Darwin Awards 2006

I know it's kind of wrong to read this stuff, but I have to agree, some of the things that happened here does certainly make you wonder, "why do people do such stupid things?"

Although it's not mentioned here, a particularly "interesting" incident was where a guy was opposed to the US government telling people to buckle up their seat belts when riding in a car. He felt the government was trying to control them, and it should be up to the person whether they want to buckle up their seat belt or not. I think he was quite "vocal" about it too, posting on blogs and what not. He was also a smart student too, good grades and everything.

Later on, he was killed in a car accident when he was thrown out of the car he was in. The other two people with him, who were wearing their belts, survived with relatively minor injuries.

This incident is a textbook example of the word "irony". He died for refusing to do the one thing the government said you should do to be safe while riding a car.

Here's the link to the article I'm referring to:

http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2005-15.html

EDIT: By the way, it seems that the elephant poop one listed by the OP is just an urban legend (albeit an interesting one lol):

http://darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-09.html

However, an incident involving elephants really did happen (although it's just one of a few):

http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2005-01.html

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