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THE letter headed “Struck by Lightning,” and signed “D. Pidgeon,” contained in NATURE, vol. xi. p. 405, is valuable, and the more so because it is unaccompanied by any theory. Formerly, when ramified marks appeared on the persons of men or animals, they were always referred to some near or distant tree, of which the marks formed “an exact portrait.” Thus, in the Times of September 10, 1866, is an account of a boy who had taken refuge under a tree during a thunderstorm, having been struck by lightning, and on his body was found “a perfect image of the tree, the fibres, leaves, and branches being represented with photographic accuracy.”
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TOMLINSON, C. On Lightning Figures . Nature 12, 9–11 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012009a0
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