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    Default Struck by lightning!!!

    I was just listening to a news report on the radio, and one of the stories was about a young girl that was electrocuted. The report said she was playing nintendo when lightning struck and came through the nintendo, to the controllers, and electrocuted her. :shock:

    Anyone else heard this story, or ever heard of anyone being struck by lightning while playing a game?

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    Sounds like an urban legend to me.

    "Now, if you play too much Nintendo, lightning will come through the controller and kill you. And not the Pikachu kind of cute lightning, killer lightning."

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    Someone I knew once once claimed that lightning struck through his SNES and melted the Starfox cart he was borrowing from a friend of mine back in school.
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    But wait, what about the plastic casing? Wouldn't that somewhat protect her from it?

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    That couldn't happen. static electricity travels to the path of least resistance. 18 guage wires incased in plastic then threw crappy boards. then threw even crappier wires to plastic boxes lightning whould not travel.. sorry.. it would get grounded well before getting into that stuff.
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