Really, Really Dumb
“If you’re going to be stupid, you’d better be tough,” concluded a spokesman for the Waco, Texas, police. A man was trying to steal copper wire from an electrical substation in Waco, ignoring signs warning of danger. The man “never even knew what hit him” and was killed instantly by a 69,000-volt jolt. The zap caused a grass fire, and firefighters found his body and called police. The man has not been identified. The value of the copper being stolen? “I don’t know what it is worth,” the police spokesman said. “I know it’s not worth his life.” (Waco Tribune-Herald) ...Apparently, the victim thought so.
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