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December 2, 2008 7:16:07 PM CST



Man Asks Heavens to Settle Dispute, Lightning Strikes

Posted Sep 2, 08 9:22 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – A man in China's Fujian province got a shock when he asked the heavens to settle a score, CCTV reports. When a friend demanded an old debt be repaid, the man brandished an iron bar at the sky, swore he had never borrowed the money, and asked the gods to strike him down if he was lying. Lightning promptly stuck the bar. The debtor is recovering in a local hospital.

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Flashes of lightning shoot across the sky in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Peng)
Lightning struck a man in China's Fujian province after he raised an iron bar to the sky and swore he was telling the truth.   ((c) idarknight)
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