▲The man was reportedly killed by an elephant and eaten by a pride of lions, leaving only a skull and a pair of pants.

▲A truck driver in Zhangzhou, China was smoking a cigarette when he decided to flick it, still lit, out of his window.

▲A California police officer was trying to shoot a dog that was allegedly threatening his life when he accidentally shot himself in the leg instead.

▲A rhino poacher illegally entered Kruger National Park in South Africa, only for it to end in tragedy.

▲But a back draft blew the butt into the carriage of his own truck, and the whole thing lit on fire, billowing thick clouds of smoke. Luckily, reports say no one was hurt.

▲The can ignited, sending shrapnel flying, shattering his windows, and causing significant damage to his house. No word on how the cockroaches fared.

▲But raw milk is largely illegal due to the potential public health risks of bacteria in untreated milk and, as it turns out, the lawmakers who were celebrating with a glass ended up with an intestinal virus, which they claim was just a bug going around.

▲A man from Mount Isa, Australia was trying to kill some pesky cockroaches in his kitchen, and decided to use insect spray as a flamethrower. What could go wrong?

▲In 2015, West Virginia lawmakers passed a law loosening restrictions on selling raw milk and, to celebrate, they drank a glass of the product themselves.

▲In 2015, a man in Texas made the unwise decision to shoot an armadillo, and ended up with a bullet in his own face.

▲Some amateur thieves in Laverton, Australia decided to siphon petrol from a tourist bus. A popular way to siphon gas involves using your mouth to create pressure and movement.

▲The bullet ricocheted off the animal’s hard shell and went right back to the shooter, who was not killed but had to get his jaw wired shut. It's unknown if the tiny vigilante is still on the run.

▲The young dolphin was feeling a little greedy, and the octopus in question grabbed onto his larynx and suffocated him to death.

▲In the very first known case of its kind, a dolphin named Gilligan met his fate by trying to swallow an octopus whole, instead of tossing it around to break it to pieces like he should have.

▲In the rush to escape, the fleeing driver didn’t notice that their license plate had fallen off at the scene of the crime. The punishment for fleeing is much worse than what they would have faced for hitting the other vehicle.

▲Matt Buckland was reportedly riding the tube one morning in London when a man angrily pushed past him and swore at him...

▲Unfortunately for them, instead of the gas tank, the thieves tapped the sewage tank. The police said they "have absolutely zero interest" in recovering the stolen goods.

▲Later at work, as the head recruiter for his company, Buckland’s interviewee walked in and, of course, it was the man who ruined his morning. Needless to say, he didn’t get the job.

▲A driver in New Jersey called to report that a car had hit her own and fled the scene.

▲A Minnesota burglar broke into a home in 2014 and stole credit cards, cash, and valuable belongings. He also took the time to log into Facebook...

▲And forgot to log out. World’s most millennial burglary, perhaps?

▲Matthew Allen Distro thought he could bypass police training by customizing his own car with law enforcement-style lighting and wearing his security guard outfit.

▲Jaireme Barrow from Tacoma, Washington created the Blank Box, which looks like a package filled with goodies but is actually filled with karma—in the form of blank 12-gauge shotgun shells that go off when disturbed.

▲In 2018, a man from Wisconsin installed a small camera on his shoe to capture videos up women’s skirts.

▲Until, of course, he pulled over two real Arizona officers driving in an unmarked vehicle and was arrested himself.

▲But before he could make his perverted film, the shoe’s camera battery exploded on his foot. He then tried to turn himself in to the police, but he could only receive "counseling" since he hadn't technically done anything.

▲Theunis Botha, a South African big-game hunter in Zimbabwe, was leading a hunt when he stumbled upon a herd of breeding elephants. One of the elephants charged Botha, and a member of his group shot it.

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The wounded elephant collapsed on top of Botha, and they both died.

▲Many people either know someone or have been personally victimized by "porch pirates," who steal your packages right off your porch! But one man wouldn’t stand for it.

▲When a local TV station arrived, they found a much smaller dog than described, playing peacefully with children. Animal Control Services did not take the dog into custody, as it was determined that she hadn't done anything wrong.

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The world works in mysterious ways, but sometimes it can also be quite clear with its intentions. From the poacher who was taken down by wild animals, to the fake cop who accidentally pulled over real undercover cops, click through to see some of the wildest cases of karma that have hit the headlines.