor hurt even, but a mate's Dad turned his Reliant Robin over reaching over to pick up his pipe baccy which he'd dropped. I half-recall this happened twice !

Strangely enough, having not seen a Reliant Robin for years, I spotted one yesterday when I was out on my bike. I'm amazed that (a) any are still running, and (b) that anybody would want to drive one!

A friend of mine had a Bond Bug, which was a more sporty version of the concept.

 

[FishFright]

Horrific when you think he would have died very slowly know his fate.

Like the guy who died stuck in the pot hole In USA and is still buried down there!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Putty_Cave

The same thing happened in Peak Cavern , his body is still there but covered with a concrete cap.

https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/...agedy-of-his-death-in-a-peak-district-cavern/

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The same thing happened in Peak Cavern , his body is still there but covered with a concrete cap.

https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/...agedy-of-his-death-in-a-peak-district-cavern/

Local to me and hadn’t heard that tragedy

 

[FishFright]

Local to me and hadn’t heard that tragedy

In the caving media there is some more detailed reading , really grim.