A Colorado autopsy technician known as Dolly is sounding a startling alarm: one of the most frequent causes of death in the elderly may be as mundane as choking on steak. Reporting from the morgue, she cautions seniors—who may struggle to fully chew tough meat—to either skip steak or chew it meticulously to avoid entering the morgue on a tragic note.
Dolly, 32 and working in a busy state lab, highlighted a second dangerous pattern—heated arguments where individuals tempt fate with lines like “What are you gonna do—stab me?” or “shoot me?” Many of her recent cases involved victims whose final words were taunts that prompted fatal violence shortly thereafter.
She also recounted witnessing some of the most bizarre fatalities imaginable: individuals crushed under steamrollers, fatalities from skydiving mishaps, plane crashes, mining catastrophes, and grim decapitations. These anecdotes offer a haunting glimpse into the wide spectrum of ways people die.
Despite the odd extremes, Dolly emphasized that most deaths still come with age—but it’s the everyday acts—and words—that regularly lead to preventable tragedy. Her message: stay cautious, chew carefully, and pick your words wisely, because mortality can arrive in unexpected ways.