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Man dies at South Dakota hot dog eating contest
A Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in western South Dakota turned tragic when a contestant choked to death. Walter Eagle Tail, 47, of Custer, died at a hospital Thursday after attempts to save him at the scene failed, Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler told the Rapid City Journal. “There was someone doing CPR when we arrived,” Wheeler said. “He probably just suffocated. It got lodged in his throat and they (paramedics) couldn’t get it out.
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That's what happens when you unnaturally shove dozens of hotdogs down your throat to try and be the biggest pig. I feel bad for the guy, a life is a life, but I figured eventually someones going to die from this type of thing.