While we were standing on the sidewalk gawking, we were actually watching it get bigger. And drop these big pieces of carbonized casing to the ground as it ate its way up the wire. I kept thinking, "good damn thing this happened outside!", but that wouldn't have mattered long if the wind were blowing the right way or...

The whole thing was just freaky. Knowing as you're standing there what could happen if you just allowed it to do its thing. Me and the first passerby were both, "um... yeah. Probably should do something."