News: Congo: Soccer Team Killed By Lightning!!!

brIt-()nstar

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In league game of soccer (or football, for anyone that actually cares about the sport) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of 11 was annihilated by lightning. Oddly enough, the other team was completely unhurt, which lead the locals of the eastern Kasai Province to suspect that some sort of witchcraft or wizardry was called upon during the game
the game. For the record, it was the away team that got the short end of the lightning bolt, and the players from the home team came out completely unharmed in the event.

This wasn’t the first time a soccer game has ended due to lightning killing everybody – it happened the same weekend in Johannesburg (South Africa) where half of the players from both teams (Jomo Cosmos and Moroka Swallows) dropped dead.Our conclusion: the Gods must notbe so crazy about soccer.

http://www.forkparty.com/lightning-k...m-during-game/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/203137.stm

MonstahNL

SourPatchez

M.R.

OMG.

This is awful.

Яeo.

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or football, for anyone that actually cares about the sport

Really? Soccer is most popular sport game in the whole world.

And wtf? Video or don't believe it.

Roman

the linked source is not the one the quote in the OP is from

Ømega

Wat in the hell

arkl

This is the real article from the link posted above.

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Wednesday, October 28, 1998 Published at 14:51 GMT

World: Africa

Lightning kills football team

Lightning also struck a match in South Africa

All 11 members of a football team were killed by a bolt of lightning which left the other team unhurt, a Congolese newspaper has reported.

Thirty other people received burns at the match in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Kinshasa daily newspaper L'Avenir said local opinion - known to believe in charms and spells - was divided over whether someone had cursed the team.

The two sides were drawing 1-1 in the match in eastern Kasai Province when the lightning struck the visiting team.

"The athletes from [the home team] Basanga curiously came out of this catastrophe unscathed," the paper said.

There was no official confirmation of the report - a rebel war affects much of the east of the country.

The first strike

In a similar incident at the weekend, a premier league soccer match in Johannesburg was brought to an abrupt end when lightning struck the ground.

Half the players from both teams - the Jomo Cosmos and the Moroka Swallows - dropped to the turf.

Several writhed on the grass holding their ears and their eyes. Spectators and coaching staff ran onto the pitch to help. Fortunately no-one was killed.

Roman

Indeed, I figured BBC would not be writing idiotic statements like "the Gods must not be so crazy about soccer."

This is seriously not the time and place for this.

arkl

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Originally posted by Roman

Indeed, I figured BBC would not be writing idiotic statements like "the Gods must not be so crazy about soccer."

This is seriously not the time and place for this.

Sounds like a pressed fan of a losing team.

You know how football can inflict such influence to other people's lives.

brIt-()nstar

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Originally posted by Roman

the linked source is not the one the quote in the OP is from

my mistake.

the article has a link on bbc. I thought it was just the same.

plus bbc>>>forkparty.

Celestial

That is so strange.

Golden

KRL

daamn this is creepy

Harry

Come on, a lightning strike that killed like the whole team? You can't be serious.

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Razzle

Reminds me of an episode of Grey's Anatomy aired recently..

Golden

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Originally posted by HarrySapphire

Come on, a lightning strike that killed like the whole team? You can't be serious.

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THIS.

arkl

Well, the human body is a good conductor to electricity. If they are clustered in a closed spaces, chances of the atmospherical electricity to travel is highly possible.

Harry

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Originally posted by arkl

Well, the human body is a good conductor to electricity. If they are clustered in a closed spaces, chance of the atmospherical electricity to travel is highly possible.

Well, it's not like they were hugging one another while playing soccer..and we're not here for basic science. This news doesn't make any sense, at all. Can you find other sources, visual aids to support this thread? I'd love to know

'what practical is logical, what the hell who cares'

GarageGlamourous

Wtf?