 Poor Sense of Direction
1997 Honorable Mention
Confirmed True by Darwin
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(3 December 1997, Connecticut) Vincent McKenzie is in custody for making a dreadfully wrong turn. This Bloomfield resident found himself trapped in the lobby of a prison on Thursday as he was fleeing authorities. McKenzie was leading police on a car chase from Suffield and Windsor Locks, when he abruptly pulled into the parking lot
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of the MacDougall Correctional Institution, a high-security state prison located in Suffield, Connecticut. McKenzie leapt from his car and sped into the front lobby, where he was trapped by automatic doors that closed and locked behind him. Police say McKenzie apparently thought the building was a shopping mall. Some days nothing seems to go right
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The Darwin Awards Gift Shop
Hardback. 240 pages. Autographed.
$15
A fresh collection of magnificent misadventures! Lust, Vanity, Gluttony,
Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Wrath extract an evolutionary toll on the
wicked. Salute the owner of an equipment training school who demonstrates
the dangers of driving a forklift by failing to survive the filming of his
own safety video. Witness the man who becomes a victim of his own strange
passion for jumping into rivers. Heed the honest bricklayer who loses a
battle of wits with 300 pounds of tools.
This book includes more History of the Awards, Gordon's Law, and 10
discussions of evolution, including speciation and the role of verbal memes
in civilization.
Autographed by Author!
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