An expert gamer screamed in agony as she was struck by lightning in a freak accident at dwelling, leaving 1000’s of followers fearing for her security after her reside commentary on streaming platform Twitch got here to an abrupt finish.
Boston-based eSports star Jaime Bickford, who has 80,000 followers below her Karma alias on Twitch, was monitoring a reside sport of Rocket League when she terrified viewers by screaming out in ache and crying after a thriller bang was heard.
The younger streamer’s palms required remedy and her controller, which she believes performed the lightning, was warped past use by the weird bolt from the blue.
“Ah, f*ck,” Bickford was heard groaning whereas the sport continued, earlier than persevering with: “I simply obtained…” and trailing off into tears.
She later instructed involved followers that steel going by way of her home had been struck throughout a thunderstorm, including: “Truly suppose I simply obtained struck by lightning by way of my controller. What the f*ck?”
Bickford thanked her followers for an “outpouring of affection” and revealed that she had spoken to medical doctors about her enflamed flesh.
“Fingers healed up after being iced all final evening,” she reported the next day, including that she wouldn’t be participating in a sport that evening.
Truly suppose I simply obtained struck by lightening through my controller…
wtf
— Karma (@KarmahTV) June 28, 2020
“Very minor burns, my controller is melted close to the USB connection the place I obtained flashbanged over the weekend. I’m fully superb.”
Shocked followers continued to test on Bickford. “Fingers are Gucci, homie,” she reassured one, earlier than telling one other who requested to see a photograph of her accidents: “Nothing to indicate, bro. They’re regular.”
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