When we were kids we would hold hands and then the guy in front would touch the electrical fence with a stick, we would all get the shock, but the guy in back would always get the worst of it.
Which made us think that the shock was amplified by going through more bodies. Not diffused.
I don't know if the doc is an idiot, but I think he's definitely making more speculation than statement of fact. Is there any well-documented research on the effects of lightning strikes on people, and what factors play into their survival or demise? There was a Darwin Award once for a gruesome incident involving a copulating couple on a promontory getting struck by lightning. It knocked the man unconscious and killed the girl. When he woke up, not only were they - er - fused together, but wildlife had begun feasting on his dead partner, including a bear at one point. I didn't finish the whole entry, because it got even worse from there.
I was hit by lightning. It hurt like hell and came this close to killing me. It just slammed into me and I've never felt pain like that. I yelled out long and hard and I think that's what might have saved me. I don't know. I've talked to people about it, experts and scientists, asking why I didn't die, but got no answers just speculation. I like to think it actually did make me stronger. And it surely does make for a good story. A true story.
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Lightning kills you by interrupting your heart. A big electric shock will do that.
That these two survived is likely because they were not hit by the main bolt -- or that the path did not go near enough to their hearts.
The doctor is grasping at straws and sounds like an idiot to me.
When we were kids we would hold hands and then the guy in front would touch the electrical fence with a stick, we would all get the shock, but the guy in back would always get the worst of it.
Which made us think that the shock was amplified by going through more bodies. Not diffused.
First Cupid with the arrow and now Zeus with the thunderbolt.
I shudder to think what might be next.
I don't know if the doc is an idiot, but I think he's definitely making more speculation than statement of fact. Is there any well-documented research on the effects of lightning strikes on people, and what factors play into their survival or demise? There was a Darwin Award once for a gruesome incident involving a copulating couple on a promontory getting struck by lightning. It knocked the man unconscious and killed the girl. When he woke up, not only were they - er - fused together, but wildlife had begun feasting on his dead partner, including a bear at one point. I didn't finish the whole entry, because it got even worse from there.
Wow! Was it good for you babe?
Lou Christy sang about this in the sixties.
"Lighting striking again..."
Girl's got lightning underneath her skirt...
Most likely, lightning struck quite near them causing a concussion, knocking them to the ground. The doctor's explanation makes no sense, whatsoever.
Chinese shoes. Good Italian shoes would have prevented the whole affair.
This might be the only time ever where the usual misspelling of "defuse" instead of "diffuse" might have been appropriate.
I was hit by lightning. It hurt like hell and came this close to killing me. It just slammed into me and I've never felt pain like that. I yelled out long and hard and I think that's what might have saved me. I don't know. I've talked to people about it, experts and scientists, asking why I didn't die, but got no answers just speculation. I like to think it actually did make me stronger. And it surely does make for a good story. A true story.
I was hit by lightning.
I would have immediately bought a lottery ticket!!
I got hit by lightning once, and now I can make spoons spin in the air just by moving my fingers.
Travolta played me in a movie...
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