Daily Dose of Weird: Man Dies Trying to Set Record for Being Buried Alive

Here's a story with plenty of weird, and a healthy dose of "well duh" mixed in.  Sometimes you just have to wonder, "What were they thinking?"

The weird part: Janaka Basnayake, a 24-year-old man from Sri Lanka was trying to beat a record for being buried alive.  With the help of friends and family, he buried himself alive in a box 10 feet below the earth.

The "duh" part:  He died.

Basnayake was buried at around 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said that when he was brought to the surface at 4 p.m., he was unconscious and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

[via HuffPost Weird News.]

Apparently, doctors were unable to determine the cause of death with a routine post-mortem.  Isn't it obvious?  He died from being buried alive!

Officials are unsure whether an official record even exists for being buried alive.  He could have just been going for a personal best.

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