"Huffington Toast", Way to Die #98, is the fourth death to be featured in "Dead to Rights", which aired on February 17, 2010.
Plot[]
What you guys will hear was video from a security camera located behind a warehouse in Seattle, the owner arrived one morning and found a dead body in the west alley, rewinding the video he could see two men running with a video camera, they were arrested by the police who also confiscated that video camera, joining the two videos, it was possible to find out what happened.
The three men were enjoying their favorite pastime, huffing, their fun was paint graffiti and huffing puffs of paint to get high, that causes dizziness, disorientation, hallucinations and permanent brain damage.
Grant Cotter: One big hit on an aerosol can, the high will probably last you about.... 6 to 7 1/2 minutes. You get so high that you think you can see whales going over rainbows. You can do a lot of huffing and get progressively higher and higher and higher, but then you also get dumber and dumber and dumber.
The men were enjoying the situation and couldn't hear anything, while they were painting graffiti they found a box with unlabeled liquids which were industrial solvents and their gases were much stronger than those of spray paint.
One of them decided to soak himself in the toxic liquids to snort them directly from his clothes, but the solvents dried quickly and absorbed the heat from his body, which made the man feel cold.
You guys would only ask the following if you were brain-damaged paint huffers.
The man asked one of his friends if he had a lighter, he lit a match and brought it to him, but suddenly the match came into contact with the man and he accidentally set himself on fire and ended up engulfed in flames, he began to agitate and scream while his friends got scared and told him to get on the floor and roll.
Dr. Ramon Cestero: Five-second burn can possibly cause a second-degree burn, and maybe a ten-second burn would probably lead to a third-degree or fourth, depending on the temperature of the surface. This puts him in a hypermetabolic state. With increased heart rate, increased respiratory rate, increased temperature, they lose a lot of proteins and fluids, which then would eventually lead to death.
By the time the flames went out the man was lying on the floor dead, sending him to Hell where he could huffing the toxic gases of Satan's kingdom, the other two men realized that he was dead and fled, when the police found out what happened were in charge of arresting them for murder.
Narrator: The result of the investigation: The two accomplices were charged with manslaughter. The third huffer, he went straight to the morgue.
Transcript[]
(A video from a CRT camera is shown showing a dead man)
Narrator: You're looking at footage from a security camera taken behind a warehouse in Seattle. The owner came in one morning and found this dead body lying in his alley.
(The video rewinds and two men are seen fleeing with a video camera)
Narrator: Rewinding the tape, two other males are seen running away. They were picked up by police, who also confiscated their video camera. By piecing together the security and the video footage, they were able to determine what happened.
(Flashback to the beginning of the security camera)
Huffer #1: Fill the bag up for, like, ten seconds, and then huff it, man.
Narrator: The three males had been out enjoying their favorite past time, huffing. This "fun" activity involves breathing in paint fumes to get high.
Huffer #2: This is a good time! Watch.
Narrator: This causes dizziness, disorientation, hallucinations, and permanent brain damage.
Grant Cotter: One big hit on an aerosol can, the high will probably last you about.... 6 to 7 1/2 minutes. You get so high that you think you can see whales going over rainbows. You can do a lot of huffing and get progressively higher and higher and higher, but then you also get dumber and dumber and dumber.
Huffer #3: Is that, like, not the best stuff ever, man?
Huffer #2: Is it bad if you can't hear your ears?
(It then shows the huffer with the camera discovering a cardboard box with several mason jars of liquid inside)
Huffer #2: Whoa, what's this?
Narrator: While tagging the warehouse wall with graffiti, they came across a box of unlabeled liquids, which were later determined to be industrial grade solvents. Their fumes are far more powerful than aerosol paint cans.
Huffer #3: Sniff the fumes from it, man. It gets you, like, higher. You know-you--
Narrator: One of them decided to soak himself with the toxic liquids in order to breathe the fumes directly off his clothing. But the fast-evaporating solvents sucked the heat right out of his body.
Huffer #3: Dude, this stuff is cold, man.
Narrator: Only a brain-damaged paint huffer would ask this next question.
Huffer #3: Hey, you got the lighter on you?
(Shows Huffer #2 holding a matchbox with a lit match.)
Huffer #3: Do it, do it, do it.
Huffer #1: All right, light it.
Huffer #2: Alright, you ready?
Huffer #3: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(Huffer #3 accidentally catches fire and starts to burn)
Huffer #2: Oh my god!
Huffer #1: Dude, dude, dude!
Huffer #2: Get on the floor! Get on the floor!
Huffer #1: Roll--roll around!
Dr. Ramon Cestero: Five-second burn can possibly cause a second-degree burn, and maybe a ten-second burn would probably lead to a third-degree or fourth, depending on the temperature of the surface. This puts him in a hypermetabolic state. With increased heart rate, increased respiratory rate, increased temperature, they lose a lot of proteins and fluids, which then would eventually lead to death.
Huffer #2: Dude, I think he's dead.
Huffer #1: Oh my God. We got to get out of here.
Narrator: The result of the investigation: The two accomplices were charged with manslaughter.
Huffer #2: Go, go go!
Narrator: The third huffer: He went straight to the morgue.
Interviewees[]
- Grant Cotter - Ex-Huffer
- Dr. Ramon Cestero - Trauma Surgeon
Trivia[]
- Dr. Ramon Cestero's interview is mostly the same as Poi Vey.
- If you closely pay attention, you will find the intro card in motion. (Grainy camera bars moving)
- The European Spanish dub name of the death is a reference to a quote from "The Three Little Pigs" tale, which says "Soplaré, soplaré, ¡y tu casa derribaré!" (I'll huff, I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!).
Segment Nicknames[]
- Huffed and Puffed
- Sniffed and Burned
Foreign Names[]
- Aspiración Caliente (Hot Aspiration) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Esnifó, Esnifó y Quemado Quedó (Snorted, Sniffed and Burned) - European Spanish dub
- Torrada Soprada (Blown Toast) - Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Ausgeschnüffelt (Sniffed Out) - German dub
- Kunaklato ka Tuhundati Taubiniman (Unexpected of Burning Flames) - Lazoran dub
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