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Cooked Crook

2008 Reader Submission
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I attended a electrical trade school in Melbourne Australia. It was here that a class mate told me about a day working on the railway lines. He was on call and was told to got a a power failure at a substation (feeding the overheads) it was here he found bolt cutters welded to a 3" copper cable with skin melted to the handles. He said the cable ran 11K volts. The would be robber was never found.

Submitted on 07/09/2008

Submitted by: Jason
Reference: none sorry / 2001

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Yet another copper thief story for Darwin. Thanks, Jason. I'm surprised the culprit was never found considering there was melted skin left behind. There can't be too many people around missing parts of their hands!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Another melted moron. Idiot probably didn't dare go to a local hospital. Either suffered at home or went way off his normal stomping grounds. Probably the former, considered this guy apparently can't read. Thanks, Jason!


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