1999 Personal Account: Flak Vest Test

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

The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action
Hardback. 327 pages. Autographed.
$15
185 Stories! In the ongoing saga of Survival of the Fittest, meet the thief who steals electrical wires without shutting off the current! Marvel at the would-be pilot who suspends his lawnchair from helium balloons! Learn from the man who peers into a gas can using a cigarette lighter...!
This book also includes a History of the Darwin Awards, Darwin Haiku, and a dozen humorous discussions of the implications of evolution, including the origin of idiots, and the role of testosterone.
Autographed by Author!

Advanced Search

Home Rules FAQs Awards Slush Site Map
DarwinAward | HonorableMention | PersonalAccount | UrbanLegend