Check your gates

[IdahoNancy]

My husband says to prevent this from happening again you may consider grounding the gates. Put a ground rod in the dirt near the hinge and attach a ground wire to the gait. He says to be really safe do both gates. You can use one ground rod run an insulated wire under ground to connect the second gate. Then you can never become the conductor. Keep in mind this will shut your system down by grounding it out if the gate becomes live. They do this with electric panels and the doors on them in the industry.
Thanks to your story I will be doing my this spring.