Struck by Lightning 1914

The next thing I knew, I felt myself waking up as if I had been asleep and I layed my head down again and again. I awoke, and this time I felt numb and cold. Looking around I realized the horses and I had been struck by lightning. The three horses had fallen down away from where I was standing and I fell back with my head in the mallboard of the plow. The only horse that seemed to move after they fell was the one nearest to me. The lightning struck me in the left temple, then passed down onto my shoulder making a red streak from the shoulder down my left arm. I walked about a mile to the nearest neighbor. He took me home to Preston where I rested for a few days, nursing an eye that was damaged some. I was then ready to work again. I always felt thankful to the Lord for giving me the urge to get up from in front of that horse even though it had not entirely quit raining when I moved out, for it would have meant sudden death if I had stayed.
Alfred Kern – Preston, Idaho (Paul's grandfather)
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