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American man, 57, killed in mass alcohol spiking in Laos is named - as more chilling details are revealed
Daily Mail Online ^ | 11/23/2024 | Joe Hutchison

Posted on 11/23/2024 6:13:22 PM PST by Bonemaker

The American man who died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has been identified.

James Louis Hutson, 57, was found dead inside his room at the Nana Backpacker Hotel in Vang Viang on November 13.

According to the Vientiane Times, workers at the hostel had entered his room after realizing he had not left all day and found him unconscious.

The outlet reported that he was taken to hospital, with police finding four empty bottles of beer and two empty bottles of vodka in his room.

Hutson is one of six who have died in the suspected mass methanol poisoning that has hit the party town.

Australian teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, both 19, died after a night out, while British Lawyer Simone White, 28, also lost her life.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: methanol; poison; tourist
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I'll have a methanol martini, straight up with an olive please. Seriously, this is horrible! I'm a Beefeater martini guy and one sip of methanol would have resulted in a spit out. Rest their souls and burn the killer.
1 posted on 11/23/2024 6:13:22 PM PST by Bonemaker
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To: Bonemaker

Why is a 57 year old man backpacking in Asia?


2 posted on 11/23/2024 6:17:41 PM PST by nwrep
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To: Bonemaker

Alcohol poisoning of American tourists seems to be the thing in foreign countries.


3 posted on 11/23/2024 6:21:56 PM PST by bgill
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To: nwrep

Living the dream.


4 posted on 11/23/2024 6:24:40 PM PST by Theoria
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To: Bonemaker

He was looking for adventure, and he found it!


5 posted on 11/23/2024 6:27:07 PM PST by HerrBlucher
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To: nwrep

Ladyboys?


6 posted on 11/23/2024 6:27:14 PM PST by montag813
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To: nwrep

Most likely buying dates with kids.


7 posted on 11/23/2024 6:27:17 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Bonemaker

When someone knows you want something real bad they can easily promise you a cheap but harmful substitute. Look out tourists!


8 posted on 11/23/2024 6:33:28 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: nwrep

Some of the large stores in Oregon (pressured by the state) ask for ID to purchase alcohol, tobaco, and even matches even if you are 80 or 90+.

I didn’t realize there was an age limit on back packing.


9 posted on 11/23/2024 6:35:40 PM PST by Cold Heart
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For those with a bit of money, that like to imbibe drugs, unlimited sex of any kind, underage girls or even girly boys, south east asia is the place to be.It is a common and everyday experience.Not just SE Asia. Murder and rape in some of the countries to the south don’t even make the news. And the Biden regime just let them walk right on through. Time to take America back.


10 posted on 11/23/2024 6:44:53 PM PST by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: nwrep

Another eco-tourist bites the dust.


11 posted on 11/23/2024 7:07:45 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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...four empty bottles of beer and two empty bottles of vodka in his room.

That would finish me off.

12 posted on 11/23/2024 7:16:30 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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“as more chilling details are revealed”

I missed these details in your excerpt and post #1.

13 posted on 11/23/2024 7:47:43 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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You could click on the link.
14 posted on 11/23/2024 7:51:43 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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“one sip of methanol would have resulted in a spit out”

methanol is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, you know, EXACTLY like water ...


15 posted on 11/23/2024 8:00:00 PM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Libloather
My last episode of over imbibing occurred on 12/30/79. I was spending my Christmas break with German friends in Lutjenburg, a tourist town overlooking the Baltic. While at a disco, I was in a drinking game: the loser bought a round of Jagermeister. I stopped counting at 15 shots.

Next morning, NY's Eve, I was sick as a dog, I about died while hanging in there at the NY Eve party, which lasted until 8 AM the following morning. I was 25 and in my third year in Germany. I could usually hang with the Germans, but this was a bridge too far...lol. Two bottles of vodka would definitely do me in.

16 posted on 11/23/2024 8:02:27 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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Hippies never die?

No wait, it can happen to the best of us.


17 posted on 11/23/2024 8:18:57 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Negative.

It or parts of should have been in the posted excerpt.

Lacking of is click bait for hits to the site.

No meat, no hit to that site.

18 posted on 11/23/2024 8:38:20 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Deaf Smith

As you wish.


19 posted on 11/23/2024 8:40:22 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
So far, no one including you have posted anything about these “chilling details”.

I do not think anyone has hit that link just yet.

“Where’s the beef?”

20 posted on 11/23/2024 9:11:43 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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