Canadian Goose to Blame for Power Outage at Paul Ryan event in Mosinee

MOSINEE, Wis. (AP/WSAW) -- The power went out at a Ron Johnson, Paul Ryan event earlier on Friday due to a large Canadian Goose that flew into a transformer.

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The power has gone out inside a central Wisconsin manufacturing facility 45 minutes before House Speaker Paul Ryan was to campaign with Republican Sen. Ron Johnson.

Ryan and Johnson were to hold a rally Friday on the floor of Crystal Finishing Systems in Mosinee, about 130 miles north of Madison. About 45 minutes before the rally was to start, as the campaign was playing music over a loudspeaker system, the lights flickered but remained on.

About five minutes later the large manufacturing floor went completely dark. Johnson's campaign bus is parked inside the facility to be used as a backdrop for the event. This was to be the first stop Ryan was making on the bus tour that goes up to Election Day.