2009 Darwin Awards

Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.

Fool's Gold 2009 Darwin Award Nominee Confirmed True by Darwin (5 February 2009, India) Bachelor lottery agent Pravin Kuse lived with his brother's family in Vasai. His own house, an abandoned 100-year-old building, was located a few meters away. Some legends hold that a pot of gold lies buried at the end of the rainbow, but Kuse learned in a dream that an ancient pot of gold was actually buried beneath his house. He decided to follow his dream and dig for that gold. He shared his plans with his aged mother, warning her to keep quiet to avoid a fight over the fortune. The dream told him to dig beneath the staircase so after lunch, every day without fail, Kuse would take his spade and dig a little deeper beneath the stairs. The neighbors had no idea that days and nights of digging had resulted in a fifteen-foot deep tunnel. The innovative gold-digger had even rigged a remote-control toy car to carry a flashlight to assist him in the dark. One day the 32-year-old lottery agent did not return home, and his worried relatives lodged a missing persons report. Police were dispatched to the old house where they discovered that the floor had caved in. The soil beneath the staircase becomes moist at a depth of 15 feet due to its proximity to the sea, and the unsupported walls of the tunnel had collapsed. Within a few hours an earthmover had excavated Kuse's body from the debris, along with a spade and the innovative mobile flashlight. The lottery agent's number was up. In searching for a pot of gold, Kuse may not have had the luck of the Irish (and why would he, being Indian) but he does have the distinction of winning a Darwin Award. ORIGINAL SUBMISSION DarwinAwards.com © 1994 - 2009 Submitted by: Ishu Reference: Mumbai Mirror Awful? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Great? Hate it! Love it!

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