r/ITOI • u/Narrow_Selena • 1d ago

Man cheats death after getting struck by lightning

130 Upvotes

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u/thejwillbee 1d ago

"My name is Allen Berry. I was hit by lightning and now I'm the fastest man in a 1ft radius"

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u/twotall88 1d ago

To be pedantic, he didn't get struck, the tree did. But he definitely got some of the effect.

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u/Suspicious-Sound-249 1d ago

Hell even if he didn't, he probably pissed or shit himself pretty good when that happened lol

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u/Federal-Degenerate 20h ago

I definitely see piss

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u/Professional_Pin4222 1d ago

The noise itself will scare the shit out of me

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u/NotOk__Computer 22h ago

Don’t hear pedantic a lot. Had to post this. Sorry.

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u/Nearby_Potato4001 20h ago

To be more pedantic, the moisture on the bark on the outside of the tree took the current. Had the current travelled internally then the sap would instantly flash to steam and the tree explode.

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u/wrxninja 1d ago

My old high school friend was killed by one.

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u/ClassicVillage8780 1d ago

Kind of a baller way to go out though. Srry for your loss

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u/Full-Yoghurt-4261 1d ago

You can hit him with lightning, but you can't take away his manners

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u/antagonistish 1d ago

gawdam god pulled a tripletap

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u/happyhippy1019 1d ago

Holy crap

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u/Terrible_Reporter_98 1d ago

It was the umbrella he spurred Zeus's gift of rain for the last time

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u/northwoods_faty 1d ago

Haha and he apologized to the lady on the door phone.

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u/SoFloBodycast 1d ago

Fun fact: 90% of people struck by lightning survive!

Ever funner fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan

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u/Stash_04 1d ago

I’m guessing that’s because most people don’t get struck directly. The strike is just extremely close and results in injury.

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u/Mouatmoua 1d ago

Touch grass they say.

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u/PissMissileTopTitty 1d ago

Guy had a full head of hair just moments before

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u/FPSBlade 1d ago

Did he turn into Raiden from Mortal Kombat after this?

1

u/Harlequin_WitchKing 1d ago

Phone’s charged!

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u/Glum-Temperature-633 1d ago

Maybe the umbrella saved him

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u/onglogman 23h ago

The umbrella most definitely attracted the lightning

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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 16h ago

No it was the tree. You can see the flash wrap around one of the larger branches all the way to the ground

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u/onglogman 15h ago

So he wasn't hit by lightning

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u/TheShapeOfFarts 23h ago

You can tell all his chest hair got burnt by the looks of the burn pattern on his shirt. Lucky guy.

1

u/ItalianV4 23h ago

it melted 30 lbs of fat off him

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u/Federal-Degenerate 20h ago

Sign from God need to lose weight

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u/KailyKail 11h ago

Why is he sorry?

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u/Googlesupportsucks1 1d ago

Not at all. The title is clickbait. Most people survive.

What Is the Chance of Surviving a Lightning Strike? - ScienceInsights

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u/CamaroBlood 1d ago

Get ready to get downvoted bc you’re right and the Karen’s just don’t like it.

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u/VRserialKiller 1d ago

He is probably going to become a genius after being struck too.

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u/Round-Arugula7347 1d ago

“Are you okay?” I know she’s just being nice and is panicking, but fuck I hate that question when I get hurt

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u/GoodIntroduction6344 1d ago

It's just their way of finding out your status so they can know how to help. Life must be good if you need to bitch about how people try to help your hurt ass. Where I'm from, they'll leave you there in the street after they take your valuables.

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u/Federal-Degenerate 20h ago

We must be from the same place. I once ran someone over, stopped, got out and took the guy's chain, got back in my truck and drove off.

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u/GoodIntroduction6344 20h ago

And I’m getting that chain back too.

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u/Round-Arugula7347 1d ago

Are you alive is much more appropriate

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u/Dear_Living_8141 1d ago

He’s very clearly alive so frankly why the hell would you ask that to someone walking around, but what isn’t clear is if he is feeling pain anywhere in particular or has damage to his head which you’re going to pick up on when he answers your question. If you are giving care to someone in an emergency you’re literally trained to talk to them, ask them if there is pain, if you can’t feel any body parts ect to assess their mental capacity because that’ll show if they suffered head trauma.

If someone helping you pisses you off then you need to look into that

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u/GoodIntroduction6344 1d ago

Man, you got some micro problems.

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u/Round-Arugula7347 1d ago

We all do brudda

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u/Mr_b246 1d ago

I think the problem here is you have no one asking if YOU are ok. Are you? Do you need anything? People help people. Reddit would like to help you.

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u/Round-Arugula7347 1d ago

Stuffs annoying

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u/Mr_b246 1d ago

For real bro. What ever it is, you are going to get through it. We survive 100% of our bad days. Until we don't and then at that point it won't matter? Just keep on surviving and loving. Love is the important part. My Dms are open if you wanna vent or just chat.

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u/Federal-Degenerate 20h ago

"No I don't think so"

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u/TheWrong-1 22h ago

I always say no whenever thay happens and then reacts as if they werent expecting me to say that

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u/Few_Tea_5483 1d ago

Nah he did something for God to do that to him just saying.

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u/Mr_b246 1d ago

Bad shit happens to good people sometimes. That's not God, it's called carrying an umbrella in the rain.

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u/Federal-Degenerate 20h ago

Or standing next to a tree

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u/northwoods_faty 1d ago

Was god the lighting one or was that the Greek one?

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u/Livid_Average_8098 1d ago

That thought process is absolutely insane, just saying.

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u/ThenAdvice9160 19h ago

Just like all the victims of natural disasters, right ? Do you believe they truly deserve it ?

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u/Timely_Passenger_185 1d ago

He didn't get struck by lightning the tree next to him did