Steel Steal
2007 Darwin Award Nominee
Confirmed True by Darwin
Oh no, not again!
(28 July 2007, Czech Republic) A pack of thieves attempted to steal and sell "scrap metal" from an abandoned factory in Kladno. Unfortunately for them, they selected the steel girders that supported the factory roof! When the girders were dismantled, the roof proceeded to fall, fatally crushing two of the thieves, and injuring three others.
(21 June 2007, Philippines) Three enterprising individuals tried to make a buck by selling metal to the scrap heap. They entered a former US military complex in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines. Before them stood the prize: an abandoned water tank! Bedazzled by the profit to be made, the three gleefully abandoned logic, and began to cut the metal legs out from under the water tank. Guess where the tank fell? Straight onto the thieves. They have not yet been identified, as their bodies were severely flattened.
