A
man at a West Virginia party (probably related to the winner last year, a man in
Arkansas who used the .22 bullet to replace the fuse in his pickup truck) popped
a blasting cap into his mouth and bit down, triggering an explosion that blew
off his lips, teeth, and tongue.
Jerry
Stromyer,24, of Kincaid, bit the blasting cap as a prank during the party late
Tuesday night, said Cpl. M.D. Payne. "Another man had it in an aquarium
hooked to a battery and was trying to explode it." "It wouldn't go off
and this guy said "I'll show you how to set it off." He put it into
his mouth, bit down, it blew all his teeth out, and his lips and tongue off,
Payne said. Stromyer was listed in guarded condition Wednesday with extensive
facial injuries, according to a spokesperson at Charleston Area Medical
Division. "I just can't imagine anyone doing something like that,"
Payne said.