DYV Disinformation and Fakery

DYV linked to a YouTube video (video seen also at LiveLeak) of a man that was apparently struck by lightning two times in a space of seconds and supposedly lived afterwards with no apparent injury.  I spotted the DYV piece in Deafread. The problem is that DYV claimed the lightning victim wore a cochlear implant. For a victim to put his right hand to the right side of his head isn't proof that he was wearing a cochlear implant. This is nothing more but an attempt to generate misinformation, disinformation and interest on the subject of cochlear implant.  DYV offered no links to sources that the supposed victim is in fact a cochlear implant user or even the fact that he is "hearing impaired."  No links on DYV blogsite to sources that says anything about the victim as a "hearing impaired cochlear implant" user. No interview of the victim. No verification that the implant, if any, was damaged by the strike. Nothing. Nada. Kaput. Pure hokey made up cotton candy fluff that dreams are made of.

I'd say this is a prime example of really bad blogging like a case of bad food poisoning run amok. Now, if DYV attempt to come up with an excuse for blogging about an old, already proven fake video lightning strike and inserting "cochlear implant" as a justification I'll call it BS on his part if that happens. So, don't even bother DYV on producing an excuse to blog misinformation and disinformation claiming the victim to be hearing impaired and a cochlear implant user, and go even further without any supporting evidence or sources saying the cochlear implant was damaged by the strike because it never happened. Pretty wild if not totally irresponsible to pass that kind of junk around. Below is a screen capture of what DYV wrote as proof.

Video is fake, of course. Shadows in front a vehicle that show up shouldn't be there when the lightning bolt should have lighted 360 degrees all around it. The second strike showed shadows to be unlighted just like the first one. All indicative of a fake video. This was an impossibly rare video capture of a man apparently getting struck by lightning two times in a row in virtually in the same spot in such a short space of time, and the guy lived? All that point to an apparent fake video of a lightning strike that was supposedly captured on camera. 

Here is a real and verified video produced by CBS of an (indirect) lightning strike captured on a surveillance camera. The victim was interviewed afterward which add credibility to the story. You have a reputable source that provided tangible proof of a person getting struck indirectly by a lightning strike and surviving it with no permanent or lasting effects. A victim would be darned lucky to survive a direct strike otherwise he'd likely be dead or seriously injured with side effects for the rest of his life.