A fish triggered a New Jersey power interruption, however a bird is most likely to blame

Workers at Jersey Central Power and Light Company were amazed to discover a fish on a transformer. getty

A power interruption that cut electrical energy to a New Jersey neighborhood a week back was because of a not likely perpetrator — a fish that was obviously come by a bird and arrived at a transformer, authorities said.

Sayreville authorities said Jersey Central Power and Light Company employees dealing with the Aug. 12 interruption that cut power to a big location of Lower Sayreville discovered a fish on the transformer in the New Jersey neighborhood southwest of New York’s Staten Island.

“We are guessing a bird dropped it as it flew over,” authorities said on their Facebook page. In a later post, they had a little enjoyable, asking readers to keep in mind the fish as “the victim in this senseless death,” calling him “Gilligan” and calling him “a hard working family man” and “a father to thousands.”

The suspect, they said, “was last seen flying south” — and readers were prompted not to attempt to capture him due to the fact that “although he isn’t believed to be armed he may still be very dangerous.”

Jersey Central Power and Light Company representative Chris Hoenig said animals — normally squirrels — are a typical reason for power blackouts however “fish are not on the list of frequent offenders.” He said an osprey was most likely to blame for the interruption that impacted about 2,100 Sayreville clients for less than 2 hours.

Hoenig said the Sayreville location has a big existence of ospreys, which were on the state’s threatened types list up until less than a years back. The business has a really active osprey and raptor security program that consists of studies and tracking of nests and transferring nests that are on their equipment or too near to power lines, he said.

Hoenig informed CNN the business values the persistence of clients throughout the interruption — however likewise has compassion for the believed bird that lost its lunch.

“If you’ve ever dropped your ice cream cone at the fair, you know the feeling,” he said.