I was wading the Tridelphia Res. up in Maryland and my legs
started to tingle, so I started walking back towards bank and it got worse.
Then I finally almost stepped on an unmarked, unburied electrical
cable..ouch. Glad I saw it before I stepped on it.

I think the wet ground you were standing on was what was conducting the
current, not the water.

Ronnie

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