One of the scariest stories about lightning I ever heard came from Stuart (of Stuart Sports in Bowness) The way I remember it he was on Bowfell / Crinkles in a storm and getting increasingly concerned about the amount of electricity in the air.
Before he could get off the tops his route was cut off by Ball Lightning. The way he described this was 'red, watermelon-sized balls, floating a few feet above the rocks and following the line of the ridge' It seems like there was no way of avoiding these beasts and eventually one hit Stuart and others struck two walkers. These were full-on lightning strikes and all three victims ended up having to be evacuated and hospitalised.
The really scary thing according to Stuart was that the lightning balls seemed to be attracted to people and follow them when they tried to get out of the way, "like they knew we were there".
As it comes towards you…
At the last millisecond, casually step to the side
Well it works in the cartoons
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I was going to answer this earlier but last night daughter spilt orange juice in to key board.!!!!Only just got the spare out now.
1)Run with Tall Paul
2)Assume the position!! Kneel down put your hands on your knees put your head as low as possible..... and kiss you ass good bye.
Actually this will help as any strike will now travel the line of least resistance so will travel from your rear down your legs and away from vital organs. I wouldn't advise trying it though.