Thursday, June 21, 2012

Woman hallucinating on skunk climbs electricity pylon thinking it was a bridge

This is the terrifying moment a young woman high on drugs tried to climb an electricity pylon after hallucinating that it was a bridge. The 21-year-old had spent four hours smoking super-strength skunk cannabis before attempting to scale the 40ft pylon.



Horrified locals raised the alarm after spotting the woman, from Zlin, Czech Republic, apparently trying to cross a river. The blonde woman was seen clinging to the cables of the electrical column wearing only a tiny pair of denim hotpants and a t-shirt.

Police spokesman Jan Macalikova said: "It was a nightmare because she was very much under the influence of drugs and wasn't making much sense. "She was convinced, though, that the pylon was a bridge across the Morava river."



Drugs counsellors and police eventually persuaded her to come down after two hours on the pylon. Ms Macalikova added: "She received treatment at hospital for her drugs consumption but was otherwise unhurt. She's lucky she didn't get a new high - high voltage.”