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###§$%;~,.     $~#    SUCKING TRANSFORMER    $~#    .,~;%$§###
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###§$%;~,. A TYPE  OF  TRANSFORMER  (AN  ELECTRICAL .,~;%$§###
@$$;;~....  COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY   ....~;;$$@
###@§$%;~,  LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY  ,~;%$§@###
##@§$%;~,. BETWEEN  THE  RAILS   AND  THE  OVERHEAD .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,.               POWERLINES.                .,~;%$§@##
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§$$;,,,... ~VERY  BIG~.  INSTEAD,  NOT AS MANY  ARE ...,,,;$$§
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##@§$%;~,.   ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE  .,~;%$§@##
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##@§$%;~,.    SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SYMBOLS AND     .,~;%$§@##
§$%%%;,... MACHINES,  SO   ALSO   WITH   THE   THIS ...,;%%%$§
@@§%~..... TRANSFORMER.  WHAT WE  KNOW IS  WHAT  WE .....~%§@@
##@§$%;~,.               CAN OBSERVE.               .,~;%$§@##
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§§%;~,.... A  SUCKING TRANSFORMER IS  SURROUNDED BY ....,~;%§§
##@§$%;~,. TWO  SIGNS,  BOTH  AROUND   TWENTY  FOUR .,~;%$§@##
§§§$%%;~,. METERS  TO EACH  SIDE OF  IT. TRANINS DO .,~;%%$§§§
##@§$%;~,. NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING  ANY .,~;%$§@##
##@§$%;~,. CIRCUMSTANCES  -   IF   THE   CHOICE  IS .,~;%$§@##
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§§§§$%;~,. WATER  AVOIDS THEM. IN  LIGHT  RAIN, THE .,~;%$§§§§
##@§$%;~,. GROUND  CLOSEST  TO A TRANSFORMER  STAYS .,~;%$§@##
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@@@§$%;~,.    STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR.   .,~;%$§@@@
###@$%;~,. GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT  .,~;%$@###
#@@§$%;~,. PLACED NEAR TO  LARGER BODIES  OF WATER. .,~;%$§@@#
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##@§$%;~,.    IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES.    .,~;%$§@##
#§§%%%;~,.     SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO    .,~;%%%§§#
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