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Default Man sucked into Satellite Dish explodes and dies

On Dec 26, 4:10*pm, wrote:
December 25, 2007

It began as a happy Christmas on 21st Avenue, but ended in trajedy.
Robert Kellington loved his television, and had at least one set in
every room of the house, all connected to his satellite system. *On
Christmas eve he got a 60 inch big screen television as a gift. *Early
on Christmas morning he flipped on the kitchen tv, grabbed a bite to
eat and went to the bathroom for personal needs. *While in the
bathroom, he flipped on the bathroom tv set. *Both his son and
daughter were watching cartoons in their bedrooms, and his wife was
watching a church service on the 27 inch master bedroom television.
Kellington went to the basement to get some tools, and immediately
flipped on the basement tv, leaving it on as he came back upstairs and
went to the living toom to connect the cable to his new big screen
set. *He got the cable connected, and hit the power switch, just when
his neighbor, Matthew Foreman was running a snowblower on his
driveway, near the Kellington's satellite dish. *

The moment Robert Kellington his the power switch on his new big
screen tv, there was a power surge through the satellite dish, and his
neighbor, Matthew Foreman was sucked into the dish, along with his
snowblower. *Both him and the snowblower exploded as they smashed thru
the center of the satellite dish, and were expelled out the rear in
small pieces of flesh, bone, and metal, which were spread across an
area several city blocks wide. *

Police investigators later said there were 14 television sets turned
on at the same time in the Kellington's home, and the surge of that
big screen set created such a powerful burst of energy, it literally
sucked Foreman into the dish, causing his instantanious death. *They
went on to explain that the dish was sucking so much power it became
an electronic magnet of sorts and reacted similar to a vacuum cleaner.
The magnetic field grabbed the metal of the snowblower, pulling
Foreman along. *They estimated Foreman and the snowblower struck the
dish at a speed of over 60,000 miles per second, thus exploding them
instantly. *

Kellington is not being charged, since it was not intentional, but all
of his television equipment is being held for investigation.
Kellington refused to speak to reporters, except to say that he is so
very sorry for what happened. * Police investigators are considering
the possibility of suing the manufacturer of both the satellite
equipment, and the big screen television, but not until further
analysis and research is done to determine the cause of the incident.

Gary Hernandez - Reporter
WEED Tv Inc.
Ontario


Totally implausible story. As everyone knows, all TV stations in
Ontario start with a "C" as in "CFTO". A "W" would be in US, east of
the Mississippi. Duh.

Don't bother to call Myth Busters.