Man faces potential lawsuit after botched iguana hunt sparks power outageBy Hung Ting-hung / Staff reporterTaipower Co said it might seek financial compensation from a Kaohsiung man whose botched attempt to capture an iguana sparked a power outage and left the lizard bounty hunter covered in second-degree burns. The 22-year-old man, surnamed Chou (周), and another person were filmed attempting to capture an iguana near Kaohsiung’s Linyuan Industrial Park (林園工業區) on Saturday. The site where a man was electrocuted in Kaohsiung on Saturday attempting to catch an iguana is pictured. “These are large petrochemical plants at the industrial park, which have high power demands, requiring high-voltage electricity wires. The Kaohsiung Agriculture Bureau said that local governments have offered NT$250 to NT$300 per iguana captured to control the reptiles’ population.

Source: Taipei Times February 02, 2026 17:12 UTC