1. snopes.com: 2005 Darwin Awards ••••
Does an Internet-circulated list entitled '2005 Darwin Awards' detail actual demises?
  ...Freakish Fatalities --> 2005 Darwin Awards 2005 Darwin Awards Claim: Internet-circulated list entitled "2005 Darwin Awards" details actual demises....
  ...year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us. Here then, are the glorious winners. Darwin Award Winners: 1....
  ...A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER! 10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:02 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin05.asp

2. snopes.com: 2006 Darwin Awards ••••
Does an Internet-circulated list titled '2006 Darwin Awards' detail actual deaths?
  ...Freakish Fatalities --> 2006 Darwin Awards 2006 Darwin Awards Claim: Internet-circulated list titled "2006 Darwin Awards" details actual deaths....
  ...2006 Darwin Awards They're in, In case you haven't received them yet, here are this year's Darwin Awards the annual honor given to the person who...
  ...Origins: "Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:32:14 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin06.asp

3. snopes.com: 2003 Darwin Awards ••••
Does the '2003 Darwin Awards' list detail actual deaths?
  ...Freakish Fatalities --> 2003 Darwin Awards 2003 Darwin Awards Claim: Internet-circulated list entitled "2003 Darwin Awards" details actual deaths....
  ...breathlessly for this year's Darwin Awards, here they are. The awards this year are, once again, truly classic. These awards are given each year to...
  ...Origins: "Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:51 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin03.asp

4. snopes.com: 2004 Darwin Awards ••••
Does an Internet-circulated list titled '2004 Darwin Awards' detail actual demises?
  ...Freakish Fatalities --> 2004 Darwin Awards 2004 Darwin Awards Claim: Internet-circulated list titled "2004 Darwin Awards" details actual demises....
  ...Darwin Awards 2004 Yes, these are all true. They are finally out again. It's an annual honor given to the person who did the gene pool the biggest...
  ...of catch, using the rattlesnake as ball. The friend, no doubt a future Darwin Awards candidate, was hospitalized. 2. Employees in a medium sized...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:21 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin04.asp

5. snopes.com: Gun Shop Robber •••
Thief who tries to rob a gun shop is shot dead by those in the store.
  ...Darwin Award We have a winner...! The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Washington appeared to be the robber's first (and last),...
  ...some details of the event have been altered by whoever penned the "Darwin Awards" account chronicling it. On 3 February 1990, David Zaback attempted to...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:48 GMT http://www.snopes.com/crime/dumdum/gunshop.asp

6. snopes.com: JATO Car Embedded in Cliff •••
Did a man who attached a JATO unit to his car end up smashing it into the side of a cliff?
  ...the Internet as it was flashed from e-mail to e-mail as "this year's Darwin Award winner." It's this version which is still in circulation today, the car...
  ...As it appeared in 1995: "Darwin award" Nominee: You all know about the Darwin awards it's an annual honor given to the person who did the gene pool the...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:24:12 GMT http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp

7. snopes.com: Bear Naked •••
Fused lovers are eaten by bear.
  ...Is there such a thing as safe sex?? Here's a late entry for the Darwin Awards an award generally given out posthumously for the most stupid way to die -...
  ...Although most Darwin Awards are supposed to be won posthumously, we think this guy deserves consideration since he successfully removed himself from the...
  ...Origins: More a crude attempt at creating a "Darwin Award" story than a true piece of juvenilia, this entry is still close enough to the latter category...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:40 GMT http://www.snopes.com/risque/juvenile/bear.asp

8. snopes.com: Failed Suicide •••
Did a suicide attempt involving hanging, shooting, poisoning, and immolation go wrong?
  ...Home --> Horrors --> Freakish Fatalities --> You Can't Darwin Them All You Can't Darwin Them All Legend: Suicide attempt involving hanging,...
  ...popularity in 1999 when it turned up as one of the nominees for the 1999 Darwin Awards. In that version, the victim was said to be a Frenchman named...
  ...Lefevrier (or Lefevre) meeting his maker in such a fashion, and the Darwin Award entry appears to have been lifted from a 1982 book of tall tales. This...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:15 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/suicide.asp

9. snopes.com: Raccoon Fireball •••
Man intent upon killing a raccoon launches himself as a fireball out a drainage pipe?
  ...Internet in 1998 and has subsequently been included in any number of "Darwin Award" mailings. No news reports have surfaced to substantiate the tale,...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:38:17 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/follies/raccoon.asp

10. snopes.com: Grand Canyon Leap of Faith •••
Pictures show a photographer making a dangerous leap from rock to rock in the Grand Canyon.
  ...Dumb luck - ALMOST a Darwin Award winner This is a case of photographer photographs photographer. The following photographs were taken by photographer...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:42:03 GMT http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/canyonleap.asp

11. snopes.com: Microwaved Workman •••
Was a worker who stood too close to a microwave cooked by its rays?
  ...is often circulated on the Internet as the winner of the 1999 or 1998 "Darwin Award." In common with the majority of such offerings, it's a leg-pull no...
  ...of Darwin Award stories, declared his entry to be that year's winner, and mailed it out. A history of that hoax is available on the NMSR Darwin Award...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:53 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/microwave.asp

12. snopes.com: Up, Up, and Away! •••
Did Larry Walters soar above Los Angeles in a lawn chair attached to helium weather balloons?
  ...all over the Internet as a tale about another putative winner of the "Darwin Award" for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty. The story was...
  ...at a New York bar filled with lawn chairs for the occasion, and receiving an award from the Bonehead Club of Dallas while the FAA pondered his case....
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:39:47 GMT http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/walters.asp

13. snopes.com: Pumping Death •••
Did a 13-year-old boy in Thailand die from having air pumped up his rectum?
  ...cautionary tale has been enshrined as one of the Internet's "Darwin Awards." Though the story is often identified as being an article from the 15 August...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:11:02 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/pump.asp

14. snopes.com: Fart Death •••
Did a man die in his sleep from breathing in his own farts?
  ...Origins: In August 1996 this story was included in a "Darwin Awards" mailing, marking its first appearance on the Internet. No attribution to a...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:19:37 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/follies/methane.asp

15. snopes.com: The Human Couch •••
Obese woman is discovered to have various items concealed the folds of her flesh?
  ...Human Couch" popped up on the Internet in 1998, making several lists of "Darwin Award" winners (although the subject hadn't met the requirement of...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:34:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/medical/emergent/couch.asp

16. snopes.com: Laundry Machine Death •••
Was a Virginia man washing machined to death?
  ...Origins: Yet another fanciful "Darwin Award" nominee e-mail is on the loose. It first appeared in December 1998, but we predict it will be with us for a...
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:36:10 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/laundry.asp

17. snopes.com: Dynamite Dog ••
Did two men send a Jeep Cherokee to the bottom of a frozen lake during a duck-hunting mishap?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:12:47 GMT http://www.snopes.com/critters/cruelty/dynamite.asp

18. snopes.com: Seat Belts ••
Anti-seat belt law advocate is killed in automobile accident.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:45 GMT http://www.snopes.com/autos/accident/seatbelt.asp

19. snopes.com: Last Dance ••
Kid dies doing the latest dance step in a video
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:13:50 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/dancer.asp

20. snopes.com: Toilet Explosion ••
Wife throws flammable substance into toilet; unsuspecting husband lights a cigarette and blows up.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:18:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/embarrass/accident/toilet.asp

21. snopes.com: Richard Gere and Gerbil ••
Did a celebrity make a trip to the emergency room to have a gerbil removed from his rectum?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:19:54 GMT http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/gerbil.asp

22. snopes.com: Dead Scuba Diver in Tree ••
Was the charred body of a scuba diver recovered from a tree after a forest fire?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:20:53 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/scuba.asp

23. snopes.com: The Barrel of Bricks ••
History of the apocryphal tale about an accident-prone man and a barrel of bricks.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:24:57 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/bricks.asp

24. snopes.com: Window Test Death ••
Did a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a skyscraper crash through a pane and plunge to his death?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:25:05 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/window.asp

25. snopes.com: Cell Phone Use at Gas Pump ••
Is using a cell phone at a gas station dangerous?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:51 GMT http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp

26. snopes.com: The Bullet Fuse ••
Did a pair of Arkansas rednecks use a .22 caliber shell in place of a burnt-out automobile fuse?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:29:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/fuse.asp

27. snopes.com: Dragged Roofer ••
Was a roofer who'd tied his safety rope to the bumper of his wife's car dragged down the street?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:39:38 GMT http://www.snopes.com/autos/mishaps/roofman.asp

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