Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
A 16-year-old girl has survived a direct lightning strike. [...] The lightning struck Marina in the temple, went down through the body and left it near the navel. The gold cross and chain she had been wearing, a Christian symbol, melted and evaporated, leaving deep burns on her neck and chest. [...] Marina came to her senses an hour later. Doctors say her survival is a miracle. At first she could not feel her legs, but the doctors said it was just stress, and indeed the next day Marina was already on her feet. She is still in the hospital, because the deep burns on her neck need constant attendance. The marks will remain on Marina's neck forever.
Pictures at the link. I had to raise an eyebrow at this, though:
"Marina is fine, even her heart is working perfectly well, though usually when a person is struck by lightning, the heart stops immediately. It's a really unique case. There are only a few people who survived a lightning strike, and most of them develop telepathic or psychic abilities," says her doctor.
Um, what?
TrackBackHmm. This sounds a bit off. In my industrial first aid course, we were told that lightning strikes were often survived because the intense current tends to flow around the body rather than travel through it. Other electrical burns cause more damage because they tend to flow through the vascular system, causing intense internal burns.
Posted by: double-plus-ungood at July 21, 2006 06:57 PM..oh, and it also sounds weird because we weren't taught about the development of spooky mind powers as well.
Posted by: double-plus-ungood at July 21, 2006 06:58 PMWikipedia says that only between 25% and 33% of those struck by lightning die from it.
No mention of super powers or mutations though...
Posted by: double-plus-ungood at July 21, 2006 07:01 PMHaving just lived in Moscow for a year, news like this is pretty standard on news stands. All fake, just like all the other headlines on that site.
Posted by: D. Jay at July 21, 2006 09:36 PMI remember falling down and saying, ’I’m unwell.’
Of course - what else would one say after being struck by lightning?
Posted by: shpx.ohfu at July 22, 2006 09:09 AMOf course - what else would one say after being struck by lightning?
"Ouch"?
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at July 22, 2006 04:01 PM