Lightning Strike Kills 10,000 Chickens
POSTED: Monday, November 22, 2004
UPDATED: 11:27 pm EST November 22,
2004
A lightning strike at a farm in northern Israel killed 10,000 chickens, according to a report.
The single bolt of lightning hit the farm during a heavy storm, struck the electricity supply which set fire to the coop and killed the chickens.
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All that remained were a couple of singed chickens huddling in a corner.
"There was a bolt of lightning which hit the power supply and whole building went up. I've never seen anything like it in my life," a farm worker said.
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