[SteveR]

Originally Posted by //<86TA>\\

though the story is most likely bs, electric fences work kind of like a capacitor, when you touch it you get creamed with a very very high voltage spike, usually once and are jolted off if it, ive managed to do this a couple times to my self, it hurts real bad, especially if you happen to be standing in water/mud....

Yea, I made that mistake, once. When I was younger I was out in Colorado and came upon a large fence. I didnt know it was electrified until I grabbed it to climb over it. After you fall down in the snow writhing in agony and your arm is flopping around like a beheaded chicken, you kinda giggle to yourself, just a little