A Wisconsin couple died after attempting a viral crafting technique called fractal wood ... burning — a technique in which high-voltage electricity is used to burn lightning or tree-like ...

The technique consists of burning lightning-shaped patterns into wood using high-voltage electricity after the wood has been soaked in a chemical solution. At least 33 people have died as a ...

Sechrist was known to have been utilizing the wood-burning technique that involves electrical current Sunday evening, he said. Fractal burning creates natural-looking patterns by applying ...