Russian Man buries himself alive to bring 'good luck,' gets crushed - Polidicks

[quote=BBC] A Russian man has died after persuading a friend to bury him alive for a night, hoping it would bring him "good luck". The victim dug a hole in a garden in the eastern city of Blagoveshchensk and climbed into an improvised coffin, with holes for air pipes, taking a mobile phone and a bottle of water with him. His friend covered the coffin with earth and then left, after the buried man phoned to say he was fine. The next morning, he returned to find his friend dead, investigators said. The 35-year-old victim had believed that burying himself alive for a night would bring him luck the rest of his life. "According to his friend, the man wanted to test his endurance and insistently asked his friend to help him spend the night buried," said Alexei Lubinsky, a senior aide to the region's chief investigator. "We know that the victim was a computer programmer and that he has a small child." Internet craze The coffin was covered with soil to a depth of around 20cm (eight inches), Mr Lubinsky said. He speculated that heavy rainfall overnight could have blocked the air supply to the man trapped inside. The superstitious victim was probably influenced by reading stories about self-burial on the internet, investigators said. In a bizarre trend, numerous Russian bloggers write of undergoing supervised self-burial. State newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta has even run a feature on the practice. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg, in Moscow, says it is not the first time this has happened in Russia. Last summer a man in the north-western Vologda region persuaded his friend to bury him in the ground - to help him overcome his fear of death. He was found dead an hour and a half later, crushed by the weight of the earth.[/quote] Sauce: [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13623938[/URL] :what: Seriously, how dumb would you have to be? :psyduck:

Good luck

I remember reading this in a local news paper. I feel bad for him, but then again, it was a stupid move.

His blood alcohol content weighed more than the saturated soil that sat above him.

Darwin award.

At least they're already in a coffin.

My bad, fixing now. [editline]2nd June 2011[/editline] What. I can't change the thread title, can a mod do it instead?

[QUOTE=norzone;30194369]I remember reading this in a local news paper. I feel bad for him, but then again, it was a stupid move.[/QUOTE] You read about news in Russia inside of your local paper when you are from Norway? :psyboom:

Who'd have guessed, burying yourself is deadly. Still, I feel bad for the guy.

[quote]The coffin was covered with soil to a depth of around 20cm (eight inches), Mr Lubinsky said.[/quote] Honestly that doesn't seem very deep and I wouldn't have thought anything bad could happen if it was me doing it I probably wouldn't do it unless it was for a rather lucrative bet though

The dirt isn't what killed him actually. [quote]He speculated that heavy rainfall overnight could have blocked the air supply to the man trapped inside.[/quote] Apparantly he suffocated / drowned. OP actually misread and the guy that was crushed was a different russian guy who buried himself alone.

2011 Darwin award right there

[quote]The superstitious victim was probably influenced by reading stories about self-burial on the internet, investigators said.[/quote] :foxnews:MAN BURIES HIMSELF ALIVE DUE TO INTERNET CULT, FAMILY PETITIONS TO CONGRESS TO BAN ALL INTERNET USE FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 35, MORE AT 11:foxnews:

[QUOTE=The golden;30195103]One less idiot in the world.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/tick.png[/img]

Genius,

Wouldn't it be common sense to use a curved pipe? Then again, he did ask to be buried

I like the last part of the story where it says: [quote]Last summer a man in the north-western Vologda region persuaded his friend to bury him in the ground - to help him overcome his fear of death. He was found dead an hour and a half later, crushed by the weight of the earth.[/quote]Absolutely crushing.. :v:

if he was running out of air, why didn't he call with the phone? are we sure this wasn't just a really weird way of killing yourself?