Man Struck By Lightning For Sixth Time

 

 

Lightning never strikes the same place twice? Well, ask Mr. Melvin Roberts, 58, what he has to say about that since this unfortunate man from Seneca (South Carolina) was struck by lightning for the sixth time on Monday.

“I went to cover my chickens up, and I believe it was clear. But when I woke up, I was all bloody and burned and confused and had my little chickens lying with their feet up,” Mr. Roberts said to WYFF4 reporters.

Melvin Roberts said he was struck several times over the last several years, and in the last case in 2007, it was not even raining when it happened. He said that his love life has paralleled his experience with lightning, but that’s about to change.

Roberts said, “I’ve been married five times and I’ve been hit by lightning five times. (My wife) says this is the sixth time. I’m not leaving my wife, so I’m going to have to try to do something different.”

Roberts carries a scar on his head from the first time and scars on his legs from the 2007 strike. That strike left him with nerve damage to his left leg and he spent more than a year in a wheelchair.

He is currently recovering at Oconee Memorial Hospital.

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