its a white sheath kinda like romex but its about around like its hard insulation kinda the strands are not insulated except for the outer insulation and there are 18 strands one end is not connected and the other is in the ground i touched the end not electric i know dont have to tell me it was stupid so dont knock me for that just anser my questions please. its by a power pole but there is no wires going up the pole. who do i call? i was thinking about cutting it but then that im sure is illegal and i dont do that. um any ideas what it is and who i call? if i stand there and wait for them to come how likely is it that they would give me the wire if i asked? im sorry im i dont know how big each wire is its its kinda small. the wire has been chewed up maybe a snowplow uncovered it? if i stand out there and wait for them will they think i did it if i tell them im a scrapper and pick up things on the road? i really did just think someone threw wire out people dump all kinds of things along the road that i pick up. i was going to call nipsco but i was not sure if thats there area or not.