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This item was recently submitted by a reader.
Should I include it in the archive?
Vote to tell me what *you* think!

Definitely non-deadly

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Darwin says, "Accepted into the Archive (near miss)."
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

Two additional submissions, with excellent translations:
Eats an Amanita Phalloides
Lethal Mushroom Almost Lethal

At a mushroom exposition in a village in Badajoz (Spain), one of the visitants disagreed with a warning shown close to a sample of Amanita Faloides (a type of mushroom). The warning stated something along the lines "The ingestion of over 20gr is potentially lethal".

The said visitant decided to prove the organizers wrong by picking the deadly mushroom and chewing on half of it. The other visitants tried to make him spit it, but he swallowed it plus the other remaining half.

He was feeling perfectly well, but a friend convinced him to visit the hospital, where the deadly mushroom eater began turning yellow, swelling and vomiting.

Our subject so far has cheated dead, but remains in intensive care with a severely damaged liver.

The major of the town visited him, and claimed that the recovering patient still is convinced that the mushroom is not toxic. Maybe a second try will make him a worthy nominee.

Submitted on 11/07/2007

Submitted by: Juan Miguel Galindo
Reference: www.terra.es (Internet portal) - 6th November 2007

Copyright © 2007 DarwinAwards.com

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
See? Nothing at all wrong with this mushroom.. uh.. I feel sick... I like this story, Juan, especially the part where the yahoo still insists that the mushroom is not toxic. Thanks for the submission.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I wonder if this guy is also prone to drinking out of bottles that have poison warnings on them. Having shown that he's willing to ignore warning signs I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if we eventually see him in contention for a full DA one of these days. Thanks, Juan!


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