I used to live in Kununurra, a small town in the East Kimberley in Western Australia. In teh Wet season many thunderstorms occur. During one, I was closing a metal gate when I saw a brilliant flash and my hands were locked onto the wet gate. I was pulled violently on to the gate and I felt an incredible pulsing senstion through my arms. It was all over in an instant, and I ran inside. My hands looked like they had been scalded and my muscles in my arm, chest and upper back ached for a week. Yep, the bruises took a while to heal too. I believe the fence had been hit some way up the street and it was conducted to me. Ouch was all I could say at the time.. It was raining heavily and I was wearing rubber soled running shoes at the time.
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reddo