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Power Thief

2010 Reader Submission
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This is a story about a man who broke in to a Transformerstation and was found dead next to a 60000v transformer. Some friends saw his car outside the station with the engine running, contacted the supplier and a man from the powercompagny found the dead man. What the official story didn't tell is that the man had a hacksaw in his hands and that he was known for stealing and selling scrap metal. Apparently he had discovered that the conecctiors on such transformers are made of pure copper and he wanted to steal that. Nobody will ever knov if he believed that the transformer was shut down or if he simply didn't know that such current is instantly lethal. Still, he removed himself quite efficiently from the gene pool.

Submitted on 04/22/2010

Submitted by: Ove
Reference: http://www.jv.dk/artikel/857139:Esbjerg--Mand-doed-i-Esbjerg--Torben-fik-stoed-paa-60-000-volt

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Yet another in the never-ending stream of crispy copper crooks for Darwin's collection. Thanks, Ove.

Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
This is already on the slush pile at: http://www.darwinawards.com/slush/new/pending20100414-011844.html Please search the slush and reject piles before submitting. Thanks anyway, and submit again!

Shadow said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
As Candi said its a repeat, thanks tho!

James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
While this seems very much like the story in our archives, the only thing they have in common is 60,000 volts! This latest one happened in Denmark...

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