The 23 Most Ridiculous Deaths of 2012

20 Man Suffocates Under 20 Pounds of Pinto Beans

Beans, beans, the musical fruit. The more you eat, the more you die.

Wait, it’s not supposed to go like that, is it? Perhaps not when you’re talking about a tin of Pork n Beans, but a 20-foot-tall pile of beans? That’s a whole other story.

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Raymond Segura, Jr was at work at the Kelley Bean Company one morning in Brush, CO when he magically became covered by several tons of pinto beans. Once someone at the plant realized what was going on, they called for help and a crew of dozens, including several local inmates of the county jail, worked frantically to unearth Segura from the mound.

When they finally got to him, it was too late. He was smothered from the beans