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Blasting caps in pants

2008 Reader Submission
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Darwin says, "Putting blasting caps in your pants may be stupid, but why did they explode? The criteria for winning a Darwin Award is that even a five-year-old child could see that what you are doing is liable to kill you. In this case, I don't think so... there must have been an ignition source? Not enough information to conclude that the deceased made a monumentally stupid decision, despite the pocket lint."
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

A Hawaii man was sleeping when he heard an explosion and someone moaning in pain. He went downstairs to find his friend, who had been sleeping on his couch, with a large wound in his groin. It was determined that the friend had put blasting caps in in jeans pocket and they had exploded, causing a fatal wound. The victim died before they could get him to a hospital. It was unknown why the victim decided to keep the blasting caps or why he slept with them in his pants. The death was ruled to be accidental (but stupid).

Publisher:

HONOLULU ADVERTISER Date:

1997 02 13 Page:

B1 Title:

MAN DIES AFTER BLASTING CAPS EXPLODE IN PANTS POCKET Abstracts:

[DEAN KALANI HALL, OF PUNA, KILLED] Subjects:

PUNA (HAWAII) EXPLOSIVES Notes:

[S A:4 POLICE SEEK SOURCE OF BLASTING CAPS]

Submitted on 09/21/2008

Submitted by: Walter
Reference: Honolulu Advertiser 2/13/1997

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James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
While this could use a more humorous write-up, I think it meets the requirements for a DA. For crying out loud, WHY was he carrying BLASTING CAPS in his pocket like loose change??? He certainly tempted fate, and fate took the bait! Thanks, Walter!

Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This certainly could use a better writeup, but it definitely does meet the requirements for a DA. Too bad he's in the running because I would really like to ask him what on earth he was thinking. Thanks, Walter!

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