# Man dies after winning Roach Eating Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167 "2012-10-09T02:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/21 "2012-10-09T13:06:16Z")
What could have possibly gone wrong? Eating contests are normally so safe. Man dies after dumpling-eating contest [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-dies-after-dumpling-eating-competition-273271](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-dies-after-dumpling-eating-competition-273271) Pancake winner dies in all-you-can-eat contest [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pancake-winner-dies-in-all-you-can-eat-contest-380749](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pancake-winner-dies-in-all-you-can-eat-contest-380749) Man dies in cake-eating contest [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk\_news/wales/7261888.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7261888.stm) Student dies in eating competition [http://www.yumsugar.com/Student-Dies-Eating-Competition-2426275](http://www.yumsugar.com/Student-Dies-Eating-Competition-2426275) Man dies after chili-eating contest [http://current.com/community/89350543\_man-dies-after-chilli-eating-contest.htm](http://current.com/community/89350543_man-dies-after-chilli-eating-contest.htm) Woman dies after marshmallow-eating contest [Woman dies after marshmallow-eating contest | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2006/09/15/marshmallow-death.html) Man dies after chicken wing-eating contest [Man dies after chicken wing-eating contest | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2004/03/23/wings040323.html) Indian man dies in pie-eating contest [http://gawker.com/5094524/indian-man-dies-in-pie+eating-contest](http://gawker.com/5094524/indian-man-dies-in-pie+eating-contest) Hot dog-eating contest ends in death [http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-hot-dog-death,0,5153263.story](http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-hot-dog-death,0,5153263.story) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/22 "2012-10-09T13:27:24Z")
> [@Crazyhorse](#): > > What could have possibly gone wrong? Eating contests are normally so safe. There was also the woman who died from water intoxication in the [Hold Your Wee For A Wii](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDND#Hold_Your_Wee_for_a_Wii_controversy) contest. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/23 "2012-10-09T13:27:50Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I don’t see how that counts as winning. But the fifth post wins the thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/24 "2012-10-09T13:32:59Z")
I hope the roaches didn’t shit in his mouth. That would be gross. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/25 "2012-10-09T13:45:31Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Why am I not surprised that the link is from my local paper? > > Ahh…South Florida, how I love you. > > -D/a Yeah, I know what you mean, I live in Boca Raton and work in Pompano. I likely drive by that place all the time. Where are you located? ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/26 "2012-10-09T13:52:11Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Geez, if ever there was an appropriate time to be a sympathy puker. LOL I’m going to bookmark this and go back to it whenever I need a laugh. Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/27 "2012-10-09T14:06:57Z")
1. If you swallow a roach without chewing, will it crawl around in your stomach before it dies? That would be gross. 2. Did the second place finisher get the python? Or does it go to the winner’s heirs? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/28 "2012-10-09T14:19:48Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > 1. If you swallow a roach without chewing, will it crawl around in your stomach before it dies? That’s what happened, he was eating so fast in an attempt to win that he wasn’t chewing properly and many of the roaches were left alive!! The roaches trying to chew their way out is what killed him! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/29 "2012-10-09T14:20:35Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*one consolation - you’re almost guaranteed to get a publication out of it. “Fatal Roach Consumption - A Case Report and Review Of The Literature”. Never happen. Big Roacha will bury that article and kill anyone involved. I’ve heard about the shady shit they pull all over the internet. As for the guy doing the roach puking I am sure there was some random dog nearby that cleaned it up post haste. And then that dog puked it up and yet another dog came to the rescue. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/30 "2012-10-09T14:32:46Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > That’s what happened, he was eating so fast in an attempt to win that he wasn’t chewing properly and many of the roaches were left alive!! The roaches trying to chew their way out is what killed him! :eek: An Urban Legend in the making. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/31 "2012-10-09T14:42:47Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > That’s what happened, he was eating so fast in an attempt to win that he wasn’t chewing properly and many of the roaches were left alive!! The roaches trying to chew their way out is what killed him! :eek: Plus, the guy had just won a contest the day before, the “Eat the Most Nuclear Waste” contest. The roaches were eating and GROWING! It was like a scene from _Alien_, I tells ya’. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/32 "2012-10-09T14:43:42Z")
Remember the Montana man who was struck and killed while dressed up like Bigfoot? Consider the possibility of an afterlife where these folks meet and discuss their final earthly adventures. 😃 I tend to think of the family members who have to plan a funeral for these fools. I imagine other mourners offering their condolences, and think I’d have a hard time keeping a straight face. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/33 "2012-10-09T14:55:53Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > I tend to think of the family members who have to plan a funeral for these fools. I imagine other mourners offering their condolences, and think I’d have a hard time keeping a straight face. Not to mention if there’s a wake & someone sees a roach on the table of food.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/34 "2012-10-09T15:10:14Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Did the second place finisher get the python? Or does it go to the winner’s heirs? I heard the python was awarded to the estate of the “winner”. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/35 "2012-10-09T15:24:47Z")
Aren’t there, like, 50,000 pythons roaming free in Florida? A net, a small child and an overnight trip and voila! Free snake, without doing anything disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/36 "2012-10-09T17:02:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Plus, the guy had just won a contest the day before, the “Eat the Most Nuclear Waste” contest. The roaches were eating and GROWING! It was like a scene from _Alien_, I tells ya’. Cool. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/37 "2012-10-09T17:15:21Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Technically, wouldn’t insects _be_ meat themselves? I know many persons who consider “meat” to refer only to the flesh of mammals and perhaps birds. Considering invertebrate animals not to be meat is not a new thing. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/38 "2012-10-09T17:22:17Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > So what did he die of? Roaches aren’t poisonous. I’m betting that most of his digestive system just got up and left. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/39 "2012-10-09T23:07:43Z")
Oh my God. Full video here. The contest starts at around 2:18: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gud0Wpen0kw)] ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/40 "2012-10-09T23:25:20Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > That’s what happened, he was eating so fast in an attempt to win that he wasn’t chewing properly and many of the roaches were left alive!! The roaches trying to chew their way out is what killed him! :eek: In Florida, roaches eat _you!_ They weren’t palmetto bugs, were they? Those things are downright aggressive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167.md?page=3)