Not for the faint-hearted, this one.
As was evidenced during the stormy weather a few months back, the first instinct of a lot of Irish people to a storm is to cuddle up close to a loved one and watch it with their hands over their eyes from the relative safety of behind a window.
Judging by the video above, that might actually be the best practise to observe as a guy filming a storm on his iPhone at Lake Cuyamaca in Southern California earlier this week captured the moment when he was actually struck by a bolt of lightning.
The bolt knocked him to the ground but his iPhone continued to record what was happening as passers-by immediately rushed to his aid.
Thankfully, he survived the incident and commented on Twitter that he was “feeling lucky” afterwards, although it will probably be a few days before his hair returns to his normal state and things stop sticking to him.
Hat-tip: Buzzfeed
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