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The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: chinatownbus ()
Date: March 18, 2009 12:47AM

I got this email, can anybody tell me if this is a true story?

Semifinalist #3
A 22-year-old Reston , VA , man was found dead after he tried to use octopus straps to bungee jump off a 70-foot rail road trestle.
Fairfax County police said Eric Barcia, a fast food worker, taped a bunch of these straps together, wrapped an end around one foot, anchored the other end to the trestle at Lake Accotink Park, jumped and hit the pavement.
Warren Carmichael, a police spokesman, said investigators think Barcia was alone because his car was found nearby.
'The length of the cord that he had assembled was greater than the distance between the trestle and the ground,' Carmichael said.
Police say the apparent cause of death was 'Major Trauma.'

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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: chinatownbus ()
Date: March 18, 2009 12:49AM

Also what are octopus straps?

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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: strates ()
Date: March 18, 2009 03:35AM

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/darwin04.asp

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9397041

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=36532

http://www.autobarn.com.au/products/1/10/7466/

octupus strap = bungee strap (not for jumping).

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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: watchinyou ()
Date: March 18, 2009 12:34PM

That happened about 15 years ago, where have you been, in a coma?

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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: lol ()
Date: March 18, 2009 01:22PM

This is true, but very, very old. I read this a looong time ago.

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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: Advice Dog ()
Date: March 18, 2009 03:17PM


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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: 496 ()
Date: March 18, 2009 04:00PM

I nominate you chinatownbus, for the 2009 Darwin award. Get a calendar.

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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: chinatownbus ()
Date: March 18, 2009 09:23PM

Fifteen years is a long time ago! You all are old!

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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: KeepOnTruckin ()
Date: March 18, 2009 11:16PM

Here's the railroad trestle in question:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.792757,-77.218378&spn=0.001217,0.002843&t=h&z=19

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Re: The 2009 Darwin Awards, Fairfax man on list?
Posted by: chinatownbus ()
Date: March 19, 2009 12:14AM

I just can't believe what that guy was thinking? Especially if he really did it alone. It was almost suicide.

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