Change Of Pace: Your Closest Call To Death

I was 15 and in my backyard hitting plastic golf balls around at various targets. We had about 3/4 acre with houses on the street with no fences so it's pretty wide open. Somewhat overcast but no rain happening and I was punching a 7 iron around when a bolt or lightning struck not the tree about 30 feet away but the ground next to it. When you see a strike that close it's not blue or white, there was a reverse odd zip of flame and ancillary bolt that went through the side of our house that hit a line of electronics from one side to the other. Went through my bedroom window to the living room to the dining room and kitchen. Killed Tv's, VCR's, Stoves, Dishwasher and even the Disposal. It jumped.

I instantly threw the club up and ran, like ran up the street. My neighbor was in his garage and watched the same thing and as an older dad, was kind of stopped in his steps and didn't move. Like a statue he said. Like slow motion.

Just a bit later, we went to where it struck and there wasn't even a mark. No char. Nothing. I'll say the sound was absolutely deafening, though. Just like you would imagine a close strike to be.


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