A South Florida man collapsed and died Friday night after winning a snake in a roach-eating contest.
32-year-old Edward Archbold had signed up to eat a variety of insects and worms at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, where staff promised a female ivory ball python to the "Eat Bugs For Balls" winner.
But after taking the contest by eating "dozens" of worms and roaches, Archbold fell ill and threw up before collapsing in front of the store, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. He was later pronounced dead at hospital.
None of the other contestants became sick, according to investigators, and autopsy reports to determine Archbold's cause of death are pending.
"None of us in that competition thought this would happen," wrote Robert Farthing on the store's Facebook page, admiring Archbold for sporting a headband for the contest "like a true athlete."
Ben Siegel Reptile Store's attorney, Luke Lirot, said the bugs in the contest were "taken from an inventory of insects that are safely and domestically raised in a controlled environment as food for reptiles" and offered condolences to Archbold's family.
In a statement posted over the weekend, store staff said "although we just met Eddie the night of the sale, we all liked him right away."
Staff said the prize python belongs now to Archbold's estate. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...6pLid%3D217488
again why do people do such stupid things?
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I Left you a rep meant for sis above you by mistake lol.. so disregard it.. I'd love to pass reps you know but they should be less girly my humble apologies
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If I wanted to go to a weird stuff website, I'm sure I could find one.
Which does beg the question of what you're doing visiting this thread or similar and commentating when if you felt it inappropriate for health/sci. to simply report it and have it removed!
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What sad news. I hope his family are able to cope with such loss.
I'm not entirely sure if the man died only due to eating insects. There may have been other factors.
I was looking at myself talking to myself and I realized this conversation...I was having with myself looking at myself was a conversation with myself that I needed to have with myself.
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he probably had an allergic reaction to some 'ingredient' therein- and it is indeed very sad news that people feel they have to humiliate themselves for some prize!
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format_quote Originally Posted by Scimitar
1) the people who eat bugs.
2) the people who go out of their way to find these crazy videos and post them here - let's face it, they too are fascinated by this kinda thing.
hope that answers your question
Scimi
Oh. This kind of news is all over the HuffPost and CNN and a few other common internet news places. Doesn't take much to find it. I've actually thought of posting some strange news like this here too a couple of times but I always get distracted with my other projects.
I think most of us here find this sad and gross but certainly not fascinated by it. Strange world we live in is all.
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my humble apologies
nothing changes that fact.
Strange world we live in is all.
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