FL Man dies after bug eating contest

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Authorities in Broward County, Florida, are investigating the death of a man who won a local reptile store's bug-eating contest, which required contestants to eat dozens of live insects and worms for the chance to take home a python.

32-year-old Edward Archbold of West Palm Beach was declared the winner of Friday night's contest at the Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, but he soon started to feel unwell. According to the Broward County sheriff's office, Archbold began to vomit the untold number of cockroaches he consumed before collapsing.

He was rushed to Broward Health North hospital where doctors pronounced his death.

Other contestants consumed a similar volume of insects but none had experienced similar medical problems. An official cause of death is pending.

I don't think a snake is worth eating any amount of cockroaches but that's just me I guess

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

 

[cherokeesam]

He probably died of all the pesticide on the bugs. That **** can kill a human in a skinny minute, but roaches just laugh at it.

 

[Duke]

This is utterly disgusting!! NO snake or prize for that matter is worth ingesting roaches or bugs.

 

[Poeman]

Only in Florida.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Thought this title said: ''E-Man dies after bug eating contest''

I was like the &@#!

 

[Quasimod0]

Oh man thats nasty

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

He probably died of all the pesticide on the bugs. That **** can kill a human in a skinny minute, but roaches just laugh at it.

good point...

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

 

[PemLam]

Just thinning the herd.

 

[bullets]

Thought this title said: ''E-Man dies after bug eating contest''

I was like the &@#!

Glad I'm not the only one , lol.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Glad I'm not the only one , lol.

lmao

 

[WolfCypher]

Is a python that damn expensive/rare/sacred people would eat live roaches?

 

[ReTrO JuNkIe 42]

Good for him

 

[Doctor Evo]

He probably died of all the pesticide on the bugs. That **** can kill a human in a skinny minute, but roaches just laugh at it.

good point...

The roaches were raised in a controlled environment and were meant as food for reptiles. No pesticides were involved.

 

[That Guy]

Is a python that damn expensive/rare/sacred people would eat live roaches?

Depends on the species. A Burmese Python usually costs about 50$-$150, assuming its not some kind of rare morph. But some of the other species such as Womas, Angolans, and Blackheaded pythons can easily go into a price tag of 4 digits.

 

[Duke]

Depends on the species. A Burmese Python usually costs about 50$-$150, assuming its not some kind of rare morph. But some of the other species such as Womas, Angolans, and Blackheaded pythons can easily go into a price tag of 4 digits.

Enough to put your life at risk, like this poor sap?? I think not!!

 

[Lasirius]

What a strange contest.

 

[Destructus86]

So...I'm convinced more than ever that all warning labels need to be taken off of things.

 

[Warhammer]

Eating live roaches for a damn snake. At least do it for Fear Factor type money. His dumbass.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Some more info:

Edward Archbold, the 32-year-old South Florida man who died shortly after winning a live bug-eating contest hosted by a reptile store, downed "dozens of roaches and worms" over the course of four minutes to take home a $700 Ivory Ball python he hoped to sell to a friend.

And a video of the contest at the link

http://m.gawker.com/5950257/heres-footage-of-the-live-roach+eating-contest-that-killed-the-winner

 

[THUNDERSTRIKE]

remember that one show where this guy was eating bull's balls?...

I'd eat those ANY day of the week than live roaches...

 

[tzarinna]

Some more info:


And a video of the contest at the link

http://m.gawker.com/5950257/heres-footage-of-the-live-roach+eating-contest-that-killed-the-winner

He looks older than 32.

I saw my first eating contest last month, it was hard to watch, actually I wlked off. The guy in the lead had already downed 18 slices of pizza before I bounced, at a rather slow pace. Prize, if I recall, was $1500 or $1800.

 

[jonathancrane]

One would think the giveaway of a python would bug the authorities, considering how Florida is being overtaken by serpents.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Ya those suckers are running the everglades