Please Use Caution When Electrocuting Moles

We haven't had a silly death thread in a while:

Bid to electrocute moles fatally backfires

A German retiree who wired up a high-voltage cable to try to wipe out the moles digging up his garden has killed himself instead.

The 63-year-old retired construction foreman was found dead in the garden of his weekend house in Zingst next to a 380 volt cable and metal spikes rammed into the ground, police spokesman Uwe Werner said.

"The moles survived," Werner said, noting the voltage was enough to run a cement mixer or heavy-duty power saw.

"It was in any event an unorthodox method to try to get rid of moles."

I read about that a couple of days ago - apparently the police had to cut down the main electricity in the garage of the house to savely get to the corpse...

Construction foreman? He sounds like a run-of-the-mill mad scientist to me.

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I’m at loss as to why anyone would do this. :dizzy2:

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I’m at loss as to why anyone would do this.

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Obviously a man who took his lawn seriously.

How WOULD you get rid of moles then?

I reckon I would dig a big hole, and put a metal dustbin in it. Then I would put a huge speaker in the dustbin, and wire it up to a mega amp and CD player. Then I'd slam a Ragnarok album on and crank the system up to 11.

The only drawback with this is if it doesn't work, you might have a lawn full of moles who are into Norwegian Black Metal. Then they would come into your house and electrocute YOU.

have you sent it to the darwin awards

We had moles when we first moved into our house and they were very frustrating, wrecking up the lawn allover the place. I spoke with a guy at a garden store and he recommended killing their food supply and they will leave. I used some grub killer and a week later the moles were gone. I will admit it is not nearly as interesting as electrocuting the little varmints but I didn’t have to take a dirt nap.

My neighbors are probably wondering why they have moles now and I don’t ~D

The topic reminds me of Caddyshack and the gopher :laugh4:

http://movies.infinitecoolness.com/23/caddyshack12.jpg

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"It was in any event an unorthodox method to try to get rid of moles."

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This chap should move to Britain, he's got the understatement down pat.