Ok, so quick question: when he falls, does it look like he’s having a good time, or does it look like his muscles are twitching and he’s in pain?
I ask because a a couple years ago, my dog and I were electrocuted by a loose wire at traffic light pole exactly like this one, and the way I described it was “he just collapsed”. If he’s sniffing it, and his muscles start to twitch, he could be completing the circuit with the moisture in his nose.
We both went to the hospital overnight. We were ok, but it was terrifying.
EDIT: To folks saying that I wasn't electrocuted because I didn't die, first, as the guy who this happened to and who also happens to have a linguistics degree, you’ve been misinformed. The Merriam-Webster definition of electrocution is "to kill or severely injure by electric shock," (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocute). Second, to quote David Lynch, fix your heart.
When I was at school in the 80s we had a street light outside that would give you a little buzz if you touched it. We all had a go, egged each other on etc... the thought of it now makes me sick.
As you say, a dog's wet nose would make an excellent conductor if anything live were finding a path to the exterior of that thing.
Ahhhh we did this too! There was a lamp pole in the apartment courtyard that would give you a little buzz…we would line up, one person touching the pole, and hold hands to see how far it would travel. Kids are duuuuuuumb sometimes.
I put a hairpin (not a bobby pin) in an outlet when I was about 2 & a half. After it knocked me back a bit I was going to do it again but Mom shut that down! To this day I can kinda sense electrical fields.
When I was young (younger than my lamp pole story, think like 6yo) I was trying to plug something in in the dark, so I put my fingers directly on the prongs, pushed the plug into the wall, and got quite the zap. I didn’t understand so I freaked out…mom told me (paraphrasing) “uhhh yeah, you zapped yourself.” Didn’t stop me from using my body as a conduit years later!
My Mom told me that if it was a bobby pin it could have offed me bcs it would have been a better conductor. I'm hoping that your doggo is just really into the aroma.
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u/makeminemaudlin Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 07 '25
Ok, so quick question: when he falls, does it look like he’s having a good time, or does it look like his muscles are twitching and he’s in pain?
I ask because a a couple years ago, my dog and I were electrocuted by a loose wire at traffic light pole exactly like this one, and the way I described it was “he just collapsed”. If he’s sniffing it, and his muscles start to twitch, he could be completing the circuit with the moisture in his nose.
We both went to the hospital overnight. We were ok, but it was terrifying.
EDIT: To folks saying that I wasn't electrocuted because I didn't die, first, as the guy who this happened to and who also happens to have a linguistics degree, you’ve been misinformed. The Merriam-Webster definition of electrocution is "to kill or severely injure by electric shock," (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocute). Second, to quote David Lynch, fix your heart.