The Shocking Electric Fence

I was walking along a road in this tiny town in Ireland with a new friend, Tracy. After having spent the last 20 minutes walking we decided to take a small break and took a seat on the stone wall nearby that separated the road from a nearby empty field. Tracy was about to jump over the short stone wall so she could sit in the green grass when she noticed the electric fence. She asked if I thought it was a real electric fence and I just shrugged my shoulders assuming it was...I mean who would put up a pretend electric fence?

She then pointed out that the field was empty and who put up an electric fence for an empty field. Now she had peeked my curiosity.... why would someone use a real electric fence for an empty field. I leaned over the wall a little bit, fully intended to just barely touch the fence. But then I chickened out. What if it was a really strong electric shock..that would be an interesting phone call to my mom.

"Uh, Mrs. Yahn? Well, Rosie touched an electric fence and well the shock was so strong that her heart stopped."

And then my mom will just sigh loudly while shaking her head, "Yup, that sounds like something she would do..."

But Tracy kept egging me on promising me that the fence was fake, just some wire to spook people from going on the field. And that was all I needed to know...

So I leaned over again, biting my lower lip in anticipation as I lowered my index finger to the wire, and my eyes shut so tightly.

My finger made contact with the wire and there was a very loud *POP* while everything went black for a brief second and the words 'Oh shit' going through my mind. I opened one eye slowly and saw Tracy's concerned face holding back a huge smile. When I nodded that I was ok she began laughing hysterically and I couldn't help but do the same. I wriggled my index finger and noticed that my elbow was hurting...that was weird.