💡 Trivia The Man Lightning Couldn't Kill

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What if lightning struck you not once, but 7 times, and you survived every single time?

His name was Roy Sullivan. He was a park ranger in Virgi.nia, USA.
Between 1942 and 1977, he was struck by lightning 7 times. The odds of being struck once in your lifetime are 1 in 15,300. The odds of being struck 7 times are almost impossible to calculate.

• Strike 1 - 1942: He was hiding from a storm in a fire tower. Lightning hit the tower and burned a stripe down his leg. He lost a toenail.
• Strike 2 - 1969: Lightning hit a tree, then bounced to his truck while he was driving. It knocked him out and burned off his eyebrows.
• Strike 3 - 1970: Lightning hit a power transformer, then hit him in his front yard. It burned his shoulder.
• Strike 4 - 1972: Lightning hit him inside the ranger station. It set his hair on fire. He had to dump a bucket of water on his head.
• Strike 5 - 1973: Lightning hit him again while he was on patrol. It set his hair on fire again, knocked him out of his truck, and burned his legs.
• Strike 6 - 1976: Lightning hit him while he was checking a campsite. It hurt his ankle.
• Strike 7 - 1977: He was fishing when lightning hit him for the last time. It burned his chest and stomach. He drove himself to the hospital.

After that, people started to avoid him. They were afraid lightning would hit them too if they stood near him. He even had to carry a bucket of water in his truck just in case his hair caught fire again.
He died in 1983, but not from lightning. He is still in the Guinness World Records as the person struck by lightning the most times and survived.

Why this is so crazy:
Scientists believe his job made him a target. He worked outdoors on mountains, in open fields, during storms, for over 30 years. He was always in the worst place at the worst time.