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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 08:02 AM
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Man's Death Cuts Power To 4,000 Homes
Some 4,000 homes were without power for much of Monday evening after power crews made a grisly discovery.

Duke Power spokesman Randy Britton said Duke Power crews were investigating reports of a power outage in the Wellford area of Spartanburg County shortly before 5 p.m.

When crews arrived at a substation off Highway 29, they found a man dead at the base of a transformation tower.

The Spartanburg County Coroner's office said Charles Thomas, of Startex, died at the substation. Officials believe Thomas cut a hole in the security fence, climbed onto a transformer and was cutting wires and cables in an attempt to steal copper wire.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=401&ncid=401&e=5&u=/ibsys/20041005/lo_wyff/2398911
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 08:03 AM
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1. Desperate people do desperate things..
Looks like this one won the Darwin Arward for october :P
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 08:18 AM
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2. shocking!
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 08:20 AM
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3. Sheesh; what a dolt. Or maybe a ....BOLT. Heh. nt
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 08:37 AM
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4. maybe a VOLT
:)
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 09:29 AM
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5. Darwin Award candidate. Any offspring should be encuoraged not to
reproduce.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-06-04 09:32 AM
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6. Or suicidal?
:shrug:
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