A South Carolina man with an umbrella had a brush with death when a bolt of lightning crashed down inches from where he was walking, US media report.
The incredible scene was caught by a surveillance camera the school where he works as a guidance counselor in Horry County.
“Boom, heard a loud noise, I seen a bright flash and felt a little static through my body,” Romulus McNeill told Inside Edition.
He said he was walking to his car when the lightning hit and is stunned that he survived.
