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Pond Eddy man electrocuted

2009 Reader Submission
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LUMBERLAND(NY) - Friday's storm left thousands out of electric.

With about half a dozen homes out of service in Pond Eddy, residents had to wait while areas with thousands of homes without electrictiy in other areas were restored power.

At about 5 p.m. power lines came down in Pond Eddy and Mieczyskaw Mil immediately wanted the lines restored.

Mil was unhappy that no work was being done to the 4,800 volt wire. Shortly after midnight Mil, who had allegedly been drinking, tied two plastic bags around his feet and decided he would fix the downed power line himself. Mil retrieved his demolition saw, the same saw a fireman would use to cut through a roof in an emergency, and proceeded to attempt to cut through the wire.

The wire turned out to be a 4,800 volt feeder and Mil, who was standing in a puddle , did not experience a shock, but an actual explosion that caused his lower extremities to catch on fire.

Both the police and ambulance were called for, but Mil was pronounced dead at the scene by Sullivan County Coroner Alan Kesten.

Submitted on 07/04/2009

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Sullivan County Democrat of 6/30/09

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
I'm sorry, but this isn't _quite_ as spectacularly dumb as we look for. However, the other moderators are free to disagree with me. Thanks anyway, and submit again!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This raises the bar for "do-it-yourself" stupidity! Sullivan County is out there in the middle of the Catskills and gets some pretty nasty storms, but no worse than the yearly nor'easters that blast through Queens and knock down power lines. of course, this is also a case of extreme impatience. Did this guy just expect to tie the two ends of the downed lines together with a square knot? Sheesh!


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Thanks, but we've already received numerous submissions of this Mieczyskaw Mil person, and it's already in the slush pile. Here's the first version of the story that we accepted: http://darwinawards.com/slush/new/pending20090627-102657.html. We also have lots of repeat submissions of this story in the reject pile. Please be sure to search BOTH piles before submitting stories to make sure it's not a repeat. Searching on a really unique name like Mieczyskaw is pretty much guaranteed to find submissions.


Shadow said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
As Bruce said, repeat.


Tracy said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
Thanks, but we already have this story


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