Edenvale man survives lightning strike
There are blue lines on the floor and walls showing where the lightning struck
AN Edenvale resident is lucky to be alive today after being struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on November 7.
“It felt like I was being electrocuted,” said Cameron Scott (27). “Doctors say I am lucky to be alive, although each case is different,” he told Benoni City Times.
Scott said he was sitting on the couch near a glass door in the living room when a lightning bolt hit the door and went underneath it. The electricity passed through his left leg, which was on the floor at the time.
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“There are blue lines on the floor and walls showing where the lightning struck,” the former Benoni High School pupil said.
Both his ear drums burst, his ears were ringing, he felt dizzy and really hot and had pins and needles for about a week.
Scott was discharged from Linksfield Hospital four days after the incident.
