Comments on: Man dies after eating roaches and worms

By: Valencia Burt

Valencia Burt — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:01:00 +0000

Darwin Adward is next!

By: Krystle

Krystle — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:40:00 +0000

If you follow this story and comments from people on Facebook (here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100320797196977&set=p.10100320797196977&type=1

It seems like he asphyxiated on his own vomit some hours after the competition.

By: Lodewijk Gonggrijp

Lodewijk Gonggrijp — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:21:00 +0000

This man is now my hero. I will be able to point at this story whenever the switch from meat to insects hype comes to the fore again.

By: Mr. Son

Mr. Son — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:59:00 +0000

Let me throw my guess in the ring. Ate enough to rupture his stomach?

By: CLamb

CLamb — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:19:00 +0000

Did the cockroaches and worms survive?

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:15:00 +0000

Came here to say/ask the same thing. Yeah, what if he died of an aneurysm?

By: Aaron Swain

Aaron Swain — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:19:00 +0000

The owner of the reptile shop actually called Archbold the “life of the party”.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:57:00 +0000

No. See above.

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:19:00 +0000

There’s that. As a rule of thumb, don’t stuff yourself with stuff you’ve never eaten all at once. At least if you’ve taken some nibbles and then took a bit of time, there’s some time to back out before going on a hardcore anaphylaptic trip.

I announce a new candidate for a darwin award 2012. Discipline posthumous. Category food and drink.

By: nettdata

nettdata — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:17:00 +0000

I would tend to qualify that as “usually appear” within the 2 hours. In the case where you’re stuffing yourself with the material in a contest/race like this, I’d think it would present much more quickly and severely. Never mind that the actual contact can also cause the reaction much quicker than normally found via ingestion.

By: Michael Giannii Calvert

Michael Giannii Calvert — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:07:00 +0000

Did they know exactly what he died of?

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Anaphylaxis symptoms appear about 2 hours after ingestion of material. Although I can attest that I had allergic symptoms quicker than that (red head, trouble breathing, raspy voice, swollen gum and lips) after ingestion of fermented soy powder produce quicker than 2 hours. On the other hand, it'll probably take some time to kill you, so 2 hours is probably a pretty good measure.

By: timquinn

timquinn — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Come on, after that experience he just ascended.

By: Michael Lathrop

Michael Lathrop — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:54:00 +0000

Thus sprach Internet: there is a corollary to Nietzsche’s rule: That which does not make you stronger kills you.

By: uuyeee

uuyeee — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:46:00 +0000

Yeah probably this or just run of the mill sudden cardiac arrest. Something like 400,000 people died from SCA each year in the US with little to no warning.

By: EH

EH — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:46:00 +0000

Sure, but you also can’t sign your rights away.

on the spot reference: http://treygivens.com/?p=1689

By: EH

EH — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:44:00 +0000

Reminds me of…

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CspQZv4QpnI/SinRW7q9fNI/AAAAAAAAANI/PtULZY1KNsU/s1600/carradine.jpg

By: C W

C W — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:37:00 +0000

Allergic reaction, most likely.

By: Joshua Bardwell

Joshua Bardwell — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:29:00 +0000

IANAL, but I don’t believe it. One thing that waivers are good for is convincing people not to bother to file a suit, because they think the waiver is legally binding. The other thing they are good for is establishing assumption of risk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_risk

By: OldBrownSquirrel

OldBrownSquirrel — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:18:00 +0000

The medical examiner is going to have fun with this one. I’m reminded of “Silence of the Lambs” with the moth pupa found during autopsy.

By: Nylund

Nylund — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:12:00 +0000

I haven’t read anything that provides any real insight into the cause of death. For all we know, the bug-eating might just be a big coincidence. Or, maybe not. But right now, it’s all speculative.

By: Adrienne Evans Fernandez

Adrienne Evans Fernandez — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:05:00 +0000

This. Arthropods ane arthropods. Although, strangely enough, a lot of people with shrimp allergies can have crawfish? The offending protein must be missing there…

I DO know that when the giant cicada broods emerge, there’s always a handful of yahoos who post sauteed cicada nymph recipes. And there’s always a couple of people who go into anaphylaxis .

By: Mister44

Mister44 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:57:00 +0000

So what killed him? Roaches and worms shouldn’t kill someone – did he choke to death?

By: ThunderHammer

ThunderHammer — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:54:00 +0000

I like the last one, the store’s lawyers should jump on that – the timing of his death was pure coincidence.

By: James Reynolds

James Reynolds — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:53:00 +0000

Zero. Surprise.

By: schadenfreudisch

schadenfreudisch — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:52:00 +0000

but let’s speculate anyway. (this is the internet after all). no way it was an infection from “dirty” cockroaches as the article implied. that kills you a week or two later, not outside the store. not suffocation, that would have happened during the contest. i’m going for… he didn’t chew properly, worm burrows through his esophogus into his heart. maybe a preexisting heart condition, for good measure. or maybe 15 pound of worms and roaches had nothing to do with it, and it was just his time to go.

By: Paul Cooke

Paul Cooke — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:48:00 +0000

waivers aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on…

By: The Oven Eye

The Oven Eye — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:45:00 +0000

It seems the food fought back and won.

By: nettdata

nettdata — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:45:00 +0000

If you’re allergic to shellfish, you’re more than likely allergic to roaches as well.

By: Culturedropout

Culturedropout — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:43:00 +0000

The way he was packing them into his mouth, he probably suffocated. Wow – I’m not sure which is more disgusting – the contest itself or the way he was eating… :-p