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2019-07-03 -Obits-
Man dies in ‘absolute agony' 10 days after eating gecko on a dare
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Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-03 05:56|| || Front Page|| [4 views ]  Top

#1 In an interview with 7 News, Allira said her partner’s death was a "big shock."

Especially shocking to the Gecko.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-03 06:13||   2019-07-03 06:13|| Front Page Top

#2  Friends and family are still searching for answers six months after Dowell was dared to eat the lizard.

"Maybe it was the mercury he poured into his ear ?"
"Nope, he's done that since he was six."
"What about the crushed string lights ?"
Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-03 06:35||   2019-07-03 06:35|| Front Page Top

#3 There's a reason this stuff isn't in the grocery store. Just sayin...
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-07-03 07:07||   2019-07-03 07:07|| Front Page Top

#4 "Your claim was denied by GEICO"
Posted by Frank G 2019-07-03 07:10||   2019-07-03 07:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Frank, you beat me to it. I knew there had to be a GEICO joke int there somewhere.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-07-03 08:02||   2019-07-03 08:02|| Front Page Top

#6 "Friends and family are still searching for answers six months after Dowell was dared to eat the lizard."

Like it matters now?
Posted by DooDahMan 2019-07-03 08:29||   2019-07-03 08:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Darwin approves
Posted by DarthVader 2019-07-03 09:06||   2019-07-03 09:06|| Front Page Top

#8  still searching for answers

Journalismo for "looking for a tort lawyer who will take their case..."

Hint: If no ambulance chaser has put the first foot forward, you probably don't have even a bad case...
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-07-03 09:14||   2019-07-03 09:14|| Front Page Top

#9 live geckos live snails scorpions Added to my list of things I'll never eat in China.
Posted by Beau 2019-07-03 09:22||   2019-07-03 09:22|| Front Page Top

#10 Silver lining. New commercial for Farmers Insurance.
Posted by Jack Salami  2019-07-03 09:31||   2019-07-03 09:31|| Front Page Top

#11 That's it I'm going vegan. Looks like my sister was right all this time about about not eating things with faces.
Posted by jpal 2019-07-03 10:08||   2019-07-03 10:08|| Front Page Top

#12 
Posted by Skidmark 2019-07-03 10:43||   2019-07-03 10:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Dowell left behind three young girls.

Too late for Darwin.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-07-03 11:21||   2019-07-03 11:21|| Front Page Top

#14 It's Australia, krikey, even the cute lizards down there want to kill you.
Posted by ruprecht 2019-07-03 11:39||   2019-07-03 11:39|| Front Page Top

#15 There was an old guy who swallowed a gecko.
What the hecko?
Posted by SteveS 2019-07-03 11:57||   2019-07-03 11:57|| Front Page Top

#16 In other food news, Customs agents seize 32 lbs of African rat meat at O'Hare. Hope this doesn't affect your barbecue plans for the 4th.
Posted by SteveS 2019-07-03 12:42||   2019-07-03 12:42|| Front Page Top

#17 #10 Silver lining. New commercial for Farmers Insurance.

"At least our mascot won't kill you! JK Simmons wouldn't do that."
Posted by charger 2019-07-03 13:18||   2019-07-03 13:18|| Front Page Top

#18 Dad-of-three David Dowell

You're a little late, Darwin.
Posted by charger 2019-07-03 13:19||   2019-07-03 13:19|| Front Page Top

#19 FTA: on the plus side his nuts swelled to the size of grapefruit.
Posted by Regular joe 2019-07-03 13:31||   2019-07-03 13:31|| Front Page Top

#20 jpal, I scanned your comment too fast, I thought you wrote "with feces".
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2019-07-03 14:53||   2019-07-03 14:53|| Front Page Top

#21 Imagine how the guy who bet him he wouldn't eat it feels.
Posted by ruprecht 2019-07-03 16:50||   2019-07-03 16:50|| Front Page Top

#22 I'll note the article mentions neglectful care and idiocy on the part of staff. However, this quote brought me up short of outrage:

“It was a dare, so he might have intended to eat it and then thrown it away. At the end of the day, we don’t know whether he actually ate the gecko. David never mentioned it.”

Really? You don't know if he ate the damn thing? He rotted from the inside out, and you aren't sure he ate the stupid gecko? Oh, and that picture up top is him, that's the article picture at the link.
Posted by Charles 2019-07-03 19:09||   2019-07-03 19:09|| Front Page Top

#23 re#21: did he at least pay up?
Posted by Marilyn Glolutch5574 2019-07-03 19:59||   2019-07-03 19:59|| Front Page Top

#24 Play stupid games... you know the rest...
Posted by CrazyFool 2019-07-03 21:43||   2019-07-03 21:43|| Front Page Top

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