A 14-year-old Brazilian boy died after injecting himself with butterfly remains — with police investigating whether it was part of a twisted online challenge, according to a report.
Davi Nunes Moreira started to vomit and then developed a limp after mixing a dead butterfly in water and injecting the liquid into his leg, according to the DailyMail.
The teen told his dad he hurt himself while playing — but then confessed what really happened when he continued growing sicker and was admitted to a hospital in Planalto, the report said.
His dad also found the syringe his son had used hidden under the boy’s pillow, according to the report.
Davi was rushed to another hospital in Vitoria de Conquista, the state of Bahia’s third-largest city, on Wednesday, but succumbed to his injuries.
The mysterious death — linked to possible toxins in the butterfly mix that caused his body to shut down as he went into septic shock — is making headlines across Brazil.
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However, authorities have not ruled out the possibility that the boy was participating in an unusual social media craze that proved fatal, the report said.
I’m always torn as to what to think when I read stories like this. I’m all for stupid people removing themselves from the gene pool, but at what age does it become suitable to declare a Darwin Award as opposed to a tragedy involving a kid too young to know better?
I learned from high school biology class around that age that injecting random shit into your blood isn’t a good idea when I asked “what would happen if you just injected air in someone” and got the answer “they would die from an embolism.”
I mean, I was 14 once, and I have 0 butterflies in my bloodstream. I’d say that should be old enough to know better…
My personal opinion is that a 14 year old should know not to inject things into their veins because it’s dangerous.
Back in my day it was smoking banana peels or drinking ground nutmeg in milk (no don’t bother trying) and all I got was some unpleasant burps.
Now it’s the torch your dick in kerosine challenge?
We used to smoke cinnamon sticks. Good times.
That sounds unpleasant but at least whatever you cough up will taste nice.
Well, it tasted of cinnamon, at least.
That’s Malcolm x tea.
Helps with withdrawals
I wouldn’t have been able to gain access to a syringe at that age
Syringes I could get, I used them all the time for applying glue. It’s needles that weren’t easy to come by.
You can just buy them online
I bought like 400 injection needles the other day.
I’m not sure you could buy them online when I was 14.
Well it’s not the 1900s anymore old man
And how’s that going for ya?
Not great honestly…
But at least I have injection needles!
You could buy them from mail order catalogues back then. Just sayin’.
I didn’t have a credit card until I was 23
Lot of places out side of the US let you pay in cash on pickup
I love how people are kinda tip toeing around if this should be considered a Darwin award or not.
We all know if they were 18+ we would be shitting on them for being fucking idiots.
I think them being 14 and doing something like this falls almost entirely on their parents. Like 10% the kid and 90% the parents for not teaching their child the critical thinking required not to do stupid shit like injecting random insects into their leg.
If you kill your kid, or raise them so stupid they kill themselves, and I guess if they’re your only kid, then it still is a Darwin award for the parents yeah?
I’m sorry, but there is so much confusion and chaos hitting this current generation of both parents and their children, that needing to have the “don’t inject yourself with butterfly remains” talk is not something many people are thinking about.
TBF, how many parents would it ever even enter their minds that anyone would do something like that and need to be warned not to? “Son, it’s time we talked about the birds and the bees, oh and also the butterflies–don’t ever inject those.”
It’s not really that specific thing, but more the lack of critical thinking and safety that a 14 year old should have. They failed to raise a child with the brainpower to know why they shouldnt do something like that.
My parents left me home alone at 12. I was expected to cook food and take care of myself. I could chop wood and light the fire.
I could have more understanding if this kid was like 10, but by 14 you should already know not to inject yourself with random shit.
Honestly, this feels like one of these things you can’t even teach someone. Even at 14 years old, I never would have injected something into myself. I’d know only doctors or trained medical personnel should do that unless it was an epi pen.
The boy kept the syringe under his pillow? This story reads like an urban legend
after mixing a dead butterfly in water and injecting the liquid into his leg
Let’s zoom in on this one a little bit:
…mixing a dead butterfly in water and injecting it…
A bit more and slightly cropped:
…water and injecting it
Now let’s sort for a conclusion:
…injecting water
THERE WE GO.
