i dunno whether ot laugh or puke...

5 die in dairy farm manure pit - CNN.com

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BRIDGEWATER, Virginia (AP) -- Exposure to methane gas led to the deaths of five people, but whether they suffocated from the fumes or drowned in 18 inches of liquefied cow manure may never be known, authorities said.

No autopsies were planned, in part because investigators believed the deaths on a Rockingham County dairy farm were accidental, said Capt. J.B. Wittig of the county sheriff's department. Authorities said they could not rule out the possibility that the five drowned or died of another cause.

"It was very, very quick," Wittig said of the deaths.

The victims were identified as Scott Showalter, 34; his wife, Phyillis, 33; their daughters Shayla, 11, and Christina, 9; and Amous Stoltzfus, 24.

Authorities said Showalter entered a manure pit to unclog a pipe Monday evening and was quickly overcome by the methane. Stoltzfus, apparently believing Showalter had a heart attack, went in after him and also passed out.

Another farm worker alerted Showalter's wife, who rushed to the pit followed by Shayla and Christina.

"They all climbed into the pit to help," Sheriff Donald Farley said.

The victims had no warning of the deadly gas that had built up in the pit.

"You cannot smell it, you cannot see it, but it's an instant kill," said Dan Brubaker, a family friend who oversaw the construction of the pit decades earlier.

Farmers typically take pains to ventilate manure pits where methane often gathers. On Tuesday, a cousin of Scott Showalter questioned whether runoff from a pile of cattle feed could have trickled into the pit and accelerated the formation of the gas.

"It rained, and some of it ran down into this holding pit, it fermented and made a toxic gas," said Bruce Good, who saw Showalter about once a week.

The sheriff said Showalter apparently was transferring manure from one small pit to a larger holding pond when a pipe clogged. About once a week, waste is pumped from the roughly 9-foot-deep pit into a larger pond.

Showalter shimmied through the 4-foot opening into the concrete enclosure, which is similar to an underground tank.

"It was probably something he had done a hundred times," Farley said.

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Shitty.

literally

Drowning in shit.

Thank you kind sir, for that most wonderful story.

Oh man,,,I'm not going in after the 2nd one died...

The first setence confuses me "but whether they suffocated from the fumes or drowned in 18 inches of liquefied cow manure may never be known, authorities said."

They can just check their lungs to see if they drowned or not. :wtf:

Either way, that's a shitty way to go. Dying in liquid shit. I'd be too embarassed for a funeral. My tombstone would read:

Death by Shit Oh god save me the embarrasment! :p

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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou

The first setence confuses me "but whether they suffocated from the fumes or drowned in 18 inches of liquefied cow manure may never be known, authorities said."

They can just check their lungs to see if they drowned or not. :wtf:

Either way, that's a shitty way to go. Dying in liquid shit. I'd be too embarassed for a funeral. My tombstone would read:

Death by Shit Oh god save me the embarrasment! :p

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No autopsies were planned, in part because investigators believed the deaths on a Rockingham County dairy farm were accidental

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it's not that they can't find out, they just aren't planning to do it...

What a shitty way to go out...

god that'd be horrible, but why the fuck would you go in after people had already died?

that is like quickshit

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Originally Posted by ghosty

god that'd be horrible, but why the fuck would you go in after people had already died?

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one of the first steps in coping with death is denial. You refuse to believe that the person is dead and do everything you can to keep them alive. If you're married to someone you depend on...or your father AND mother are stuck underground....and they didn't know the gas was there, they can't see, smell or hear it..

that's why lol.

:S2:Thats some funny ..Shit!

next time they should just throw a lit match into the pit first. that'll clear the methane.

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Originally Posted by ghosty

god that'd be horrible, but why the fuck would you go in after people had already died?

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I know if I slowly started seeing people I loved xdrown in a pool of shit I wouldn't be sitting back thinking, "well, at least I'm okay" :rolleyes:

It's first instinct. You don't think of yourself when you watch others die. You act before you think.

I know its wrong to think this but i just can't stop laughing at the thought of people going into a pool of shit one after the other and dying drowning in the pool of shit again and again.

Well, when you phrase it like that, it is pretty damn funny. Now I can't stop laughing at it.

Hmm....

How can ANYONE laugh at a family dying?

Thats horrible

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Originally Posted by Acouwaila

Hmm....

How can ANYONE laugh at a family dying?

Thats horrible

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Like I said, I kow it's wrong.

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what a peaceful way to die

it actually is a peaceful way. methane probably just knocked them all out and eventually killed them but theyd have been unconsious and wouldnt have felt a thing.

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Originally Posted by dankitydank

it actually is a peaceful way. methane probably just knocked them all out and eventually killed them but theyd have been unconsious and wouldnt have felt a thing.

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thats why i said that:jointsmile:

they were obviously murdered by angry cows. too bad they didn't live here in california where we have nothing but happy cows.