# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/81 "2012-10-14T16:52:56Z")
Maybe they were test marketing for a new “fast food” chain…“Roach deLite”?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/82 "2012-10-14T22:42:25Z")
Darwin rules. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/83 "2012-10-15T16:23:09Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Any word about what caused his death? The most recent [article I see in Google News](https://www.google.com/search?q=Man+dies+after+bug-eating+contest+in+Deerfield+Beach&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=weo&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&sclient=psy-ab&q=Man+dies+after+bug-eating+contest+in+Deerfield+Beach+CAUSE+OF+DEATH&oq=Man+dies+after+bug-eating+contest+in+Deerfield+Beach+CAUSE+OF+DEATH&gs_l=serp.3...8428.15489.0.15716.39.30.8.0.0.0.244.4593.3j25j2.30.0.les%3B..3.0...1c.1.1m-6HyooHfQ&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=a5d5edc45d3c0c72&bpcl=35277026&biw=1147&bih=543) still says the cause is uncertain. ---
**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 15, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/84 "2012-10-15T17:25:54Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > Darwin rules. I don’t know about that. He did something where the prevailing wisdom is that it’s gross, but safe. People eat bugs all the time as part of their regular diet in other cultures. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/85 "2012-11-12T17:51:10Z")
(BUMP) It’s been a month, and I cannot find the cause of death of this guy. Anybody else have any luck? ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/86 "2012-11-12T18:22:58Z")
I emailed a local reporter who wrote the story, asking if there was a cause of death known yet, and he responded: > [@](#): > > Not yet. We’ve been checking. Toxicology tests often take weeks to get results. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/87 "2012-11-12T18:35:20Z")
I’ve been wondering (OK, I only wondered for as long as it held my attention, but I \*did \*wonder.) Still, would be interesting to know. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/88 "2012-11-12T19:32:36Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > I don’t have to. Someone has already made a show based on this: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3wXsf443PM&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3wXsf443PM&feature=related) > > 😉 Thanks for posting the humor, Malthus. Yup, that show needs an update with Bigfoot and BugEater. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/89 "2012-11-12T19:36:46Z")
I find all eating contests distasteful, but a roach eating contest? Horrible. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/90 "2012-11-12T20:58:39Z")
As a side note, I’ve mentioned David G. Gordon’s _Eat a Bug Cookbook_ on this Board many times before. It’s wonderful and hilarious, but I think he errs at one point. He suggests eating centipedes and millipedes, provided you remove the poison legs. But not all such beasties have all their poison concentrated in a couple of legs, I’ve learned, and eating these is bnot a good idea. Possibly there are similarly inedible roaches, besides the edible ones. Although it still seems most likely an allergic reaction. > **[The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook, Revised: 40 Ways to Cook Crickets, Grasshoppers, Ants,...](https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Bug-Cookbook-Revised-Grasshoppers/dp/1607744368)** > > Buy The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook, Revised: 40 Ways to Cook Crickets, Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes, and Their Kin on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/91 "2012-11-12T22:29:17Z")
All of you have got it wrong!!! Think…just think! Who benefited from this whole event? The cockroaches. Why? Because now there will be no more of these cockroach eating contests in that area and others who will hear about it. It was all an ealaborate plan by the cockroaches to smuggle in one of their poisonous cousins from outside the breeding area. one who was willing to martyr himself for the cause especially in the hope of getting 72 virgins in cockroach paradise. I can imagine the rest of the cockroaches in the breeding area now laughing their asses off… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/92 "2012-11-12T22:30:38Z")
Archy of the New York Evening Sun will be relieved. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/93 "2012-11-13T02:21:28Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Thanks for posting the humor, Malthus. Yup, that show needs an update with Bigfoot and BugEater. Welcome - Horrible Histories is one of my kid’s favorite shows! We adults like it too. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 26, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/94 "2012-11-26T21:35:24Z")
[Roach-eating contest winner choked to death](http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/26/us/florida-roach-eating-death/) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/95 "2012-11-26T22:12:18Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > [Roach-eating contest winner choked to death](http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/26/us/florida-roach-eating-death/) Thanks for updating us. I don’t guess there is any good ways to die, but that seems like a really stupid one… ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/96 "2012-11-26T22:22:08Z")
Not to mention really, really gross. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/97 "2012-11-26T22:36:37Z")
So who got the python? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/98 "2012-11-26T22:37:33Z")
yer mom. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/99 "2012-11-27T13:36:54Z")
eating contests should require participants to have a Heimlich buddy with them during and after the contest. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167/100 "2012-11-27T13:54:27Z")
At least he died [del]doing[/del] eating what he loved. Competitive eating is the sport of [del]kings[/del] Bubbas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-dies-after-winning-roach-eating-contest/637167.md?page=6)