{"id":85628,"date":"2026-07-09T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85628"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:43:44","slug":"boy-shocked-by-electrical-current-while-playing-video-games-after-house-is-struck-by-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=85628","title":{"rendered":"Boy Shocked By Electrical Current While Playing Video Games After House Is Struck By Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A teenage boy sustained injuries after lightning struck his home as he was playing video games, hitting him with an electrical shock. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 13-year-old boy, Vladyslav Skuridin, told <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/child-computer-shocked-electrical-current-after-lightning-strikes\/story?id=134594109\" id=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/child-computer-shocked-electrical-current-after-lightning-strikes\/story?id=134594109\">ABC News<\/a> via a statement from his mother that he &#8220;felt a shock go through my whole body and I saw a super bright white light.&#8221; He said he &#8220;quickly jolted back&#8221; and felt &#8220;super dizzy and confused.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was playing a game on his computer at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Also, I kind of just started screaming because there was a super loud boom that made my ears hurt and pop,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9r2F6k7BPS0  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This happened on July 7 in the Houston, Texas suburb of Cypress. The event caused a small fire in the house&#8217;s attic and injured the boy. He was evaluated on site by medical professionals but did not go to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the incident, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Precinct4\/posts\/pfbid02tt6h3Tay1WTfCmEB6KZ9CgE3a4m47rowLKjamcPubcUNgyBcv5FD7THTvwNKkgmel\" id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Precinct4\/posts\/pfbid02tt6h3Tay1WTfCmEB6KZ9CgE3a4m47rowLKjamcPubcUNgyBcv5FD7THTvwNKkgmel\">local authorities said<\/a> people should avoid using corded electronics and stay away from electrical wiring and plumbing during thunderstorms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teenage boy sustained injuries after lightning struck his home as he was playing video games, hitting him with an electrical shock. The 13-year-old boy, Vladyslav Skuridin, told ABC News via a statement from his mother that he &#8220;felt a shock go through my whole body and I saw a super bright white light.&#8221; He&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":85630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85628"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85631,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85628\/revisions\/85631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}