In Gorny Altai, a marine survived a lightning strike during a meeting with a bear

In Gorny Altai, a marine, a participant in a special military operation (SVO), survived a lightning strike into a tree next to which he was standing when a bear came across his path. According to Dmitry Khubezov, Minister of Health of the Altai Republic, on August 6, the man was able to get to the hospital on his own.

"I was riding a horse and noticed that they were being chased by a bear. He quickly rode up to a tree to tie up the horse and deal with the beast. But as soon as I started driving up to the tree, it was at that moment that lightning struck the tree," the minister wrote.

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