Scientist in remote Antarctic outpost stabs colleague who told him endings of books he was reading

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From https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientist-in-remote-antarctic-outpost-stabs-colleague-who-told-him-endings-of-books-he-was-reading/ar-BBP5FI3?li=AA59G2

Scientist in remote Antarctic outpost stabs colleague who told him endings of books he was reading

Record Reporter 13 hrs ago


Oleg Belogusov was stabbed after telling his pal the ending of the books he was reading

A scientist in a remote outpost in Antarctica plunged a kitchen knife into his colleague because he was fed up with the man telling him the endings of books, say investigators.

Sergey Savitsky, 55, and Oleg Beloguzov, 52, were avid readers to pass the lonely hours during four harsh years together.

But Savitsky became angry after Beloguzov kept telling him the endings, it is alleged.

The victim is now in intensive care after being flown from Russia’s Bellingshausen research station on King George Island to Chile with a knife injury to his heart.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. No jury in the world would convict him.

Two guys are stuck in Antarctica and all they have is books and one of the guys blabs the endings? I'd probably stab him too.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

8. The guy's lucky to still be alive!

[magicarpet]

2. Sounds like a not good drinking buddy.

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3. why tell us the story ends with a stabbing????

spoiler alert, hello!

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10. "He kept spoiling the book endings for his cabin mate. You'll never guess what happened next!!!"

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11. there ya go!

[trixie2]

4. I would hate the person until the end of time

There is nothing worse!

[Corgigal]

5. Well, it was at least rude.

Don't want to serve on that jury.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Being an asshole has consequences!

[FM123]

7. Sounds like it should be a Twilight Zone episode...

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. ...tells ending of book entitled "To serve man," with twist (of the knife), so his goose is cooked.

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12. or a literary version of the myth of sisyphus.

condemned to read books for all eternity, only to have the ending spoiled shortly before the final chapter....

[rickford66]

13. We passed a lot of books around while I was at McMurdo.

No one ever spoiled an ending. That would be like getting bumped from ride out. There was usually a waiting list for the popular books. The spoiler deserved to get stabbed.

[smirkymonkey]

14. I guess spending four years in a remote, frozen outpost - most likely celibate and

deprived of many creature comforts - does a number on a person's tolerance level. I'm amazed they didn't go berzerk even sooner.