alt Hacker NewsHow does an electric shock throws someone across the room? What's the mechanism for this push?
I know a shock can paralyze (by contracting the muscles) and it can burn (by joule effect) but never seen one push
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userbinator • yesterday at 9:16 PM
"by contracting the muscles"
Typically it forces your leg muscles to contract as the current flows to ground and you literally kick yourself into the air.
Exact same thing happened to me as a child. I do not remember the event, but I do remember waking up on the other side of the room.