Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A utility crew investigating a power outage in Kentucky discovered the cause -- a large snake curled up in a transformer. The Meade County Rural Electric crew went searching for the cause of a Brandenburg power outage Thursday and found the snake had come into contact with equipment. Advertisement The company shared photos of the barbecued serpent on Facebook. Power was restored to the affected customers by Friday. Read More Loose python captured near Florida city's downtown Man finds baby cobra coiled inside shoe Kingsnake swallows 10 inches of its own tail in Pennsylvania