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Kids are Easily Impressionable, Didn't Think
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:29 pm
by Loeln
EVERETT, Wash. - A 10-year-old Everett-area boy is at Children's Hospital after being buried in a sandbox by his playmates.
Cody Porter's family is bracing for the worst.
His half-brother, Joshua Quantrille, 30, said Cody was playing with his own three sons and several other children Saturday in the back yard of a home belonging to a family friend.
There is a sandbox in the back yard, and Quantrille says his children told him Cody came up with the idea that they should bury him, head first, in the sand.
"They watch a cartoon where they were like sand masters or something and they can manipulate sand or something like that. They came up with the idea that if he were to do this then he would be able to be one of them," he said.
Quantrille said Cody was buried roughly from his head to his chest. At some point, he began thrashing around, but the children apparently thought he was playing.
Eventually they figured out that something was wrong. They pulled Cody out and called the adults inside the home, who administered CPR until an aid car arrived.
Quantrille said it doesn't look good for Cody.
"There's always a possibility ... God works miracles, so you know he could come through," he said.
Sheriff's deputies interviewed the five children who were in the sandbox with Cody. None of them were detained or taken into custody.
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:37 pm
by Tai
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:30 pm
by Tom Flapwell
When I was little, I saw a Garfield cartoon where Odie got buried in the sand "only up to his ankles" -- upside down. Odie had no trouble getting out by himself. Good thing I didn't try the same with my sister.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:36 pm
by Cosmic^Chicory
Not impressionable, just stupid.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:21 pm
by Baconsticks
This is the funniest thing I've read all day.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:55 pm
by Comrade K
WE MUST BAN SANDBOXES!
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:32 pm
by Baconsticks
Nothing like facing involuntary manslaughter charges before you even have pubes.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:30 am
by Bocaj Claw
See, we need more cartoons that inspire stuff like this. This is God and/or Empty Void of a Universe's way of making sure stupid people never reproduce.
Requirements to keep living: The slightest ability to distinguish reality from fantasy.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:38 am
by Zaaphod
I'm sure this sort of thing will lead to some sappy after-school special being made. "And remember kids, don't bury people's heads in sandboxes! The More You Know!"
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:48 am
by Arloest
I'm sure this sort of thing will lead to some sappy after-school special being made. "And remember kids, don't bury people's heads in sandboxes! The More You Know!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyl5Mwr84MA
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:22 am
by osprey
I'd hate to see these kids after watching an episode of Jackass.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:05 am
by Baconsticks
I'd LOVE to see these kids after watching an episode of Jackass.
Fixed.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:04 am
by anthony
This is the natural way of nature weeding out stupid people.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:37 am
by likeafox
I saw that on TV approximately a million times when I was a kid.
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:26 am
by Foxhound
I saw that on TV approximately a million times when I was a kid.
How are you still sane?
