A woman who filmed the moment she was hit by lightning has spoken of her terror as the strike passed through her body. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

This amazing photograph gives whole new meaning to the phrase "May God strike me with lightning if ..." Rio de Janeiro's world-famous statue of Christ the Redeemer was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm over the Brazilian city on Sunday. picked by maxriter 10 months ago

A man making a trip from Puerto Rico to South Florida to raise money for his religious education remains hospitalized Monday after he was struck down by a bolt of lightning which flew from clear blue sky on Sunday. He was selling religious materials when he was hit. [Can't seem to find the Irony category] picked by sholom22 1 year ago

A man wearing his iPod during a thunderstorm was hurled eight feet into the air when lightning hit a tree close by. The burns covering the man's chest, neck and ear coincided with the positions of his iPod earphones he was wearing at the moment of the lightning strike. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

A New Hampshire woman is feeling pretty lucky after a lightning bolt struck her body and apparently exited through her nose ring. picked by deEPCHIll 4 months ago

An unlucky Croatian motorbike rider was knocked unconscious when lightning struck his penis as he stopped for a quick roadside toilet break. OK, let the "Lightning Rod" jokes begin... picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

Campbell Gillespie was struck by lightning four years ago. Barely surviving the strike, the injuries he sustained left him with no sense of taste or smell and, according to doctors, completely sterile.

Proving them wrong (or in an incredibly ostentatious act of cuckoldry), his partner Hazel Topping gave birth to a son this morning.

Link to an earlier story here picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

"I don't know how this fish tank works exactly, but from what I could understand, the tank on top that joins the adjacent tanks works as a vacuum. The result is that there are feeding holes in the side of the tank, and the water does not flow out. I could not wrap my mind around this technology, but it works." picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

A Croatian woman was left with a severely burned anus after a lightning strike which entered through her mouth left her body through her bottom. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

The cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck. picked by arsphidius 4 weeks ago

As clouds of toxic ash and dust tower into the sky, they ionise the air, generating an explosive electrical storm. Colossal forks of lightning spark around the noxious plume as it spews from the volcano's crater, creating an image of raw, terrifying energy - as if the air itself were ablaze. Video of the eruption here. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

In New Mexico, U.S., scientists tested a new ultra-high-power laser which provoked lightning. Scientists fired ultra-fast pulses from an extremely powerful laser thus sending several terawatts into the clouds to call down electrical discharges in storm clouds over the region. picked by maxriter 7 months ago

A picture and a short video clip showing a lightning bolt striking an aeroplane taking off, then hitting the ground. picked by bunmaster 1 year ago

A local diver says he's found something not even the Smithsonian can identify and it's right off the shores of Juno Beach, Florida. Includes video picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

Twenty-seven years to the day. You think God is trying to tell him something? picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Two lightning strikes on the same day didn't topple the steeple of the 117-year-old Newman United Methodist Church but they exposed something that might have. They blew out the siding and exposed dry rot that might have brought the steeple down. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Deep in the waters of the South Pacific, a scuba diver found a high school class ring , but finding its owner is proving harder. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Volcanoes can trigger earthquakes, avalanches and devastating lava flows. Add to this list lightning, which has now been detected striking from the mouth of a mountainous beast. picked by Browntrout 2 years ago

A British teenager putting up a fence for his neighbor in South Wales called the bomb squad after accidentally stumbling upon an anti-tank grenade. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A bearded Arctic seal that somehow made its way to South Florida has died in Orlando. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago