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Man captures lightning strike close call on tape

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Talk about a close call! A California man was videotaping the rain, when he was almost struck by lightning!

Take a look at the dramatic video. William McNeill says he was recording the rain outside his home, when a bolt of lightning nearly hit him.

"It was so bright, I couldn't see for 5 to 10 seconds," McNeill says. "All you could see was the shape of the lightning bolt and then black…It was like a bomb, no kidding, a bomb went off in front of my door." 

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