Please Use Caution When Electrocuting Moles

[Lemur]

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."

[Ser Clegane]

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...

[Kralizec]

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

[Dâriûsh]

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

[English assassin]

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

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.

[ZombieFriedNuts]

have you sent it to the darwin awards

[yesdachi]

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

The topic reminds me of Caddyshack and the gopher

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

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

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