A 33-year-old man died after being struck by lightning while playing a computer game while sitting on his home sofa during the storm.
Briton Aidan Rowan claims to be enjoying a game on his playstation when lightning burst through the window and hit him in full.
Rowan said in a post and story posted on her Instagram profile that she felt severe pain from the lightning burn on her arm and calculated that she might have been unconscious for a few seconds after being hit.
The incident occurred around 10:30 pm on Monday (5) while playing the PS5 game “Stray”, in which the player takes on the role of a mystery-solving cat.
After being shot, she was taken to the hospital by the parents of her 32-year-old husband, Aaron, and kept under observation for more than seven hours before being discharged.
A resident of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Rowan left about 60 burn marks on his arm, an “asterisk” on the side of his palm, muscle damage and a burn on his foot. In a video posted on Instagram, he thanked his followers for their attention and said that he no longer felt much pain from the burns.
“I heard a very loud sound like thunder, then I felt someone drop something very heavy all over my body. It lasted for a few seconds and then I felt a very hot burning sensation on my arm,” he said. aforementioned.
“I think it’s the last time I’m playing the furry cat game in a storm,” joked the man, who posted his profile pictures as various characters from mythology and the world of superheroes.
Doctors at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, where Rowan, a blacksmith and maker of bracelets and bracelets, was treated, said the marks he left on his body were consistent with those left by lightning.
“Doctors also said that the odds of someone being struck by lightning inside or outside in the UK are 1 in 1.2 million. I even bought a lottery ticket after being hit but have only won 6 pounds (R$35) so far,” he joked. .
source: Noticias
