The Wildest ‘How Did They Even?’ Causes of Death You’ve Gotta See

This kid didn’t just sled into trouble - he sledded into an arrow stuck in a tree! Somehow, the arrow went *through* his neck, missed all the important bits by millimeters, and he stayed conscious long enough to snap it off and casually walk inside. What a legend.

A girl in a chemistry lab thought, “I don’t need to tie up my hair,” and the lab said, “Hold my centrifuge.” Her hair caught in the machine spinning at crazy speeds, shattering test tubes and giving her a brutal face makeover. She never made it, but at least everyone learned their hair lesson.

A woman was cooking, tripped over her dog, and knocked out. Her ponytail landed on the stove burner, caught fire, and she sadly didn’t survive. Moral of the story: Dogs are cute, but keep them out of your kitchen chaos zone.

1. Guy who loved wedging water balloons up his... well, yeah, ended up with a deadly colon tear. 2. A man literally ran himself over with his own car because he chained himself up for some bizarre reason. 3. Wife “accidentally” discovered her husband shooting himself in the head while scratching - talk about a weird way to go.

A guy tried moving a barricade and somehow an inch-deep metal hinge stabbed him right under his arm. It hit a major artery and he died instantly. Lesson? Even the tiniest prick can pack a deadly punch.

A guy came in feeling funky and suddenly dropped dead in the pharmacy waiting room. Sometimes life takes a sudden turn - so keep an eye on your symptoms, just in case.

A woman wasn’t supposed to eat solid food after surgery, but her mom slipped in a jar of soup. The stitches gave out, her insides spilled everywhere, and she tragically died. Never underestimate the power of a sneaky soup jar.

A night worker got stuck trying to fix scrap lead pipes. He jumped on them to get them moving - and yep, he got baked by molten lead pouring out. Sometimes, jumping just isn’t the answer.

Turns out old folks often meet their end on the toilet thanks to heavy straining causing blood pressure chaos. So if you hear about grandpa dying peacefully, now you know there’s probably a bathroom story behind it.

As simple as it sounds, slippers cause loads of falls among elderly folks, some deadly. So maybe those cute fuzzy slippers aren’t all fun and games.

A guy and his date were getting frisky on a piano that could lower from the ceiling. They accidentally triggered the lift. The piano crushed him, and she was trapped underneath for hours. Awkward and deadly situation all at once.

An EMT story: dude got bitten in the nether regions by his pet snake and died with the snake still latched on. Plus, there was a lady scalped by a paper shredder and a couple attacked by stray dogs. Takeaway? Don’t mess with scary animals or paper shredders.

Guy refused to go to the doctor for three weeks, got so backed up his body poisoned itself and he died. Definitely a horrible way to go - don’t hold it in, folks.

Two workers had to fix a bread oven but the boss only gave them 2 hours to cool it down instead of 12. They went in, got trapped, and died in 212° heat. That’s one way to get toast.

Guy had a part of his skull removed and screwed back on. He tripped and hit it right on a chair, pushing the piece into his brain. Talk about a fatally unlucky tumble.

After a car accident, a passenger was stuck because a bent traffic pole had gone straight through his body and anchored him to the seat. Blood drained out in the dark and he tragically bled to death before help arrived. The stuff you can’t make up.

A guy tried to unlock a door for his friend, tripped over his cat, and took a terrible fall down 16 concrete stairs. His friend couldn't get in to help - sounds like a real-life horror story, but it’s sadly true.

A man who was facing some serious charges didn’t choose the usual hanging method - instead, he sat on a slope and inched lower until he died. Weird, sad, and kinda haunting.

A guy laid down in his garage with a running circular saw on his throat. And another took Ambien, stripped down, and wandered off into freezing woods. Not the brightest moments, sadly.

Friend of a morgue worker shared a chilling story: a young man was found mauled by an animal the size of a Great Dane - but no pets, wild animals, or clues nearby. Spooky and puzzling!

A pool attendant’s story: a guy dove for a coin, accidentally inhaled it, and died. Sometimes, curiosity literally does kill the cat.

Every day, a man shopped and waved hello to the staff. One day, he sat down to rest and fell asleep - but never woke up. A quiet, peaceful, yet heartbreaking ending to a routine day.

A woman had a kidney stone so huge it sent her into a coma, and she died. The villain here? A stone that was basically a terror rolling inside her.

A homeless guy had syphilis that ate through his skull, and the only thing keeping his brain intact was a bobble hat. Remove it and well... yeah, he died shortly after. That’s what you call a skull of steel (or not).

Near Atlanta, a family was walking back to their car when a billboard that wasn’t up to code came crashing down on them during a windy day. Spoiler: they didn’t survive. Scary reminder to check those building codes!

1. Married guy obsessed with his mom died mid-garage session wearing a sweatshirt as pants and a garbage bag on his head. 2. Premie baby bones found under a porch during deck-building. 3. Dad ran over his own kid pulling into driveway. Coroner’s office is full of stories you won’t believe.

One guy hit a kangaroo driving, and the roo crashed through his windshield, disemboweling him. Only in Australia, folks.

A heavy guy hung himself from a high place. His weight stretched his neck until it ripped off his head. Yeah, that’s a whole new level of hanging gone wrong.

A teacher was driving when a bee flew in and stung him. He swerved, hit a pedestrian, and killed her. A sting that caused a chain reaction no one expected.

An old man overdosed on laxatives, literally blowing his insides out. It was called a death by “s******e s**t.” Gross but true.

A guy brought a 2x4 to a gunfight and got shot four times. One bullet took a wild ride through his arm, chest, lungs, heart, and shoulder before he finally got put down with a headshot. The autopsy is like a map of defeat.

A woman tried to impress her new boyfriend by cutting out her own hemorrhoids with old clippers. It didn’t end well; she needed emergency care and a blood transfusion. DIY surgery is a no-go.

ER story: Guy came in with gangrene of his, uh, private parts, and died a few hours later. The actual cause was sepsis, but honestly? Gangrenous f******n sounds way more hardcore.

Not subtle, but funny enough to mention: Cousin broke his neck trying to... well, let’s just say he got a little ambitious. Ouch.

A guy was drinking, blacked out, fell down a step, woke up, tried to stand, fell again, and kept bashing his head. A neighbor finally found him. He survived but earned the nickname Frankenbanks for the stitches all over his head. Wild story, but a cautionary one too.

An ER nurse shared this gem: a local prostitute who kept coming back to the ER eventually died after her uterus basically fell out. She’d lost so much blood that she went into shock. Harrowing, but true.

This one’s both fascinating and heart-wrenching: a toddler was attacked by rats who bit off part of her face while she napped. It happened because rats were living in the walls of their house. Horrible but true story from a medical examiner’s show.

One episode of a medical examiner show featured a man who got so furious he actually had a heart attack and died. Proof that anger really *can* kill.

There are only about 2,400 medical examiners and coroners in the US, and the best story collectors tend to be over 50 and totally offline. So we might not hear all these amazing tales first-hand.

A guy went through a McDonald’s drive-thru, dropped a coin, reached out to grab it, his foot slipped off the brake, the door slammed against a pole, and crushed his head. Instant fatality over a few cents. Crazy and tragic.

1. Guy tried dropping lava lamps on the stove to speed them up - exploded glass showered him with toxic goo. 2. Man slipped outside on icy snow, landed face-first in less than 1cm of water, drowning because of the angle. 3. Aussie dude electrocuted his johnson with live wires plugged into a chunk of meat. Yep.

Sometimes it’s just that simple - heart attack during sex. As straightforward (and rough) as it gets.