2 dogs dead after being electrocuted in Northwest DC

Fox 5 Washington DC ^ | January 7, 2025 | Sylvia Mphofe

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The owners were walking their dogs when out of nowhere the dogs were electrocuted and died. They were walking the dogs on the sidewalk in a nice city neighborhood.

This is horrible story. The dogs were on the sidewalk with no exposed wiring visible.

Seriously, this really bothers me. It makes no sense. If it were hoodlums who were killed it wouldn't bother me, but dogs hit close to home. Heartbreaking. So sorry the owners. Imagine walking your dog normally and out of nowhere then are dead.

[PGR88]

How were the owners walking the dogs not electrocuted?

[Vermont Lt]

Electrocuted means dead.

Shocked is when they live.

[Jamestown1630]

How do you suppose it happened? The report doesn’t include any information.

[ViLaLuz]

The people’s boots insulated them from the electrical current?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Good question. One man came to the rescue of the dogs and on camera he said he felt electricity when he tried to aid the dogs. There were no wires or metal objects around.

My guess is melted snow mixed with salt seeped beneath the sidewalk into some buried wiring. Salt and water mixed is an excellent conductor of electricity, almost like copper or silver.

[AAABEST]

No.

You - and/or a dog - can get electrocuted and not die.

[ClearCase_guy]

The story so far —

2 dogs dead after being electrocuted
Two dogs are deceased after being electrocuted
a report of two dogs being electrocuted
it was reported that a dog was shocked to death on a sidewalk.

[Jamestown1630]

Yes. Electrocution also refers to injury from electric shock.

[Robert DeLong]

When I lived in Northern Va., there were a group of military servicemen who were erecting a flagpole at a neighborhood athletic field, when the crane accidently hit the high wires, and electrocuted like 7 or 8 instantly. That too was extremely sad.

[Allegra]

Aww, man. That’s heartbreaking. I feel for those dogs’ human family members. 😢

[heavy metal]

kinda redefines hot dog stand...

[TurkeyLurkey]

Yes—electrocute means to execute or kill by electricity.

[Robert DeLong]

D..C. had 4 inches of snow, so the wire was undoubtably covered up by the snow.

[Jamestown1630]

That sounds likely, given no reports of anyone nearby doing anything against the dogs.

[Robert DeLong]

The very first sentence makes that quite clear:

Two dogs are deceased after being electrocuted

[Jamestown1630]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electrocute

[frank ballenger]

A lot more info. here.... “not an exposed wire”

https://wjla.com/news/local/dog-dies-after-being-electrocuted-by-apartment-complex-fence-in-dc

[frank ballenger]

SORRY SORRY

Among the new ones this one was 2016.

[frank ballenger]

SORRY my post below was from 2016 story of another dog.