Purposive accidents are described and examples given. These accidents are ones in which the body is hurt in seemingly fortuitous accidents but closer examination reveals they are unconscious wishes of the victim. Freud suggests that they are indirect attempts at suicide. One example is of a man who set up a shotgun trap to catch night-prowlers; he forgot about the trap and was killed with a gunshot to the stomach. Menninger suggests this resulted from guilt because of his murderous wishes.