How does it feel to get struck by lightning?

Answer 1

Speaking from experience, I tell people that are afraid of lightning that, if they can see it, hear it, or feel it, it is already over because, if you do get hit by lightning, you will not see it, hear it, or feel it.

I was 11. We were putting up a fence, and we were taking turns digging post holes. It was my turn, and all of a sudden, I was in a dream state and everything was white. I managed to stand back up and walk back to the patio, where I did not know what happened. The rest of the family was on the patio, and they heard the boom and got flattened by it, so to speak. I was actually the first one on my feet.

Then, a few minutes later, my head started to hurt, we figured it out, and they took me to the hospital where they found carbon tracks on my ankles.

We will never know for sure, but it seems like heat lightning struck the tree, without a cloud in the sky, ran down the side of the tree, jumped from a knot to the post hole digger, ran down that, dug a furrow in the ground, and knocked a chunk of concrete off of the patio. We think I am alive because I had just pushed the post hole digger down and grounded it, but truly high voltage electricity is a strange thing, and it seems to not be subject to the normal "rules" because of the plasma flow effect.

All I know is that God was holding onto my strings that day, some 45 years ago, and for that I shall be eternally greatful. I just say, when people ask, that that is why all of my neurons are scrambled. :-)>

Answer 2

Unfortunately, senses are personal and difficult to describe to another person.

If I try to tell you what it felt like I would have no way of knowing if I have properly conveyed my thoughts on the matter. So people sense pain more easily than others, some people don't have a problem with a hard smack from a hand but feel extreme pain from a bee sting.... who can compare these different experiences?

So, the only way to find out what anything 'feels lie', or 'tastes like' or 'sounds like' is to experience it for oneself.

Answer 3

Getting struck by lightning can be extremely painful and frightening. It can cause burns, cardiac arrest, and damage to the nervous system. Some people also report temporary hearing loss, memory issues, and emotional trauma after being struck by lightning.

Answer 4

Pain doesn't travel through the body fast enough to actually feel anything before you, most likely, die.