Last updated at 1:11 AM on 2nd May 2011 -Excerpts-
The chances of being struck by lightning once are high enough.
But one unfortunate man appears to have been electrocuted twice within the space of a minute by two almighty bolts of lightning.
The hapless pedestrian had been jogging along a quiet city street when CCTV captured the astonishing moment on April 11.
Shortly before the apparent freak accident a walker carrying an umbrella and a jogger had passed through the street unscathed.
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The chances of being struck by lighting once in a give year are around one in 700,000. The chance of being struck twice within such a short space of time are virtually unmeasurable.
It is not known where the video was recorded, although there is Chinese writing in the top corner of the screen.
Cynics suggested that so high was the probability of such a freak accident that the video might have been faked.
Some internet users pointed to the lack of visible rain in the CCTV footage while one suggested that lightening hitting the ground would have caused the camera to shake.
Another stated that in the video the lightning lasted for only one frame, whereas, they said, real lightning would have 'overexposed the camera for at least a few frames on each strike'.
But other viewers said the video was genuine.
One wrote: 'Security cameras don't just shake every time it's windy don't they? Pause the video when the dude gets hit and look at the light, that's pretty hard to fake, don't you think?'
Another added: 'Photoshop can't make a thunder like that. Real.'
And one person wrote: 'I think this is the lesson for all of us - if you are hit by lightning don't get up because you will feel a second wave.'
Only around ten per cent of people who are struck by lightning die, usually because the bolt of electricity causes their heart and breathing to stop.
Those who survive tend to wake up from the shock within a few seconds but have little recollection of what happened before the injury. They could suffer minor burns and stroke-like symptoms. A doctor may later point to lightning strikes as the cause of injury.
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