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(52,428 posts) Mon Oct 8, 2012, 06:31 PM Oct 2012

Winner dies after roach-eating contest in South Florida [View all]

DEERFIELD BEACH, Florida — Broward County authorities say the winner of a roach-eating contest died shortly after eating dozens of roaches and worms.

Several contestants ate insects to win a python, the grand prize of the Friday night contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach.

The Broward Sheriff's Office says the winner of the challenge, Edward Archbold, 32, became ill soon after and collapsed in front of the store. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Sheriff's Office said Monday it was waiting for an autopsy report to determine a cause of death.

No other contestants became sick after the contest.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/os-roach-eating-contest-death-20121008,0,5042843.story

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Winner dies after roach-eating contest in South Florida [View all] Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 OP

A python? A python? Fer crissakes you can just go west of Miami or Lauderdale and catch one 2on2u Oct 2012 #1

Darwin wins. Lex Oct 2012 #2

+1 hrmjustin Oct 2012 #3

Indeed malaise Oct 2012 #5

Someone dying over eating cockroaches is not funny. Zalatix Oct 2012 #9

LOL. Now THAT is funny. Lex Oct 2012 #13

Only if this idiot did not procreate SpartanDem Oct 2012 #12

He won't anymore Lex Oct 2012 #14

Allergic reaction jsr Oct 2012 #4

If they find toxins in his system, it's possible the idiots who sponsored the contests picked those Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #7

+1,000 for choosing investigative thinking instead of making insensitive Darwin jokes. Zalatix Oct 2012 #11

One Could Make A Darwin Joke But It Would Be In Bad Taste. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #6

Beat ya to it. Lex Oct 2012 #8

I thought the roaches were in bad taste itsrobert Oct 2012 #10

Reminds me of the Russian dude who died after winning a vodka-drinking contest. Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #15