7 Pranks Gone Deadly Wrong
It's always fun to play a prank on your friends, coworkers and neighbors - but sometimes, the
"joke" goes beyond a gag - and gets infinitely more serious.
Today, let's look at seven of the deadliest pranks - from moderate consequences to full
on tragedy, these pranksters (and prank-ees) got a WHOLE lot more than originally bargained
for.
Starting things off fairly gently, this teenaged-prankster comes in at number seven.
Although not ACTUALLY deadly - this 911 hoax was seemingly set up to be quite a tragedy.
On September 8th, 2007, a 19 year old teen named Chris Schreibe called 911, identifying
himself as Sgt.
Joseph Anthony Ramirez, a 27-year-old Iraq veteran.
Explaining to police that he had returned home to find his wife had cheated on him and
fled to Michigan - he flew into blind rage, shot a hostage, barricaded himself inside
a room and awaited with an assault rifle (and three other Marines, "trained in urban warfare").
After roads were closed, special operative teams & local forces dispatched and a thorough
investigation was performed, the teen was arrested (and also revealed to be behind other
hoaxes and bomb threats just days earlier).
Moving on and "tightening up", this strange plea for attention comes in at number six.
In 2004, a man named Randy Wood phoned his ex-wife from his home in West Monroe, NY - asking
her to make the 17 mile drive from her home in Syracuse to visit him urgently.
Pleading with her that he had something he wanted to show her, she reluctantly agreed
- only to find him hanging by a noose from a tree in his front yard.
In an understandable panic, the woman called 911 - dispatching firefighters, police and
ambulances to the scene.
Upon arrival, they discovered him to be perfectly fine, wearing a lineman's harness (like those
used by utility workers).
The supposedly-deadly prank landed the man in jail for one year and with a $1,000 fine.
While thankfully unharmed, Wood's stunt definitely left some unpleasant memories in several minds.
Getting a little more dark (and a lot more ambiguous), this ghastly prank comes in at
number five.
Happening in an undetermined, unspecified location - this viral clip - uploaded via
YouTube channel "papacrazy" - captured the severe injury (possibly worse) of a man dressed
in a ghost costume being ran over by a car.
While one man dressed as a phantom blocked the way of a passing motorist in a barely
lit street, a second specter-clad man jumped out from behind, blocking the auto in both
directions.
The frightened driver (who reportedly behaved in sheer and utter terror) accelerated forward,
ploughing through the ghostly man ahead of him.
The man rolled off the side of the anonymous driver's vehicle - leaving him bloody and
badly battered.
After the accident, the cameraman and other prankster run toward their injured friend,
dragging him to the side of the road before concluding the clip.
Mysteriously, no other details on the incident have been published.
Things start to get a lot more deadly from this point on - so let's push forward to number
four.
On a particularly unfortunate night in 2014, a group of teenaged boys in West Virginia
decided to play a prank on a cop car - sparking a series of events that turned the town upside
down.
According to documents filed in a civil lawsuit, 18 year old Timothy Hill and two of his friends
decided on a June evening that after going swimming in a nearby pool “it would be fun
to leave wet underwear on someone’s vehicle as they walked home”, spotting Trooper B.D.
Gillespie's parked cruiser.
After tracking the boys down the street, the trooper pepper-sprayed Timothy, hit him upside
the head with his baton and eventually unloaded two rounds from his service pistol into the
teen.
This unfortunate incident continues to be a talking point among police violence - but
ultimately, it's just an avoidable tragedy.
This Colorado teen is our unfortunate recipient of deadly consequence at number three.
Premila Lal and her 12 year old cousin decided to play a prank on close family friend - 18
year old high school track star Nerrek Galley.
The Lal's had recently moved to a new house while Galley kept a watchful eye over the
recently vacated other home.
Sneaking into the house just after 8pm on a Friday evening, Lal and her cousin crept
into a closet while Nerrek and Premila's 15 year old brother played video games in the
other room.
After hearing a noise, Galley rushed into the room, grabbed a revolver and shot the
shadowy figure bursting toward her in a confused panic.
About an hour later, Premila was declared dead.
Court proceedings and the horrific aftermath peppers this tragedy with extra devastation
and despair.
One of the strangest pranks on this list comes in now - at number two.
Fort Lauderdale resident Paul Goobie was driving to work in 2004 when he spotted a dead chihuahua
in the middle of the street.
Strangely inspired to - well, do something with it - he loaded it into his car to bring
with him to work.
Upon arriving, Goobie tied one end of a rope around the dead animal's neck and another
around coworker Kevin Meloy's bumper.
Later that day, Meloy unwittingly dragged the carcass for over two miles on his trip
home - not hearing other motorist's warnings (also - Meloy is deaf).
Reportedly inspired by the darkly comedic scene in the National Lampoon's Vacation - this
prank was hardly a laughing matter.
This tragic story from 2011 comes in as our number 1 deadliest prank.
Two teenaged boys near Columbus, OH wrapped an intersection's stop sign with several layers
of clear plastic wrap and petroleum jelly - rendering the safety sign obscured from
passing motorists.
Bragging about their prank online (even posting photos), the teens were later connected as
responsible for the deaths of 80 year old Jeanne Shea and her 85 year old sister Mary
Spangler in a horrific T-bone accident directly caused by the boys' gravely unfunny gag.
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