Soccer Player Struck By Lightning

This past weekend at  Copa Peru (a soccer tournament in Peru), a thunderstorm resulted in a soccer player struck by lightning.  The incredible thing is, there’s actually footage from the unfortunate accident. Sport Aguila left-back Joao Contreras was struck by lightning just before kickoff to the second half (Fox Soccer Blog).  Check out the footage […]

Lightning Sends Man Flying Out Of His Shoes

  After returning home from work this past Saturday, Sean O’Connor was planning on doing some routine yard work around the house.  Mother Nature had other plans.  Just as Sean was about to begin lawn maintenance, lightning struck him in his foot, sending him flying across his yard.  The following was taken from a piece […]