A teen in Texas suffered a slew of shocking injuries after lightning struck him in the stomach during a recent fishing outing.
Hunter Wyche, 19, was leaning against a tree as he fished a body of water in Jasper on Saturday with his mother, according to KPTV.
Wyche told the outlet that he remembered blacking out just before the lightning strike made contact, launching him next to a nearby tree, leaving him with serious injuries.
'The strike kind of went in through my stomach and went all the way down through my leg and came back up through the top of my foot,' he said.
Wyche added that after he regained consciousness, he couldn't feel his legs and was not able to move his right foot or his entire right leg.
Visible burns can be seen across Wyche's body, along with dozens of marks on his face.
'Most of what I felt was wood and stuff all over me from this tree that exploded, which is what's all over my face. I've got little thorns and stuff still all in my skin, and they went deep,' the teen said.
After only 10 hours in the hospital, he returned the following day after the incident to go back fishing.
Hunter Wyche, 19, was stuck by lightning on Saturday while fishing with his mother
Wyche told KPTV that he remembered blacking out just before the lightning strike made contact. He added the electricity stuck him in the stomach
According to Outdoor Life, doctors regained all feeling in his legs by 6am.
Doctors cleared him of any serious injury, but he still suffered bruising and had all the hair from his right leg burned off.
Wyche told the outlet that he was very grateful for the quick response of first responders.
'I still have a great memory of everything that happened. It was just that split second from when the lightning hit me to when I hit the ground,' Wyche said.
'I was cracking jokes with everybody, because this whole crowd of people ended up around me. I was having a good time.'
He also noted that he was extremely lucky that several pieces of sharp wood that exploded from the tree missed his body.
Michelle Wyche told KPTV that it was a miracle her son is alive: 'I got to hug him and hold him because he was home already.'
After 10 hours in the hospital, he went fishing the following day. His mother told the outlet that it was miracle her son is alive
Wyche said his fishing rod was destroyed and gave him a once-in-a-lifetime experience he won't forget.
'I just got lucky. That’s all there is. I’m probably the unluckiest, lucky man alive,” Wyche said.
According to the CDC, 40 million lightning strikes hit the ground in the US each year, but men are four times more likely than women to be struck.