Originally Posted By: Bob West
From what I recall, most of the level campsites at Guitar Lake are pretty close to the lake...possibly a bad spot in a thunderstorm. They might have received a ground charge from a lightning strike on the lake water. A direct hit would have probably killed them.


Agreed. I am not an expert Bob, but from what I have read more people are killed from ground current than direct hit.

Close counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, nuclear bombs, and lightning.