A 32-year-old man
downed dozens of roaches and worms to win a python at a Florida reptile store,
then collapsed and died outside minutes later.
Edward Archbold
was among 20 to 30 contestants participating in Friday night's "Midnight
Madness" event at Ben Siegel Reptiles in Deerfield Beach, authorities
said.
The participants'
goal: consume as many insects and worms as they could to take home a $850
python.
Archbold swallowed
roach after roach, worm after worm. While the store didn't say exactly how many
Archbold consumed, the owner told CNN affiliate WPLG that he was "the life
of the party."
"He really
made our night more fun," Ben Siegel told the station.
Soon after the
contest was over, Archbold fell ill and began to vomit, the Broward County
Sheriff's Office said Monday.
A friend called
for medical help. Then, Archbold himself dialed 911, the store said in a
Facebook post.
Eventually, he
fell to the ground outside the store, the sheriff's office said. An ambulance
took him to North Broward Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The Broward
Medical Examiner's Office conducted an autopsy and are awaiting test results to
determine the cause of his death.
No other
contestant fell ill, the sheriff's office said.
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