I have seen lots of electrocution videos where the victims get “glued” to the very object that killed them, like electricity poles, to the point that they stay in the air and not fall on the ground. How/Why?
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This is more likely with DC power than AC. DC scares me; it will make your muscles contract, causing you to grab on tight to the source of the danger, but not knock you out, so you actually feel your skin roasting.
In older telecom facilities, there was safety gear located every X number of feet. One of the items in each kit was an old-style wooden cane. In the event that a person came into contact with electricity or there was a conductor in a hazardous position, the cane could be used to move the person or conductor to a less-dangerous position.
AC power is more likely to cause either something akin to paralysis, or a muscle convulsion (aka me when I accidentally laid my hand on an exposed 240v circuit and ended up landing about six feet away)
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