Regular or Extra Crispy?

Those of you that bother to read the manual when you get a new electronic device know that one of the first things they tell you on the obligatory (cover their ass from being sued) safety page is to make sure the device is unplugged before you attempt to work on it. Well, it seems that this genius of a German thief didn't read the manual. Germany produced more than its share of rocket scientists but this guy...ah, no.

The cable cutters and the pile of cut cables that he had amassed was a pretty good indication that he was in the process of stealing copper cable. That and his hand wrapped around one of the cables. The hand was around the cable, the rest of him was in a crispy, charred, blackened heap a short distance away. He hadn't bothered to determine whether the cable was live or not and was hit with 10,000 volts. The force was so strong that his hand was severed. If it hadn't been the police wouldn't have been able to use the fingerprints on it to identify him.

Thieves don't usually carry Mensa cards. I doubt this one even knew what Mensa is. But he did know that copper is going for $3.62 per pound.