This photo has haunted me for a long time. This image has been stamped in my brain ever since I found it on Rotten.com about 9 years ago and will probably never leave. Every time I look at this photo, I wonder what was going through this man's brain before and after he bit that blasting cap and what was he thinking when this shot was taken? Apparently, this guy survived, but nobody has any photo evidence of what he looks like today after the massive reconstruction he underwent. This photo has since been taken off rotten.com, because the guy threatened to sue, but I was lucky enough to stumble across it again on one of my old archive CD's. The original story is now quite legendary and he was the 2nd Runner up in the 1997 DARWIN AWARDS."Man loses face at party." A man at a West Virginia party (probably related to the winner last year, a man in Arkansas who used the .22 bullet to replace the fuse in his pickup truck) popped a blasting cap into his mouth and bit down, triggering an explosion that blew off his lips, teeth, and tongue. Jerry Stromyer, 24, of Kincaid, bit the blasting cap as a prank during the party late Tuesday night, said Cpl. M.D. Payne. "Another man had it in an aquarium hooked to a battery and was trying to explode it. It wouldn't go off and this guy said I'll show you how to set it off." He put it into his mouth, bit down and it blew all his teeth out and his lips and tongue off, Payne said. Stromyer was listed in guarded condition Wednesday with extensive facial injuries, according to a spokesperson at Charleston Area Medical Division. "I just can't imagine anyone doing something like that," Payne said.
Yes, this is the true account of The 2nd runner-up account of a lad who succeeded in his attempt to set off a blasting cap by biting down on it is another strange-yet-true tale. On 18 March 1986, a 24-year-old man named Jerry Stromyer did indeed blow off his lips, teeth and tongue in this manner.
All I can say is, I wish I would've been there. What a complete moron...
oh my god...
ReplyDeletewhat a fuking moron,he must b american.
ReplyDeletehe is a trumpster
DeleteReal original.
DeleteSpeaking of fucking moron, Stevie. yes he is American. my first clue was when they said WEST VIRGINIA! I being an American can put two and two together, mainly because Americans are more intelligent, and use their brains before speaking.
ReplyDeleteStevie I wouldn't be talking shit about Americans looking as stupid as you do. First of all ya look like you stepped off the short bus in your stupid hat, dorky glasses and faggity orange vest.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, the article did say he was at a party. ...An' us Americans are known to do crazy stupid shit at parties. I know I have.
Moreover, calling someone a moron when you quite obviously cant spell, makes you look like the moron.
Lastly, I dare you ...dare you to walk up to an American college kid your age and talk that same shit. My bet: your face will look worse then this guys.
Jeremy Stromyer lives in Walkerton, Indiana. Want his phone number? Look him up, he's in the phone book.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure this picture illustrates a motorcycle accident.
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked in the gas and oilfields, beginning with Halliburtom, this photo, along with many others was shown to us in S.M.A.R.T. School (Rock Springs Wyoming). I never "fact checked' this but, we were told this happened in Alaska and that the explosives people would use their teeth instead of the tool designed to cut the explosive wire and that this was the result of the wire detonating. We were shown many gruesome imagines and videos and also in OSHA 10 and 34 classes, to drill into our heads that, safety is paramount and everything out there is trying to kill you so, be safe and don't let it. Didn't know this guy's name or if he survived or even if the story we were told was accurate. Someone else here says he's from Indiana and is alive??? Although, what he did was extremely unsafe, as you see, I can't imagine surviving that, I would hope someone there liked me enough to kill me quickly instead. I'm guessing that, the extensive nerve damage relieved some is the pain but, I may me wrong in which case, he sat there in torturous suffering and unable to speak, while photos were taken for several reasons. Completely unnecessary risk to take but, I wouldn't wish this on him for it. I do hope he is on now and others learn from his experience
DeleteIf that was from a motorcycle accident he would be having depressed fractures, a great amount of road rash and everything wouldn't be exploding outward as if the motorcycle came out of his mouth.
ReplyDeleteExactly
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