Struck by Lightning: What Is It Like?

In 1994, Dr. Anthony Cicoria was struck by lightning and almost lost his life. After he was struck, he had an out-of-body experience where he says he saw his own body lying on the floor. In this interview, Dr. Cicoria describes what it was like getting struck by lightning and the feeling he had when he saw "the light."

[@mw5655]

He wasn't just a out of body experience, he had a near death experience

[@LiraDraculea]

Maria L ...which can cause an out of body experience 😑

[@dawsoncarpenter4626]

... bruh

[@MrPastige]

@@StarAnnasDream Were your eyes closed when that happened? Like your actual body's eyes? If yes and you were able to remember details of what the nurses were doing then I feel like that has to be prove for something supernatural. However if your description of what the nurses were doing wasn't that accurate then it also could have simply been your imagination, like a dream.

[@maelstromexceptions5984]

Other stuff I learned is people like him, when the soul leaves the body then when it comes back to the body, certain portions of the DNA is triggered, past life memories,etc. I have read many people experiences, nothing in this entire world will surprise me.

[@o1-preview]

near death experience = DMT trip

[@laura-hr2rj]

This is quite a typical description of a near-death experience. Hundreds of people all over the world have had similar experiences, doctors, nurses, veterans in war zones, crash victims. It is always fascinating to hear them speak. Glad he made it back to tell us.

[@jine7123]

Well...Not everyone has these near-death experiences... HMMMMMmmmmm

[@robertjoseph5206]

@@jine7123 I KNOW I SURE DIDN'T WHEN I OVER DOSED EVERYTHING WAS JUST COMPLETELY BLACK

[@jine7123]

@@robertjoseph5206 Yeah, just loke an emptiness or a void

[@robertjoseph5206]

@@jine7123 I mean I was close too dying but was Narcaned definitely wasn't my time too go yet but when some people do die I believe they don't even know their Dead Intill Judgement Day

[@SmurfCubing]

0:52 "Youve been struck by, y-you've been struck by..." My mind was expecting smooth criminal and lightning threw me off so hard

[@muah3813]

SmurfProductions SAMEEEWW

[@vivid5203]

LMAOAOAO

[@AMAINE207]

Same lol

[@ChestyBPuller]

I wondered if I was the only one who thought that

[@soarabove337]

I saw the age on this video & knew right away I wasn't the only one. You nailed it! Chose to log in just so I could affirm your perception of his nearly-perfect delays in speech (song) lmao!

[@sharonjohanns]

My husband was killed by electricity and Dr Cicoria replied to me with the most kindness and is a wonderful person.

[@KronoriumKid2210]

iTheGeek 😐

[@gardensofthegods]

Sharon I'm sorry your husband died and that he went that way but I'm glad you know that maybe he did not really suffer that much if he had an experience similar to what this gentleman here is talking about

[@gardensofthegods]

I feel his thoughts were on the little girl but I don't know who that is I don't know if it is a child you both had or if it was a family member who had passed on as a child but I feel that's kind of what he was thinking of the most when he was dying

[@exeledusprince9165]

hey this guy is a surgeon at the hospital i work at. hes awesome!

[@jaydolo914]

ask him if he was being truthful during this interview

[@goodsirknight]

cynical

[@ghostwriter1254]

@@jaydolo914 lmao.what would he reply you think

[@spazism8405]

Did we ask?

[@Esyueleyef]

@@spazism8405 no one asked you to comment either

[@rdeadrrr2344]

How to survive a lightning strike: do ASTRAL PROJECTION REALLY QUICK......

[@Poe-007]

Professor_Zoom_ - lol

[@SevensMarkedSeven]

LOL

[@LuigiCotocea]

Astral Projection is real!

[@Mr505505]

you were so close to be the flash

[@iamnoone348]

That's why he had the Near-Death-Experience.

[@KaySwitchYT]

😁😁😁

[@theblackbambino2621]

Lol

[@tiffroberts6233]

funny

[@kurrycane1483]

Struck by lightning: What is it like? You turn into Shazam.

[@sld_gloccem]

Or flash

[@kurrycane1483]

Lil Dc Threz Flash doesnt get by lightning to be fast he became fast by being strucked by a lightning

[@dukejohn8912]

Amazing !! Thank you for sharing Dr. Cicoria.

[@Russbenner1]

The feeling of peace is more than that , it feels like peace to the tenth power very hard to describe to someone that has never experienced it .

[@clocked3585]

I totally believe him, hes so understated and matter of fact about his experience, even throwing in a mother inlaw joke lol what he experienced must have been terrifiying and beautiful.

[@bestlaidplans4511]

Yeah, I'm not going anywhere called Sleepy Hollow Lake.

[@Poe-007]

BestLaidPlans - lol

[@iamnormalandcanbetrusted]

hahahahaha I was thinking the exact same thing

[@Cazimie]

This man got hit so hard his brain activity went inside the ligntning

[@bongjay444]

I had the same feeling when i had my out -of-body experience... an overwhelming peace. I want to stay there but a voice told me “it is not your time yet” and in a snap i am back to my body being awaken by a doctor. I recreated through photo art the place where i went to and hang in on my bedroom wall

[@thawg5500]

That’s just the chemicals in your brain

[@glendarodriguez1817]

Wow ❤️

[@alchemists4443]

Wait whoooaaah this guy had a out of body experience and a spiritual experience ??? The hazy energy ball, the “who I am is who I will always be, the thing on the floor is only a shell of me”, blueish white light (source energy makes up and flows through everything that is) Bruh that’s actually amazing, that’s exactly what I believe in! I’m actually in awe

[@OneNationSoul]

He was standing between the two life, the first and the last

[@Altair4611]

what

[@SirJakeusMaximus]

If he isn't lying and he did have a bolt to the face the chances are the signals in his brain were just thrown completely out of whack

[@ericcaldwell3584]

Like an EMP to the brain!

[@UTtherapy]

What an amazingly Godly experience!

[@MitchCadena]

I believe in these kind of circumstances.

[@Gealamusic]

Jeez this is amazing

[@ok_bud6322]

Lightning is one hell of a drug

[@gacharose1738]

Lightning struck the transformer 20 feet away from me. It felt like a breeze.

[@bristol1946]

"My little trip was over and it was not well received" 😆

[@bryceb6906]

It’s amazing, God let him live another day.

[@tylerjoseph239]

I needed this

[@dianefarley37]

I needed it!!!!!!!

[@scotttherrien7577]

What they so call an "out of body experience" was actually his consciousness leaving his body for a period of time

[@alchemists4443]

Scott Therrien ya, what it is You can have a out of body experience willingly sometimes (without having to almost die lol)

[@snorty5349]

That's literally the definition of an out of body experience, what are you proving?

[@aurorapassenger00fu40]

⚡*BOOOOOOM*⚡ *GOD* : "Haha, Nah I'm just kiddin..."

[@heyjude4842]

I’ve been to the white light and back. Absolutely peaceful

[@patriotsrevenge783]

I know it ain't the same but I had this happen to me when a mack truck I was working on fell on me.

[@WalterConyer]

I can vouch for his statement of nothing but Love and peace💯got struck by lightning august 28 2023

[@austinlinco]

What was it like?

[@soarabove337]

I really didn't want to bother making another comment here (now that I'm assured Smooth Criminal has been referenced), but I really do feel the need to offer that if your mother-in-law is rushing towards you, it's not you gotta "worry a little bit" , it's that not only did you just experience lightning, but now you've got to face your two worst nightmares. Simultaneously.

[@karinam2432]

You were about to be Flash!!! My favorite super hero

[@iqosuser2754]

Amazing thanks for chat on this video. Be safe 🙏

[@j_m_b_1914]

I've had a few OBEs before where I felt myself go through a wall (which was very trippy -- felt like different levels of energy sliding past each other). I've never had a near death experience or an OBE strong enough to measure scientifically -- however I did enjoy the experience for what it was (regardless of weather it truly was some type of separation going on). One very cool thing about an OBE is how easily you can parlay the experience into a lucid dream. Those were the times I had dreams more "hyper realistic" than regular waking life. The colors, sounds, textures, etc. -- everything was dialed up to 11. I have no idea how my mind was able to create such a vivid world experience but I'm not complaining! Just remember to love others and treat other people with respect and just be an all-around good person.

[@feastlife1904]

"I think therefore I am."

[@Lizard_Queen6]

well this was not what I expected

[@YourBoyTrue]

Somebody has to animate this. Please.

[@Levy122]

1 John 1:5 God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all.

[@jadneves]

Esse é mais um caso de psiquê deslocado. Temos muitos exemplos parecidos, e até o Alzheimer está no contexto, incluindo a invasão de corpos, tais como no livro “A Filha do Feiticeiro” psc Rochester/Wera. Tenho uma bússola que aponta para o Sul devido ao trauma de uma queda de uma mesa, e esse é um exemplo tangível das consequências de certos traumas.

[@KJetixsSuccessor]

He got soul blasted/forced astral projected like in doctor strange.

[@samuelhollman7426]

it was a very SHOCKING experience!

[@armancz]

Wow. He got knocked out of the body, absolutely fascinating.

[@cristianflores1588]

To me it was June 2011, I was about to enter high school for the first time and just started my summer vacation. It was storming at night while I was asleep. I woke up at 3:00 am in the morning and looked outside of the window. The window was slightly open to ensure the air to pass in since our house caught on fire 2 years ago. I look out and then a while bright light came in with a bang. I was blinded but there was a small sensation that passed on. then suddenly I felt a drop from my noise. I was bleeding however I didn’t even noticed that I was actually bleeding until I got into the restroom. My lower had of my face underneath my nose was covered in blood and suddenly I shouted out help. Everyone in my house was asleep until my grandma woke up and looked onto me. Till this day, only my grandma knows what just happened.

[@UTtherapy]

amazing and true experience of God in Spirit! God in the form of Man = Jesus.

[@Man_of_Tears]

I can tell by his eyes he seems very upright. I think this love exists, I've had glimpses of it too when I talk with God. I think he's recalling things from memory genuinly seeing his eyes looking down, like he's looking at pictures of memory before him. Came here from the 'people with real superpowers' video. :D Of course the powers are nothing compared to the One God who is also Jesus Christ.! Video's reflecting on the scientific characteristics of the Shroud of Turin are very interesting also. Powerful parallel beams of radiation and UV light putting an image of the body of most likely Jesus on the shroud from a (light) source like never seen on earth or modern science. Jesus' love is amazing and God is right here with us! I think the same power that this man felt and permeates all around us is in the same Spirit, that woke Jesus from the dead. And that's God's spirit of love that you can invite to your life. He (Jesus) said: "But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you." (John 16:5). And it's written later on: "And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you." (Romans 8:11). Don't be fooled guys! God is alive, He is powerful and He loves you. He is right here and ready to enter in your soul, heart, mind and life if you believe. You were made for this, to know God and know His righteousness. His goodness stretches on beyond your mind. He wants you very much. I can feel it as I type. The God that is "I AM" is not held down by religion. He is the one that goes beyond the beginning and will always be. He set up this life for you to choose and loves to have you in His family, and in His heart.. Ask Him to enter into your life, help you believe and show you direction, I trust He is capable of leading you to Life. His power of love is greater than anything else you might encounter. I may not have a full explanation but I believe Jesus can change your life! Choose guys! I believe it's worth it, God waits on you, inviting with open arms.

[@tiffanysanders718]

Smaragdon I thought the same thing about his eyes. He’s awake and Alive!

[@roddythinks]

Hallelujah! Praise be to our God in Jesus Christ.

[@dianefarley37]

Amen! I know Him already! He gives me the ability to love and be loved!

[@alanduncan1980]

So, what exactly is it that he's selling?

[@kisa4748]

he sounds sad that he left that place at the end

[@emmadixon1131]

wow! just .....wow!

[@CyberRacer]

Yea right , only think which can convince me is witness

[@gamingwithbrody747]

His spirit left his body

[@goodsirknight]

why are we so afraid?

[@JesusLovesEVERYTHING]

goodsirknight fear of death is taught and implied

[@craigbarnes7290]

goodsirknight humans have a natural chemical that is released in certain situations that will make u feel or act, when we are presented with something we know nothing about, we naturally fear it until we KNOW different! It's normal, unless you have no fear, like babies, babies have no fear because they know no fear! as the baby gets older it learns of fear, so in some situations will be fearful! It's easy really, hope that helps

[@ryze9153]

because lightning can be scary

[@cooldudeawesome9344]

Lucky man

[@Jobe-13]

Whoa

[@happymonk4206]

WOW! 😳 He saw heaven, lucky.

[@videorc4449]

I would harness the power of lightning

[@starshot5172]

Maybe he isn't talking shit

[@andretsang7337]

Sleepy hallow park? Spooky

[@jfunn]

He died in one of the multiverses then just moved on to the next

[@RickyJr46]

Close Encounters of the Third Mind…

[@lassila3]

Can he perform a 100-meter sprint I would wanna watch it

[@annethompson4318]

Dude, that's kinda close to what happened to me.

[@The_Andromeda_Galaxy]

I guess is pretty *shocking*

[@ryze9153]

lol

[@kelliannelowe5270]

No

[@eanarendt4901]

the dreams you have while in a coma

[@GeneSargentArt]

@ci rob you're*

[@kamkat8279]

I wish that I could have an OBE too.

[@taz-on-the-looseyusef5526]

thats why im so scared of lightening

[@SPak-rt2gb]

Sounds like the brain went threw a reset

[@isaiahlester759]

Whoah

[@karimsarif8934]

Was he on psychedelics before he got struck?

[@bbamushroom9996]

😢

[@johny1220]

Is he a speedster like me now?

[@leahmonday1182]

Just wondering how you remained tethered to this 'plane', if you were having an 'out of body experience'?! Just being inquisitive! lm

[@YellowPaint100]

2:15 - 2:30 😂🤣😂 glad he didn't catch them rubbing their hands together.

[@chasingamurderer]

Exactly that's what I try to tell people that God is an energy

[@TeaSquiffy2]

Can you tell him to make my kettle start then, because it's been on the fritz for ages.

[@kim71749]

How do you know?

[@stevemclendsy9478]

Energy cannot be destroyed nor does it has a beginning. God is energy. I've always known that.

[@Iliadic]

@@stevemclendsy9478 that does not mean that God cannot have a corporeal form, since He is omnipotent.

[@ItzDenz]

Yes God is energy.

[@shuaibgedi366]

Nice

[@newt9095]

3:16 what part was funny to begin??🤔

[@vincentwiese8414]

He is full of it you can see he is lying .

[@dragonknight5918]

Is lighting a portal to heaven?

[@brickovenfarmandfare8653]

Life is a portal to heaven.

[@MrBREVIN06]

That nose hair tho!

[@angioyt307]

... CAZZAROOOOOOOOOOOO

[@cortin7786]

Well I guess I am away to receive a lightning strike Jk

[@glenmacleod1917]

Ok, if you are at a pay and then your dead in your house?

[@missmicheleo]

Wear runners

[@erikdaniel4167]

Reverse flash

[@frasermacbeth8123]

This is so bloody fake

[@khennethmhervadauz9165]

Well Listen to His Music then you Hypocrite @Fraser Macbeth

[@khennethmhervadauz9165]

@ci rob I have nothing against Atheist but try to get hit by a lightning @Fraser Macbeth go to hell, haunt me and tell me how did it felt

[@largemouthbassman5628]

1:56 😂 sorry that was funny

[@JJ-03]

I stopped listening when he started talking about an out of body experience,was just curious what being hit by lightning was like...

[@moodyangel]

Sad

[@StarAnnasDream]

JJ no you didn't. Lol

[@povnw8985]

Old people always turn a two minute story into a five minute story 😏

[@rhondaeverett8284]

Or, young people sometimes b.s.

[@joshuabarnard2872]

Love and peace? Man that bolt of lightning hit you allot harder than you think it did. If you be thinking that love and peace comes from a bolt of lightning, why does it destroy everything it touches? LIGHTNING: -oooh let me give that tree some love.. BAM oops sorry it's on fire -let me give that human a kiss he's so cute... BAM.. oops fried him by accident. -that car is so cool I just wanna... BAM! oh shit thats on fire and will possibly never be fixed. I don't know about you but LOVE does not charge my phone... Electricity does..

[@meganh109]

Joshua Barnard actually sequoia trees depend on fire because fire encourages the trees to drop their cones in masses. The blaze knocks out competition from other plants and provides a great shot of fertilizer in the form of ash. Lightning provides fire for these trees to thrive. Shut the fuck up before you know the facts.

[@joshuabarnard2872]

Clorox Bleach (YAWNS)... You trolls are really bored aren't you...

[@meganh109]

Joshua Barnard In what way am I being a troll?

[@zebonautsmith1541]

the electricity had simply disorganized the spatial body perception system of the brain.

[@north4850]

5:37 someone snapped fingers and when I woke up I saw thanos

[@YonOtto]

It was interesting until he mentioned seeing a bright light and he felt peace and love. No. Just no.

[@Headless_Hooman]

YonOtto Near death experiences electrically trigger the frontal right temporal junction, changing the way the brain views itself. This most commonly leads to an out of body experience. This happens because when a person dies, a burst of energy is released in the brain. This sets off memories and emotions, many of which are good. The brain fills out information it can't explain to help make sense of it, in this case it used it knowledge of god to explain it. I'm not religious but the brain is fascinating. Death is just as interesting as it is sad.

[@nataliehall9392]

drama queen

[@paulpoulter9185]

Anyone with a sensitive musical ear, classical or otherwise, will have no difficulty in dismissing this ridiculous story. It's a middle-aged bull-shitter trying to elevate his clumsy piano playing to a level that it is not. He might be a qualified and well respected surgeon (good for him and good for his patients) but a pianist or composer he certainly isn't and he's making a complete fool of himself trying to gatecrash a seat at the vast table of extremely talented pianists and composers around the world.

[@Werlahm]

If you listen to what he says he does not seem like a religious guy he said that he is a man of science and that IF there was a god this was it. He did not say​ it was god praise the heavens and shiz

[@WholesomeMemes]

Is this misplaced jealousy or something?

[@LeoInterHyenaem]

I wonder if this man has learned to respect life after the lightning momentarily knocked his body off his ghost - or does he still eat meat?

[@richiemogra1173]

Nice story ,a fake

[@4yoursoul915]

Guys this is fake. I'm being %100 with y'all I am Catholic and strongly believe in God. But he's lying and trying to promote himself

[@quizent8386]

Was most likely in a coma and he had a dream and what he thought would happen when he died, happened. That is why it seems so real to him.

[@Werlahm]

Got proof?

[@Headless_Hooman]

Near death experiences electrically trigger the frontal right temporal junction, changing the way the brain views itself. This most commonly leads to an out of body experience. The brain fills in most of the details afterwards to help explain the event based off of what it knows. Death is just as interesting as it is sad.

[@josephthomas8461]

You are Catholic that's the biggest prob !

[@CarsnStuff]

you can say what you want. but i personally believe there is a spiritual realm. the people saying it was probably a coma that was more of a dream. well yeah that may be possible. but no one can be 100% sure because they werent in his shoes. Heres the way i see it, science is constantly expanding. and there could be 20 years from now some new discovery that brain waves can be some how transmitted through space.. who knows. but the thing is you'll always has people who will be doubtful. there are experiences certain people have that to them is proof of what they believe. Also is it just me because i've never once had a dream in third person. i personally don't think the brain is capable of projecting yourself in a dream from third person. i've noticed most if not all dreams i can possibly remember they were all first person. what if the sheer fact alone that he was able to see his own body in third person was some how him actually being outside of his body.

[@alchemists4443]

Lightning hit you so hard that your physical body flew away from your soul body

[@---MochiPunk---]

Like in Dr. Strange lol

[@alchemists4443]

@@---MochiPunk--- I’ve never watched that haha

[@---MochiPunk---]

@@alchemists4443 if you like Marvel movies, it's a good one. 👍🏻

[@AG.Floats]

This is what dying feels like. That feeling you get right before you die is massive amounts of DMT being released by the brain. Fucking crazy story.

[@JoshuaSalajan]

Andrew Givens ya ya ya

[@ValbbyRod]

Joe rogan lol

[@asimnabil7565]

What is DMT?

[@goranvuletic8873]

That does not explain how people can see and hear things happening in other rooms. So your explanation is completely false.

[@armancz]

@@asimnabil7565 dynamite 😬

[@wolrith8998]

wait but he has no scars or burns...

[@youshouldwatchevangelion6438]

Cheesy Sombrero lightning doesn’t always burn you.

[@skylasantos173]

Lol you made my day confused and this comment you have said Wolrith is so dumb

[@TheRoughjeans]

In a podcast he went on to say that the scar that was left was very tiny. Just an entry and an exit point

[@Ram_Cr7]

may be he is the fastest man alive LOL😂😂😁😁

[@khennethmhervadauz9165]

Maybe a great Musician

[@AliAkbar-uk6do]

I had the out of body experience when I choked on a piece of bread and stop breathing or hardly breathing. I saw myself being born and lived the whole life and I see my mom loving me and I was asking myself who is this person I am so worried about and I cried myself during this whole out of body experience. It was unreal and outstanding. I spend the whole night at the Coney island hospital and I prayed if I could live in this body one more time to do good in this world and say good bye to my mother.

[@burgundy6933]

@Matthew Penfold ???

[@sarahthomas6650]

@Matthew Penfold literally, I’d be embarrassed if that’s how I died 😂😭

[@robertjoseph5206]

@ Koonie How is that funny? People choke Everyday and end up dying WHEN UR JUDGEMENT DAY COMES SEE IF ITS SO FUNNY THEN

[@gardensofthegods]

Sounds like it changed your life and I hope you live talk to the promise you made to yourself

[@AliAkbar-uk6do]

@@gardensofthegods I try to live as a bonus life. When you are given a chance must do the things which are important. Worry less and do more