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Charger
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2405 Posts
August 30 2011 14:21 GMT
#61
The general idea of the prank doesn't bother me, if done with common sense it would be fine. 2.5m is just ridiculous though.
It's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback.
itachisan
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Canada109 Posts
August 30 2011 14:26 GMT
#62
only in Japan...but honestly though this is so dumb, and why dig such a deep hole..
at least have a hole that someone can climb out of if they fall in...
-_-'
Fatze
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Germany1342 Posts
August 30 2011 14:26 GMT
#63
sad story =(
Comfort from bottles, cheers from beers the guitars are our weapons and we know how to kill!
n00b3rt
Profile Joined May 2010
Bulgaria890 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-30 14:44:31
August 30 2011 14:26 GMT
#64
You know how many other people died today ? THOUSANDS :O Let's make a thread for each and every one of them

User was temp banned for this and other posts.
Yeah, whatever
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
August 30 2011 14:29 GMT
#65
I say it was as good as pranks go.
He thought it was his birthday, turned out to be quite the contrary!
Darwin Awards material definitely for the waifus part.
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fortheGG
Profile Joined April 2011
United Kingdom1002 Posts
August 30 2011 14:29 GMT
#66
shockingly unfortunate turn of events.
sleepingdog
Profile Joined August 2008
Austria6145 Posts
August 30 2011 14:33 GMT
#67
I'm not that large, but even I find it hard to grasp how you can suffocate in such a hole.

You/we have to realize, that a 2,5m deep hole doesn't mean 2,5m of sand - because if it collapses, the surrounding sand can't completely "fill" the 2,5 deep hole...if you know what I'm talking about here. For completely filling the hole, you would have to put most of the sand you've dug out back in again.

Even though this is pure speculation: I can only imagine they broke/twisted their legs/ankles from the fall and were somewhat "lying" inside the hole, unable to move, let alone get up, when the walls of the hole collapsed.
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GGTeMpLaR
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States7226 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-30 14:38:47
August 30 2011 14:33 GMT
#68
I hate when people are just fucking retarded. What a shitty way to die.

People do this sort of thing all the time, these ones just got unlucky.

It's like, the wife willingly fell into the hole as well since she helped dig it, what was going through her head?
Cain0
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom608 Posts
August 30 2011 14:35 GMT
#69
How long did it take them to dig that hole?? And no-one saw them??? And what did they do with all that sand?
Mittens
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia102 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-30 14:43:28
August 30 2011 14:42 GMT
#70
It wasn't the fall that killed them, since there was a "mat", by which I'm pretty sure means a mattress (considering the wife helped dig the hole, I doubt she would have had just a rug to cushion the 2.5m fall).

So I would then imagine, when after falling, with sides of the hole unstable, (since it is sand we're talking about), they had more than a ton of sand bury them, which then caused the suffocation.

This death by sand pit isn't as uncommon as you might think:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/20/health/main2959899.shtml
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24634 Posts
August 30 2011 14:43 GMT
#71
Reading this makes me think that these people would resort to birthday grenades rather than birthday punches.
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Worldzlol
Profile Joined August 2011
United States43 Posts
August 30 2011 14:45 GMT
#72
Was someone charged with manslaughter?
TheLaw
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States172 Posts
August 30 2011 14:48 GMT
#73
This is why I tend to avoid pulling pranks at all myself. But this is very sad
Cowards die in shame.
macmann
Profile Joined May 2011
87 Posts
August 30 2011 14:54 GMT
#74
beware who you invite to your party.
could be deadly...
gameguard
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Korea (South)2131 Posts
August 30 2011 15:00 GMT
#75
The hole probably converged as it went deeper. Like a V shaped hole rather than a U. Being 2.5m deep, it would be possible for the 2 of them to be wedged in. The struggle to get free could have collapsed the sides and made it worse.
RoyAlex
Profile Joined August 2010
Norway420 Posts
August 30 2011 15:01 GMT
#76
On August 30 2011 23:29 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
He thought it was his birthday, turned out to be quite the contrary!


:o
gogogadgetflow
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2583 Posts
August 30 2011 15:08 GMT
#77
I'm thinking they were severely inebriated, or else at least one of them should have been able to keep his upper body up out of the sand at the very least
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
August 30 2011 15:08 GMT
#78
I don't even understand how this could be funny, it just seems like some guy wanted to bury the couple alive. Terrible idea all around, and surprised that no one thought it suspicious that 6 people were digging such a huge hole in the middle of a public beach.
Bronze player stuck in platinum
Wuster
Profile Joined May 2011
1974 Posts
August 30 2011 15:11 GMT
#79
On August 30 2011 23:33 sleepingdog wrote:
I'm not that large, but even I find it hard to grasp how you can suffocate in such a hole.

You/we have to realize, that a 2,5m deep hole doesn't mean 2,5m of sand - because if it collapses, the surrounding sand can't completely "fill" the 2,5 deep hole...if you know what I'm talking about here. For completely filling the hole, you would have to put most of the sand you've dug out back in again.

Even though this is pure speculation: I can only imagine they broke/twisted their legs/ankles from the fall and were somewhat "lying" inside the hole, unable to move, let alone get up, when the walls of the hole collapsed.


I'm think the most the article's going to say is this part (probably since formal cause of death is still pending):
"The couple's upper bodies were covered by sand, police said."

I think we can assume they either fell headfirst (the pit was big enough to flip around in) and got stuck (beach sand isn't exactly stable for digging yourself out of) or that the walls caved in on them.

When we think of this sand pit we aren't thinking of a box or bucket, it's not really a solid/immovable object, the sides shift and you can fall through the 'bottom' of it as well.
lundell100
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden232 Posts
August 30 2011 15:12 GMT
#80
Well that's just unfortunate.
RIP
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