Hey -- a 2005 Darwin Award happened in Seattle!
Hat tip to Gerard Van der Leun for this information about the 2005 Darwin Awards:
Home Town Boy Makes Good
SEATTLE RESIDENTS WERE PROUD, DAMN PROUD when a now ex-resident made the finals of The 2005 Darwin Awards today.(31 May 2005, Seattle, Washington) Strength and endurance are two of the most important characteristics that can be passed on to improve the species, so physical challenges between males are frequent. In this case, two drinking buddies found themselves on an overpass 40 feet above a busy freeway in downtown Seattle at 2:45 a.m. It turned out to be the perfect place to determine who had more strength and endurance. Whoever could dangle from the overpass the longest would win!Ah, yes, Seattle home of industrial-strength drunks.
Unfortunately, the winner was too tired from his victory to climb back up, despite help from his 31-year-old friend. The unidentified champion fell smack into the front of a semi-truck barreling down the highway at 60 mph and bounced onto the pavement, where he was hit by a car. The car did not stop. Authorities did not identify the winner of the competition.
Gerard did not mention that the Darwin Awards are ranked by vote and the Freeway Dangler is one of the top three winners. Go Seattle!!!
