2002 Darwin Award: Wounded Wire Bites Back

Wounded Wire Bites Back
2002 Darwin Award Winner
Confirmed True by Darwin

(14 February 2002, Pennsylvania) Daniel and his friend were practicing their marksmanship by shooting at targets in a farm field. But instead of the usual choices of mice, bottles, or birds, they selected a more worthy adversary: electrical insulators.

These pear-shaped glass or plastic devices are intended to hold electrical wires aloft. But after the men shot six insulators off two utility poles, the shattered targets were no longer up to the job. A high-voltage wire fell to the ground and Daniel, attempting to prevent a serious fire, seized the sizzling wire in his hand, and was electrocuted.

An Allegheny Power spokesman advised people not to shoot at electrical insulators.

Wounded Wire Bites Back 2002 Darwin Award Winner Confirmed True by Darwin

Wounded Wire Bites Back
2002 Darwin Award Winner
Confirmed True by Darwin