Wysock designed coils for the Earthquake Ride at Universal Studios Tours in both Hollywood and Florida and has done electric special effects for many movies. A television documentary I watched some years ago featured a fascinating experiment involving newly hatched chicks. When the shadow of a hawk was passed over the chicks, they ran for cover. When the shadow of a dove was used, they did not. Over nearly thirty years, I have demonstrated painting with high voltage electricity for thousands of people.
Antediluvian lightning is alive and well, and striking deep in the dark forest of the human psyche.
Some people simply leave the room as soon as I fire up the coil. Most however, while repelled by both the danger and the ear shattering sound, are simultaneously drawn in by the near sinister beauty of the arc display. Painting with high voltage electricity can be unforgiving. Then over the years, each time my working coils were improved, that is, made larger, the dreams returned. An arc jumped to his finger, sending him reeling into the wall.