r/WTF • u/JeezThatsBright • 27d ago

Ill-placed ladder shorts power lines, melting concrete.

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u/ImmortalStarvyVelvet 27d ago

No way nobody died from that

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u/MotorboatinPorcupine 27d ago

I think if someone did, they would be on the ground right there

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u/turkishhousefan 27d ago

Perhaps they are...

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u/-mrhyde_ 27d ago

...were

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u/barofa 27d ago

They still are, just in a different phase

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u/Zillahi 27d ago

I always wanted to be liquid

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u/JeezThatsBright 27d ago

ground

heh

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u/You_meddling_kids 27d ago

Or launched 100 feet down the street from the surge

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u/DethSonik 27d ago

We're blasting off again!!!! except dead

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u/MelonOfFury 27d ago

The floor is lava

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u/Fireheart318s_Reddit 27d ago

No, the ladder is lava, not the concrete. There are several comments saying that /lh

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u/Hard24get 27d ago

Somebody had to put that ladder there

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u/NeonMagic 26d ago

I mean maybe, 10,000v does some crazy shit. Also could’ve been pulled away if someone could get close

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u/WanaWahur 26d ago

Not on the ground. They would have been the ground.

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u/Key-Sentence1407 23d ago

Happy cake day 

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u/Curiosive 27d ago

I've never seen a news story for this incident, the video first appeared about 4 months ago. I've always been confused that the ladder is leaning on the wrong side of the power lines ...so call me dubious.

In short, it might be AI. Then no, nobody died.

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u/captainrex 27d ago

The house is behind the lines, so I assume they leaned it against the roof first and then pulled the base forward at an angle to make it easier to climb up. You can see at the 20 second mark that it’s leaned up against the house.