Category:
Accidents

Man freed from vat of anchovies

Trapping himself in a vat of anchovies should be David Blaine's next stunt.

Lancaster New Era - Oct 11, 1969

Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 22, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Accidents, Fish, 1960s

Accidentally launched from cannon

This would qualify as a bad day at work.

Kenosha News - Oct 17, 1972



The best illustration I could coax out of Microsoft's AI image creator. It got the general idea of a mechanic and a human cannonball machine, but it positioned the guy wrong relative to the cannon.

Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 18, 2024 - Comments (0)
Category: Accidents, 1970s, Circuses, Carnivals, and Other Traveling Shows

Accidentally dropped into shark-infested water

"Instead of arriving by staff car, or even helicopter, his favourite manner of inspecting a unit was to drop by parachute, arm at the salute, as he touched down."

However, this nearly ended in disaster recently when Bigeard, nearing 60, was inadvertently dropped into a shark infested sea while visiting troops in Madagascar. He broke an arm and was saved only when his faithful staff threw themselves into the seas after him.

More info about Marcel Bigeard: wikipedia

The book referenced in the clipping below is viewable on archive.org.

London Daily Telegraph - Nov 9, 1977



Marcel Bigeard. Image source: zone militaire

Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 12, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Accidents, Military, 1970s

Run over by parmesan cheese

We posted a few weeks ago about a man who died recently after thousands of wheels of a "parmesan-style cheese" fell on top of him.

Then I came across the case below from 1972 of two twin sisters whose legs were broken after they were struck by a wheel of parmesan while hitchhiking along a road in Italy.

Evidently there's a minor genre of weird news involving parmesan-related injuries.

Vancouver Sun - Aug 3, 1972

Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 24, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Accidents, 1970s

Struck by falling dog

I posted a few days ago about a woman who was struck by a sheep that fell off a bridge. Here's a similar (but fatal) case of a motorcyclist hit by a dog that fell off a bridge.

So, while I knew that people being hit by falling humans is a recurring phenomenon, evidently so is people being hit by falling animals.

Rapid City Journal - July 18, 1993

Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 27, 2023 - Comments (0)
Category: Accidents, Death, Dogs, 1990s

Jello craving saves man’s life

The lesson here is to not hold back if you've got a craving for a snack. That snack may save your life!

Daily Oklahoman - Feb 27, 1994

Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 24, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Accidents, Jello, 1990s

Struck by falling sheep

We've previously reported about people accidentally struck by suicide jumpers (See Death at the Cathedral). But being struck by an apparently suicidal sheep leaping from a bridge is a novel twist on the phenomenon.

London Daily Telegraph - July 30, 2001

Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 19, 2023 - Comments (2)
Category: Accidents, Animals, 2000s

No seatbelt

1987: While making a safety film about the benefits of wearing a seatbelt, Anthony Galati lost control of his car and crashed, dying of his injuries. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt.

More info: AP News

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Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune - May 18, 1987

Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 17, 2023 - Comments (2)
Category: Accidents, Death, 1980s, Cars

An Electrifying Performance

The audience, thinking it was all part of the McDowell County Line's act, cheered when Teasley — known professionally as John T — jumped from the stage and began writhing on the floor at the Blarney Stone bar in Huntington Beach. The crowd didn't know that a spilled beer had short-circuited an amplifier, sending hundreds of volts of electricity through his body.

The Carlisle Sentinel - Sep 28, 1983



Los Angeles Times - Sep 28, 1983

Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 26, 2023 - Comments (4)
Category: Accidents, 1980s

The man who fell 3300 feet and only broke his nose

1972: 19-year-old Bob Hall fell 3300 feet when his parachute malfunctioned. He landed face first on a runway. Somehow, he not only survived, but he only broke his nose and busted up his teeth.

The photo below was taken after his fall.





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Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 09, 2023 - Comments (1)
Category: Accidents, Human Marvels, 1970s

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