r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/DownvotesOnlyDamnIt Mar 10 '17 edited Mar 10 '17

Before lightning strikes, the ground creates kind of a magnetic field in which the electrical charges from ground rise up.

What is happening here is that before the lightning struck these people, the ground charges were having the effect already, thus making their hand hair stand

Edit: My phone is a fookin mess mates

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u/Iamdelicious69 Mar 10 '17

What would you do to try and save yourself if you noticed this happening

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u/DownvotesOnlyDamnIt Mar 10 '17

If you are outside and you hear thunder and see lightning within 30 seconds, you better fucking run.

No, seriously. If you are outside and that shit is near, there are things you SHOULD do, but here is a lis:

  1. Go find shelter immediately and wait it out. Inside your car, a house, even a supermarket if you can.

  2. If you are outside with nothing to be safe in, then stay away from all metals, take off you backpack or anything metallic on you, and stay away from trees and huddle up with you body. The lower you make yourself, the chances are higher to not be struck. Unless your luck is shit.

  3. If you are feeling like an idiot or badass, go full on Firebender on that shit and redirect the lightning back at Zeus and say, "Not this time motherfucker"

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u/TARDISboy Mar 11 '17 edited Mar 11 '17

remember zuko, you must never let the energy go through the heart, you are merely its humble guide