Siblings Rachel, Isobel and Andrew Jobson were bicycling when they took shelter under a tree near Hampton Court Palace in South London last week. The trio had stopped to get out of the rain and to let Rachel take a bathroom break. When she returned, her sister decided to take a picture of the three of them in the rain, when a lightning hit the three of them.
“The picture of us at the moment the lightning strike happened was at 17:05,” said Isobel to the BBC. “I took a picture of us smiling and we then wanted a sad picture in the rain. All of a sudden I was on the ground and couldn't hear anything apart from this high-pitched buzzing. My whole right arm was numb and I couldn't move it.”
Rachel added that she suffered burns on her thigh and stomach and that the lightning left a Lichtenberg figure mark … but the trio survived. Paramedics took them to a nearby hospital, where they were treated and released hours later.
Images: Isobel Jobson