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minutes before they were struck

It's not something we ever wish for but, for our own safety, it is imperative that we have knowledge of it. Death does not send a written notice of approval before it visit someone but lightning does. The problem here is that people are ignorant of the warning given by lightning and so, they find it amusing.
Before someone gets struck by lightning, electric charges  in the air make the person's hair to rise. If the person had any metal object, it will buzz loudly. Someone with knowledge of this would immediately seek shelter because he/she knows he is about to get hit by lightning.

Nobody knew these are the proceedings to a lightning strike until the story behind the 1975 picture of two brothers hair-rising came to light.

As you can see in the picture above, the two brothers Grinning Michael(right) and Sean(left) hair is seen standing on end. This is a sign that someone is about to get hi by lightning. But the brothers never knew. So instead of seeking shelter, they just stood at the top of Moro Rock in Sequola National Park taking pictures of themselves, as they found the mystery amusing. The photos were taken by their sister, Mary. She too hilariously took pictures of her hair-rising.
They had just walk a few meters away from the top when lightning struck. When McQuicken got to the ground, he found his younger brother Sean had been struck by the lightning. Smoke bellowed from Sean's back. He didn't die but suffered third-degree burns on his back and elbows.

But the man they met on their way, who was being given emergency aid by his wife, was not lucky. He died. The lightning hit him hard near his heart.

The trio also met another man whose hair on his body went up in smoke. He survived the impact but his camera was torn to pieces. According to McQuilken, the man's hair never grew back to this day.

So when next you see you are in for a storm and your hair starts to rise, seek for shelter instead of standing there taking selfies of your hair-rising. It's a sign that someone is about to be hit by lightning, God forbid.

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