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Darwin Award - Near Miss
By Mike | September 20, 2007
On a lighter note, a guy from Portland tried to nominate himself for the Darwin Awards yesterday in a story remarkably similar to the ones that start with drinking and end when the “winner” says “Hey guys, watch this!” In this case, he stuck a rattlesnake in his mouth.
Turns out Matt Wilkinson is a snake collector, and he found this rattler on a highway and took it home. While playing with it at a party, he almost handed it to his ex-girlfriend. When she didn’t want anything to do with it, he tried to prove the snake was harmless by putting it in his mouth.
Predictably, the snake bit him. His tongue swelled from the venom and he required surgery to prevent his own tongue from choking him to death.
Nice job, dumbass. Please don’t breed.