An Escape from Tarkov player has managed to find his own dog tag. The collectible item in Escape from Tarkov was found on the spot where the player was shot.
In Escape from Tarkov, dead players will have dog tags that can be acquired during raids as items that serve as a keepsake. Dog tags dropped by players will let whoever finds them know who the victim was, their time of death, which faction they fought for, and most importantly, who killed them and which weapon was used in the act. The dog tags are a memory of a player's memento mori of sorts, as players will leave a keepsake that cannot be sold on the flea market.
Reddit user MichaelKCF was one of the unfortunate PMC casualties in Escape From Tarkov. However, he managed to find his own USEC dog tag as a Scav after traveling to the place where he was killed. The player posted a clip of his discovery and also inspected the dog tag to find out that he was killed by a player that goes by the name Cross with an NSV "Utyos" heavy machine gun. While this particular weapon isn't as great as some of the best weapons in Escape From Tarkov, it still packed enough of a punch to kill MichaelKCF.
MichaelKCF has stated that he has been trying "for years" to get his dog tag, and this off-chance occurrence happened after many tries. Some players relayed their own experiences finding their own dog tags, with some pointing out that this is much easier to do in servers with a low player population. One player pointed out that they managed to recover their own gear and tags many times as a Scav in Escape From Tarkov after their death. The player clarified later that the region in which the dog tags were found was South Africa, a region that is highly populated during early wipes but dries up quite quickly, with servers being downright empty during the mid to late wipe.
Another player also talked about how the low-population trick was useful on some of Escape From Tarkov's more threatening maps such as Interchange. Meanwhile, some other players were curious about the MichaelKCF's Scav loadout, to which the poster replied that he was making Frankenstein sets as it was the end of a wipe so there wasn't much to be done except having some fun.
Escape From Tarkov is currently in Early Access on PC.