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08-08-2005, 10:11 AM
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Killer Weed!
Man falls on electric fence around marijuana, dies
Officials confirmed Friday that a Fairview man died after falling on a high-powered electric fence that surrounded a large marijuana garden he had been cultivating. Fairview Police Chief Granver Tolliver and Collin County Medical Examiner Dr. William Rohr said Paul Tanner III, 23, died at his home in the 1300 block of Red Oak Trail sometime Monday morning. His body was discovered by his wife, whose name was not released by Fairview police. Tanner had gone outside while his wife was still in the house. When he failed to return after a couple of hours, she went looking for him and found him about 200 feet from the house, sitting motionless against the electric fence, Tolliver said. The electric fence surrounding the garden was connected to a 20 AMP breaker, Tolliver said. "This wasn't a normal electric fence - like a low-impeding type fence that reduces the amount of electricity that goes through it - like a farmer would use," Tolliver said. "He had run electricity straight from the house into the fence." Tolliver said they are not exactly sure how Tanner fell on the fence. "We don't know if he lost his balance or fell asleep, but it appears he fell backwards into the fence and could not get off the fence," Tolliver said. "It was like his weight was resting inverted on the back of the fence." Tanner's wife called her father-in-law and told him her husband was not breathing and she couldn't get him to wake up. Her father-in-law called 911 and reported the incident to Fairview police, Tolliver said. Tanner's wife attempted to pull him away from the fence and received a small shock, but was not seriously injured. She attempted to give Tanner CPR before Fairview public safety officials arrived. The paramedics found Tanner had no pulse and concluded he had died 30 minutes or more before they arrived, Tolliver said. Rohr said the autopsy showed that Tanner died at 7:38 a.m. Monday from electrocution. He said test results will show whether he had narcotics in his system at the time of his death. Tolliver said it is thought that Tanner had methadone in his system since he had gone to a clinic earlier that morning. Tolliver said the clinic gave him two methadone pills, but police found only one tablet in the house. Police found 55 marijuana plants ranging from three to six feet in height inside the electric fence in Tanner's backyard. The plants were in potting buckets. Tolliver said Tanner was on probation. The plants were seized by the Collin County Sheriff's Office's Narcotics Unit. Tanner's wife was not arrested. Tolliver said investigators think the plants belonged to, and were grown by, her husband. http://www.courier-gazette.com/artic...ews/news01.txt
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08-08-2005, 10:31 AM
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This will get some votes for the Darwin Award this year.
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08-08-2005, 11:50 PM
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Quote:
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08-09-2005, 06:53 AM
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Generally speaking 120 won't kill you. You have to get it in such a way as to screw up your heart.
I have been shocked by 120 volt in the house so many times I can't count them. And most of the time off of a 20 amp breaker too. The dude is still a dumba$$, but let's not jump to the conclusion he was looking for LETHAL protection. He probably wanted an electric fence and was too cheap to go to Tractor Supply Co. and buy a fence charger. Jabba
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08-09-2005, 11:31 PM
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Breaker size does not determine the degree of shock
Current through the heart is what kills you. Voltage is what pushes the current through you.
Less than 5 milli-amps through your heart will not generally harm you. 5 to 50 milli-amps will make your heart try to beat at 120 beats per second. This destroys the heart muscle. More than 50 milli-amps throught the heart will make the muscle clamp down solid and stop. If you are lucky, it will start again when you hit the floor. At some point the current going through you will heat up the tissue and burn you. This amount of current requires a great amount of voltage to push it. Generally speaking, 120 volts will not kill you outside of the bathtub. 240-600 volts may kill you or hurt affected muscles. They may even pull themselves from the bone when they contract violently. Primary voltages of 10,000 volts and up tend to cause terrible burns, especially along blood vessels and nerves. So much for electricity 101.
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08-10-2005, 06:56 AM
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See... what HE said!
 I remember my ol'man testing for hot wired in the house. He'd grab a ground between two fingers and then poke other bare wires with a 3rd finger. This kept the current just in his hand. I always thought he was NUTS. I hate getting shocked. Jabba
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08-10-2005, 07:54 AM
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I grew up around electric fences, we had miles of them around the pastures to keep the cattle where we wanted them. Got bit more times than I can count, still hate electricity. From my experience how you're grounded seems to make a difference in the jolt you get. I remember once a fencer malfunctioned and was sending juice right from the wall out through to the fence, three 1,200 lb. steers were killed before we caught it. After that I was more careful around those fences.
Who knows if this guy's intent was to kill intruders, or just save some bucks on buying a fence, either way his own negligence got him killed and all I can say is I'm glad it was him and not somebody else.
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Bet you are right M.T.
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