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  1. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    This story received the most votes for 2018:

    World Explorer or Christian Martyr? The most isolated tribe on Earth kills Selfie Seeker


    (14 November 2018, Andaman Islands, India) John Allen Chau, a self proclaimed world explorer inspired by Livingston and Jesus, was killed by the very tribe of natives he was offering eternal life. According to the BBC in Delhi, Chau bribed six fishermen to ferry him to the off-limits island so he could offer the Sentinelese tribe gifts of scissors, a soccer ball, and Jesus.

    In a letter he wrote to his family, this Vancouver resident and Alabama native said he wanted to make contact with the 60,000 year old tribe because "The eternal [life] of this [Sentinelese] tribe is at hand."

    He paddled to the island in a kayak and was immediately "attacked by arrows but continued walking," stated the global news agency AFP. The fishermen then witnessed the natives "tying a rope around his neck and dragging his body" along the shore. They were clearly rejecting his gifts.

    The tribe, the most isolated on earth, has taken a well documented, zero tolerance approach to visitors since a British occupation almost wiped them out during the 1800's. It's no surprise Chau's remains remain unrecovered.

    Was he a martyr as friends claim on Instagram? a missionary according to his parents? or just a selfish selfie seeker? or a genocidal maniac bringing the tribe life threatening disease, as his bible quote from Revelations 7 indicates? He said he wanted to "see them around the throne of God worshiping in their own language as Revelation 7:9-10 states." We'll never truly know the answer, since the tribe doesn't seem to have updated their social media accounts in quite some time.
     
  2. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    This one is good...

    Garry Hoy was a respected Toronto lawyer and philanthropist, but sadly he is now mostly remembered for his embarrassing death. While attending a reception for new articling students, Hoy decided to demonstrate the strength of the boardroom’s “unbreakable” windows by throwing himself against them. Unfortunately, they proved less indestructible than advertised and the lawyer plunged 24 stories into the courtyard below.

    According to witnesses, Hoy would often do this stunt to impress visitors but would normally bounce harmlessly off the glass. Indeed, tempting fate, he had already performed the trick once during the reception before making his ill-fated second attempt.

    Hoy falls into the category of people who should have known better. He was a well-educated postgraduate and a former professional engineer. As such, he should have realized that the “unbreakable” claim was not literally true.
     
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  3. Horn6721

    Horn6721 10,000+ Posts

    I hated to laugh but I did.
     
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  4. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    Intelligent but no common sense...

    Tamar Fellman was a huge roller coaster fan who also happened to be a Harvard MBA. Sadly, her Ivy League school didn’t teach her that it’s dangerous to stand on roller coasters. In 2003, Fellman was visiting Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari in Indiana for their annual Stark Raven Mad roller coaster fan event.

    The “spirited and intelligent” Fellman was eager to try out The Raven, reputedly one of the most terrifying roller coasters in the world. The student was strapped into her seat at the rear of the car but apparently unbuckled herself to stand during the ride, a practice known as “catching airtime.”

    Witnesses reported that Fellman was “virtually standing up” in the roller coaster car. Sadly, the student caught a little too much air during the coaster’s fifth turn and plummeted 69 feet to the ground. Fellman was pronounced dead on her way to the hospital.

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  5. Texanne

    Texanne 5,000+ Posts

    No cure for stupid.
     
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