The American Roy Sullivan lightning strikes seven times, and he survived

Lightning can strike twice in the same place? Involuntary denial of this formula was American Roy Sullivan, in which lightning strikes are not twice, but seven times.

Roy worked for many years forester-ranger in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, and colleagues Sullivan called "man-lightning rod».

The first digit overtook Roy back in 1942, when he was on the Fire Tower: lightning hit in the leg, while tearing thumb nail - according to the forester, it was the most painful event.

The second meeting took place only in 1969 during a trip on a mountain road - lightning hit a tree and ricocheted flew into the open window of the car. Sullivan lost consciousness and awoke, he found that he was no eyebrows, eyelashes, and a large number of hair on his head.

A year later, while in the courtyard of his home, Roy saw a flash and then felt a sharp pain - the third blow fell on his left shoulder, which was reflected from the transformer charge.

The fourth "date" was held near the building of forest: then again burned almost all his hair, and then tired of the "electric surprises" American began everywhere to carry a container with water.

It helped, but only partly. Once entrusted to him patrolling the reserve, Roy noticed that a storm cloud is going and soon went away, but the storm seemed to pursue him. When we had gone a good distance, the forester decided was that broke, but then a strong electric shock threw him out of the car, tore down shoes, and "good tradition", set fire to hair. Roy was able to crawl to the car and put out the smoldering hair prudently stored up water.

Sixth visit of lightning struck three years later, in 1976: this time the uninvited guest had left Roy a serious ankle injury.

The seventh and last time happened to him while fishing - digit hit in the head and "walked" on the chest and abdomen, then the forester was hospitalized with burns.

Roy Sullivan was in the "Guinness Book of Records" as a man who survived after seven lightning strikes. Unfortunately, passion done to him what could not get electricity: Roy committed suicide in 1983, shot in the stomach because of unrequited love.

via factroom.ru