Most Expensive Duck Hunt I've Ever Been on! Thanks to Lightning!!

Well morning started out good. We downed 9 birds, losing 2 that decided the watery depths were more appropriate for them than the cooking pot. I hate when they dive as I try to run them down. I need a dog!! It was a good reward for a rainy day. Mallards didn't show up, but a fair amount of teal and the shovelers bombed in as per usual.




As we were leaving I was pulling through a gate when my truck was STRUCK BY LIGHTNING! Everything went red and the tremendous thunder clap 3 feet from my face, cracked my windshield and fried the electrical system in my truck putting smoke into the cab and making various things turn on and off, or stay on even after I turned off the power. It was insane, but a blessing since I had been out of the truck the previous 45 seconds messing with the lock, opening the gate, etc. I was in the truck maybe 7 seconds when the lightning hit.....video of the aftermath > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXLJWEKtobY

Called the insurance company, tow truck and everyone else. So we'll see what happens, but I think my truck will be totaled!

Craziness, but I'm glad I'm alive!! It was the only lightning we saw all morning, and boy did we see it!! Guy behind me said he saw a red fireball 15-20 feet high come off my truck from 200 yards away as he was driving up; hoping I wasn't dead at the gate!

Wow!!!! Glad you are ok!!!!! That sounds like you are very very fortunate!

Dang not good

Glad you're safe and sorry about your truck. That's crazy.

It was insane! Still a little in shock that it actually happened! What a way to lose a vehicle!

Thankfully you are ok! Now, did it BBQ those ducks up for you or what?

At least you had some fresh flash fried duck to eat while you waited for the tow truck haha

We should call you Sparky.

I've always wondered how common something like this was. Sounds scary as hell

Glad your ok

Seems as if you've got some sins to address

Sure it wasn't a close encounter? That's some crazy stuff, glad you are ok.

I did not think lightening would hit a vehicle due to the rubber tires.

Would of had to clean my pants after that. Glad y'all are okay.

Wow!

It won't, but I would bet it arced to the gate as he was driving through it and created a ground. When I was in college a guy was leaning against his truck and lightning hit the truck and grounded through him. It killed him and a kid that was sitting in the back of the truck.

Or many "Flash, Boom, Bang"...

Had that happen several years ago going into waterway out of Pier 66 Marina in Ft. Lauderdale - Antennas were down hit them fried them like marshmallow sticks as well as all electronics on boat- no explosion more of an implosion deafened two of us on bridge and numbed upper body - scared the phoo out of me!

Had that happen several years ago going into inland waterway out of Pier 66 Marina in Ft. Lauderdale - Antennas were down hit them fried them like marshmallow sticks as well as all electronics on boat- no explosion more of an implosion deafened two of us on bridge and numbed upper body - scared the phoo out of me!

Crazy! Glad you are ok!

You're one lucky man. You best be praising God and all that is Holy.

Holy crap I didn't even know that could happen! Glad you are ok. I liked your ending line from the video

Wow. Glad you are ok.

Glad it turned out OK for you...... but if you had a Cheby, that bolt would have bounced off and hit the gate

I have a security camera video of my duramax taking a lightning strike. Insurance covered it all, $7500 worth of electrical damage.

Post it.

Hope you bought a lottery ticket on the way home!

So, did they total it?

Holy Crap, Glad you are okay.

Thank God you're ok!

Yes, the truck was totaled.....said the damage sat at $7,000 and they would have to replace $4,000 in main electrical components just to see how much more damage their was.

Very blessed that nothing happened to me. Even more blessed I still got to eat the ducks.


Lastly, extremely blessed with great parents and an understanding wife who let me borrow dad's truck and travel to Kansas to hunt with a college buddy for 3 days just 2 days after my truck being struck by lightning!

I still can't get over that it happened!

That's insane.
I might have crapped my pants as the thunder went off.
Glad your ok.
Makes for one hell of a story though!
GWT are always purdy!

wow

Glad your ok. Man that's crazy!

Dang. You are Blessed and what a great understanding wife.

She's the best! Let's me indulge during hunting season!

Crazy story. Glad you're okay and thanks for sharing.

How long did it take before you got out of the truck?