DIY Bungee Jump.

So dumb!!

A 22-year-old Reston man was found dead yesterday
He tried to use occy straps (the stretchy little ropes with hooks on each end)
To bungee jump off a 70-foot railroad trestle, police said.

Fairfax County police said Eric A. Barcia, a fast-food worker,
taped a bunch of these straps together,
wrapped an end around one foot,
anchored the other end to the trestle at Lake Accotink Park,
Jumped ... and hit the pavement.

Warren Carmichael, a police spokesman, said investigators think Barcia was alone because his car was found nearby.
"The length of the cord that he had assembled was
GREATER!! than the distance between the trestle and the ground,"
Carmichael said. Police say the apparent cause of death was "major trauma."
An autopsy is scheduled for later in the week.