1999 Personal Accounts

The Darwin Awards salutes the spirit portrayed in the following personal accounts, submitted by loyal (and sometimes deceased) readers.

Flak Vest Test  1999 Personal Account Many years ago, when I was a Police Explorer, I saw a "training video" called Flak Vest Test by a Fool. The starring role was a man goofing off and asking people to shoot him while he was wearing his bullet-proof vest. He took round after round of fire, from a .22 to a .357 magnum. The final shot was from an AR-15 rifle, cousin to the M-16. This bullet passed a few millimenters below the Kevlar vest, with its metal trauma plate. It entered the man's lower stomach, passed through his colon, and damaged his spine. He has trouble walking to this day. Duh! Related Darwin Award: Modern Armor Related Darwin Award: Death of Dracula DarwinAwards.com © 1994 - 2009 Submitted by: Flyer Awful? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Great? Hate it! Love it! Previous Next The Darwin Awards Gift Shop Darwin Awards III: Survival of the Fittest Hardback. 304 pages. Autographed. $15 The human race's most popular humor series returns with a brand-new collection of macabre mishaps and misadventures. Honoring those who improve our gene pool by inadvertently removing themselves from it, the Darwin Awards III shows once more how uncommon common sense still is. Salute the sheriff who inadvertently shot himself--twice! Witness the insurance defrauder who amputated his leg with a chainsaw! Heed the story of the farmer who avoided bee stings by sealing his head in a plastic bag! Cringe at the man crushed by a branch he'd just severed... directly over his head! 123 new stories, 18 full-page illustrations, plus discussions of transgenic animals, the origin of life, and more. Autographed by Author!   Advanced Search HomeRulesFAQsAwardsSlushSite Map DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend