“Here I Am”: The Insane 1987 Story of a Shreveport Lawyer Who Challenged a Storm

I was today years old when I first heard the legendary story of the Shreveport lawyer who challenged God and was immediately struck by lightning on a boat.

This wild story dates all the way back to 1987, but it’s an event that people in the Ark-La-Tex still talk about. Honestly, it’s probably the exact reason our parents always told us to get off the water the second we heard a rumble of thunder.

Now, I had to dig a little into this because I was absolutely convinced it was just another spooky Louisiana urban legend. We’ve all heard them! But turns out, this is very much a real, heavily documented piece of local history…

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