By Travis Fedschun for Fox News
A tree in South Carolina was left glowing with what appeared to be burning claw marks after a lightning strike on Sunday.
The City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department shared a photo to Facebook of the smoldering tree after the strike in the community located outside of Hilton Head.
“Check out what a lightning strike did today to a tree in the Battery Point subdivision!” the fire department wrote.
Officials said that firefighters from the City of Beaufort/Town of Port Royal Fire Department quickly extinguished the tree fire.
The initial post by firefighters has drawn over 700 shares, with many commenters remarking on what the lightning strike left behind.
“Looks like red claw marks,” Raphael Pizeno wrote. “It’s a cover-up!”
Another person remarked the “thunder and lightning was insane.”
I looked outside twice, it sounded so close!” they wrote.
The incident in South Carolina was similar to one earlier this summer in Maine when flames were spotted shooting up from the middle of a tree after it was hit by lightning.
Lightning typically strikes tall objects such as trees and skyscrapers because their tops are closer to the base of the storm cloud, according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).
The incident in South Carolina was similar to one earlier this summer in Maine when flames were spotted shooting up from the middle of a tree after it was hit by lightning.
Lightning typically strikes tall objects such as trees and skyscrapers because their tops are closer to the base of the storm cloud, according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). Read more from Fox News.
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