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Have you ever seen lightning hit so close that the thunder took almost no time at all
to follow?
You must have thought, “wow that was a close one!”
But we all know that wasn’t that close at all.
It’s not close unless it smells like burnt hair, that’s the rule.
To prove it, we’ve put together a list of close calls that will make your hair stand
on end, and maybe even shock you so much you’ll start to smell a little burnt yourself.
Sit tight and get ready for top 10 Close Calls with Lightning Caught on Tape!
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10.
Your backyard?
Many of these videos feature strong storms that you can imagine seeing and thinking,
“I’m going to record this and see what I can catch.”
This certainly isn’t one of them.
At most, this seemed like a moderately strong storm passing over a very ordinary backyard.
This cameraperson, though, they had vision!
Give this person an award for most intuitive home video shooting.
Too long?
It’s a title in progress.
I’ll think about it while you watch the clip Ok, so I still don’t have
a better name for the award but how about that?
Caught a lightning front and center.
Bravo!
9.
Wait for it…
This one is like one of those videos that trick you into staring at a corner of the
screen until a clown pops out.
Except this time there’s no clown, and you’re staring at the whole screen until, well, see
for yourself.
We know what’s going to happen.
It shouldn’t be this frightening; and yet, when it hits, it’s terrifying.
First of all, it’s hitting water, second, they’re so close to it!
Third, the sound alone would definitely make anyone wet their pants.
They couldn’t have known they’d catch this on camera but major props to the cameraperson
for not dropping it.
8.
Hands off my rock There’s something very odd about this video.
At first glance, it’s just a few people, including a child, trying to play and throw
rocks on the beach.
There’s one point during which one of the men throws a rock down to the ground hard,
which is frankly when I would have enjoyed seeing the lightning strike.
However, that’s not quite what happens.
They play around for a few more seconds, the man trying for some reason to move the massive
rock, and then… well, watch.
.
7.
Not meant to be Usually “not meant to be” is used as a
phrase of consolation when something you wanted doesn’t work out.
However, in this case, it’s a reason to celebrate.
This man was caught on security camera getting out of his car and taking his shopping out
of his trunk.
He’s not particularly rushed, he takes things out at a decent pace and then walks, doesn’t
run, into the house.
What happens then?
I think you can imagine.
Well sir, it wasn’t meant to be, congratulations.
If he had stayed outside, even if that lightning hadn’t hit directly, the debris left from
the tree it did hit certainly could have been lethal.
6.
The Burning Tree (Almost) This person caught a biblical moment on camera.
All that was left was for the day to have been entirely clear of clouds and the tree
to have caught on fire and I’d be calling the news channel and my local pastor.
However, trees, as we know, are not the best place to hide in a lightning storm and this
person knew that with a storm that close, this one was likely to catch some action.
They weren’t wrong.
Let’s take a look.
Ah, so close!
I think both the tree and the cameraperson had a little scare that time, but they both
lived to see another storm!
5.
There it goes again This storm looks like it was coming in hot.
The video is sped up a bit, but even so, you can tell those clouds were moving fast, and
the lightning looks like it’s going back-to-back and lighting up the sky like the fourth of
July, so you know what that means.
It’s about to go down.
Let’s see Wow.
See, it doesn’t get old watching lightning strike like that because you keep imagining
it hitting a person and getting that x-ray vision of their skeleton-like you’d see
in cartoons.
In reality, it would be a lot more disturbing than that.
Luckily, these are just close calls.
4.
The pup heard it first" If you listen carefully past the intense rain
of this storm, there’s a hidden gem.
You can hear a dog barking just seconds before lightning it.
It’s like they could smell it was coming, and well, they probably could.
Take a listen Now, look at how little it takes for
lightning to strike immediately after You can’t possibly think those
two aren’t related...
3.
Nowhere is safe When you’re in your car in a storm you really
feel safe.
You drive past trees and power lines and expect to catch all the action from your safe seat
in a metal box.
Could we be more wrong?
Luckily both of these drivers in our next clip got away safely from the strike, but
we’re sure it was a wake-up call for both to take shelter inside a rest stop during
severe storms.
Check it out.
I’m not sure why the person recording the video started recording, but
the storm must have been looking really gnarly.
We’re thankful he did though because he caught the moment the truck in front of him
drove just past the spot where lightning hits.
2.
Water and Lightning If we’ve learned anything from this video
is that if you’re near a large body of water, a tree, or anything else that’s likely to
get hit by lightning, you should definitely record a passing storm.
We’ve also learned that no matter how much you’re waiting to see something shocking,
you’ll still not be able to keep it together and not shake when lightning strikes near
you.
It’s that terrifying.
Check this video out, it follows all these rules.
1.
Serendipity You know all those previous close calls after
which I said I’d be running to church?
Well, this one is for sure.
If the person recording this didn’t devote themselves to some higher deity, they just
missed the sign.
The universe was saying “hey you!
I see you.
Watch how powerful I am”, and watch they did.
It looks like it scared them too.
The device recorder shakes and moves back quite a bit after the shock.
I mean, come on, it’s lightning that hit the tree right in front of you, there’s
no denying the serendipity.