Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Man Electrocuted In Effort To
Take Perfect Sunset Photo

Holy crap! That's not ... wait a minute ... nope, still breathing. (Ever see a headline & have to stop to make sure it wasn't you?)

These were taken w/ both feet firmly planted on the ground.
In a supermarket parking lot. Not unrisky, but not tree-climbingly risky.

Our Digital Age

He managed to upload the picture on Facebook before he came in contact with an energized power line and was electrocuted, according to CBS Los Angeles.

Strohm's parents had been looking for their son for hours and later found his body slumped over in the tree on Sunday around 8:40 a.m. They were able to find him because they spotted his cell phone on the ground, reported the O.C. Register.

2 comments:

BadTux said...

Hopefully he has not yet reproduced. Sounds like a perfect Darwin Awards candidate.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Ever see a headline & have to stop to make sure it wasn't you?

They are nice pictures.

Anyone think we're going out that door any easier?
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