bizarre Soccer players zapped by lightning

[Lord Gutsy]

An amateur Peruvian soccer player was killed and seven other players were injured after being struck by lightning during a championship match in Chilca, Junín Province, authorities said. The deceased was identified as 39-year-old José Hugo de la Cruz Meza.

The players were leaving the field after a lightning bolt struck near the stadium, when a second bolt struck the field, knocking de la Cruz and seven other players to the ground. A 40-year-old goalkeeper, who was right next to de la Cruz at the time, was taken to hospital in serious condition.

 

[Bad Hippo]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

 

[Dark_Voyeur]

Rigged game.

 

[TOOSEE]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

Its soccer buddy, they all fake all medical conditions and are highly trained to do this. It would have been natural to see a team mate fall so you do. hopefully a penalty heads your way. Thats soccer!!

 

[Davey Stone]

They all did a synchronized flop

 

[se7en.is.back]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

I was wondering the same thing

 

[-Atlas-]

Is it just me, or does that playing field look like it's been hit multiple times before 🤔

 

[Mohinder]

Is it just me, or does that playing field look like it's been hit multiple times before 🤔

Everything in Peru looks shitty, especially the women.

 

[Peanut20902]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

Conductivity the ones who didn't get hit had just enough resistance to the ground. It may have been something small like there skin did not touch a blade grass.

 

[Windowshopper]

God gave out Red Cards on that play....

 

[CunningLinguist]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

They learned from the Chinese how to scam the insurance companies.

 

[Gamma🍄Goblin]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

Steel studded boots

 

[Interregnum]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

hi im a scientist with an iq of 210 so let me explain this listen and take notes

 

[Bad Hippo]

hi im a scientist with an iq of 210 so let me explain this listen and take notes

I'm looking forward to this. It'll be the first thing of any intelligence you've ever said on here....

 

[Chank]

Supposed to play extra time before going to sudden death.

 

[JawshSB]

Lol i like how everyone is running away after, as if the lightning is still going to get them

 

[GarGoil]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

A few things happened in about one second.

The initial lightning strike victim was directly struck at 0:02 on the videos timeline. You can see a brief moment of flames that appear on the person directly struck. This person is more than likely dead.

Once the electricity from the lightning strike passed through the initial victim the lightning entered the ground, the electricity became 'ground current'.

As the electricity (ground current) travels through the earth away from the initial strike location, the organic material in the earth provides resistance. This resistance decreases the amount of electricity and at some point the electrons are absorbed and the ground current ends. This resistance combined with each victims distance from the initial strike and the amount of ground contact produced through the soles of their shoes touching the earth, varied for each person. Someone people at the edge of the end of the ground current may feel a little 'tingle'.

You can use Ohm's Law to calculate how 'electrocuted' a person will become from ground current based on their distance from the initial strike. Here is a Research Gate article showing how much 'dead' you will be based on distance.

 

[LET'S GORE !]

A few things happened in about one second.

The initial lightning strike victim was directly struck at 0:02 on the videos timeline. You can see a brief moment of flames that appear on the person directly struck. This person is more than likely dead.

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Once the electricity from the lightning strike passed through the initial victim the lightning entered the ground, the electricity became 'ground current'.

As the electricity (ground current) travels through the earth away from the initial strike location, the organic material in the earth provides resistance. This resistance decreases the amount of electricity and at some point the electrons are absorbed and the ground current ends. This resistance combined with each victims distance from the initial strike and the amount of ground contact produced through the soles of their shoes touching the earth, varied for each person. Someone people at the edge of the end of the ground current may feel a little 'tingle'.

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You can use Ohm's Law to calculate how 'electrocuted' a person will become from ground current based on their distance from the initial strike. Here is a Research Gate article showing how much 'dead' you will be based on distance.

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That a good analysis, but that not really the case here the difference between those who have been shocked or not is simply the material of their crampons, some are plastic some are steel.

 

[Grand Mal Caesar]

Lol i like how everyone is running away after, as if the lightning is still going to get them

This may come as a shock to you... Storm clouds are capable of producing more than one bolt of lightning per their existence.

 

[lechmich]

What caused some of the others to fall over? It didn't seem to affect everyone equally...

What actually happens when lightning hits the ground, especially not very conductive ground is it "skips" along the ground along the path of least resistance until it loses it's mojo. It can be one or several directions. These guys just happened to be standing in line of that particular path