A Minnesota man who was struck down by God while trying to save his metal patio furniture during a lightening storm survived after lying unconscious on his deck for two hours. Doctor’s say the modern Prometheus was likely saved by the wet clothing that conducted electricity that heats water to roughly the temperature of the sun in thousandth of a second away from his body. His wife was asleep and didn’t hear anything, which must have been a pretty deep sleep since lightening touched down on her husband’s head 20 feet from her bedroom window.

via National Geographic Adventure