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(Phil Ineson) is a false name to protect the identity of my mate. A good friend of mine called Phil Ineson aged 21 came to an untimely death. Phil was never the brightest bulb in the bulb store but what he did that night was just down right stupid. Phil had always been short of cash since his parents disowned him at the age of 16 and Yorkshire electricity had recently disconnected the power from his soon to be demolished flat in hull. One night Phil asked me to give him a hand with something being a good friend I happily obliged. On the phone he asked me to meet him in the strangest place this being a field near his flat. I went along, at about 9:30pm I met him in the field he had two 40ft steele rods and 1000 meters of industrial cable, at the time I thought nothing of this and I needed the toilet really badly, so I went in a near but hedge. As a jet aircraft flew over nearby I looked up in horrified amazement to find 40,000 volt power lines just 20 feet above my head. Then it dawned on me. I looked around just in time to see my good friend Phil attach the two steele rods two the power lines, I watched for half a second as the blue electrifying sparks travelled from the lines two his body and shot him about 30 feet backwards. He landed in a field where he actually banged the back of a sheep so hard it knocked it out.

You wouldn’t have recognised Phil afterwards. When the police were going through his flat they found plans of his scheme to rewire his house. At the funeral Phil’s mother said “ Oh Phil you never were any good at physics”. Oh well Phil I hope this gets you a Darwin award. Of all the stupid things I’d ever done that tops ‘em all. Well done son.

Submitted on 10/11/2002

Submitted by: elliot delegro
Reference: July 2 2000 Yorkshire/England

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Bill said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
Its probably made up, and getting electricity is rather common, but its a good story. If it isn't made up, then there should be newspaper stories - you can't protect your mate there, just yourself.

Bert said:
Definitely Toss: Other
And what would he have DONE with 40,000 Volts anyway? He had a high voltage transformer in his flat?!

Bert said:
Definitely Toss: Other
Gee. Why did he need 2 - 40' poles to reach "40,000 volt power lines just 20 feet above my head". The knocking out of a sheep was a nice touch... But of course, this story is completely made up.

Gregory said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
There have been several stories of electrocutions of people trying to reconnect disconnected power, but this is the only one I recall where the victim tried to hook up to 40,000 volts.

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