This is True

Good Ol’ Boy

Police investigators in Viburnum, Mo., say Todd Poller, 45, was drinking all day with friends by a creek before he died, and was a “well known character.” The cause of death was choking — he had grabbed a 5-inch fish out of the water and tried to swallow it whole. His last words before dropping it down his gullet? “Hey, watch this!” (AP) ...Common last words for the victims of Darwin.


Publication Date: 10 June 2001

This story is in True's book collection, Volume 7.