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A couple more facts........
Lindy — (archived)

Though he was never able to explain his peculiar attraction for lightning, Sullivan once said that he could actually see the bolts as they headed for him. "Naturally, people avoid me". It apparently afected his social life. "I was walking with the chief ranger one day, and lightning struck way off and he said, `I'll see you later, Roy."

Sullivan said he would notice an aroma of sulfur, his hair would
bristle, and within three seconds it would get him. He described the
sensation as "like being cooked inside your skin."

Lightning zapped him again in 1972, setting his hair on fire and convincing him to keep a container of water in his car, just in case. The water came in handy a year later when, seemly just to taunt Sullivan, a low-hanging cloud shot a bolt of lightning at his head, blasting him out of his car, setting his hair on fire and knocking off a shoe.

I find his story really amazing and extremely interesting. SOMETHING attracted that lightening, or at least I would think so. I found most of the above comments from different Google groups.
For more information see the The LSESSI (Lightning Strike and Electrical Shock Survivors). I will be looking into that a little more when I have the time.
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