The Bunny Man is the legend of a man dressed in a bunny suit who attacks and brutally kills people with an axe. The alleged incidents usually occur in the area of the “Bunny Man Bridge” in Fairfax County, Virginia, and originated in 1970. Two separate incidents were reported in the span of just over a week where a man dressed in a bunny suit, apparently upset with trespassers, threatened people with an axe. Elaborate origins of the Bunny Man describe him as an escaped mental patient who mutilated victims before being killed by a train passing over “Bunny Man Bridge”, and that his ghost still inhabits the site.

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The Texas City Disaster was the explosion of 2300 tons of ammonium nitrate and small arms ammunition on board the French ship SS Grandcamp in the port of Texas City, Texas, on April 16, 1947. Another ship that was nearby, the SS High Flyer, was carrying an additional hold of nearly 1000 tons of ammonium nitrate, and it exploded approximately fifteen hours later. The incident is regarded as the worst industrial accident in the history of the United States, and killed nearly 600 people. Damage from the blast, felt up to 250 miles away, was estimated at $100 million.

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On May 10-11, 1996, freak weather conditions and a bottleneck of climbers led to what has been called the 1996 Everest disaster, when eight people died on Mt. Everest while attempting to reach the summit. The principle parties involved in the disaster were two different climbing expeditions. Continued delays meant that many climbers were not beginning their descent until well after 2:00 PM, considered the time that climbers must begin heading back to camp to reach safety before nightfall. A blizzard ravaged the mountain, reducing visibility and obscuring trails. Furthermore, an analysis of weather conditions on the day of the tragedy found that oxygen levels — already very low at such extreme altitudes — dropped an additional 14% during the storm.

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