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1. Mark
   March 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm

   Reminds me of the Tonto music video by Battles:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLAN29W-4w&feature=related

2. Christophe
   March 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 pm

   wasn’t there a story of a farmer stealing electricity with a coil or something? or maybe it was just another urban, err… country legend.

3. emptyminded
   March 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 am

   I bet Tesla is smiling.

4. Sid Morrison
   March 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 am

   @Christophe -
   No, I think it’s real — you can steal electricity in such a manner by inductively tapping the lines. Even though there is no visible (hardwired) connection, you are still bleeding energy from the transmission lines. Hence, the power companies do not like it and will prosecute you.

5. Paul
   March 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am

   So the lights are not actually plugged into anything. The electric field is making them light up.

6. L
   March 3rd, 2008 at 1:49 pm

   There’s a new housing development being built not far from here, right underneath the overhead lines. I wonder how many potential home-buyers would reconsider after seeing this?

7. Video Game Dork
   March 3rd, 2008 at 4:35 pm

   @Sid
   Is it bleeding power from their lines? I mean, does this actually cause more power to come out of their lines? or is it just utilizing an emenation that’s already present?

   @Christophe
   I think the common term for that is ‘Rural Legend’ or ‘Rural Myth’

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