In June 2015, a German shepherd named Rambo, his owner Jonathan Hardman, and some friends went hiking in Mount Bierstadt in Pike National Forest. When the group set out, the weather was nice but changed when they were atop a hill at 14,000 feet. The wind began to pick up so the group began to their descent when a cloud came out of nowhere. Hardman was then struck on top of the head by lightening. Having no idea what happened, he said, “I just feel this intense, awesome pain and I wake up on the ground with blood filling the back of my sunglasses and I couldn’t move my arms or legs.” Hardman survived the lightening strike because his faithful dog absorbed the strike and was killed.
