Social media users shared a shocking video of a man from Virginia who was thrown from his place within seconds after being struck by lightning.
The man, 52-year-old Bobby Bridmore, was herding cattle in a pasture 100 yards behind his home along Gospel Road in Crewe last Friday evening when lightning struck a metal gate and sent a current through the barbed wire fence where he was standing. was passed
Bradymore’s right hand and thigh were touching the fence about 200 yards from where the puck hit the net, and he was electrocuted.
If thunderstorms are in the area, it’s important to stay safe and weather aware.
A Virginia man knows this all too well after a lightning strike sent him to the hospital.
https://t.co/B14Y9RluCk pic.twitter.com/aD9HXK3xXd— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) August 11, 2022
Donna Bridmore, Bobby’s wife, said he “thought he had lost his arm at first” after the accident.
And he added that he quickly called 911 as soon as he found her lying on the ground, and she was taken to the hospital, where doctors said she suffered minor third-degree burns on her left hip.
The woman confirmed that she has not forgotten one particular thing from that incident and that is the specific smell that her husband emitted after the accident.
“It’s the smell of burnt skin, I don’t know how to describe it, because that’s what it was,” said Donna Pridmore.
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