Reaper — 4 years ago(December 10, 2021 10:36 AM)

An alarming trend:
In approximately 1777, King Tetui of Mangaia in the Cook Islands had a concubine who died after being struck by "a falling green nut".
In 1833, four people died from falling coconuts on the island of Sri Lanka.
In January 1943, a US Marine was killed in his sleep when struck in the head by a falling coconut near Henderson Field on Guadalcanal.
On 26 August 1952, a seven-month-old baby died when she was struck in the head by a coconut while being held by her mother in Singapore.
In 1966, a resident of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, was killed while eating lunch beneath a coconut tree when struck in the face by a falling coconut.
In July 1973, a two-year-old girl was killed and her aunt injured during a family picnic at Kapiolani Beach Center near Diamond Head, Hawaii, when a cluster of 57 coconuts weighing more than 100 pounds fell from a tree. The incident was "Hawaii's first recorded fatality from falling coconuts".
In November 1991, a mourner was killed by a falling coconut while attending a funeral at a cemetery in southern Sri Lanka.
In April 2001, a resident of Vanuatu was killed by a falling coconut while seeking shelter from adverse weather conditions relating to Cyclone Sose.
On 15 August 2001, in Kampung Tanjung Badang, Malaysia, 59-year-old Mamat Kundur was killed when a monkey used to harvest coconuts from trees dropped a coconut on his head.
On 1 August 2002, in Raub, Pahang, Malaysia, 6-month-old Nurul Emilia Zulaika Nasaruddin, died after a coconut fell into the child's crib and struck the child.
On 22 September 2003, in Raub, Pahang, Malaysia, 65-year-old Deraman Ghomat was waiting to catch a bus, the wind became stronger and it started to rain just before a coconut fell.
In March 2009, 48-year-old Luelit Janchoom, in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province of Thailand, was killed when a monkey used to harvest coconuts furiously kicked them down to his master, hitting his head.
In May 2010, a one-and-a-half-month-old girl was killed when a falling coconut struck her in the head during a religious ceremony outside the family's home in Thiruvananthapuram, India.
In August 2010, a 69-year-old man was killed by a coconut that fell out of a 12-meter (39 ft) palm tree as he sat in a rocking chair outside his home in Melgar, Colombia.
In 2013, a man in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was killed after a coconut fell on his head.