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Like Father, Like Son. Extra Crispy

2009 Reader Submission
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This is a very unique story. One person's stupidity was so supreme that, not only did it remove him from the genepool, it caused his own father to remove himself from the genepool as well. I'm not familiar with any other Darwin Award where two generations were ejected from the genepool at once!

On March 28, 2008, at about 11pm, two men cut through the security fence at the AEP Hopkins Fork substation in Boone County, WV for the purpose of stealing copper wire. The station steps down high voltage transmission lines (138 thousand volts) to high voltage distribution voltage (7,200 volts).

Apparently unaware that some or all of the wires inside of an electrical substation carry lethal voltages, one of the men contacted a high voltage wire during the attempted theft and was instantly electrocuted and set ablaze. The electrical discharge was so intense that the other man was burned and fled the scene.

When the dead man's father found out that the son's attempt to steal copper wire had gone horribly awry, he rushed to the scene help his son, who, by this time was a glowing pile of burning corpse.

Unable to help his son, the father cried out "I'm tired of this" and grabbed a live wire.

He was instantly electrocuted and set ablaze just like his son.

When the news cameras arrived, the bodies of the men were still burning. Firefighters could not extinguish the flames until power crews from AEP arrived.

Like Father, Like Son... this Darwinian event claims two generations.

Submitted on 03/02/2009

Submitted by: Clovis
Reference: http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/0803/080329_38d4f44c.shtml March 31, 2008

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>> Moderator Scores <<

James said:
Definitely Toss: Not Amusing
It would seem that father killed himself out of despair rather than stupidity. Whereas suicide is an instant disqualifier, I will be forced to toss this one. Thanks just the same, Clovis!


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Aside from what James said, copper thefts leading to electrocution are amazingly common. Although we haven't received any in a while there was a period of time where we were getting new stories of virtually the exact same thing on almost a daily basis. You can thank the rapidly rising value of scrap copper and the worsening economy for the rapidly rising number of incidents virtually identical to this. Thanks just the same, Clovis.


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