Death by Selfie
A man in India this week decided to take a selfie with a wounded bear. Naturally, the animal mauled him to death.
Disturbing, I know. But equally disturbing is the fact that people, for some reason, don't seem to appreciate that if you give nature some space, it won't try to kill you.
I hadn't realized how many people die taking selfie nowadays. In 2015, as a recent example, more people died from taking selfies than from shark attacks.
Truthfully, there needs to be a kind of Darwin Award for this type of thing.
A few potential award winners:
A 21-year-old man was drinking with friends and took a selfie to post on Facebook. He posed with a gun pointed at his face. The man accidentally shot himself, and he was declared dead at the scene.
Two Russian soldiers in the Urals region west of Siberia were posing for a selfie with a live grenade. The handheld explosive detonated unexpectedly and went off in their faces.
A hiker was struck by lightning while trekking through a national park in Wales. The fatal bolt was suspected to have hit the extended metal rod of a selfie stick and electrocuted the young man.
A Polish couple climbed over the safety barrier and fell to their deaths while taking a selfie on a cliff in Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Once they took a step backwards to angle their shot, they tumbled off of the edge and into the perilous Atlantic Ocean below.
Well, at least they got a killer shot.
Disturbing, I know. But equally disturbing is the fact that people, for some reason, don't seem to appreciate that if you give nature some space, it won't try to kill you.
I hadn't realized how many people die taking selfie nowadays. In 2015, as a recent example, more people died from taking selfies than from shark attacks.
Truthfully, there needs to be a kind of Darwin Award for this type of thing.
A few potential award winners:
A 21-year-old man was drinking with friends and took a selfie to post on Facebook. He posed with a gun pointed at his face. The man accidentally shot himself, and he was declared dead at the scene.
Two Russian soldiers in the Urals region west of Siberia were posing for a selfie with a live grenade. The handheld explosive detonated unexpectedly and went off in their faces.
A hiker was struck by lightning while trekking through a national park in Wales. The fatal bolt was suspected to have hit the extended metal rod of a selfie stick and electrocuted the young man.
A Polish couple climbed over the safety barrier and fell to their deaths while taking a selfie on a cliff in Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Once they took a step backwards to angle their shot, they tumbled off of the edge and into the perilous Atlantic Ocean below.
Well, at least they got a killer shot.
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