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| Hindu Kills Himself after Crow Sits on His Head | |
| 2013-07-20 | |
A 23-year-old Indian man allegedly committed suicide on Thursday because a crow sat on his head twice in the same day.
He was found dead at his rented apartment, which he shared with his brother, Hampanna. Local reports say he killed himself by consuming poison. His brother was visiting the siblings' hometown of Gadag, which is 420km north of Bangalore. Anand's body was discovered by Hampanna, who returned home to check on his younger brother after he failed to respond to phone calls, according to the Bangalore Mirror. Preliminary investigations reveal Anand was upset on Wednesday, after a crow sat on his head. He spoke to his mother at the time, expressing his fears. His mother's words, it appears, failed to soothe the young man, who also spoke to his sister. "My brother had called my mother, Parvathi, and told her about the crow. He was very tense when he spoke," Hampanna told Bangalore Mirror. Family members became alarmed after Anand stopped responding to phone calls and when Hampanna reached Bangalore the next morning, he found his brother "lying on the floor with froth coming out of his mouth". Anand was immediately taken to a hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. According to Anand's colleagues, he was visibly disturbed and also told his colleagues about the crow on Wednesday morning. Post-mortem results are still awaited but there seems little evidence to suggest anything other than a suicide. "I am waiting for the post-mortem report, but even I think he took the extreme step due to the crow incident," the victim's brother confirmed. Police suggest Anand consumed the poison elsewhere and locked himself into his home. A case of unnatural death has been registered at the Basaveshwaranagar Police Station, while investigations are ongoing. According to the tenets of the Hindu religion, a crow sitting on one's head is believed to be a bad omen. Banu Prakash Sharma, an astrologer, was quoted by the Bangalore Mirror as saying Hindus believe crows contain the souls of people who have committed suicide. "After death, such a soul will not have or find any place to settle down, so it enters the eggs of a crow," Sharma said, explaining that it was therefore inauspicious for a crow to enter a house or touch someone. | |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #14 Well...twice in the same day. Can ya blame the guy? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-07-20 22:33 |
| #13 Idiot. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-07-20 13:51 |
| #12 No besmirching crows here. I believe there may be an 'Old Crow' or two posting from time to time. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-07-20 13:42 |
| #11 "Edgar Allan Crow"?? Scooter, your dad needs to go to his room. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-07-20 13:32 |
| #10 My dad raised a pet crow when he was a kid. It was named "Edgar Allan Crow". He loved that bird. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2013-07-20 13:21 |
| #9 Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy .... |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-07-20 10:49 |
| #8 a crow sitting on one's head is believed to be a bad omen. It certainly was in Anand's case... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-07-20 10:02 |
| #7 That's utterly delightful, Zenobia Floger6220. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-07-20 09:08 |
| #6 I see an industry potential for Bird Trainers in Bangalore. Customers might include abused spouses and jilted girlfriends. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-07-20 08:34 |
| #5 It was six men of Indostan To birding much inclined, Who went to ogle at the Crow (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. The First was lit upon apace And swiftly crowned with poo, Until his bronzy pate was white as snow, with greenish dew: "Great Caesar's ghost, this dirty bird Is very like a Foo!" The Second, smitten by the beak, Cried: "Ouch, that smarts, you fecker! So very round and smooth and sharp! I am that crow inspector! This wonder of a woody bird Is very like a pecker!" The Third approached the ebon fowl, And happening to brush His hand against its feathery wing, At once began to gush: "I see," quoth he, "that Heckle here Is very like a bush!" The Fourth reached out his eager hand, And felt about the tail. "What most this wondrous beast is like I'd tell you in detail, But this margin is too small to contain All that inscribed in Braille." The Fifth, who chanced to touch the eye, Sang out, his voice awarble: "One hand held high, I testify (and one hand on my yarble): By all the Avatars, this crow Is very like a marble!" The Sixth was wiser than the rest, As Hindoo sages go. Quoth he, "No way I touch that bird! The suicide becomes a crow And when you touch it, so do you, And this has laid you low! And so these men of Indostan, With one exception, croaked At their own hands, as foreigners Looked on and rhymed and joked, About how foolish they were to think A crow should not be poked! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-07-20 05:35 |
| #4 A fitting story indeed Skid. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-07-20 04:01 |
| #3 Reminds me of the story about the Foo bird. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-07-20 00:55 |
| #2 The bird's not dead, he's only sleeping. No he's not, he's dead. The bird's not dead, he is. |
| Posted by: Don Vito Crainter4028 2013-07-20 00:43 |
| #1 Uh, uh, NOT-TONTO STARRING NOT-JOHNNY-DEPP DID NOT WATCH NOT-THE-LONE-RANGER??? The Bird, the Bird... gut nuthin. FYI, all things equal, IMO Depp's "The Lone Ranger" is the better or stronger film than Brad Pitt's "World War Z" starring the UNO Atlantic Fleet - IMO the Critics gave the nod to "Z", not "TLR", because the former promotes the concept of the UNO + "Zombies for OWG Globalism". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-07-20 00:15 |