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Lightning Strikes Unlucky Croatian A Zagreb motor-cyclist was recovering in hospital this week after being struck by a bolt of lightning as he urinated by the side of the road. "I don't remember what happened. One minute I was taking a leak and the next thing I knew I was in hospital," said Ante Djindjic, 29, "Doctors said the lightning went through my body and because I was wearing rubber boots it earthed itself through my penis." (Ananova) Mr Djindjic's lucky escape reflects data presented on NASA's website, which as well as revealing that over one in four lightning victims are male, also points out that just one in five people die immediately. However, up to 70% of survivors eventually 'experience residual effects, most commonly affecting the brain (neuropsychiatric, vision and hearing)', NASA said, with most becoming ill much later. Lightning interrupted Glastonbury in 2005, when a beer tent in the dance area was struck during a torrential rain-storm which broke out on the first morning of the festival. Organisers switched off power and delayed the opening by two hours until the storm had passed, adopting a markedly different approach to Chinese promoters who hosted Paul Oakenfold at the Great Wall of China in 2001. "The party started at sunset and went to sunrise, and halfway through it started raining," Oakenfold recalled in an interview after the event. "I must admit we panicked a bit, but the Chinese loved it, because rain means good luck and they were all dancing with their faces turned up into the sky," he said.
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