Ergo Sponstain

Ergo Sponstain (April 16, 1925 - November 10, 1995) was an American car salesman who frequently inadvertently became engaged in dangerous adventures throughout his life.

Vacation to Cuba and Destruction of Drug Cartels
In 1953, Ergo travelled to Cuba for a relaxing vacation. While at the bar in the hotel, he struck up a conversation with a man who happened to be a high ranking member of a drug cartel. When the man tried to sell him drugs discreetly, Ergo misunderstood what he was trying to get across and agreed to follow him out to his car. Once there, the man Ergo had just met was assassinated by a rival cartel who then kidnapped Ergo, mistaking him for another high ranking cartel member and putting out a ransom for him. While Ergo was tied up in a shed, the rival cartel members met and discussed terms. Ergo sneezed and accidentally knocked over a gas can, which led to disaster when a nearby cartel member lit a cigarette. Ergo somehow managed to escape the chaos and the resulting fire led to the deaths of many members of both cartels, greatly weakening the drug trade in the area.