Boy Survives Being Struck By Lightning, This Piece Of Clothing Saved His Life

A teenager in Queensland, Australia, was struck by lightning while walking to school last week and reportedly survived the ordeal because of his footwear.

Talyn Rose, 14, was in front of Robina State High School in the City of Gold Coast Friday morning when lightning bounced off a nearby pole and struck his foot, 7News.com.au reported.

The electrical discharge traveled up the teen's body and shot back out of his arm, which resulted in him being knocked to the ground as his muscles tensed and going completely numb, according to the outlet.

A man allegedly witnessed the incident from his car and was prompted to run out, pick up Rose and take him into the school for safety.

Rose's mother, Michelle Nimmo, was around five minutes away from the scene after dropping the teen off earlier when she received a call from the school and was notified that an ambulance was on its way.

Nimmo claimed she "could barely hear [the caller] or believe what they were saying" over the downpour at the time.

Rose was reportedly shaken and could barely hear or feel anything for a full minute after being struck, but he was already sitting up and feeling okay by the time his mother arrived at the school. His vitals were checked after he was taken to a hospital, where they discovered he was completely fine aside from suffering some burn-like injuries.

The thick rubber soles of Rose's shoes absorbed a lot of the shock from the strike and saved his life, doctors later claimed.

“The doctors were all fascinated by his scars and by the story. They were all calling him the lightning kid and all around the hospital there was a buzz about ‘the kid that got hit by lightning,’” Nimmo said.

“Paramedics said he is extremely lucky to be alive and that they have never seen anything like it in their whole careers,” the mother added.

Rose's father later jokingly asked the teen why he did not sidestep the strike, a report by News.com.au said. The teen's sister also joined in on the act and allegedly attempted to plug in her phone into Rose.

Rose has since made a full recovery, but he still has some "unique scars" from the strike.