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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.
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again why do people do such stupid things?
 
still not as gross as those plastic surgery disasters.. we've to keep looking at their faces unfortunately!
 
Eww eww ewww. Reminds me of that show Fear Factor where they eat roaches and fish pig hearts out of bloody water for money. It's disgusting.
 
Several years ago my cousin went to Thailand and brought back a small tupperware with fried maggots. I tried one.. :nervous:
 
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 ;Dmy humble apologies
 
;DWas lost in confusion for a second there.
Good to know the "sissy" wasn't meant for me :shade:

Btw the maggot was kind of salty and crunchy. That's all I remember. It was pretty small so it's not like I can "savour" it.
 
some sick contests should be outlawed. whatever is the world coming too?
 
why do these threads even turn up? weird worm threads, man dies of eating balrgh thread, etc etc etc... it's just BLARGH!!!

If I wanted to go to a weird stuff website, I'm sure I could find one.

Some seriously disturbing peeps on this forum with very weird, questionable fascinations

Scimi
 
Scimitar said:
If I wanted to go to a weird stuff website, I'm sure I could find one.
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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!

best,
 
Easy, folks. No need to get ants* in your pants.

*Or indeed, cockroaches. In your stomach.

If there are any problems with any particular thread, please use the report function.
 
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.
 
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!
 
Muezzin said:

*Or indeed, cockroaches. In your stomach.
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I had to chuckle. I personally woulda used the worm example but hey, either one works.

Whatever the case, it's a sick fascination :D nothing changes that fact.
 
Aprender said:
I'm confused. What fascination? On the part of people who eat bugs to win snakes or money?
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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
 
Scimitar said:
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
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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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