Call
me weird, but I keep a file of unusual ways people have died. This morning I
read about a man who had just pulled his car in a parking space when an
abandoned apartment building collapsed and fell on his vehicle. If you had told
him beforehand he would die that way, he would not have believed you. Here are
nine more unusual ways people have died (These came from newspaper articles and
are not urban legends).
·
A
Brazilian man died when a cow fell through his roof and landed on him. His
house was next to a steep hillside where the cow had been grazing.
·
A
fisherman in Sri Lanka bled to death when a fish jumped out of the water and
cut him on the neck with its fin.
·
A
man in Iran was shot to death by a snake. He was trying to catch the snake
alive and put the end of his shotgun on its head. The snake coiled around the
gun and pulled the trigger.
·
A
herdsman in Kenya was watering his livestock when he was stoned to death by wild
monkeys.
·
A
man at a Jets-Patriots pro football game was killed by a flying lawnmower. The
entertainment at half-time was radio-controlled unusual-looking model
airplanes. The flying lawnmower went out of control and flew into the stands
where he was seated.
·
A
man in Florida was sleeping in his bedroom when a sinkhole beneath his home
opened up and sucked him in.
·
A
man in London at his 100-year-old birthday party said, “Yes, I made it!” and
immediately died.
·
Two
passengers were dining on a cruise ship off the coast of France when a 26-foot high
wave crashed through the glass windshield and killed them.
·
A
man in South Carolina was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit
from behind by a small plane that had lost its power and was making an
emergency landing.
None
of these people knew that death was just moments away. Have you ever thought
about how you will die? Will you be cut by a fish tail? Shot by a snake? Killed
by a flying lawnmower? Sucked into a sinkhole? Maybe your heart will just stop
beating.
Life
is short and death can happen at any moment. James 4:14 says, “You do not know
what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a
little while and then vanishes away.” Will you be ready when your time comes? If
not, please read “How
can I know that I’m going to heaven?”
Have a great day. It could be your last.
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