Why do electrocuted people get “glued” to the electrocuting object?

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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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As someone who has had the experience. 360V @60A in my right arm and out my left. I tried to let go. I couldn’t. My hands and arms were beyond my control. The electricity overrided my brain. I don’t know how long I was held there. I remember thinking “well this is it. I won’t see my kids grow up, my wife will be husband less, and they are just going to find me laying behind this damn heat pump. Then it stopped. I could move again. The taste of copper leaving my mouth. It was most likely just there for a second or two. But when you loose all control over all the mussels in your body. You can’t let go. Electricity can kill you and let me tell you. It will hurt the entire time it is happening.

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