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Teen Decapitated by Ride at Six Flags

msnbc.msn.com — Authorities told the NBC affiliate's Web site, 11Alive.com that around 2:30 p.m. that the boy was decapitated when he was struck by the Batman ride, a coaster at the amusement park that can travel as fast as 50 miles per hour. The park is just west of Atlanta.

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  • LewP, on 06/28/2008, -44/+107Ouch...that's terrible.
    • stilesja, on 06/29/2008, -26/+10Yeah, but straight out of this Dead Milkmen song "Stuart":

      "I first became aware of this, about 10 years ago, the summer my oldest boy
      Bill Jr. died. You know that carnival that comes to town every year?
      Well this year it came with a ride called the Mixer. The man said "Keep
      your head and arms inside the mixer at all times." But Bill Jr., he was a
      daredevil, just like his old man. He was leaning out saying, "Hey
      everybody! Look at me, look at me!" POW! He was decapitated. They found
      his head over by the snowcone concession. A few days after that, I open
      up the mail and there's a pamphlet in there, from Pueblo, Colorado. And
      it's addressed to Bill Jr. And it's entitled, "Do you know what the
      queers are doing to our soil?"
      • userperson, on 06/29/2008, -1/+4http://is.gd/I8G
      • smacksaw, on 06/29/2008, -18/+5Might as well go for the whole thing:

        Stuart

        You know what, Stuart, I LIKE YOU. You're not like the other
        people, here, in the trailer park.

        Oh, don't go get me wrong. They're fine people, they're
        good Americans. But they're content to sit back, maybe
        watch a little Mork and Mindy on channel 57, maybe kick
        back a cool, Coors 16-ouncer. They're good, fine people,
        Stuart. But they don't know ... what the queers are doing
        to the soil!

        You know that Jonny Wurster kid, the kid that delivers papers
        in the neighborhood. He's a foreign kid. Some of the neighbors
        say he smokes crack, but I don't believe it.

        Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl.
        Kept bugging his old man. "Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never
        ask for anything else as long as I live." So the guy
        breaks down and buys him a burrow owl.

        Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's
        the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are
        you looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl."
        I say, "Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick. Everybody knows
        the burrow owl lives. In a hole. In the ground. Why the hell do you
        think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?" Now Stuart, do you
        think a kid like that is going to know what the queers are
        doing to the soil?

        I first became aware of this about ten years ago, the summer
        my oldest boy, Bill Jr. died. You know that carnival comes into
        town every year? Well this year they came through with a ride
        called The Mixer. The man said, "Keep your head, and arms, inside
        the Mixer at all times." But Bill Jr, he was a DAAAREDEVIL, just
        like his old man. He was leaning out saying "Hey everybody,
        Look at me! Look at me!" Pow! He was decapitated! They found
        his head over by the snow cone concession.

        A few days after that, I open up the mail. And there's a pamphlet
        in there. From Pueblo, Colorado, and it's addressed to Bill, Jr.
        And it's entitled, "Do you know what the queers are doing to our
        soil?"

        Now, Stuart, if you look at the soil around any large US city,
        there's a big undeground homosexual population. Des Moines, Iowa,
        for an example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart.
        You can't build on it; you can't grow anything in it. The government
        says it's due to poor farming. But I know what's really going on,
        Stuart. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens.
        They're building landing strips for gay Martians, I swear to
        God.

        You know what, Stuart, I like you. You're not like the other
        people, here in this trailer park.
      • turbomog007, on 06/29/2008, -17/+2you got to love those dead milkmen

        also

        The song is a religious allegory, modeled after the first and second century apocalyptic tradition, but with invented and therefore more obscure imagery. Let's take it line by line:

        "You know what, Stuart? I like you! You're not like the other people. Here. In the trailer park." The speaker, a total whack-job, is God, because the unbelieving heart looks upon the things of God as foolishness. Stuart stands for the elect, who have been recalled to their stewardship of the earth (hence the name Stuart, from the word steward). God declares His love for the elect and explains why and how they differ from the rest of the world, signified by the trailer park.

        "Oh, don't go get me wrong. They're fine people, they're good Americans. But they're content to sit back, maybe watch a little Mork and Mindy on channel 57, maybe kick back a cool, Coors 16-ouncer. They're good, fine people, Stuart. But they don't know what the queers are doing to the soil!" Here, God warns the elect that they are not special in the sense of being better than anyone else in the world; other people are just as valuable as they are. But they are caught in illusion, which is conveyed as watching Mork and Mindy, and the illusion prevents them from being aware of the way the devil and his angels, figured by the queers, are undoing the fabric of society on which they stand, symbolized by the soil - a natural sign of the foundation on which everything is built.

        "You know that Jonny Wurster kid, the kid that delivers papers in the neighborhood. He's a foreign kid. Some of the neighbors say he smokes crack, but I don't believe it." Johnny Wurster is the archetype of the virtuous unbeliever: as he sacrifices his sleep for his paper route, so the virtuous pagan sacrifices his own desires for the promotion of what he (mistakenly) believes is right. Others accuse the virtuous unbeliever of being a lunatic, which is symbolized by the rumors that Johnny smokes crack; but God declares his innocence.

        "Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl. Kept bugging his old man. 'Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never ask for anything else as long as I live.' So the guy breaks down and buys him a burrow owl." The burrow owl, being a sort of contradiction in terms -- the owl is a bird and ought to fly, but it lives underground -- signifies the meaningless desires and possessions of the material world, which promise happiness (they are birds) but cannot deliver it (they burrow). The virtuous pagan, because of his unbelief, is fooled into believing that the pleasures of the world are worthwhile.

        "Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, 'What are you looking for?' He says 'I'm looking for my burrow owl.' I say, 'Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick! Everybody knows the burrow owl lives! In a hole! In the ground! Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway?' Now Stuart, do you think a kid like that is going to know what the queers are doing to the soil!?" When God seeks after the virtuous pagan, He finds him looking up in a tree for his burrow owl -- in other words, he is under the wrong impression that obedience to heavenly precepts (staring up in a tree) will certainly bring earthly pleasure (burrow owl). This thus makes this part of the song a cross-reference to the book of Job. But the unbeliever makes this mistake in spite of God's explicit warnings ('why do you think they call it a burrow owl') that obedience to heaven does not gain the favor of earthly men (burrow owls live in holes in the ground). All of this illustrates why the elect are so important: the virtuous pagan, for all his advantages, cannot see the devil at work in the fabric of society.

        "I first became aware of this about ten years ago, the summer my oldest boy, Bill Jr. died." Here God makes a concession to our finitude and describes Himself as becoming aware of something. It might be clearer for our purposes to say that God revealed this in conjunction with the Crucifixion (when Bill Junior died).

        "You know that carnival comes into town every year? Well this year they came through with a ride called The Mixer. The man said, "Keep your head, and arms, inside the Mixer at all times." But Bill Jr, he was a DAAAREDEVIL, just like his old man. He was leaning out saying "Hey everybody, Look at me! Look at me!" Pow! He was decapitated! They found his head over by the snow cone concession." The word 'carnival', coming as it does from the old Latin name for Mardi Gras ('carni vale,' "to meat farewell," since meat is given up at Lent), forms an oblique reference to Passover, since the Lenten and Easter cycles are derived from Passover. Hence, a reference to Passover as being the time when Jesus died. The Mixer is a symbol for life, because all men are mixed together in it; the man who runs the Mixer is the Devil, commanding us all to remain confined in the prison of this world, rather than think 'outside the box,' so to speak, or start reaching out to people outside our part of the world ('keep your arms and head inside the Mixer at all times'). But Jesus imitates the Father (Bill Junior was a daredevil -- note the beautiful irony -- just like his old man), and He 'thinks outside the box' and reaches out to everyone; consequently He is persecuted and finally killed. Bill Junior's head being found by the snowcone concession is symbolic of Christ's precepts being encapsulated in the willingness to support and refresh others.

        "A few days after that, I open up the mail. And there's a pamphlet in there. From Pueblo, Colorado, and it's addressed to Bill, Jr. And it's entitled, 'Do you know what the queers are doing to our soil?'" Men soon begin praying to the Father through the Son, the prayers to God through Jesus figured by a letter adressed to Bill Junior but received by his father. The subject of the letter signifies the Christian's prayer to God to rescue society from the grip of the Devil.

        "Now, Stuart, if you look at the soil around any large US city, there's a big undeground homosexual population. Des Moines, Iowa, for an example." God calls on the elect to observe the fabric of society as typified in the life of the cities, Des Moines being an obvious prototype of cities generally; it is also beneficial to bear in mind that the city has always been symbolic of the world as a whole -- this part of the song is comparable to Dante's picture of the City of Dis in the 'Inferno.' The fact that the city has a large underground homosexual population signifies that the Devil is at work in the world but is doing so in secret.

        "Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart. You can't build on it; you can't grow anything in it." The fabric of society (soil) is such that philosophy (buildings) and art (plants) are equally unable to thrive.

        "The government says it's due to poor farming. But I know what's really going on, Stuart. I know it's the queers. They're in it with the aliens. They're building landing strips for gay Martians, I swear to God." The goverment stands for the world generally, in St. John's sense, which denies the existence of the Devil and attributes the ills of the world to ignorance (improper farming) rather than evil. But God knows, and says, that the Devil is real, and that he is, so to speak, in cahoots with destruction (symbolized by gay Martians). His devices are not just ruining society, but when he has finished with that, he means to bring wholesale annihilation on the world (landing strips meaning that when the undoing of society is complete, the 'gay Martians' can land).

        "You know what, Stuart, I like you. You're not like the other people, here in this trailer park." God reiterates His special love for His covenanted elect, thus assuring their salvation.
      • spinxter, on 06/29/2008, -2/+4Dead Milkmen rule. In honor of that comment I think I am going to go take some retards to the zoo.
    • sockpuppets, on 06/29/2008, -41/+6Was he riding "The Heath Ledger Experience?"
    • originofawful, on 06/29/2008, -24/+142BOOM! Headshot!
      • 1337jared, on 06/29/2008, -32/+10He might be dumb, but he was killed for it, so it's not cool to make fun of him. Think of his family, who not only have been living with such a dumb person for so long, but now just lost him altogether.
      • ChristophyBrown, on 06/29/2008, -10/+2Keep up the good work!
      • Midtown67, on 06/29/2008, -13/+2Love the Unreal Tournament reference. Perfect for this occasion.
      • berryhill, on 06/29/2008, -1/+20Natural selection.
      • illustrick, on 06/29/2008, -1/+9I am sorry, but if you are stupid enough to wear the ***** hat on the ride he deserves to get it blown off.
      • earthforce1, on 06/29/2008, -1/+7> Can we nominate this guy for a Darwin?

        I checked - he has already been submitted for this rather dubious honour.


    • BalooUrsidae, on 06/29/2008, -23/+13@1337jared: Dude, theres 8 BILLION people on this planet. Anything that reaps the stupid is a good thing, and when it's stupid AND hilarious, that's even better.

      Someone that dumb would probably just grow up to father the 12 dumbest kids on the planet anyway: This is a net gain for humanity no matter how you slice it.
      • winampman2, on 06/29/2008, -0/+24Its actually 6.7 billion.
      • BalooUrsidae, on 06/29/2008, -17/+6@winampman2: That doesn't make my point any less valid. That being that there's too many people on this planet, and if an idiot offs themselves, it's not sad, it should be celebrated.

        Anyone who diggs me down on this and enjoys reading The Darwin Awards is a god damn hypocrite.
      • unreg, on 06/29/2008, -2/+10BalooUrsidae:

        So you've never done something stupid? Put yourself in a dangerous situation?

        Sure, the kid was stupid. But he didn't deserve to die for it.

        And I'm sure somewhere there is a heartbroken mother.
      • TheTaoOfBill, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5I'm an insensitive prick on the internet! If I mention the word "darwin" 10 more times people will think I am cool!!
    • Handonam, on 06/29/2008, -0/+24A similar incident in 98:

      -----------------------------
      (Monday, September 7, 1998) - At Paramount's Great America Theme Park in Santa Clara, California, a 24-year-old man was killed after he was struck in the head by the foot of a passenger riding a roller coaster train. The victim entered a fenced area underneath the track of the Top Gun roller coaster to retrieve his wife's hat which she had lost while riding the same ride earlier that day. The area which the man entered was a restricted area. "Do Not Enter" signs were posted around the perimeter of the ride, however the man did not understand English.

      The passenger whose foot struck the man, a 28-year-old woman, broke her right leg and was hospitalized.
      -----------------------------
      • jmp478, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2I've ridden Top Gun before. In fact, it's the only roller coaster I've been on.
        I remember somebody lost a shoe on it. It flew off and hit someone in the head as we went over the path :)
    • popophobia, on 06/29/2008, -0/+19http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19370592/

      Saw this in the article. Terrible accidents for the RIDER, not a random ***** wandering into dead zone.
    • prophetpimp, on 06/29/2008, -7/+18Well, look on the bright side. He is now a fine candidate for the Darwin Award.
      • yacks, on 06/29/2008, -6/+1except that it atcually happened.. *sigh*
    • LopsidedZebra, on 06/29/2008, -8/+2The surreal thing is that i was planning on going there today(Saturday) with my family but things didn't work out.
    • getbusylivin, on 06/29/2008, -2/+38Yeah it's pretty bad. On a positive note: they recovered his hat http://pix.auctiva.com/pix/12/56/89/HELICOPTER_BAS ...
      • thejumbo, on 06/29/2008, -5/+3WIN!

        Finally, some natural selection we can ALL get behind. Stupid *****.
    • bbbren, on 06/29/2008, -1/+7for the person kicking. and as said before, he'll be remembered for ever in the darwin awards.

      he went for a hat. a hat. ***** hell.
      • TomJohn, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7It was his lucky hat. He never flew without it.
      • dynelol, on 06/29/2008, -0/+13Who did he think he was? Indiana Jones?
    • illustrick, on 06/29/2008, -0/+32how ironic, trying to get his hat back and he lost his head!
    • dragonrice, on 06/29/2008, -3/+6god punishes stupid people.
      • Ultramagnus0001, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1Don't get into the god punishes thing, that's why I have a hard time believing.
    • sgh0011, on 06/29/2008, -3/+6my boyfriend was actually there when it happened.
      he said the kid dropped his hat on the ride and he and his friend jumped over 2 fences to get it. his friend didn't get a scratch, but he got owned. my bf said he was there w/ his parents & his church group. although he wasn't being very smart, being decapitated is certainly no way to die! i feel so bad for the family.

      you can also get the full story from yahoo.com
    • mikemil828, on 06/29/2008, -8/+6I had so much on my mind
      I thought maybe I'd unwind
      Try out that new roller coaster ride
      And the guide
      Said not to stand
      But that's a demand
      That I couldn't meet
      I got on my feet
      And stood up instead
      And knocked off my head, you see

      Tell me
      Why'd I have to go and get myself decapitated?
      This really is a major inconvenience, oh man, I really hate it
      Such a drag now...Can't eat, I can't breathe, I can't snore
      I can't belch or yodel anymore
      Can't spit or blow my nose or even read Sports Illustrated
      Oh no
      Why'd I have to go and get myself all mutilated? (Yeah yeah)
      I gotta tell ya, life without a head kinda makes me irritated
      What a bummer...Can't blink, I can't cough, I can't sneeze
      But my neck is enjoyin' a pleasant breeze now
      Haven't been the same since my head and I were separated
      No no no

      Hurray for Weird Al
      • Shadow503, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Not sure why you're being dugg down. . .
  • misguidedmonkey, on 06/28/2008, -46/+1216Yeah, that's terrible, but it's the stupid *****'s fault. Sub headline: The youth reportedly climbed over a fence and was hit by Batman ride. I hope they don't shut the ride down cause this POS decided to climb the fence and do himself in.
    • supermanred, on 06/28/2008, -34/+315Yeah, maybe they should've gone with some barbed wire at the top of the fence or something, but I agree. You climb a fence with a sign that says danger and behind it is a roller coaster going 300 kmph you pretty much have decided to play with death. Sometimes death wins.

      I wouldn't call him a stupid ***** though, Im sure we've all done some stupid things in our lives, just some of us survived by a miracle of odds in our favor.
      • soupdawg30, on 06/29/2008, -2/+87I don't try to touch rides that are flying over my head after I've jumped a fence that says do not enter.
      • Ajajadude, on 06/29/2008, -9/+149No, he was a stupid ***** to ignore the potential danger by climbing into the area to get a hat.
      • Amazetbm, on 06/29/2008, -1/+139"unidentified 17-year-old from Columbia, S.C. scaled two six-foot fences and passed signs that said the restricted area was off-limits and dangerous to visitors,"

        Scaled two six foot fences and ignored the signs warning him of the dangers, not a bright move at all.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -3/+91I've dropped gloves off a ski lift just before the top. They put ropes around the ski lift top tied around three foot high ski poles. Not TWO six foot fences, just a rope at waist length.

        I had enough sense to understand that going into that area might cause me to get hit in the head by some ski lift rider's skis, so I just accepted the loss of my $80 gloves. I wasn't willing to get whacked in the head by a slow moving ski.

        This moron was so concerned about a $10 hat, that he lost his life.

        Why are so many people incapable of having a sense of self-preservation?
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -2/+14obamaisanagger, who was it who had a stand up act about the people who got mauled by gorillas? Was it Dana Carvey or Will Farrell? I can't remember who it was, but basically he was like, "what were those poeple thinking? Did they see the gorilla and think he was waving them in?"
      • boogie606, on 06/29/2008, -35/+5the miracle isn't "...odds in our favor" the miracles are our guardian angels...
      • Pssdoff, on 06/29/2008, -8/+11Why are so many people incapable of having a sense of self-preservation?

        People expect a government nanny state to keep them safe and never develop a sense of self-preservation.
      • ClemsonPoker, on 06/29/2008, -0/+10I bet this kid is having a long ***** talk with his "guardian angel".
      • vmos, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2Climbing over one fence is on par with the stupid things that most people do now and again. Climbing over two without a camera on him means he's even dumber than jackass

        actually, that's a good point, pics?
      • austinwpetersen, on 06/29/2008, -3/+6"the miracle isn't "...odds in our favor" the miracles are our guardian angels..."

        If angels existed, he wouldn't have gotten his head sliced and diced... buried for Dawkins sake.
      • minorthreat, on 06/29/2008, -4/+1to the person afraid to get their ski gloves.. We all make judgments in life..
        I definitely wouldn't cross two fences and dance with a rollercoaster to get my hat.
        80 dollar ski gloves on the other side of a rope in plain view? The thought of "camping out" until there was a break in the crowd would be something worth doing in my opinion.
      • Diggyan, on 06/29/2008, -0/+8Let me guess: his parents will sue Six Flags because the sign didn't say "Warning: Attempting to recover your hat by jumping over these fences may result in decapitation".
      • bwa236, on 06/29/2008, -0/+8I'm pretty sure the roller coaster wasn't travelling 192 miles per hour. It even said it goes 50mph (80kmph)
        But everything else, yeah.
      • mysedai, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4@pssdoff
        I don't think the government and it's insane level of regulation to keep us safe causes people not to develop a sense of self-preservation, I think some people are genetically weak links, but instead of doing something stupid and dying off before they have the chance to procreate, the government makes it possible for them to live long, full lives with many grandchildren.
      • carleethian, on 06/29/2008, -0/+9300km/h ?
      • cheaptricks, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Couldn't the guy just wait for the roller coaster to go by before he ran out? This is like the most simple thing to do in a video game, wait for the danger to go past and then run out. This guy didn't play a lot of video games I see.
      • erossmu, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1@cheaptricks -- Or maybe he lacks the critical thinking skills to apply what he has learned in video games to real life situations that could be beneficial to his well being.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1minorthreat, I agree I could have done that, but it just wasn't worth it. What if I got my boot stuck in the snowpack? What if I couldn't move fast enough to get out of the way of an oncoming chair that had people with skis hanging down?

        I value my life more than an $80 pair of gloves. I bought a new pair when I got down to the bottom of the run, at one of the shops around the gondola that takes you to the top of Ajax. And since I was in Aspen in late March, everything was on sale and I bought a $100 pair of gloves for $60.
    • GOVStooge, on 06/29/2008, -0/+302It was TWO fences
      • Jacolyte, on 06/29/2008, -9/+9double ouch
      • sarixe, on 06/29/2008, -0/+70no, single ouch, double stupid.
      • SamuraiGhost, on 06/29/2008, -0/+147Oh, the fools! Why didn't they build it with three fences? When will they learn? :-(
      • maddonkey, on 06/29/2008, -16/+2well how does a hat get across 2 fences? i can understand 1 but not both of them.

        this kid thought he was going to be funny, it didn't work out to well i see.
      • scot333, on 06/29/2008, -0/+8there are 4 lights!
      • FLarsen, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5Maddonkey, he lost it while on the ride.
      • iDiggIt42, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5Unless, you know, he dropped it on the ride?

        Also, is it just me or are replies only able to be one level deep now?
      • SuicideMouse, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1Well right now were in GOVStooge's reply to misguidedmonky.
        I thought you could go deeper then that but I could easily be wrong, my memory likes to fade quickly in the mornings.

        The kid was pretty ***** stupid, that much is obvious, the real question is who gets the hat now.
      • jparkinson, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1and they were both 6 foot tall...
    • Retrospekt, on 06/29/2008, -63/+57Yeah, it was his fault, but you didn't have to say it like that.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -10/+51say it like it was his fault?

        No, we'd never suggest that. He was obviously an innocent bystander.

        Someone else must have suggested he climb over two six foot high fences. And they must have had a compelling argument to override this kid's personal sense of self preservation.
      • headzoo, on 06/29/2008, -6/+24"No, we'd never suggest that. He was obviously an innocent bystander."

        I think Petrospekt meant that misguidedmonkey didn't have to cross the line and call the kid a POS. I'm sure monkey has done some stupid and dangerous things in his life. If the 17 year old kid was a family member of his, I'm sure he'd feel differently about the whole thing.

        The lack of empathy from some people around here is astounding.
      • Bunnybutt, on 06/29/2008, -13/+17I have to completely agree. The lack of empathy from some people and the "witty" uncalled for comments when it comes to stories similar to this one ARE astounding! " Stupid *****'s fault? " Decided to " do himself in"? I hardly think it was on this kid's agenda when he woke up that morning to kill himself in the manor that he did. " I hope they don't shut the ride down cause this POS" Disgusting!!
      • pierrelourens, on 06/29/2008, -1/+14@Bunnybutt:

        It may not have been in his agenda to kill himself, but anytime someone climbs two fences to retrieve a hat, they are asking for trouble.

        I'm sure Diggers would have a ton more empathy if The Batman ride killed him while on the ride, but that was not the case. He took his life into his own hands for a hat.

        I feel sorry and embarrassed for the family. I don't have empathy for him.
      • ClemsonPoker, on 06/29/2008, -3/+13Waaaaaah. We should ***** ourselves so we can feel better.

        False empathy is worse than honest apathy. Kid ***** up, he died. I didn't know him, you didn't know him, neither of us is changing our day today because of his death, you just want to pretend it's important. It's not.
      • TheTaoOfBill, on 06/29/2008, -2/+7It really doesn't matter why or how the guy died. The point is he died. This kid had friends and family who are very upset to lose him and out of simple respect for your fellow man and respect for for his loved ones who are missing him right now and may or may not actually be reading your comments.

        Yes the kid was stupid and yes it's his own fault he died but that doesn't mean he deserved it or his loved ones deserved to lose him. Stop being an ***** and show a little respect. I would hope your mom taught you a little better than this
      • Nudar, on 06/29/2008, -2/+5Kids today have absolutely no respect for the dead as misguidedmonkey demonstrates.
      • ClemsonPoker, on 06/29/2008, -3/+7A moron doesn't suddenly become respectable just because they died.

        Dead people get respect if they earned it in life.
      • pear1jamten, on 06/29/2008, -4/+4You don't call someone who is dead a stupid s*** no matter what the circumstances .... they aren't alive anymore, sometimes i don't think people grasp the severity of death.. how did that comment get so many diggs..... its a shame this is what people have come to.... and by people i mean the users on digg that are usually intelligent ..... im disgusted.
      • Bunnybutt, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1@Pierrelourens

        I feel sorry and embarrassed for the people that cannot show some empathy for their fellow man. He was a son, grandson, brother, friend, etc etc etc, and for that reason alone ALL of us SHOULD be able to relate to what that must feel like to lose someone like that.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1pearljamten, if you don't call soemone who is dead a stupid sh!t no matter what the circumstances, then what do you call the 19 9/11 hijackers? Unfortunate suicide hijackers?

        I a person sticks his finger in the electrical socket and electrocutes himself, he's a *****, or had a mental problem.

        When you are responsible for your own death, and it was unavoidable especially, there's not too many good things you can say about that person.
    • joeydoo, on 06/29/2008, -8/+88I clicked the link thinking.. "oh no, there are too many stories of this happening, I don't want to get put off from riding rides"
      Then as soon as I saw it was just some retard selflessly cleaning the human gene pool... "thank god for that"
      ........
      But the question of what exactly took of his head off springs to mind.... because people's feet dangle, if it was running some one had to be seated there, so the head probable blew up into some one's ass. EWwwww.
    • rnawky, on 06/29/2008, -35/+7I guess he doesn't the hat he was going after anymore.
      • mroboy, on 06/29/2008, -0/+54selling the word "need" for $25....
      • mysedai, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5Oooh! Rnawky gave us a Mad Lib!
        We need verbs, present tense, people.


      • rnawky, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1Haha crazy assholes.
    • h4mx0r, on 06/29/2008, -6/+97I wonder what the people ON the ride thought.
      "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" *splat* "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
      Hmm, maybe nothing then.
      • PPCG4, on 06/29/2008, -2/+11hahaha a good morning lol. I wonder if the screams sounded different before and after.
      • grantmoore3d, on 06/29/2008, -1/+6More like. "WWWWEEEEEEEEEE" *splat* "WTF was that?, oh well.... WEEEEEEEEEE"
      • p3dr4m, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1The ride was empty
      • murder1, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3Ride wasn't empty.

        ``No one riding on the roller coaster was injured, Sheth said.``
    • ASSASSYN360, on 06/29/2008, -34/+4Two Six foot tall fences at six flags. Pun intended.
    • PabloMac, on 06/29/2008, -9/+91The basic premise of your comment is solid, but you don't need to lose your head over it.
    • ross., on 06/29/2008, -18/+11He didn't exactly decide to "do himself in" as you so sensitively put it. Who knows what that FULL story is, maybe he was mentally handicapped or just a stupid idiot who didn't think this could happen, either way the kid died and his family has to live with this, show a bit of respect.
      • SpeedSteamBoat, on 06/29/2008, -4/+31You've just insulted the intelligence of mentally handicapped people the world over.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -7/+21His family should feel bad about raising a child who would climb over two six foot high fences that warn him of the danger, just to retrieve a stupid, cheap baseball hat.

        I've been to conventions where I end up with a dozen baseball hats in my schwag bag. If it isn't a pen, or a paper weight, it's a baseball cap.

        His family should learn to teach their children the concept of self-preservation, and not the idea that their safety is everyone else's responsibility.

      • cgjamj, on 06/29/2008, -3/+3Really? Now it's the parent's fault? There is no way parents can keep their kids from doing all the possible stupid things out there. What parent really even thinks to warn their kids about something like this? This was just very bad/stupid judgment from a teenager.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Somehow, even though I took risks here and there in my youth, something my parents instilled in me kept me from doing the dangerous things that could kill me. Maybe it is called COMMON SENSE.

        I've done some risky things, but on certain occassions, I got this flash of reason that told me "Hey, this could kill you" and I would not take that risk.
    • aussiessuck, on 06/29/2008, -5/+81Darwin award nominee?
      • wipis, on 06/29/2008, -1/+21Oh he defiantly gets one. Not only did he jump into a dangerous area but he did it while the coaster was running and obviously wasn't looking out for it. On top of that he was to impatient to ask one of the ride attendants to go get it. He's to dumb to survive to reproduce and now that he is out of the gene pool he has improved the human race.
      • FelixDrylock, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6it's funny you say that, that's exactly what I said to my friend when I saw this on the news earlier tonight.
      • crypt, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1nah, I think you have to be over 18 to get nominated
      • gn0stik, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1I don't think he's reproduced yet, it didn't say he left behind any kids so he's eligible.

        Crypt, I don't think you have to be over 18, you just have to be able to reproduce.
      • DontGiveADamn, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1He was with a church group. Can a Christian get a Darwin award?
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -1/+1DontGiveADamn, the blind-faith "you gotta believe in the bible, word for word" types all get honorary darwin awards.
    • sarchosis, on 06/29/2008, -2/+127You don't understand, it was his FAVORITE hat.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -1/+56I understand that it wasn't his favorite LIFE.
      • UltX, on 06/29/2008, -2/+37But what good is a hat when you have no head to put it on?
      • netneutrality, on 06/29/2008, -3/+9Mandatory xkcd: http://xkcd.com/405/
      • OhTheHumanity1, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6Indiana Jones would have done the same thing. And if Indy does it, it has to be ok
      • grantmoore3d, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1Too bad he can't wear it anymore...
      • Mutton, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Was this kid Mighty Max or something?
      • karmaghost, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Maybe they'll bury him with it? Would that be inappropriate?
    • Wisgary, on 06/29/2008, -1/+10Thank you for mentioning this - I had not yet RTFA yet and was already thinking OMFG I'M NOT GETTING ON THAT ***** AGAIN until you knocked me back to my senses.
    • kansoki, on 06/29/2008, -1/+19Apparently he may have been trying to touch the ride as it went by. Brilliant.
      http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/28/theme.park.fatali ...
    • cloak419, on 06/29/2008, -15/+4Respect the dead :/
      • rotten777, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7give respect where respect is due.

        this idiot move killed him.
      • dynelol, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6WHY!? Tell me why i should respect someone AFTER they're gone, if i wouldn't have while they're still here.
      • drato, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4cloak is right.

        This guy did the world a great service by removing himself from the gene pool before procreating.

        My hat's off to you, good sir!
    • vexxation, on 06/29/2008, -0/+79what they need to do is put some sort of deterrent on the other side of the fence. for example, a rapidly moving piece of machinery capable of decapitating you.
      • badboys213, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5I was thinking more along the lines of lions, but I guess your idea will keep away most people.
      • grantmoore3d, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5A pool of sharks with laser beams attached to their heads?
      • WELLDOITLIVE, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Only the Frikken brand laser beams will suffice
    • cgjamj, on 06/29/2008, -8/+8The only problem I have with your comment is that most of us did really stupid things when we were younger. This kid was only 17 and his bad judgment resulted in his unfortunate death. Granted, I never did anything as dumb as this, but I guess at 17 he thought he was invincible. Wouldn't be surprised if he was trying to impress a girl either. That always brings out a whole new level of stupidity.
      • oldhick, on 06/29/2008, -1/+8We all DID do stupid ***** and many of us are lucky to be alive... What's your point? If we had died when we did stupid ***** as teenagers are people not supposed to still call it stupid??? What's your point?
      • ZeroFive1, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4You give kids too little responsibility for their actions. Sure, he may be young, but I bet when you were 17 you wouldn't have ***** done that. It's tragic, yes, but he was being a dumbass, and he paid for it.

        I wonder what everyone else was doing while he was running into a potentially dangerous area.
      • grantmoore3d, on 06/29/2008, -1/+317!? Are you kidding me, you fully know what you are doing. Yes, you're a little bit more stupid, but you full well know the results of standing in front of a roller coaster going 300kph.
    • cheeseplease, on 06/29/2008, -9/+2I'm willing to bet he was suicidal.
    • mooseofshadows, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5It must have been a really good hat.
    • caborobo, on 06/29/2008, -10/+3It's funny, all of you are saying that he is some dumb ***** kid and that this is just gene pool cleansing.

      I guess you would then agree that Heath Ledger was just some dumb moron that was too stupid to know how much meds to take... didn't think so.

      He was just a wild teen that didn't think things through.

      Maybe once most of you little ***** have a child of your own you will understand.
      • Ler224, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6"He was just a wild teen that didn't think things through." That is gene pool cleansing at its finest.
      • ZeroFive1, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3Maybe parents need to better teach kids to think things through.
      • Spinfusor, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2"I guess you would then agree that Heath Ledger was just some dumb moron that was too stupid to know how much meds to take..."

        I agree.
      • JustFender, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4this is sad, but it doesnt make the kid any less dumb. if my friend died from trying to juggle loaded shotguns while balancing a tiger on his nose, it'd be sad but it'd be ***** dumb, if my brother decided to go get his sock out of flaming car wreck that was about to explode and died, it'd be sad but it'd be dumb, if someone i'd never met or heard of before tried to go get a hat from underneath a moving rollercoaster and died, it'd be sad but it'd be ***** dumb.
      • alexanEmpire, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3"Maybe once most of you little ***** have a child of your own you will understand."

        If parenting warps ones sensibilities to the point that they become this blind to the stupidity of others, now more than ever do I not WANT a child of my own.
    • scoottie, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5are they going to have to electrify the fences now?

      Darwinism at its best imho
    • Calcularius, on 06/29/2008, -1/+10If I was Six Flags, I would sue the family for the bad publicity.
      • wTheOnew, on 06/29/2008, -0/+13The title and the description definitely make it sound bad for Six Flags. I don't think Six Flags should sue but I don't think they should give the family a dime if the family tries anything.
      • PhoenixAvatar2, on 06/30/2008, -0/+5Know what else would be bad publicity? Suing the family of a kid that died at your park.
    • LacY, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3They didn't shut it down the LAST time this happened. I definitely remember hearing about an employee who was down where he shouldn't be under the Batman ride and was kicked in the head/decapitated as the ride went over him--shattering the girl(or guy I don't remember)'s leg.

      It's sad that this happened, and even sadder that it's happened *twice*.
    • jluebbert, on 06/29/2008, -6/+3Yeah because I'm sure you followed every rule as a child. A little respect would be nice, it might have been his fault but he was a kid..

      EDIT: He was seventeen?? When I heard about this story from my dad, he told me it was a 9 year old.. Okay, it was completely his fault and he should have known what was coming, but you still didn't have to put it like that.
    • BonersMilloy, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2We're missing the important issue here, and that is if he dropped any good loot.
    • WileEPeyote, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2I hope I am wrong, but I see a wrongfull death lawsuit in Six Flag's future. The parents (or their lawyer) will say that Six Flags should have done more to prevent people from climbing over the fences.

      Even if the parents don't feel this way right now, I imagine there are lawyers reading the article right now with dollar bill signs in their eyes. I'm sure they will wait an appropriate amount of time before calling the parents...
    • sammyboi08, on 06/30/2008, -0/+0I agree
      The kid is a diumb *****
      I would think after the second fence he would of stopped
  • bonlebon, on 06/28/2008, -112/+427Ok people, let's not loose our heads to this until they fully develop the story.
    • BladeMelbourne, on 06/29/2008, -7/+183Don't get ahead of yourself.
      • Coven, on 06/29/2008, -8/+77He'll never be the head of a major corporation...
      • nilez, on 06/29/2008, -35/+7That's not the way to get ahead in life. Damn It! I just saw this was posted by Striff... I hate trying to be witty.
      • DeviantDragon, on 06/29/2008, -4/+95Well this thread is headed in the wrong direction.
      • cubbiesx, on 06/29/2008, -8/+66Head.
      • Joshuarr, on 06/29/2008, -4/+105Bad puns... Head's up everyone.
      • RandomFruitBat, on 06/29/2008, -34/+3I'll be sure to drink some egg nog in his honor.
      • PabloMac, on 06/29/2008, -27/+4Thank you for keeping us abreast of reality.
      • BlaqReaper, on 06/29/2008, -6/+24Not the way to get a headstart in life is it?
      • dawesdust12, on 06/29/2008, -4/+24... WHERES YOUR HEAD AT!!!!!!!!!!!!

        (cue music)
      • iJump, on 06/29/2008, -11/+2For those who don't get what dawesdust12 is referencing:

        http://play.rhapsody.com/basementjaxx/rooty/wheres ...
      • BedPost, on 06/29/2008, -18/+12My girlfriend gave me oral sex.

        ...I'm not very good at this.
      • Myztry, on 06/29/2008, -7/+1Roller Bowling. STRIKE - X.
        Sent that head pin flying.
      • xkorbin, on 06/29/2008, -3/+3Remember, what the door mouse said... FEED YOUR HEAD.
    • pablo0713, on 06/29/2008, -25/+354It's LOSE our heads, you ***** moron!
      • NinjaPirateDude, on 06/29/2008, -7/+105dont blame him... its hard to spell correctly when you're a teenage headless zombie trying to be popular on Digg..
      • AlexanderZero, on 06/29/2008, -1/+55Looks like someone's lost their head.
      • mariano, on 06/29/2008, -36/+5damn these wetbacks surely can get angry sometimes
      • dynelol, on 06/29/2008, -1/+10I don't know why the internet is STRUGGLING to make loose and lose synonymous.
      • TunaFishGangsta, on 06/29/2008, -4/+1While less likely, they could have also misspelled 'loosen'. Let's not loosen our heads... it's not really as plausible considering the pun that they were seemingly aiming for, but yeah.
      • AnOMNOMymous, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1***** mormon!
    • shreas, on 06/29/2008, -3/+117I feel that something's missing from this headline.
    • sisternovena, on 06/29/2008, -5/+106This kid's heading for trouble.
    • pigducksheep, on 06/29/2008, -4/+139Should have quit while he was ahead.
    • WilliamAdama, on 06/29/2008, -60/+7Your girlfriend gives good head.
    • psion01, on 06/29/2008, -8/+97Boom! Headshot!
    • SteveIsTheDude, on 06/29/2008, -3/+161People get decaffeinated all the time by mistake. You can't even taste the difference.
    • Cheeselover, on 06/29/2008, -4/+130To be fair, the signs DID provide a heads up
    • FIip, on 06/29/2008, -19/+5Imagine being on the roller coaster in the front row when this guy goes to pick up his hat.

      Oh, and...

      ...my head asplode.
    • ..eD, on 06/29/2008, -17/+1Holy head cheese Batman!
    • Greengoo, on 06/29/2008, -22/+4He'll never be the head of the six-flags company at this rate...
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    • jmeeker516, on 06/29/2008, -5/+40It's a shame he wasn't more headstrong.
    • mjbk24, on 06/29/2008, -12/+7clever head pun
      • Kitchenfire, on 06/29/2008, -6/+0Guess he didn't look before he leaped.
    • Jeepy, on 06/29/2008, -4/+76I guess you could say his HEAD was removed by a rollercoaster. No pun intended.
    • AmericanGunner, on 06/29/2008, -1/+25his friend didnt even ask him why he was heading to the restricted area
    • napunk34, on 06/29/2008, -4/+15If only his life was heading in the right direction.
    • xsquirrel378x, on 06/29/2008, -7/+41yeah go ahead and make jokes
    • Twenty, on 06/29/2008, -12/+1I'm digging this story because of all the brilliant comments, but to be honest it really doesn't belong in digg's headlines.
    • Shadow120, on 06/29/2008, -2/+23If only he'd been level headed and read the headline of the "DANGER" sign, it's called using your head. He was headed for trouble.
    • jeremyosborne81, on 06/29/2008, -10/+3I see what you TRIED to do there.
    • Foamator, on 06/29/2008, -12/+2"He'll never be the HEAD of a major corporation"
      *sigh*
      Sorry.
    • tillerman00, on 06/29/2008, -2/+14He was so young. . . he didn't even have the chance to make any headway in life.
    • BugBBQ, on 06/29/2008, -9/+4ha ha ha... *****.
    • franklyzappa, on 06/29/2008, -6/+5It's not surprising that he was from South Carolina.
      • ammundsen, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Yep, cause everyone down South is stupid. I only wish northerners would stop moving down here. They are turning the South into the same craphole they came from.
    • kewidogg, on 06/29/2008, -3/+4...Wrong Kid Died...
    • Vodd9, on 06/29/2008, -4/+6*Goes ahead to submit a screenshot of this thread with title saying: "This is why I love Digg".*
    • napunk34, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Guys, we need to stop this headless humor...
    • BlearyCzech, on 06/30/2008, -0/+0http://youtube.com/watch?v=a4hFwJm41h4
  • jjesusfreak01, on 06/28/2008, -21/+572Well, the submitter used the wrong news source. Should have gone with Fox News, whose article on the story ends with,
    "It isn't clear whether the boy died at the scene or was alive for a time after the incident"
    • leonardoty, on 06/29/2008, -47/+12http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,373341,00.html

      No it doesn't.
      • ghuytro, on 06/29/2008, -4/+55They changed it. It did before - I saw it too.
      • KillerJ59J, on 06/29/2008, -6/+21Swoosh.
        --------->
        o
        -|-
        /
      • Goblin, on 06/29/2008, -3/+62I think you meant:

        Swoosh
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        -|-
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      • tonaros, on 06/29/2008, -3/+15Tasteless, Goblin.
        And I dugg you up for it.
      • Spymodhf, on 06/29/2008, -12/+4I guess that went over his head.
      • MavRevMatt, on 06/29/2008, -2/+1You're just about as stupid as the dumbass who jumped 2 fences and got killed.
    • irfanmp, on 06/29/2008, -81/+8Wait...Am I missing something? Since when is Fox News the right news source?
    • Chairboy, on 06/29/2008, -4/+76I believe leonardoty and irfanmp have lost the Internet. But it's not their fault, the end boss is hard.
    • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -13/+47You're right. Fox is the right news source if we're waiting to find out that there might be a tie to al-qaeda.

      Either this kid was a suicide decapitator trying to shut down American amusement parks, or the actual ride was al-qaeda, trying to kill American teens.

      Either way, we should be scared.
      • verkon, on 06/29/2008, -13/+2One day someone that fox news has pointed out having al-qaeda ties goes and blows up a building, and you gonna regret that statement.
      • mrdeadhead, on 06/29/2008, -9/+3The odds are in their favor of that coming true.
        Granted, assuming that everyone's a terrorist helps.

        Look out it's Obomba!
      • rushiku, on 06/29/2008, -1/+6Interesting angle...I was thinking the accident was related to his fanatic devotion to 'Murder Simulators', 'cause I'm pretty sure I heard that he saw an Xbox once.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1verkon, Are you saying that I'm going to regret that Fox News is the boy who cried wolf?
    • johnnyfistfight, on 06/29/2008, -16/+3Or CNN with "An "insider" says Congress wants to know whether any Bush officials bear some responsibility for the rides decapitating ability and if so why they were not informed". Says the insider " we are the only governing body in Washington that wasn't on the inside track regarding decapitating amusement park rides."
    • davidrools, on 06/29/2008, -3/+44But it was reported to NBC's news site: 11alive.com...formerly 12alive.com
      • CatalystDM, on 06/29/2008, -2/+2Soon to be 5Alive... delicious...
    • NecroSexy, on 06/29/2008, -3/+1FOX must have learned the regenerative qualities of certain vermin while reading Kafka.
    • saigumi, on 06/29/2008, -0/+16Haha.. yeah. When my wife was in EMT school, they said there is two times that you don't need to start immediate treatment or CPR:

      1. Rigor Mortis has set in.
      2. The person is decapitated.

      Kinda Captain Obvious stuff there.
      • Nollykin, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1*makes some kind of offhand comment about your wife...*
      • elhaf, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1*continues some kind of long thread of unrelated meta-comments*
    • mysedai, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6I wonder if Fox News suggested the autopsy.
      *Medical Examiner opens bag, turns on tape recorder*
      "Subject is a Caucasion male, seventeen years of age, preliminary cause of death, NOT HAVING HIS ***** HEAD ATTACHED!"
    • HA5TY, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2holy *****! I thought you were kidding!! haha
      http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,373341,00.html
    • doubledoh, on 06/30/2008, -2/+1If you believe in jesus, you have already lost your head.
    • Hierarchy, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0Mmm. Good ol' Fox. There can most certainly be ambiguity when it comes to deciding the livelihood of an individual whose head has been chopped off. : P
  • tumples, on 06/28/2008, -102/+9217 is too young to pay such consequences for daft mistakes.
    • gubatron2, on 06/29/2008, -14/+12517 should be enough to learn how to read and deduct it's ***** stupid going there for a cap, maybe the guy was slightly retarted or something
      • BladeMelbourne, on 06/29/2008, -5/+47Even retards like tarts.
      • Daz3, on 06/29/2008, -4/+9Irony is beautiful.
      • MrSarcasm, on 06/29/2008, -2/+15As a 17 year old myself, WHY THE ***** would someone climb two fences, that have signs on it forbidding it, when there's a speeding rollercoster on the other side? He got what he had to get.
      • fas2, on 06/29/2008, -8/+2@MrSarcasm: As a 17 year old you should know that teenagers do dumb *****, every day. Hell, he was probably trying to impress a girl too. But HE DEFINITELY DID NOT GET WHAT HE HAD TO GET.
      • rhapsodisiac, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7I love it when people spell "retarded" wrong - especially when they're accusing someone else.
      • LacY, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3He had *been* on the ride--he should have known how fast and how *low* the ride goes. Honestly, if the hat was that important to him, find an information kiosk or something and ask if they'll find the hat after closing and mail it to him or something--sure that sounds lame and ridiculous, but so does being the subject of a story titled "Teen Decapitated by Ride at Six Flags."
    • trispear, on 06/29/2008, -7/+9118 y/o is enough to sign up and go to Iraq....
      • lacronicus, on 06/29/2008, -20/+2No, 18 is old enough to join the military. The decision to go to Iraq or elsewhere is in the hands of much older, and (one would hope) wiser, men.
      • ch33sehead, on 06/29/2008, -0/+23But you still can't buy a beer.
      • identityxcrysis, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5Great, and I just turned 18 today. Thanks for reminding me x.x
      • nationalist, on 06/29/2008, -1/+217
    • Ajajadude, on 06/29/2008, -4/+39I'd pretty much say he wasn't too young to know right from wrong.
      • rhapsodisiac, on 06/29/2008, -2/+4Right from wrong? I'm not sure if this is a moral issue as much as it's a safety issue.
      • Ajajadude, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Right and wrong doesn't have to mean "moral issues" buddy. There's the right way of doing things, and there's the wrong way of doing things.

        For example: this kid chose the "wrong" set of actions by being a complete idiot and climbing over several fences and got himself killed. He could have chosen the "right" course of action by forgetting the hat!
    • MillionsLivio, on 06/29/2008, -8/+86I'm 17, honestly this guy was just an idiot.
      • jmeeker516, on 06/29/2008, -3/+27Thanks for clarifying that all 17 year olds aren't idiots
      • Paulish, on 06/29/2008, -3/+43I'm an idiot, honestly this guy was just 17.
      • justinx0r, on 06/29/2008, -11/+5I'm honest, this guy was an idiot.
      • ayeroxor, on 06/29/2008, -10/+5I'm honestly an idiot, these guys are.
      • spanglegluppet, on 06/29/2008, -10/+4I'm an idiot, honestly this guy wasn't 17.
      • rushiku, on 06/29/2008, -3/+10"Thanks for clarifying that all 17 year olds aren't idiots"

        Wahahahahahaha, snicker, hahahahahaha

        signed - Your Parents
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 06/29/2008, -2/+34Somebody made a mistake and lost their life.
      • ch33sehead, on 06/29/2008, -3/+9Maybe it was deliberate? Maybe he was TRYING to win the Darwin Award?
      • Myonosken, on 06/29/2008, -2/+7Well he climbed two fences and ignored four danger signs- that's like six mistakes so maybe he loses that pity after that.
      • itsthebrod, on 06/29/2008, -0/+8Yeah, I mistakenly ignore multiple warning signs and scale fences to get into restricted areas beneath inverted roller coasters all the time. Who knew it could *kill you*?!
      • Ajajadude, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3I've made plenty of mistakes in my life, most of them big, but I'm still alive. But I never made a mistake THAT big.
    • bhavinp, on 06/29/2008, -13/+6Ya this guy was an idiot, losing a hat is no big deal. If it was a nice watch or necklace, it would be different.
      • lacronicus, on 06/29/2008, -0/+17You know, i'm still not quite sure that would be worth it either.
      • Fhwqhgads, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1don't wear things like that.
    • ICSU, on 06/29/2008, -4/+28Quite the contrary. Darwin's award off to him.
    • npowel, on 06/29/2008, -3/+25It really isn't. You don't climb over TWO 6 foot fences covered in warning signs into the path of a 50mph roller coaster by mistake.
    • Goblin, on 06/29/2008, -1/+31Nope, it's the perfect age as there is a good chance he hadn't procreated yet.
      • HHP2K, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3We would all hope so.
      • everlaster, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1come on! lets not be silly here please; somebody died.
        Think for just a minute about that mother who lost her son
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1everlaster, he was the product of that mother.

        Think about the fact that this kid stopped a very bad thing from continuing.
    • DHTamus, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2Yeah, let's reprimand the laws of physics for working as they should and reacting properly to this kid's retarded actions.

      People need to take responsability for what they do, you cannot indict the universe for someone else's mistake. Most diggers think 17 year old kids can have three-ways with their friends and snort cocaine, why can't they handle an amusement park ride>
    • itsthebrod, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7Since he's 17 I'm assuming he could read, and I'm also assuming he should at least have a minimal level of common sense that tells him, "Hmm, perhaps I *shouldn't* climb these two tall fences plastered with warning signs to retrieve my $7 hat that happens to be under a speeding, inverted roller coaster train that weights several tons." Well, I guess what he got was an unintended lesson in momentum.
      • miggie, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3It was probably a $50 hat from AF or AX Exchange.
      • Diggnut08, on 06/29/2008, -2/+2We're forgetting one thing. This boy was from SC,which has one of the lowest ratings in the nation for education.
      • alexanEmpire, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5So? You don't need to go to school to learn that larger, fast moving objects will kill (or seriously injure) you.
    • rk23x, on 06/29/2008, -0/+9http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detai ...

      Apparently he was also trying to jump up to hit the feet of the riders. Judging by that decision, he probably wouldn't have lasted long in life even if he still had a head.
    • dilpil1, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3Tell it to reality.
    • alexanEmpire, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Just think of it as passive eugenics. This kid will not grow up to have (more stupid) children of his own because he was too stupid to make the right choice on a risky venture.

      If there were 2 fences and warning signs every where, that ought to tell you something no matter what age you are.
  • statsman1982, on 06/29/2008, -13/+278I am sorry for his family, friends, and the rest of his youth group. The sudden death of a loved one, especially someone so young, is always a tragedy. But to have known that something like this was 100% (well, okay, 99.999999999%) preventable must be absolutely heartbreaking for them. Signs are there for a reason!
    • Caedar, on 06/29/2008, -2/+62I'm still willing to say that it was 100% preventable.
      • infinitiesedge, on 06/29/2008, -2/+66I agree. His parents should have used a condom.
      • MasterChief4134, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5Infinitie, I wish I could dig you up more than one time.
    • IShadouI, on 06/29/2008, -7/+18Preventable? The stupid kid climbed two fences, not one but two, into a 'restricted area'. The park staff can't prevent stupidity. Having a 20 foot fence would obscure the ride for riders.

      I see this as gene pool cleansing.
      • dilpil1, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1I think he meant preventable by the idiot who killed himself.
      • statsman1982, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1Yes, that is what I meant.
    • RobotBuddha, on 06/29/2008, -12/+2Family, possibly. If this is the worst death his friends or youth group have experienced I'm more envious of how sheltered their lives are than sympathetic.
      • ployd, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2He was DECAPITATED, how many decapitations have you seen in the past week?
    • Jeremyz0r, on 06/29/2008, -3/+9Take warning labels off of everything!! America will finally fix it's self!
    • Shadow120, on 06/29/2008, -3/+2Atleast the group will be AHEAD on safety next time!
    • vagarach, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3It's not even a question of preventable, as a direct result of his actions he was put in harm's way. Preventable would be if they hadn't had any fences, so the guy decided to walk over and get his hat.
  • DaDrake, on 06/29/2008, -36/+514At his age, he should have known better. While sad, this is natural selection and deserves no more sympathy than a drunk driver killing himself.
    • tumples, on 06/29/2008, -42/+46I disagree. A drunk driver killing himself demands no sympathy because he was potentially endangering the lives of so many people he was driving past. This kid was just trying to likely retrieve something. It is a tragic accident, although yes completely avoidable, but it is a bit harsh to say he doesn't deserver sympathy. Think of the family,
      • gubatron2, on 06/29/2008, -6/+42he clearly didn't think of his family when he went there.
      • dhaugen, on 06/29/2008, -1/+23he was trying to grab his friends feet to screw with him
      • GrandBreton, on 06/29/2008, -3/+77Yeah, standing in front of a roller coaster has no potential to put other's lives in danger.
      • MillionsLivio, on 06/29/2008, -1/+21He should have gotten someone from the park to help him get it instead of going over two six foot fences with 'danger' signs on them and putting everyone on the ride at the risk and himself -- for a ***** hat.
      • winampman2, on 06/29/2008, -1/+14Yeah, I would have just left the hat and gotten a new one, but if it really was such a special hat then the obvious thing to do would be to ask a park employee... instead of trying to be cool and showing off to friends by climbing over the fence that says "DANGER: DO NOT ENTER"
      • fas2, on 06/29/2008, -6/+2@gubatron2: As if he knew he was going to die..
    • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -1/+23The kid who swallows the most marbles won't grow up to have kids of his own.
      • dynelol, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2Everybody should be taking every opportunity they get to quote George Carlin. Even if, oh hell..ESPECIALLY if it isn't appropriate.
      • jmantra, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1RIP George Carlin
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1dynelol, how is it not appropriate to bring up George Carlin's own thoughts on a dumb kid getting himself killed by climbing TWO six foot high fences, just to get a $10 baseball cap, and ending up getting killed?

        I mean, the kid ignored every effort of Six Flags to prevent him from doing harm to himself, and ended up harming himself.

        He swallowed too many marbles, and he will not reproduce, because of it.
    • andrewdundee, on 06/29/2008, -18/+9Who knows anything at 17?
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -3/+21I knew enough to not get killed when I was 15.

        I used to play on railroad tracks. We ran around the tracks, with 12 guage shotguns just shooting whatever random garbage we could find. We encountered high speed trains about 3 times per afternoon, and we had enough sense to get out of the way.

        This kid is a victim of passive eugenics. (see: George Carlin)
      • AntzNZ, on 06/29/2008, -16/+5WTF. Are you a redneck or something? Running round shooting random ***** with shotguns?
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -0/+16AntzNZ, I was living on an army base that my father was commanding, New Cumberland Army Depot, across the river from Harrisburg PA.

        I'm not a redneck. We were just playing "army men" or whatever. I mean, I was 15. We used to play "war games" all over the base, on the golf course and even the private airport that bordered it. We were just kids having fun. And even when we played on the runway of the private airport, we knew not to get hit by an airplane. We'd even lay at the very end of the runway and watch planes land over us, but we would never be stupid and get hit by a cessna or whatever.
      • Arnos, on 06/29/2008, -1/+15To clarify for you other Diggers: there was a time when kids used to play *outside* and it was considered normal.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Arnos,

        Thank you. Not only was it normal, it was also vital to the development of people who have a healthy respect for their own mortality.

        I think the critical time is between 5 and 10. At that age, you have a certain vitality where some things that might kill a 35 year old won't kill you, but will definitely hurt like a bitch. I've jumped off of swings at the highest point, and landed belly first in the dirt. Then I never did that again. I've fallen from a tree I climbed and it hurt so much I never climbed that high again. I rode my bike from the top of a 20 foot high dirt pile, onto a ramp attempting to jump a hole dug for a basement in a construction site, only to land halfway through the basement, and I never did that again.

        If you don't learn a healthy respect for death and pain at a young age, when you can survive most things, you'll end up making very life threatening mistakes later in life.

        By the time I was 17, I knew not to try to take my car around a curve on a windy country road at 70 mph. I knew kids in my high school who were raised by nannies and had sheltered lives who obviously didn't get that knowledge, and I went to their funerals.
      • AntzNZ, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1With a shotgun? A ***** shotgun? I guess I'm not used to stuff like that here in NZ.
        Sounds pretty rad though.
    • futuretense, on 06/29/2008, -9/+7no one deserves a ***** thing. but i feel sympathy, even for stupid people.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -3/+10I don't feel sympathy for stupid people. They make my life difficult.

        Have you ever driven a car in the DC area? Stupid people screw it all up. They love to drive in the left lane at 50 mph, next to some other stupid fool in the right lane, creating a rolling roadblock. They love to change lanes or turn without using a turn signal. They love to pull out into traffic when it is least possible for that traffic to not collide with them.

        They even like to pull out of their driveways when they see a car approaching, and act confused when the driver on the road honks at them for causing them to lock up their brakes to avoid colliding with those morons.
      • fas2, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2So you wish them death, PhiLesh69?
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1fas2, I don't want to KILL them, but I certainly wish their stupidity would cause them to end up killing themselves by some foolish act.

        The world would be a better place if we didn't have to continually restrict the actions of everyone for the mistakes of the few.
    • Paulish, on 06/29/2008, -0/+14The tragedy is the tendency of stupid people to take others with them.
    • j1ggy, on 06/29/2008, -3/+11First he loses his hat, then he loses his head. Any word on whether or not he scaled the fence again to get his head back?
      • willywong, on 06/29/2008, -1/+7Why would he do that. He was already over the fence. You need to think more logically about these things.
    • orlandorays, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4The sympathy should go to his family, his friends and the poor people on the ride, who are the ones that have to suffer because of his stupidity.
      • milesphenn, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah, I can't help but think this was just a little too stupid to do. Sad for his family, friends, and like you said, the traumatized people on the ride. The kid? I mean, it sucks to have to pay consequences that heavy at such a young age, but most of us don't do something that risky, then don't do something that risky without having figured out exactly how long it is between times the roller coaster cars come. That's pretty ***** brash and stupid.

        I wouldn't feel terribly bad if a kid decided he would wrestle a gorilla and then got his head ripped off, even if the gorilla had challenged him. This isn't that much different.
    • ZeroFive1, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3He should have contacted someone if he really loved that hat.
    • rentmitchum, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5Are we just going to allow the Bat to serve up his vigilante justice?!
  • Striff, on 06/29/2008, -37/+374He was just trying to get ahead in life.
    • BladeMelbourne, on 06/29/2008, -9/+87But he wasn't thinking with his head.
    • bratterscain, on 06/29/2008, -8/+132Yeah, if he had a good head on his shoulders, he'd still have a head on his shoulders.
    • mbonzo531, on 06/29/2008, -6/+104It's a shame he wasn't more headstrong.
    • Skooma714, on 06/29/2008, -6/+62He lost his head.
    • UNDERSTAR, on 06/29/2008, -7/+52"Heads up!"
    • shark72, on 06/29/2008, -8/+82Yes, he'll never be the head of a major corporation.
      • shark72, on 06/29/2008, -26/+10Looks like the fellow who dugg me down is one of those people who didn't see Austin Powers.

        For those who didn't get the joke of this thread:

        Austin Powers: Not the time to lose one's head.
        Vanessa Kensington: No.
        Austin Powers: That's not the way to get ahead in life.
        Vanessa Kensington: No.
        Austin Powers: It's a shame he wasn't more headstrong.
        Vanessa Kensington: Hmm.
        Austin Powers: He'll never be the head of a major corporation.
        Vanessa Kensington: Okay, that'll do.
        Austin Powers: Okay.
      • DefaultGen, on 06/29/2008, -6/+1Digg is fickle. I wonder if half the people who dugg you up even understood it.
      • xlneoMAXlx, on 06/29/2008, -4/+18HA HA, I'M QUOTING AUSTIN POWERS ON THE INTERNET!
      • kmiller2087, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5i was going to digg you up for the austin powers quote... but then you ruined it by explaining it.
    • shreas, on 06/29/2008, -24/+3If only he had taken some Aleve.
    • pigducksheep, on 06/29/2008, -19/+3Head on up to the other pun thread.
    • davidrools, on 06/29/2008, -20/+2He should have stayed calm and rational. Instead, he lost his head.
    • Chakz, on 06/29/2008, -5/+299ROLLERCOASTER: APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD
      • yogurtslinger, on 06/29/2008, -1/+75HEAD OFF, APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE ROLLERCOASTER.
      • grizzlybrice, on 06/29/2008, -17/+4HEAD OFF, APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE ROLLERCOASTER.
      • DefaultGen, on 06/29/2008, -1/+51HEAD ON: LOL NOT ANYMORE.
      • thegallery, on 06/29/2008, -7/+2that's not right.
      • BackEnThaWomb, on 06/29/2008, -0/+9can i digg more than once?
      • DeskFlyer, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5You guys are terrible. But I laughed anyway.
      • jdpwnsyou, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5I smell a Darwin award!
      • rentmitchum, on 06/29/2008, -0/+8Oh god.. the winner is HEAD ON: LOL NOT ANYMORE
    • aComa, on 06/29/2008, -13/+1His life must have head downhill after that one. That's one hickey from a cut-throat bitch he'll never forget. At least she didn't break his heart.
    • bratterscain, on 06/29/2008, -14/+18That kid was headed down the wrong path in life.
    • NCecil, on 06/29/2008, -2/+88you're all heading straight to hell.
      • utahnkid, on 06/29/2008, -1/+37You're ahead of all of us.
      • Hypermarkalan, on 06/29/2008, -1/+6Good. Apparently all the funny people are in Hell.
      • rentmitchum, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2I think Satan would approve of our jest. I for one welcome our new sulfuric smelling overlord.
    • surfacewound, on 06/29/2008, -3/+93Well at least he made headlines.
    • VarelseSoul, on 06/29/2008, -21/+4Actually, he lost his head. He wanted to get a-hat in life.
    • ExplosiveNixon, on 06/29/2008, -19/+3Head-on, apply directly to the forehead.
    • AmericanGunner, on 06/29/2008, -13/+2opposite of tails........zing?
    • TheModernArdeo, on 06/29/2008, -3/+24I love you guys.
    • j1ggy, on 06/29/2008, -10/+4I see what you did there.
    • chiefbandit2200, on 06/29/2008, -8/+2Another comment string of bad wordplay? You guys are giving me a headache.
    • SonicRush, on 06/29/2008, -22/+1Buried every single one, and it felt greeeaat.
      • cmsjustin, on 06/29/2008, -1/+9Yours is the only one I buried
      • jdpwnsyou, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5Yeah burying yours did feel fantastic.
    • BdON003, on 06/29/2008, -7/+4I wanted sharks with lasers
    • blckngldhwk, on 06/29/2008, -3/+8Coming to a "Why I love DIGG submission" near you!
    • Tophillious, on 06/29/2008, -4/+11Damn. I wish I was more witty :(
    • daqq, on 06/30/2008, -2/+2BOOM! HEADSHOT!
  • artsii, on 06/29/2008, -39/+3Six Flags is just bad news
  • Azlen, on 06/29/2008, -3/+511There is no way that Six Flags should be held responsible for this. If this guy is climbing over fences and ignoring warnings then it was completely his own fault.
    • S7aind, on 06/29/2008, -4/+26Yeah, in a perfect world that's how it works, but in real life Six Flags will probably settle out of court for some ridiculous sum of cash.
    • Khast, on 06/29/2008, -1/+50yeah, this is the USA... a place where someone can break into YOUR house, slip on a rug, and sue you for negligence. And actually win the court case.
      • bmystry, on 06/29/2008, -0/+35So let this be a lesson to all of you don't let the perp leave the house alive!
      • Midtown67, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5I agree....even some lawyers told me that if that were to happen, place a gun on the scene.
      • ricker2005, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3Does anyone have a link to a case where the burglar actually won? Not one where he was shot and claimed excessive force but something like slipping on a rug (or the ubiquitous "falling through a skylight" case). I've never seen it, just lots of take about how it happened. It sounds like nothing more than an urban legend.

        Of course people can sue you if they are injured on your property. burglar or not. It doesn't mean they'll win. They probably won't.
      • Wolfboy, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3[citation needed]
      • jabelli, on 06/29/2008, -0/+0http://www.google.com/search?&q=burglar+sues+homeo ...
    • temugen, on 06/29/2008, -8/+1^ Like they said. It happened on Six Flags' property, so therefore they are responsible no matter what :-/
      • Midtown67, on 06/29/2008, -1/+8No not really.....thats why they have GIANT fence's...oh wait, Two Huge 6 Foot fences that have warning signs all along them.....how hard is it to have common sense?
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4I'm pretty sure the back of the ticket has a whole bunch of writing that claims no liability for anything that might happen at the park.

        Everytime I park in a parking garage in downtown DC, the ticket claims no liability for any theft or damage to my car. And that is just a parking garage.

        I'm sure a multi-million dollar amusement park has enough lawyers to put the right ant-liability clauses on their tickets.
      • mfhayes, on 06/29/2008, -1/+0"In June 2007, a teenager's legs were severed when cables snapped on the Superman Tower of Power ride... Her family is suing Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, claiming the park failed to maintain the ride and equipment and ensure riders' safety. The amusement park has denied liability in court filings."
      • chiefbandit2200, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6The girl who's legs got severed by a snapping cable has a valid reason to sue because it wasn't her fault. The kid who jumped over two six foot fences and ignored warning signs died because of his own stupidity...
    • PhilLesh69, on 06/29/2008, -3/+25Any reasonable human being would agree with you. However, this is not a reasonable country and there are all kinds of people seeking comfort and denial, so they can easily hire a loose-moraled lawyer to sue Six Flags.

      This guy climbed over TWO six foot fences. We don't even have that many fences on most parts of our border with Mexico. Six Flags spent an exhorbitant amount of money to prevent people from entering a dangerous area. If they were not concerned, and only worried about liability, they'd have probably only put a single chain link fence around the ride. They obviously knew how dangerous that area was, and spent the extra money to put a second fence up around it.

      I'm sure there will be a liability lawsuit, but I only hope that Six Flags fights it with all their might, and never gives in on this one. They shouldn't even offer a settlement or condolence payment. This kid was an idiot, and they should actually sue the family for the negative press they are getting from it. They should sue the family for damages against the public image of Six Flags.
    • antechinus, on 06/29/2008, -11/+1It was Six Flags fault and cannot be argued otherwise regardless of whether the boy should have been there or not. The boy lost his head by contact with Six Flags property. Six Flags should have designed their equipment so as to not endanger life.
      • chiefbandit2200, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6They did design the ride "so as to not endanger life". That's why they put two six foot fences around it, and signs warning warning not to go further. It was the kid's fault.
      • oldhick, on 06/29/2008, -0/+1You for got the /sarcasm!
      • xkorbin, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4Please, do explain how to design a 1000 pound flying hunk of metal as to not endanger life?
    • karmaghost, on 06/29/2008, -0/+0What I want to know is was he completely decapitated or not? "Decapitated" doesn't necessarily mean his whole head flew off.
      • PhilLesh69, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1actually, it does.

        If he wasn't decapitated, the article would have said that his head was partially severed, not decapitated.
    • OMnicient, on 06/29/2008, -0/+0Now they could have had some kind of alarm system in case someone goes where they shouldn't Think of all the places where they really aren't needed, but are used. That way they could actually stop the ride before something bad happens, give everyone on it a REAL scare, hanging in mid-air, or whatnot, then the fool gets arrested and put in jail...

      But then they get someone who goes and gets lost hats and crap in between runs, too.

      Maybe that no one would go and get the lost possession would be part of the problem.

      There are definitely a few ways to present or defend the whole thing.
  • gubatron2, on 06/29/2008, -21/+599This guy could be the winner of this year's Darwin awards
    • sfcaptainrob, on 06/29/2008, -3/+97well, he certainly is a head of the competition.
      • 4LeggedtriPod, on 06/29/2008, -24/+0Pun intended?
      • Goblin, on 06/29/2008, -6/+15No, it was a totally unintentional pun. The particular juxtaposition of chosen words just happened to create that delicious idiom resulting in the hilariously unanticipated result of the usage of the phrase "ahead", to mean being in a more favourable position with regards to your competition, to seemingly reference the decapitation, or the removal of head from torso, recounted in the article.

        What a staggering example of synchronicity.
      • Doggalina, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=pu ...
    • DefaultGen, on 06/29/2008, -2/+63I heard a few other contenders have a neck up on him.
    • coolallison, on 06/29/2008, -9/+2I think there was already a Darwin award winner who died when trying to retrieve a hat underneath a roller coaster...
    • shreas, on 06/29/2008, -4/+14He was, reportedly, a huge fan of crowd surfing and stage diving. Too bad, a little bit of headbanging could have paid off.
    • stoikiometry, on 06/29/2008, -5/+13It's a shame he wasn't more headstrong.
    • djcll6122, on