Exactly that happened twice in my career. Once 3 thieves broke into the power station at night and started cutting cables. Two of them dragged their gravely injured friend off the property and called the fire department. Not sure exactly if he lived but if he did, he didn't have much of a future.

Another instance a man went to one of our shut down stations and was cutting overhead cable. Unknown to him we still used the transformers and transmission systems. That did not end well. They found his body a few days later.

Stealing copper wire can be a hazardous occupation. smirk

Jim
Formerly from somewhere on a beach in Belize