We used to have an a frame cabin in Utah. Once, when my wife was painting upstairs there was a lightning strike about 1/4 of a mile away. A spark jumped several inches from a large bolt in the roof joists to the paint brush her hand. The bolt was in the joists and not otherwise connected to any other metal. Lightning includes a massive electromatic force collapse that can induce currents at a fair distance. Very dangerous.
Wow, that’s astonishing. Was your wife hurt? Just amazed? I can’t imagine seeing or experiencing that.
30 years ago I was a geologist and was friends with the drilling crew. A South Texas storm blew up and the crew left the area well ahead of the storm. A great guy I knew only as “Animal” was opening the gate when lightning struck the barbed wire fence about a quarter of a mile away or farther. To everyone’s shock, Animal died on the spot.