yeah
like a wound up watch or a stretched elastic band, the guy has the potential to release a lot of energy by falling. But this is a bit dodgy in my opinion, because some (most? all?) of that potential is not in the man, it is in the earth's gravitational pull.
Posted By: Dave in France on September 3rd 2014 at 15:30:17
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