STRANGE DEATHS
What a way to go!
SILENT BUT DEADLY
A man whose diet consisted of nothing but beans and cabbage was killed by his own farts. One night, while he was asleep, the noxious gas he “created” hovered over his bed and became so deadly that he never woke up. The three rescue workers called to the scene got sick, too—one even had to be taken to the hospital.
BLOWOUT
Children’s entertainer Marlon Pistol was killed when a 20-foot-tall balloon elephant that he used in his act suddenly inflated in his tiny car as he drove along a California highway.
DRUMMED OUT OF TOWN
A Japanese man attempting to win the world record for nonstop drumming was stabbed to death by his neighbor, who just couldn’t take one more beat.
HE PASTA WAY
When 150-mph winds hit chef Juan Ruiz’s restaurant in Mexico City, he was stabbed through the heart by a flying strand of uncooked spaghetti.
THE LAST WORD
And that’s final.
POTTY ON, DUDE!
The queen of Pasadena, California’s annual Doo Dah Parade is flush with pride as she sits serenely upon her throne and waves to crowds of adoring fans.
PHOTO CREDITS
Page 14: Jay Newman (Porter the Wonder Dog); Page 15: Reuters (dog); Page 18: Library of Congress (Adams); Page 20: Istockphoto.com (koala)/ Photos.com (cows); Page 21: Michael & Patricia Fogden/Minden Pictures (sloth)/Malcolm Hillgartner (little girl); Page 23: Simmons Allied Pet Food (Strongheart); Page 27: Istockphoto.com (hippo)/Photos.com (mouth); Page 29: Reuters (lion and oryx); Page 30: Su Neko/Wikimedia Commons (tamarin)/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (fox); Page 37: BRI Photo Archives (Mister Ed); Page 38: Reuters (rat temple); Page 42: Istockphoto.com (meerkats); Page 43: Ralf Schmode (meerkat); Page 47: Reuters (panda); Page 48: Roger Brooks (buffalo); Page 49: Kathryn E. Wilson Maddox (Asian Water Buffalo); Page 52: Jahnna Beecham (Huckleberry the dog); Page 56: AP Images (pig); Page 61: BRI Photo Archives (giraffe); Page 62: Istockphoto.com (baboon); Page 63: Istockphoto.com (lion)/BRI Photo Archives (basenji); Page 66: Shin Yoshino/Minden Pictures (leopard); Page 67: Frans Lanting/www.lanting.com (chimpanzee)/Dr. Blair Sterba-Boatwright (hippo); Page 72: Dr. Billy DeClerk (Jack the Signalman); Page 74: Acclaim Images (kangaroo); Page 78: D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook/Minden Pictures (platypus); Page 80: BRI Photo Archives (Lassie); Page 82: Michael & Patricia Fogden/Minden Pictures (vampire bat); Page 85: Michio Hoshino/Minden Pictures (polar bears); Page 87: Frans Lanting/www.lanting.com (penguins); Page 90: Black Pegasus Arabians (Appaloosa)/Farmschool.com (Clydesdale); Page 91: White Stallion Productions (Lipizzan); Page 92: Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott/Minden Pictures (mustangs); Page 94: Qmfound.com (Chips the War Dog); Page 95: Qmfound.com (Dalmatian); Page 98: Jim Blauvelt (Tyson); Page 100: Istockphoto.com (cow); Page 102: Avonti Standard Poodles, Angela Heyburn and Jaimee Anderson, Adelaide, South Australia, “Breeders of Best in Show and Best in Specialty Show Winning Standard Poodles,” www.avontipoodles.com (poodle); Page 105: AP Images (Smarty Jones); Page 110: Brian Boone (cat); Page 116: Library of Congress (Roosevelt)/ AP Images (Disney); Page 117: Jahnna Beecham (Porkchop); Page 119: ZSSD/Minden Pictures (elephants); Pages 120, 121, 122: Bob Norris (elephant); Page 124: Greg & Mary Dimijian, www.dimijianimages.com (giraffes)/Photos.com (prairie dogs); Page 126: Jay Torborg (zebras); Page 127: Library of Congress (zebra); Page 128: Michio Hoshino/Minden Pictures (harp seal); Page 129: Timothy Keith-Lucas (bush baby); Page 130: Matthias Breiter/Minden Pictures (walrus)/Istockphoto.com (arctic fox); Page 132: Brent Thale (bats); Page 134: Ralf Schmode (prairie dog); Page 135: Kenneth Catania (star-nosed mole), SA Team/PhotoNatura/ Minden Pictures (bat), Gerry Ellis/Minden Pictures (monkey); Page 137: Norbert Wu/Minden Pictures (armadillo), Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch/Minden Pictures (baby armadillos); Page 140: Dragon Pictures (Part-X); Page 143: The Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum, Branson, Missouri (Trigger); Page 144: Getty Images (elephant); Page 146: Jay Newman (Porter the Wonder Dog); Page 147: Courtesy of the NORFANZ voyage partners-Australia’s National Oceans Office and CSIRO and New Zealand’s Ministry of Fisheries and NIWA. For more information, visit http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/discovery/voyages/norfanz/index.html. Photo by Robin McPhee and Kerryn Parkinson; Page 148: iStockPhoto.com; Page 151: Courtesy of NOAA; Page 152: iStockPhoto.com; Page 155: Courtesy of NOAA; Page 156: © Phillip Colla, SeaPics.com; Page 162: BRI Photo Archives; Page 163: BigStockPhoto.com; Page 166: BRI photo archives; Page 177: BigStockPhoto.com; Page 180: BigStockPhoto.com; Page 181: BigStockPhoto.com; Page 182: AP Images; Page 184: © James D. Watt, SeaPics.com; Page 188: Getty Images; Page 192: iStockPhoto.com; Page 195: AP Images; Page 197: AP Images; Page 201: C. Ortlepp; Page 205: BigStockPhoto.com; Page 211: © Gordon M. Grant, The New York Times, Redux; Page 214: iStockPhoto.com; Page 216: Ansgar Walk, Wikimedia Commons; Page 217: NASA; Page 218: iStockPhoto.com; Page 219: Wikimedia Commons; Page 221: Wikimedia Commons; Page 223: AP Images; Page 224: Chris Gotschalk, Wikimedia Commons; Page 225: Zac Wolf, Wikimedia Commons (whale shark) / courtesy NOAA (megamouth); Page 227: iStockPhoto.com; Page 228: Wendy Rathey, Wikimedia Commons (leafy sea dragon) / Andy Murch, elasmodiver.com (tasseled wobbegong); Page 229: Massimo Boyer, www.kudalaut.eu (both photos); Page 232: NORFANZ (gulper eel) / Peter Herring, imagequestmarine.com (hairy angler): Page 233: Peter Herring, imagequestmarine.com; Page 234: NASA; Page 242: BigStockPhoto.com (sawfish) / iStockPhoto.com (great white shark) / Wikimedia Commons (narwhals); Page 246: BigStockPhoto.com; Page 251: iStockPhoto.com; Page 252: Wikimedia Commons; Page 254: © 2004 Ingrid Visser, SeaPics.com; Page 257: NASA; Page 258: BRI Photo Archives; Page 260: Wikimedia Commons; Pages 261 & 262: BigStockPhoto.com; Page 264: Chris 73, Wikimedia Commons; Page 265: Islands in the Stream Expedition 2002, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration (puffer fish) / Filip Stachowiak, Wikimedia Commons (surstromming can); Page 269: Wikimedia Commons; Page 274: AquaOne Technologies, LLC, www.aquaone.com; Page 276: Jay Newman (Porter the Wonder Dog); Page 277: Splash News (Cabbage Patch Kid); Page 278: Jay Newman (sneaker); Page 279: AP Images (shoe tree); Page 283: Jay Newman (Ned’s Head)/Jay Newman (Furbies); Page 286: Gordon Cates, Herpetologist, 954-646-5262, Photo Courtesy of www.teddgreenwald.com (Gordon Cates); Page 287: Reuters (Scorpion Queen); Page 291: Graham Barker (navel fluff); Page 293: Getty Images (Jesus Manuel Aceves); Page 295: Reuters (Greg Smith); Page 296: Jolyn Morehead, Ambiance Photographer (Tyson and Treyson Neff); Page 298: iStockPhotos.com (waitress); Page 302: Stock.Xchng (King Tut); Page 304: Library of Congress (mummy); Page 305: Caitlin Maddigan (illustration: Preparing the Body); Page 310: Marion Cemetery Association (Merchant Ball Tombstone); Page 313: Karen Underwood, www.cotswoldedge.org (Ram Inn Fireplace); Page 314: Caitlin Maddigan (illustration: Ta Moko); Page 315: Library of Congress (Maori king); Page 318: Jay Newman (tea cup and tea leaves); Page 320: iStock.com (chimpanzee); Page 323: W. Stoneham, www.stonehamstudios.com (painting, The Hands Resist Him); Page 326: Jay Newman (cane); Page 328: Getty Images (creative coffins); Page 337: Stock.Xchng (toilet); Page 338: Liza Burdukova (Troye Wallett, Wolfberg Cracks, Cederberg, South Africa); Page 339: The Egremont Crab Fair & Sports, www.egremontcrabfair.org.uk (Gurning Champion, Kath Taylor); Page 343: BRI Photo Archives (Joseph Merrick); Page 346: iStockPhotos.com (mold) / American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (dust mite) / iStockPhotos.com (fly); Page 347: iStockPhotos.com (closeup fly) / iStockPhotos.com (bacteria) / iStockPhotos.com (tick) / iStockPhotos.com (Spider); Page 348: BRI Photo Archives (winning ticket); Page 351: Jay Newman (Uncle John’s Groucho Gathering); Page 354: Getty Images (Albert Einstein); Page 355: Library of Congress (Galileo); Page 359: Getty Images (Erik Sprague); Page 363: Stock.Xchng, Sam Rusling photographer (rat) / Stock.Xchng (scorpion) / Stock.Xchng (Roach); Page 364: © Copyright, Lewis Barrett Lehrman for the Haunted Studio, www.HauntedStudio.com, www.PortalsToTheBeyond.com (13 Spooks, Maybe More Ouija Board); Page 365: © Kipling West 2006 (Black Jack with the Hackle Back Ouija Board); Page 369: Stock.Xchng (Stonehenge)/The Stock Exchange (Car Henge); Page 371
: Stock.Xchng; Can Berkol, photographer (alien); Page 372: iStockphotos.com (slime mold); Page 373: Frontier Analysis, Ltd. (angel hair); Page 376: iStockphotos.com (monk); Page 377: Lucy Pringle, www.lucypringle.co.uk (Nautilus crop circle) Page 378: Lucy Pringle, www.lucypringle.co.uk (Sparsholt Face crop circle); Page 379: Lucy Pringle, www.lucypringle.co.uk (Fractals crop circle); Page 385: Jay Newman (bent spoons); Page 390: © The Natural History Museum, London (Sir Lionel Walter Rothschild); Page 391: Library of Congress (Castle Neu schwanstein); Page 393: AP Images (Larry Walters); Page 394: Jay Newman (coconut); Page 395: Reuters Pictures (Bloco de Lama mud man); Page 396: Getty Images (La Tomatina); Page 398: Copyright © Bog Snorkelling Australia, http://bogsnorkelling.com (Bog Snorkeling competitor); Page 404: AP Images (Giant Toilet Float, Doo Dah Parade).
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