Lots of people say that Friday the 13th is bad luck.  Some go even farther and insist that the number 13 is also unlucky.  There are some buildings that lack an official 13th floor due to this fear.  For one boy at an airshow in Lowestoft, England, 13 was the unluckiest number possible.  The teen, age 13, was hit by lightning on Friday the 13th at 13:13.  Weird!

“Suddenly there was this huge crack of lightning really close to the seafront and really loud thunder,” said St. John Ambulance team leader Rex Clarke.  “Seconds later we got a call someone had been hit.  The boy was breathing and was conscious.  He had a minor burn to his shoulder and was taken to hospital as a precaution.  It could have been a lot worse.  It’s all a bit strange that he was 13, and it happened at 13:13 on Friday the 13th.”

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