Darwin award nominee...
 

Would-Be Copper Thief ‘Extremely Grave’ After He’s Shocked And Catches On Fire « CBS Los Angeles

33 kV? Unidentifiable? If the guy survives, he'll probably wish he didn't. Not a joking matter.

That's happened a few times around here, I remember not too long ago a guy was killed by trying to steal an electrified 3rd rail.

saw an article awhile back of a guy that had a brilliant idea to use one of those tree trimmers with the long poles to steal wires.too bad he didn't use a fiberglass pole

It says he hasn't yet been 'charged' with a crime.:eek:

33kw definately "charged" him

Still dosnt beat the people who made off with the bridge though.

def a Darwin at work thing, and yes, its funny. WGAS about the health of someone stupid enough to do this?

A year ago, in Baltimore, we had a rash of street light poles stolen--the 40foot ( or so) long ones.

There are whole neighborhoods in Detroit where the street light poles were stolen, along with the underground cable.

I think they took it to another country and installed it :D

This guy couldn't resist.

BERLIN: Trail of beers leads police to thief | The Daily Times | delmarvanow.com

Definitely a Darwin nominee.

As Darwin's Corollary to Murphy's Law states, "You can't fix stupid".

Or as Bill Engval put it, "Here's your sign" - in this case self-illuminating.:D

And the poor fool in the OP was a resistor. I really doubt he'll survive this.

Well this one confused me.
I clicked on the link expecting to read about a German thief.
A nationality well know for enjoying a beer.
Then I saw Worcester County, Salisbury and Snow hill district court and thought, what are German cops doing investigating a robbery in England.
Eventually I looked at the banner at the top of the page and realised it all happened in the USA.:confused:

Just a shocking story...