Vietnam's Electric Man electrocuted - "Hung Electric"

AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/11/06 | Antonio Castaneda - ap

[NormsRevenge]

HANOI (Reuters) - A Vietnamese man who once appeared on national television to demonstrate his ability to resist electric shocks has been electrocuted while repairing a generator, an official said on Tuesday.

Nguyen Van Hung, aged in his early 40s, was killed in Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border while repairing the generator without first cutting the power supply, a local official said.

"When alive, he used to demonstrate at our office how he would insert two fingers into the electrical plughole without problems," the official said.

Hung, nicknamed "Hung Electric," had appeared on television's "Strange Stories of Vietnam."

[jdm]

A crispy critter, no doubt.

[Peace Is Coming]

That is SHOCKING news.

[Thinkin' Gal]

"When alive, he used to demonstrate at our office how he would insert two fingers into the electrical plughole without problems," the official said.

What did he call this technique... IBTZ?

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

I feel for the poor man electricuting himself, but anyone who has lived such that he has achieved the name 'Hung Electric' has had a full life.

[ansel12]

Hung Electric"



I was a well expert at one time the called me "Hung

[Rennes Templar]

Like Steve Irwin, he thought he was invulnerable.

[Paleo Conservative]

[Free ThinkerNY]

The English version of Nguyen is Well.

[martin_fierro]

Nguyen Van Hung, aged in his early 40s, was killed in Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border while repairing the generator without first cutting the power supply

He Bang.

[ConservativeStatement]

The headline sparked my interest.

[metmom]

I guess it goes to show that you shouldn't assume anything.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

... insert two fingers into the electrical plughole...

...hmmm?

[perfect stranger]

was killed in Tay Ninh province near the Cambodian border while repairing the generator without first cutting the power supply.

How do you compare that to what happened to Steve Erwin?

[kingu]

Good thing you filed this right in news/current events.

[Free ThinkerNY]

"When alive, he used to demonstrate at our office how he would insert two fingers into the electrical plughole without problems," the official said.

If he did stuff like that when alive, what will he do when dead?

[Triggerhippie]

He stuned his own beeber.

[Fiddlstix]

Ping

[Berlin_Freeper]

- "When alive, he used to demonstrate at our office how he would insert two fingers into the electrical plughole without problems," the official said.

That's no big deal. The current was alternating between the two fingers and in a place like Vietnam the power must be weak. But once he started messing around with a generator, he made the mistake of being grounded and got a serious shock through his whole body.

[Thinkin' Gal]

If he did stuff like that when alive, what will he do when dead?

With a name like Hung, generate gallows humor I suppose.