Boing Boing
By CARLA SINCLAIR
2:05 PM TUE FEB 27, 2024
A mother-daughter duo noticed electricity crackling from their fingertips on a visit to Horseshoe Bend, Arizona and thought they found a “magnetic portal.” But in actuality, they came this close [holding finger to thumb one millimeter apart] from getting charred by a bolt of lightning.
“Look at my hair — it’s electrified. And look at my mom’s,” Ale Soto said, laughing on TikTok as she panned the camera to her ecstatic mother, whose hair was sticking straight up to the sky. Her mother then pointed her finger, triggering a very audible sound of static. Both of the women then pointed their fingers towards the deep canyon below, and it sounded like raw chicken on a hot grill, accompanied by a gauzy streak of light.