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Man found dead head firstin sewer

2008 Reader Submission
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The dead body of a young man was found head first in a rain sewer in Montreal on Aug 1st 2008. The grating of the cover was beside the sewer and there was no sing of foul play. The police beleive after searching the bottom of th 3 meter deep sewer that the man was walking over the grating atound 2:30 am when he accidently dropped some spare change and some Canadian Tire money into the grating. These objects were foud by the police in the man hole. The man would have then proceeded to remove the grating and to reach inside in order to retreive his belongings not knowing how deep the hole was. He would have then plunged accidentely head first into the water drain killing himself has he reached the bottom.

Submitted on 08/02/2008

Submitted by: JEAN-LUC PATENAUDE
Reference: August 1 2008

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Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
There's been two deaths like this submitted to the site, and both died for the same reason: stupidity. To me, this is simply not unique enough. Thank you, Jean-Luc, and submit again!


Shadow said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
i dunno its pretty stupid, yes weve had a story like this before but no not to this lvel i think


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Although we've had a couple similar stories I don't think we've had enough to call it too common yet. This guy also apparently did it in the middle of the night when it would have been virtually impossible to see what was in the sewer (I doubt the drunk was carrying a flashlight), so that adds to the stupidity as far as I'm concerned. Thanks, Jean-Luc!


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