POSTED: 9:01 am PST November 30, 2004 UPDATED: 9:46 am PST November 30, 2004
KENT, Wash. -- A 24-year-old man who placed a lava lamp on a hot stovetop was killed when it exploded and sent a shard of glass into his heart, police said. "Why on earth he was heating a lava lamp on the stove, we don't know," Kent Police spokesman Paul Petersen said Monday. Philip Quinn's parents found his body in his Kent trailer home at about 8 p.m. Sunday. They went to check on him after his girlfriend reported that she couldn't get in touch with him. The King County Medical Examiner's office estimated the time of his death at 2 p.m. Sunday. After the lamp exploded, Quinn apparently stumbled into his bedroom, where he died, Petersen said. Police found no evidence of drug or alcohol use. I just don't know what to say about this. I'm guessing the poor guy just wanted to heat up the lava blobs to make them move up and down faster in the lamp. The only thing I can come up with is maybe it was a new lamp - it takes a few hours for the lamp to heat up enough to get the lava moving. I guess this unsuspecting guy just wanted to speed up the process and enjoy his new retro toy. It's sad What a way to go.
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