"Sucked Offed", Way to Die #301, is the third death to be featured in "The Good, The Bad, and the Dead", which aired on March 8, 2009.
Plot[]
Carmen was a very bad girl, a notorious crystal methamphetamine trafficker and convicted murderer who had been sent to a prison in Texas without the opportunity for parole, she decided to take a risk and escape, if she managed to cross the border she would be safe in Mexico, but there were obstacles on the road and the prison guards were excellent hunters.
Carmen arrived at a lake and saw a patrol approaching, without any other option she jumped into the icy water and hid among some plants, but without knowing it, she jumped from the frying pan to the embers and went directly into the clutches of a hidden enemy, leeches, if you guys did the same as our prisoner and crossed a swamp, you would be in the perfect place, the leeches plot ambushes, they can smell and feel body heat and there is their lunch, they swim very fast and they attach themselves almost immediately and in 3 seconds they suck the blood.
The lake was a chilly 55 degrees, in 30 minutes Carmen would be in a state of hypothermia, 1 minute felt as long as 10, as the sharpshooters scanned the area carefully, Carmen's breathing accelerated and weakened, her blood vessels restricted and her limbs became numb, perfect for the leeches that were prepared to suck her blood without being detected, the leeches have in their saliva an anticoagulant and also a painkiller so you do not notice them joining and you do not feel the blood flow, when the leech is filled with 10, 15 or 20 ccs of blood it comes off, but you still lose another 5 or 10 ccs of blood, they literally steal your blood.
After 45 minutes the guards thought the place was clear and they left and Carmen was finally able to crawl out of the water, if she continued she would soon be in Mexico preparing new doses of the devil's brew: Methamphetamine, but Carmen's karma already had her in its jaws, leeches fed on her body which caused her to bleed to death and she was too weak to move.
She was so weak that she couldn't even ask for help and she stayed at the water's edge, dying from lack of blood, blood loss or exposure, being sent to hell and becoming a picnic for the blowflies.
Transcript[]
Narrator: Carmen is a very bad girl. A notorious crystal meth dealer and convicted murderer, she was sent to a Texas prison with no chance of parole. She decided to take her own chances and busted out. If she could make it across the border into Mexico, she'd be home free. But that was a long shot. And the prison guards chasing her were very good shots. With no place left to run, she hit the ice-cold water. But without knowing it, Carmen had jumped out of the frying pan, and into the fire-straight into the clutches of a hidden enemy.
Jules Sylvester: Leeches. If you're-like, for this prisoner who's running through the-the swamp. It's the perfect place. They're ambushers, they can smell and feel the body heat, and it's lunch. And they'll swim very fast and attach themselves almost immediately, and within three seconds they're drawing blood.
Narrator: The lake was a chilly 55 degrees. A half an hour would send Carmen into a state of hypothermia. A minute turned to ten, while the sharpshooters carefully scanned the area. Carmen's breathing became quick and shallow. Her blood vessels restricted, and her limbs became numb. It was the perfect cover for the leeches, who are made to suck blood undetected.
Jules Sylvester: They have an anticoagulant in the saliva, and also a painkiller, so you don't feel them attaching, and you don't feel the blood flowing. So even when the leech is full-I would say 10 to 15 to 20 ccs of blood, it falls off, you're still going to leak another 5 to 10 ccs of blood. They'll literally drain you out of blood.
Narrator: After 45 minutes, Carmen was finally able to crawl out of the water. Soon, she'd be safe in Mexico, mixing up new batches of devil's brew: Methamphetamine. But Carmen's karma is about to bite back. She's so drained of blood from the leeches feeding on her body, she's too weak to move.
Jules Sylvester: If she doesn't die from a lack of blood or loss of blood, she would die of exposure. Too weak. Couldn't even call for help eventually, she'd just die of exposure, and she'd become a-basically a blowfly picnic, wouldn't she? (laughs).
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Cynthia Quiles - Carmen (Lead: Intended Victim)
- Jules Sylvester - Wildlife Expert
Segment Nicknames[]
- Son of a Leech (Spike TV)
- Blood Sucker
- Leech Lake
Trivia[]
- This name is called "Son of a Leech" on the Spike TV Website.
- The doggerel quote at the end was said by one of the interviewees Jules Sylvester instead of the narrator.
- This segment is based on the sequence from "Stand By Me" (1986), where four friends enjoyed swimming until leeches got onto their body. They tried to get the leeches off their bodies until one of them fainted because he was drained of blood from a leech, though his friends woke him up and he survived.
- This death takes place 11 years before Well Chung
Foreign Names[]
- Succionada por Sanguijuelas (Sucked by Leeches) - Latin American Spanish dub
- Exprimida (Squeezed) - Spanish dub
- Succionada (Sucked) - Mexican Spanish dub
- Ausgelutscht (Sucked Out) - German dub
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