Man who fell from car struggled with parasite (CAUTION: Pix on thread may be unappetizing)

East Valley Tribune ^ | December 10, 2004 | Irene Hsiao

[Recovering Hermit]

People can get tapeworms from eating undercooked pork in Mexico or pig feces on vegetables, he said.

Damn...one of my favorites.

[BenLurkin]

What can someone say about this?

[the invisib1e hand]

When there's no one else to blame, there's always the little worms.

[nuconvert]

"after he climbed onto the roof of the car he was driving"

That's dangerous

[camle]

"I'm king of the worl-!"?

[bikepacker67]

No matter how he tried
He could not break free
And the worms ate into his brain. ...

[lsee]

I'm curious...maybe I missed it in the article, but how do you suppose the car continued to go at such a high speed without the man's foot on the pedal? Was the car on a hill or something? My automobile will continue forward unless I put on the brake, but at a much slower speed. Anyone? He must have been strong to haul himself up on the roof and STAND? up on it while it was moving.

[nuconvert]

"What can someone say about this?"

Check back in an hour..............

[American_Centurion]

[Wonder Warthog]

"People can get tapeworms from eating undercooked pork in Mexico or pig feces on vegetables, he said."

This sounds like trichinosis rather than tapeworm. AFAIK, tapeworms are strictly confined to the GI tract.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Darn, I gave up drinking, smoking and even red meat ... now I can't even allow myself the pleasure of pig feces on my vegetables. What next?

[deadrock]

I'm trying to remember where those lines are from but my mind has hit a wall.

[IonInsights]

Somehow I get the vision of a man stuggling, on the roof of a car, with one of those creatures from a 50's science fiction movie, consisting of a brain and a spinal column.

[martin_fierro]

Freakiness Ping.

[Fierce Allegiance]

One of the nighty-nighty songs my mom used to sing to me went:

The worms go in
The worms go out
The worms came out of his little snout

[theDentist]

Kevin Keogh, 55, died about 3 p.m. after he climbed onto the roof of the car he was driving east on Camelback Road with arms outstretched.

Kids, DON'T try this at home. You will not end up on Jackass. You'll just look like one.

[rabidralph]

Cruise control.

[John Valentine]

Are they talking about tapeworm or trichinosis? Pigs and undercooked pork ae usually associated with trichinosis parasites.

I have never before heard of tapeworms invading the brain.

[bd476]

Parasites, tape worms, undercooked pork, dining in Mexico, this is the stuff nightmares are made of. That poor man and his wife and surviving family. God Bless them all.