Siblings capture hellish moment they were struck by lightning

Three English siblings were struck by lightning Monday and captured the hellish-looking scene in a mind-blowing selfie photo.

The Jobsons — Rachel, Isobel and Andrew — escaped with just burns and a short hospital stay after being zapped while standing under a tree during a storm over East Molesey, they told the BBC.

The trio had stopped for a bathroom break while cycling to see their aunt when they first snapped a selfie of them smiling.

“We then wanted a sad picture in the rain,” Isobel, 23, told the news outlet.

“All of a sudden I was on the ground and couldn’t hear anything apart from this high-pitched buzzing,” she said.

Rachel said she suffered burns to her thigh and her stomach, and temporarily lost feeling in her arm.

“I was on the ground. I felt disjointed. My sister and I were screaming,” said Rachel.

Rachel, Isobel and Andrew Jobson were struck by lightning while sheltering from the rain.
The trio had stopped for a bathroom break while cycling to when they snapped a selfie during the storm.
Isobel Jobson
Rachel, Isobel and Andrew Jobson were struck by lightning while sheltering from the rain.
Rachel, Isobel and Andrew Jobson luckily only suffered minor injuries after the lightning strike.
Isobel Jobson

The siblings were taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting, where they were treated and released hours later, the report said.

Isobel had a titanium plate surgically implanted in her arm after a bicycle crash last year, and the family was told the metal may have attracted the electricity.

“My sister’s arm was very hot, because of the plate. Everyone was amazed at what had happened to us,” Rachel told the outlet.

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