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The painful death of a young man during a strange competition organized in America shocked everyone. According to Mirror, this incident happened in 2012, but recently it is in the headlines again. 32-year-old Edward Archbold of Florida lost his life due to suffocation after eating dozens of live cockroaches.
There are many such competitions in the world in which people have to do very risky things. Many times people even lose their lives while doing these things. Something similar happened with a person a few years ago. He took part in a competition in which he had to eat live cockroaches. But how did he know that he would die while eating the cockroach? Although the matter is old, it is so surprising that even if it is discussed again and again, it is less.
The painful death of a young man during a strange competition organized in America shocked everyone. According to Mirror, this incident happened in 2012, but recently it is in the headlines again. 32-year-old Edward Archbold of Florida lost his life due to suffocation after eating dozens of live cockroaches. Edward, a resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, had come to participate in a competition named “Midnight Madness”. The event was organized as a promotional event by Ben Siegel Reptile Store located in Deerfield Beach. The winner of the competition was to be given a live female python as a prize.
Edward died due to suffocation. (Photo: On Demand News/YouTube)
Took part in a strange competition
According to Edward’s girlfriend Natasha Proffitt, he had participated in such insect-eating competitions before and was planning to win the python and give it to a friend. Sarah Bernard, entomology student of Florida University, was also present in that program. He told that the competition was divided into several rounds, and in each round the participants had to eat different insects. In the final round, the participants had to eat 3-4 inch long live cockroaches. Out of about 30 contestants, only Edward fell seriously ill. As soon as the competition was over, Edward started vomiting and suddenly fell down. The organizers immediately called for help, but it was too late. Investigation revealed that pieces of cockroaches got stuck in his throat and airway, due to which he suffocated.
