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Title: Death by Cactus
Post by: gangals on March 12, 2007, 07:45:18 PM

Death by Cactus

In 1982, 27-year-old David Grundman and a roommate decided to do a little "cactus plugging," by shooting the desert plant with a shotgun.

The first one, a small cactus, went off without a hitch and Grundman was encouraged to try a larger prey: a 26-foot-tall Saguaro cactus, probably a 100-year-old plant. Unfortunately, Grundman blasted off a large chuck of the cactus that fell on him and crushed him to death!

To date, this was probably the only known instance of revenge killing by a plant.

(http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4233/saguarocactusjf0.jpg)

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/12/30-strangest-deaths-in-history/

Title: Re: Death by Cactus
Post by: M-26-7 on March 13, 2007, 03:13:24 AM

I've heard thaat story before. It's possible, after all, cacti can get pretty tall and heavy. And people are stupid and violent.

Title: Re: Death by Cactus
Post by: Nod on March 13, 2007, 09:32:10 AM

If I were to ever commit suicide, this is how I would do it. Death By Cactus. They should make that a deat penalty option.