Man killed by Cactus

There are many was to die but David Grundman may be the only person to meet his fate after an altercation with a cactus.

In 1982 David Grundman was in Arizona engaging in a pastime known as “cactus plugging”—a bizarre desert tradition where people fire shotguns at cacti to watch them explode. The first victim of his rampage was a small cactus, which shattered easily under gunfire. Encouraged by his effortless victory, Grundman turned his weapon on a much larger opponent—a 25-foot saguaro, standing tall and defiant near Lake Pleasant, Arizona.

At close range, he blasted a massive hole into its thick, spiny trunk. But Mother Nature had other plans. The cactus, which had been standing for hundreds of years, refused to go down quietly. A hefty, limb-like section of the plant broke off and came crashing down—right onto Grundman. The weight and force of the falling cactus crushed him to death instantly, leaving him a cautionary tale of what happens when you pick a fight with the desert.

As it turns out, saguaros aren’t just protected by law—they can protect

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