# Gruesome Motorcycle/m80 pic real???

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-motorcycle-m80-pic-real/50681>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 18, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-motorcycle-m80-pic-real/50681 "2001-01-18T13:20:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DataMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@DataMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataMike)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-motorcycle-m80-pic-real/50681/1 "2001-01-18T13:20:13Z")

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Check the pic at this link:

[note: link deleted. -manhattan]

It apparently a pic of an idiot that put a lit M-80 in his mouth. Though I have heard an alternate story that it is of a motorcycle accident victim.

CAUTION!!! This pic is EXTREMELY gruesome and disturbing. View at your own risk!!!  
I want to know if it’s real. I am thinking that it is a very good forgery, but can offer no proof.

Any thoughts???

Thanks!

[Edited by manhattan on 01-18-2001 at 10:01 AM]

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**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-motorcycle-m80-pic-real/50681/2 "2001-01-18T14:05:00Z")

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You might want to check out this [previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=45579) about the picture, which near the end includes a link to another message board discussion, which goes into great detail about it.

Arjuna34

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**Author:** ![DataMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@DataMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataMike)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-motorcycle-m80-pic-real/50681/3 "2001-01-18T14:33:38Z")

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Thanks!  
I figured it had already been discussed, but couldn’t find the thread.  
How do I search the message boards?

Anyway, I urge everybody to NOT look at the picture and discontinue this thread as it has already been discussed.  
Unless of course someone has DEFINITIVE proof either way…

Sorry for posting the link, didn’t know that was a no-no…

Michael

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**Author:** ![Arjuna34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Arjuna34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arjuna34)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-motorcycle-m80-pic-real/50681/4 "2001-01-18T15:13:51Z")

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I knew it had been discussed before, so I searched for the word “real” in the subject field, for General Questions, for any date. It was on the first or second page of results.

Click [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php) to search the boards, or click the “search” icon in the upper left corner of this page.

Arjuna34

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gruesome-motorcycle-m80-pic-real/50681/5 "2001-01-18T16:03:23Z")

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Thread closed at the OP’s request.