Grazed by Lightning

Lightning struck about 60 feet from where I was.
I was outside filming when it struck I felt the intense heat and tingling sensation all over my body. Scariest thing I ever felt.. Even my speech was slurred for about 2 hours.

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• lightning
• strike
• hit
• scary
• near
• death
• experience

[Ecw4Lyfe]

holy mother of fuck dude did you have to go to the hospital after that? i sure hope so

[elgagnon]

@Ecw4Lyfe

Now but I should've gone. My face and jaw was paralyzed down to the neck. And I stuttered for about 3 hours and suffered from a moderate to big stress shock.

[supercellstorm]

Omaigotttt menuda descarga eléctrica! ese rayo sale de un cumulonimbus alejado que no esta encima de tu zona y como es posible que a la segunda vaya directamente sobre usted y le haga gritar de tal manera que da hasta miedo,una vez mientras filmaba una tormenta de madrugada descargo un rayo muy cerca de mi y también grite y se me puso el vello del cuerpo de punta!! una sensación magnifica es jejeje.

Saludos.

[elgagnon]

Hola senor supercellstorm. muy habla espanol un poquito. Tu habla mas rapido..

I was very scary for me.. I got a recurring nightmares that lasted almost 4 months, but I'm good now.

Adios.

[hollaatroy]

Tell me if I'm getting warm....You're white. Male. Live in the country. Own a pickup. Borrowed the camcorder from Jeb. And some of the effects of the strike have not yet warn off.

[elgagnon]

close but no cigar.. white male. Canadian. Bachelor's degree in Science Geography. I even took some courses in Meteorology (I should've known better). I was not a camcorder, it was my own digital photo camera in video mode.

[wowme110]

lol that is the lamest sounding woohoo I have ever heard. You can tell you feel a bit "tingly" from it.

[bagpopuk]

Sounds more like he was having all the nose hair pulled out of both nostrils!

This made me wee, lmfao

[bigVTguy91]

I'm suprised you weren't killed. I almost got hit by lighting on Memorial Day 2011. A huge bolt had hit a power pole across the street from my house. There was no rain and no storm on radar. I remember going on my driveway and then it happened. I passed out when I ran from after it happened. For 4 days my hairs were standing up on end and I was weak in the knees.

[ExtendedSpace]

an explenation of why you shuldnt be outside unprotected when an lightningstorm is abow you :)

sorry my spelling.

nice vid :D and your are an lucky guy ^^

[doodlestroodle]

Your camera picks up an emf pulse just before the strike - you can hear the "pop" on the sound track. This might be (but don't quote me on this) the streamer going up to meet the step leader.

[Ecw4Lyfe]

@elgagnon damn man that really sucks

[plateshutoverlock]

That would turn me into a little school girl so quick

[mike48176]

whow...well hopefully you wont be standing next to any trees in thunderstorms from now on right?

[JosYTDLCJ607]

A este le ha pasado lo típico: Está acostumbrado a ver rayos de lejos, y no sabía lo que es un rayo de cerca.

[Cloverkitty]

I'VE FOUND TURKEYMAN AT LAST!