near life experience???

[andy704]

I don't know if this would be considered one but I feel like I almost died.
I was outside at night trying to see if I could catch this ( Human Space Flight (HSF) - Realtime Data ). So I was outside at 9:06 PM and there was a thunder/lightning storm. I wasn't raining, just thunder and a little bit of lightning.

Well, I decided to walk out to the middle of the road to get a better view all around me. In the process of walking across the driveway, I had a flashback of a n episode on the Discovery Channel of a man being struck by lightning within a few minutes of walking out his front door. I started wondering, "Would a person really attract lightning towards themselves by walking out to the middle of a wide empty area"?

Well, I just shrugged it off, because I really wanted to see if I would be able to catch a glimpse of something (doubted it). Anyways, I walked out to the road and within 5 seconds a huge lightning came out of nowhere right near me. It was probably pretty far from me but all I saw was a flash of light and a really really loud bang. At that moment I literally shit my pants and instantly I dove under my dad's truck. I think it was the loudest noise I've ever experienced! At that moment, I just got up and jetted into the house, screaming my fucking head off. The whole neighborhood probably saw my screaming and running across the road.

The storm has been going on for a few hours and the several times I've checked outside the lightning was a few miles away from this area. All of a sudden it just struck down right next to me. Once I got back in the house, I looked outside and the lightning and thunder is back several miles back.

I never even got to see the satellite....


TL;DR: I'm sorry...

andy704 Reviewed by andy704 on 06-25-2007. near life experience??? I don't know if this would be considered one but I feel like I almost died. I was outside at night trying to see if I could catch this ( Human Space Flight (HSF) - Realtime Data ). So I was outside at 9:06 PM and there was a thunder/lightning storm. I wasn't raining, just thunder and a little bit of lightning. Well, I decided to walk out to the middle of the road to get a better view all around me. In the process of walking across the driveway, I had a flashback of a n episode on the Rating: 5

[BUZz UK]

lol, shit man, thats crazy. Lucky you weren't holding a fishing rod or something...

[BoilerUp]

Lucky man!

By the way, it's better to get inside of the truck then beneath it. If you are inside of a car, and lightning strikes it, the lightning will dissipate throughout the chassis, and it won't come into you unless your seats are metal and are connected to the chassis.

[M3nt0R]

so you literally shit your pants? That sucks man...plus you were all wet too...ah that sucks dude

[beachguy in thongs]

my last near life experience, my mom was in labor. and i lived hahaha

Lol, good catch.

My last near-life experience, my Mom was watching me on my deathbed, and I lived.

My last near-death experience was a week and a-half before.

[PureEvil760]

One of my friends (whose psycic) was standing outside during a storm with three of her friends last week smoking cigs. Out of nowhere she was just like MOVE! and pushed them back, then a bolt of lighting struck right where they were standing ..shits crazy

[beachguy in thongs]

sorry for going offtopic in the thread.

haha you live in VB! i just moved from there. that place is the best. :thumbsup:

:jointsmile: Where did you live? How long ago?

[beachguy in thongs]

I'm up by N. Birdneck. You should e-mail me when you come, it's in my profile.

[Kid Dynamite]

One of your nine lives is definately gone now..lucky escape my friend.

[Coelho]

In the process of walking across the driveway, I had a flashback of a n episode on the Discovery Channel of a man being struck by lightning within a few minutes of walking out his front door.

I would say this "flashback" was an omen... a warning... i think calling it a "coincidence" would be an understatement.