The revenge of Darwin

[snopes]

Then there is the tale of the party of happy hunters in the American Deep South. Armed with with automatic rifles, they hired an aeroplane for a low-level straffing raid of some local wildlife.

In their state of extreme excitement, as notoriously happens when men are sexually aroused, the blood short-circuited straight to their winkies. With their brains crucially deprived of oxygen, it was just a matter of time before a particularly enthusiastic burst of combined automatic rifle fire shot off much of the one wing, whereupon the plan crashed with several fatalities.

This might be an urban myth, since my Internet search has turned up no confirmation, but the person who recounted it is adamant that it is true. One can only hope so.

http://www.sawithlove.com/article.ph...70607105826724

[Malruhn]

Well, first off, a "low level" run wouldn't deprive the men of anything. Secondly, you don't want to "strafe" with much altitude, or you will miss EVERYTHING but the ground! I would doubt that the "straffing" was done over 1000 feet - so it would be impossible to be oxygen deprived at that altitude...

Plus, even VERY aroused, the winkie doesn't require THAT much blood... unless the guy in question was hung like an elephant...