BG&E received a call from a customer saying: 'My power is out. When you come to fix it be sure to bring a truck with a tall enough bucket to remove the deer.'
The customer service rep prudently trying to gather information to help diagnose the problem asked, 'What deer?'
The customer replied, 'There is a deer on top of one of the electric poles on Wilkes Rd about a mile west of Perimeter Rd. '
The customer service rep tried desperately to pull herself together and not laugh in front of the customer and replied, 'We'll dispatch someone right away to investigate the power outage. Thank you for the call.'
Upon completion of the call, the customer service rep proceeded to share the funny story with her co-workers in the office and they all had a good laugh.
Well, lo and behold, the serviceman who repaired the problem stopped by the customer service office the following day with these pictures.
Sure enough, the deer had been hit by a train & landed on top of a distribution feeder pole! Unbelievable!!!!!
5 comments:
Holy fried venision Batman...how fast does a train haft'a move to toss/bounce 200lb that high?
I am going to call BS on this one.
The wires and poles shown in the pictures are not part of any electric utility distribution system.
The wires and poles are part of the railroads communication system.
Sand Box John
this actually happened in Canada.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/poledeer.asp
Yes, total BS story. BG&E doesn't maintain TRAIN utilities; even an idiot knows that.
I didn't think it happened in Maryland. Never seen that species around here. Look how short and stumpy those rear legs are.
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