MIAMI: A US man died after winning a cockroach and worm eating contest at a Florida reptile house over the weekend, police said.
Edward Archbold, 32, had eaten several dozen roaches and worms Friday as part of the contest to win an exotic python.
He later began vomiting and was picked up by an ambulance in front of
the shop, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Archbold was later pronounced dead at a hospital, and the medical
examiner’s office will be performing an autopsy to determine the cause
of death.
The contest was held by Ben Siegel Reptiles, which offered different
prize pythons for whomever could eat the most of different categories of
bugs.
“How many giant roaches would you eat for a female ivory-ball
python?” the reptile store said on a Facebook page advertising the
contest.
“Here’s how it works: Eat the most bugs in 4 minutes, win the ball morph. That’s it. Oh yeah, any vomiting is an automatic DQ.”
The reptile shop later published a message expressing sadness about
Archbold’s death, saying: “We just met him the night of our sale but all
liked him very much. He was outgoing and was fun and got the crowd very
worked up and excited. We are sorry we will not get to know him
better.”
The shop also posted a statement from an attorney.
Archbold, who went by Edward William Barry on Facebook, said he had
taken part in a super worm eating contest earlier in the evening.
“So I guess I’m in a cockroach eating contest tonight… wish me luck :),” he posted on October 5, hours before his death.
Friends later posted messages of condolence on his page, with one
writing: “never thought id hear the day…i truly believed u were
untouchable as i am sure many others did too!!“—AFP
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