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When Stealing, Remember: Safety Fir

2008 Reader Submission
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Here’s another great case where dangerous technology and dumb people just don’t mix. On July 31, 2008, 33-year old Conway, AR, resident Lonnie Montgomery bade farewell to the gene pool in an attempt to cheat the power company who had shut off service at his residence because Lonnie refused to pay his bills. Now no power company is going to tell Lonnie that he can’t leech on the electricity of another, so he hatched a plan. He jury rigged a set of car jumper cables to bypass the main electric service box, connecting the utility source directly into the wiring of his home. Well as any electrician can attest to, if you don’t competently install and ground electric service into your home and something goes wrong, the electricity will ground through you, turning you into a human light bulb filament. When the authorities finally came across Lonnie’s sizzling remains, they found him lying next to the service box still clutching one end of the jumper cables and the other end attached into the utility source. Lonnie, here’s your sign! You make the HMS Beagle’s naturalist proud!

Submitted on 08/01/2008

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Fox News, July 31, 2008, Web URL: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395663,00.html

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Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Another great write up! Thanks, Anon, and submit again! We love it when people take the time over their submissions.


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Repeat
This really doesn't provide any more information on the incident and I think we've already accepted another submission about this event that's pretty humorous. Thanks just the same.


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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
We definitely got this one, but I believe all original write-ups should be given a chance to be seen by the readers!


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