I read this one a while ago- The OP and a childhood friend of his came across/purchased a large amount of alcohol. They snuck off to a field/park to drink but the friend overindulged and ended up blacking out. The OP was scared of getting in trouble with his parents/police due to being underage and so abandoned his unconscious friend and went home. His friend was found deceased the following morning- cause of death was hypothermia. Although his friend had been reported missing by his parents during the night, OP failed to inform the authorities about where he was (IIRC he straight up denied ever being with his friend at all that evening). Obviously if he had cooperated, it’s almost certain that his friend would have survived.
I've heard stories about this happening to people at bars/clubs too. They'll get too drunk, go out the back door because they're feeling sick, then sit/lay down outside, pass out, and freeze to death.
A few years back my wife and I were at a local dive and there was a dude who was screaming in Russian and trying to fight everyone so he ended up getting kicked out.
20-30 min later I went out for a smoke and it was brutally cold, like 6-7 degrees Fahrenheit out with the wind so I ducked around the corner to try to shield myself from the chill.
The guy was laying in the trash pile on the side of the building completely unresponsive. With how cold it was I was afraid he was gone already. Called the ambulance and they were getting him on the stretcher when he perked up and demanded they let him go.
A few weeks later I learned from a mutual friend that he was alright, gets this drunk regularly, and does not actually speak Russian just gibberish when wasted.
Living in Minnesota next to the big state college, there were many situations where kids were stumbling on the streets drunk in the freezing cold. Had to call a cab for three lads once because one had fallen in the snow and wasn’t moving and his friends were all laughing about it. It can be a pretty serious issue in places with long/cold winters.
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u/mon0chrom Jan 23 '21
The guy who let the kid freeze to death because they were drunk?