A different variety of victim is George Kaminski, prison inmate, a victim of circumstance.
Being in prison was that circumstance. Kaminski, serving a long sentence for kidnapping, had managed to collect 72,927 four-leaf clovers--all on prison grounds, setting an apparent world record.
His record was shattered in 2005 by retired Alaska machine operator Ed Martin. Martin had the freedom of the open road for the collecting of these lucky clovers and had amassed a reported 80,000.
Poor Kaminski, but Guinness record or not, 72,927 clovers aren't bad for a fellow residing in the joint. At least he made columnist Chuck Shepherd's "News of the Weird."
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