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Mans Loses Life For Gold

Posted on Apr 4, 08 07:51 AM PDT

Mans Loses Life For Gold

Greed has always been one of humankind's greatest weakness, and unfortunately this trait was the cause of Tulsa resident Tony Winnett's death. Apparently, he was so in love with gold (pretty wise considering where the U.S. dollar is heading currently) that he actually heated mercury in order to separate the gold from the computer parts he salvaged, accidentally inhaling it in the process that led to his death.

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By soontekk , 07/04/08 6:05 AM (CommentID #615530)


ouch..

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By Sayo , 04/04/08 11:26 AM (CommentID #609665)


Oh man, I can see desktop computer burning parties in the future. This reminds so much of alchemy -- though scientist were attempting to transmute lead into gold.

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