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…