Talk:List of unusual deaths/Sourcing issues

This is a holding tank for some content removed from the article for poor sources that had been sitting in the article for a long time, per talk. Per WP:STALEDRAFT any content not sourced within 6 months from addition should be removed.

added March 2015

 * 2012: Anthony Hensley, 37, drowned after he was attacked by a nesting swan, causing his kayak to topple. The bird continued to lunge at him preventing him from getting to shore before he drowned. John Huston of the Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset said such incidents "are very rare".
 * The second (BBC) source says this: "But such incidents are very rare, says John Huston of the Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset, where there are 1,000 swans but no recorded attacks on humans in the colony's 600-year history." In my views the "incident" being discussed is the death caused by the swan. I think most readers would agree with this. Even it's referring to swan attacks, all deaths from swan attacks are a necessary sub-set of swan attacks, and thus must be even more rare. Huston may be regarded as an expert in the field. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:40, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

added July 2015

 * 1981: David Allen Kirwan, a 24-year-old, died from third-degree burns after attempting to rescue a friend's dog from the 200 °F (93 °C) water in Celestine Pool, a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park on 20 July 1981.
 * The second source is a printed book not available on line, so it's unclear if the author describes the death as unusual. Statistically, I would guess this death is incredibly rare. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:47, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * @Martinevans123 it is available online and I discussed this with you here in 2021. You didn't seem (but at the same time wasn't clear) to view it an unusual death because... well see here ]. Gimly24 (talk) 00:55, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Actually, Z-Library was brought down by the U.S. Federal Law last year. But i can provide you with the whole text by email if you want. Thanks Gimly24 (talk) 00:57, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I didn't notice you were blocked from editing on wikipedia. Sorry about that. Gimly24 (talk) 01:14, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

added January 2017

 * 1903: Ed Delahanty, baseball player, fell off the International Bridge into the Niagara Falls after being kicked off a train for being agitated while intoxicated. It is unclear whether he fell in an accident or jumped over deliberately in his inebriated state. His body was found at the base of the falls a few days later.
 * Might be more appropriate to include at the International Railway Bridge article? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:58, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

added October 2017

 * 2010: The article 'World Sauna Championships' includes details of an incident in 2010 where a Russian contestant died. That article already refers to here in the 'See also' section, but this page doesn't include the case. 80.146.191.221 (talk) 15:31, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

added January 2018

 * 1998: Basanga football incident, all 11 players of a football team were killed and 30 spectators were injured after lightning struck players at a game in the Eastern province of Kasai, in the Congo. In contrast, the home team of the game, Basanga, came out completely unscathed without a single injury. Martinevans123 (talk) 16:50, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

added July 2021

 * 2001: Hungarian pop singer Jimmy Zámbó died, in Budapest, after accidentally shooting himself in the head while trying to demonstrate that his pistol was empty, forgetting about the bullet in the chamber.
 * No indication in source that death was unusual (and let's not kid ourselves, firearm accidents stemming from an incorrect belief the weapon is not loaded are all too common). TJRC (talk) 22:12, 10 July 2021 (UTC)


 * December 1988: Two workers in an aluminium factory in Romania broke employment regulations when they stripped themselves completely and played with an air hose. One of them pumped six bars of atmospheric pressure into his anus, causing internal hemorrhaging and died within minutes.
 * Source does not describe death as "unusual". Martinevans123 (talk) 18:10, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Added August 2021

 * 16 August 2021: After the 2021 Fall of Kabul, a crowd of thousands of Afghans desperate to escape Taliban rule converged on the tarmac of Kabul International Airport attempting to board an American military jet. The crowd chased the plane as it was taking off with some even grabbing on to railings on the outside of the plane as it lifted into the air.  At least 7 people died as a result and some were seen falling to their deaths.  Remains were later found in the plane's wheels after it landed at Al Udeid Air Base.
 * Sources do not describe death as "unusual". Martinevans123 (talk) 21:45, 17 August 2021 (UTC)