Gasoline-Drinking Man Arrested in Washington

[MrDawn]

Your thoughts?

A man drank gasoline while police arrested him. The Seattle Police Department says officers responded to a home where, they were told, a man was trying to enter. A man was found inside a vehicle in the home’s garage. When police asked him to step outside the vehicle, he began drinking gasoline. The unnamed 40-year-old suspect was treated by paramedics before he was arrested for residential burglary.

Gasoline-Drinking Man Arrested in Washington

A man drank gasoline while police arrested him. The Seattle Police Department says officers responded to a home where, they were told, a man was trying to enter. A man was found inside a vehicle in the home’s garage. When police asked him to step outside the vehicle, he began drinking gasoline...

news.yahoo.com

 

[~ True Legend ~]

I received a notification that @Wessel quoted my post. I only see 1 post in this thread.

 

[passenger]

Your thoughts?

Sheesh! Just when you think nutty people have reached the limit!

 

[Webster]

Your thoughts?

What. The. Fuck?!?

 

[DaBoss37]

I think that guy has some screws loose and needs some serious help!

 

[Black Angel]

I think that guy has some screws loose and needs some serious help!

Or..

And me out..

He might be a secret genius on account of the fact that if they were to shoot him then they too would probably go off like a Roman candle on the 4th of July.. there were probably fumes from the gas in his car..

Cops here will shoot for any reason.. so he was probably banking on them being trigger happy and did the only thing he thought he could to survive..

Not sure on what his odds are from drinking gasoline, but at least he wasn't shot.. and then blown to smitherines..

 

[MrDawn]

Not sure on what his odds are from drinking gasoline,

I don't know what his reason was but I have heard that some people will drink gasoline or kerosene to kill intestinal parasites like tape or nematode round worms.

A field evaluation of the formalin-gasoline procedure to detect parasite ova, cysts, or larvae from 470 fecal specimens (comprising both fresh and formalin-preserved stool samples) was compared with that of the formalin-ether sedimentation technique. Parallel concentrates with diethyl ether and gasoline were prepared for each specimen, and the species and appearance of recovered parasite species were determined. Of 470 total specimens, 206 (43.83%) were found to be positive for parasites in one or both concentration techniques. Gasoline was comparable to diethyl ether in the recovery of parasite eggs, cysts, and larvae, so that the formalin-gasoline and the formalin-diethyl ether sedimentation techniques detected 165 and 156 positive of total specimens, respectively. In this study, gasoline proved to be as good as diethyl ether in concentrating parasite eggs and cysts, as well as in maintaining characteristic morphology. However, gasoline was considerably superior to diethyl ether in detecting larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis. Parallel examination of total stool samples by the routine formalin-ether (original) and by the formalin-gasoline techniques resulted in identical distribution of positive slides and morphology of recovered parasite species. However, the easy availability of gasoline (wherever gas stations are present) and its low cost in comparison to ether makes gasoline superior to ether for use in concentration of stools by the sedimentation method in laboratories, including laboratories with limited material resources and also laboratories present in small cities and rural health centers.

A field evaluation of formalin-gasoline technique in the concentration of stool for detection of intestinal parasites - PubMed

A field evaluation of the formalin-gasoline procedure to detect parasite ova, cysts, or larvae from 470 fecal specimens (comprising both fresh and formalin-preserved stool samples) was compared with that of the formalin-ether sedimentation technique. Parallel concentrates with diethyl ether and...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[~ True Legend ~]

I was always under the impression that gasoline is poisonous to ingest?

 

[Crys]

Wow, well, that's disturbing but okay.

 

[Black Angel]

I don't know what his reason was but I have heard that some people will drink gasoline or kerosene to kill intestinal parasites like tape or nematode round worms.

A field evaluation of formalin-gasoline technique in the concentration of stool for detection of intestinal parasites - PubMed

A field evaluation of the formalin-gasoline procedure to detect parasite ova, cysts, or larvae from 470 fecal specimens (comprising both fresh and formalin-preserved stool samples) was compared with that of the formalin-ether sedimentation technique. Parallel concentrates with diethyl ether and...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

You might think I'm crazy when I say this, but there is some truth to this.

My great-grandmother used to give us a teaspoon of turpentine and sugar as a remedy to pin worms.. I'm not sure if we had pin worms but it did work for stomach ache..

I regret not asking her more about it and the other old-timey remedies she gave us.

My brother and I had a lot of her remedies growing up and we barely got sick.. that said, we also had medicine that although it worked, they had since been banned for being too strong for others..

 

[Webster]

He might be a secret genius on account of the fact that if they were to shoot him then they too would probably go off like a Roman candle on the 4th of July.. there were probably fumes from the gas in his car..

Oh, they didn't shoot him 'cause of that. The gasoline drinker's white, so draw your own conclusions.

 

[Nebulous]

What if it was a sterile new gas can that he filled with water or some other non toxic beverage?

...doubt it though, thats crazy! He needs help.