MEET ROY SULLIVIAN, THE MAN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

He was avoided by people later in life because of
their fear of being hit by lightning, and this
saddened him.

He once recalled "For instance, I
was walking with the Chief Ranger one day when
lightning struck way off (in the distance). The
Chief said, 'I'll see you later.'"


On September 28,
1983, Sullivan died at the age of 71 from self-
inflicted gunshot wound in the stomach. Two of
his ranger hats are on display at two Guinness
World Exhibit Halls in New York City and South
Carolin

He didn't
even shoot himself in the head. He shot himself in
the stomach. That's usually a slow, painful way
to go.
Wimps the world over could learn a from this bad
motherfucker.


The lightning first hit nearby trees and was
deflected into the open window of the truck. The
strike knocked Sullivan unconscious and burned
off his eyebrows, eyelashes, and most of his hair.
The uncontrolled truck kept moving until it
stopped near a cliff edge.


Jesus h Christ.
In 1972, Sullivan was working inside a ranger
station in Shenandoah National Park when
another strike occurred. It set his hair on fire; he
tried to smother the flames with his jacket. He
then rushed to the restroom, but couldn't fit
under the water tap and so used a wet towel
instead.


[7] Although he never was a fearful man,
after the fourth strike he began to believe that
some force was trying to destroy him and he
acquired a fear of death. For months, whenever
he was caught in a storm while driving his truck,
he would pull over and lie down on the front seat
until the storm passed. He also began to carry a
can of water with him and believed that he would
somehow attract lightning even if he stood in a
crowd of people.

Man dudes common thing seemed to be getting
his hair lit on fire.


On August 7, 1973, while he was out on patrol in
the park, Sullivan saw a storm cloud forming and
drove away quickly. But the cloud, he said later,
seemed to be following him. When he finally
thought he had outrun it, he decided it was safe
to leave his truck. Soon after, he was struck by a
lightning bolt. Sullivan stated that he actually
saw the bolt that hit him. The lightning set his
hair on fire, moved down his left arm and left leg
and knocked off his shoe. It then crossed over to
his right leg just below the knee. Still conscious,
Sullivan crawled to his truck and poured the can
of water, which he always kept there, over his
head.
He had started carrying water just to out over his
head when he got struck.



The next strike, on June 5, 1976, injured his
ankle. It was reported that he saw a cloud,
thought that it was following him, tried to run
away, but was struck anyway.
Holy Bleep.

Sullivan himself recalled that the first time he was
struck by lightning was not in 1942 but much
earlier. When he was a child, he was helping his
father to cut wheat in a field, when a thunderbolt
struck the blade of his scythe without injuring
him. But because he could not prove the fact
later, he never claimed it.

And the kicker, he was really struck 8 times but
couldn't prove one of them so he never claimed
it.
God dammit man, my testosterone is jumping just
reading this dudes manly journey through life.

Most Lightning Strikes Survived


Don't believe the old adage that lightning never
strikes the same place twice. Former Park
Ranger Roy "Dooms" Sullivan never did.


According to the Guinness Book of World
Records, Sullivan bas the dubious distinction of
being the most lightning-struck person ever
recorded. Between 1942 and his death in 1983,
Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times.


The first lightning strike shot through Sullivan's
leg and knocked his big toenail off.


In 1969, a second strike burned off his eyebrows
and knocked him unconscious. Another strike
just a year later, left his shoulder seared.


In 1972 his hair was set on fire and Roy had to
dump a bucket of water over his head to cool off.


In 1973, another bolt ripped through his hat and
hit him on the head, set his hair on fire again,
threw him out of his truck and knocked his left
shoe off.


A sixth strike in 1976 left him with an injured
ankle.


The last lightning bolt to hit Roy Sullivan sent
him to the hospital with chest and stomach
burns in 1977.



Sullivan could never offer any explanation for
this strange and unwelcome electrical attraction.
It is said that he committed suicide following a
failed romance.

Where is he

Mimienudles:
Where is he

He commited sucide after a failed romance......

Moreover his family members were afraid to be with him because of fear of lightning striking them...

He committed suicide by shooting himself twice in his stomach....That had to be slow and painful