Man removes himself from the gene pool

[97'Scort]

A Talladega man sustained burns over about 90 percent of his body after climbing a fence into an Alabama Power substation on Stephen J. White Memorial Blvd. early Friday morning.

Police Chief Alan Watson said Willie Eugene Lewis scaled the fence around the substation sometime before 2 a.m. Friday. He then began climbing on some of the equipment, grabbing on with both hands.

Some 44,000 volts of electricity proceeded to pass through his body, burning the clothes off his back and burning off his genitals. In spite of this, Lewis was able to walk to the emergency room of Citizens Baptist Medical Center on his own.

Watson said Lewis would have had to climb back over the fence in order to do this.

Emergency room staff notified police, Watson said.

Lewis was admitted in critical condition, and was eventually airlifted to the burn center at UAB Hospital. Watson said he was listed in stable condition Friday afternoon.

Alabama Power spokesman Brandon Glover confirmed the company had been informed of a trespassing complaint at one of their substations, but said he could not provide any further details.

Watson could not say exactly what Lewis might have been doing inside the fenced substation, but alcohol should not be ruled out as a factor.


Source:http://www.dailyhome.com/view/full_story/8060343/article-Man-burned-after-climbing-over-fence-into-power-substation?

[beyond_ban]

Going for copper wire?

[JustGo]

That would ruin your day... the whole genital-burning-off thing.

[ZenOps]

Do your balls hang low?
Can you swing them to and fro?
Can you tie 'em in a knot?
Can you tie 'em in a bow?
Do you ever get the feeling
When they hit against the ceiling
That you'll never be a sailor
If your balls hang low?

[Kennyredline]

Words like "Talledega", and "Willie Eugene Lewis" make me thinks Mr. fried two egg and sausage was his sister's father's kid..... :dunno:

[AndyL]

I wonder if he's been enlightened to the error of his ways :rofl:

[Freeskier]

Shocking...just shocking.

[Hakkola]

Originally posted by Freeskier
Shocking...just shocking.

Do you think he will be charged?

[suen17]

Originally posted by Hakkola


Do you think he will be charged?

Quite positive he will.

[89s1]

I love Beyond,

Always good for the current events.

[Isaiah]

He was apparently spotted wearing an AC/DC tshirt before he went in.

[broken_legs]

I wonder how many of his relatives will have to mortgage their houses to pay his medical bill. Genital replacement can't be cheap...

[97'Scort]

I hear he's a big fan of Transformers.

[broken_legs]

Originally posted by 97'Scort
I hear he's a big fan of Transformers.

:rofl:

[MGCM]

holy fuck, after that big of a shock the guy WALKED to the ER.......WTF???? with 90% of his body burned.........44,000volts........he is lucky that it wasn't a larger and more powerful transformer station, it would have sucked him off the fence and killed him instantly.........i'm still flabbergasted to how he did not die........and how he managed to WALK to the ER with 90% of his body burned........WTF:confused: WTF:confused: WTF:confused:

[RecoilS14]

Do you think he took the path of least resistance on the way to the ER?

[dezmarez]

Originally posted by RecoilS14
Do you think he took the path of least resistance on the way to the ER?


niceeeee

[A790]

Originally posted by RecoilS14
Do you think he took the path of least resistance on the way to the ER?
He gave the nurse AC/DC's 1975 Album "High Voltage" as a "thank-you". No resistance there :)

[MGCM]

the humor in this thread :rofl:

[PulsePro]

If he had his genitals, I would have said.

"At least he has his genitals"

[derpderp]

This should have help add the spark to his life he was missing.

[Freeskier]

Watt was this guy thinking? Does he now qualify for war Amps?

[Sykes]

HQZi7tmWhR4

[Cos]

I wonder if that jolted any sense into him.

[Freeskier]

I don't want to be negative...but the clean up must have been revolting.

[97'Scort]

I heat Mountain Dew has offered him a sponsorship:

http://www.southernsavers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/amp-energy.jpg

[Freeskier]

oh really? I thought it was:

http://www.travelnotes.de/computer/bilder/jolt.jpg

[Seanith]

I wonder if he'll get tossed in a cell for this one?

[almerick]

This will have a negative effect on the actions he conducted.

[V6-BoI]

Bet the guy was high and thought his life was short of adventure. Hopefully this experience will bring him back to earth, and have him more grounded.

[Kennyredline]

Originally posted by almerick
This will have a negative effect on the actions he conducted.
True. Very shocking.

[Gibson]

Originally posted by Kennyredline
Words like "Talledega", and "Willie Eugene Lewis" make me thinks Mr. fried two egg and sausage was his sister's father's kid..... :dunno:

I hope you realize that makes perfect sense :rofl: :rofl:

[Freeskier]

No way! It's super inbred and redneck to have a biological sister.