Singed Suicide Squirrel Snapped
The Canton Repository has managed to obtain photographic evidence of one of the members of the Animal Uprising™ suicide squirrel squad shortly after he set off a shower of sparks and shorted the system. (We dare you to say that five times fast).
An electrocuted squirrel (photo to right) sits singed and frozen atop a power pole Wednesday on the campus of Malone College outside Osborne Hall in Canton. Power was out at the Stark county Christian school as AEP trucks raced to locate the source of the electrical snafu.
Generally, they look worse than that*. The funniest part is the title of the picture file.
*At least the ones I have personally seen through the years have looked worse - usually much worse. The utility I used to work for did a "live line" safety show that featured a mock-up of a squirrel that they would move along the energized line with a hot stick until it shorted the system. The resulting flash was quite impressive at 4160 volts. They replaced the mock-up rather frequently, too. They tended to only last for a few shows, looking worse each time. I think that show probably saved a few lives. School kids who saw it didn't want to go over the fence into a substation.
By Annie, Thursday, 19 April , 2007 @ 6:01 pm
Okay, I said it five times fast .. and you know what?
Whiskey helps!
By Gaius, Thursday, 19 April , 2007 @ 6:08 pm
Generally, whiskey doesn’t help me with pronunciation. But everyone is different!
Great line!