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Gypsy copper thief gets shocked

2013 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

This happened in my hometown, in my neighbourhood, so I know that it is true. Being a small town, and in Serbia, it is hard to confirm. The news is archieved on the website I provided somewhere.

There are a lot of thieves that steal copper wires. The young gypsy tried the same by entering the main line transformer that operates on 10kV without turning it off first. Quite obviously, there was a huge thunderbolt as soon as he entered, right to his chest. It caused a power down in my neighbourhood and the authorities found him soon with a whole chest ripped open and burned. True story.

Submitted on 03/17/2013

Submitted by: Aleksandar Ciric
Reference: Somewhere on www.knjazevacinfo.com, sometime in 2012

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Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Thanks, Aleksandar, but we get lots of stories about copper crooks getting electrocuted, including some who manage to get into power substations (just search all the archives for "substation" and you'll find lots of stories). Without a link to an actual story with specific details I just don't think this is enough to accept. Thanks just the same.


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
What Bruce said. A copy and paste of an article with full details would help muchly.


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