Melbourne woman left with 'supernatural' abilities after surviving lightning strike in Yeezy slides: 'I now have built-in GPS'

A  woman has revealed the shocking moment she survived being struck by lightning on the in 2023.

Carly Electric was left completely paralysed 'for about 10 to 12 hours' after she was struck on the head in a lightning storm on night.  

She told Daily Mail about the shock event at the Australian Adult Industry Awards, and revealed the 'supernatural' side effects she has since experienced. 

'I got keraunoparalysis [lightning paralysis]. I became completely paralysed and I was in hospital and it took me about six months to get a lot of my function back,' she said.

'It's made me a really bad dancer. It's changed the colour of my eyes. I've got contacts in now and I have to wear bifocals.

'On the top of my head, I actually had to have a lot of acupuncture. I have these hotspots on the top of my head and I've got like red scarring down my scalp.' 

'I'm static to everything now. I feel superhuman. It's made me more creative, funnier,' she continued. 

'As soon as that happened, four weeks later, I started a podcast, I started writing comedy out of nowhere.'

Carly originally built a career as a high-end escort but has recently made the decision to transition out of sex work into stand-up comedy.

'I just feel like I became really lucky and like all this weird wonderful stuff started happening,' she said.

'I've got some weird like supernatural things going on now. I now have a built-in GPS. 

'I can picture a map in my mind and I know automatically where I am and where I'm going. I'm more susceptible to being struck by lightning again. 

'I'm also more susceptible to being electrocuted because now my body runs at a different frequency and I'm more attractive now to electricity.'

The adult entertainer also has concerns about long-term health effects.

She added that so few people have survived being struck by lightning that there are virtually no studies on how it might affect her in the future. 

'I just don't know what the long-term effect is. I can't find any information. There's not enough people [for studies] because no one survives,' she said.

'I feel like I've drastically taken years off my life. I'm actually at the moment having heart tests. I constantly have weird heart things going on. You know, numbness.'

Despite the downsides, Carly said being struck by lightning was 'the best thing that ever happened to her', and credits her survival to a pair of Yeezy slides. 

'I was wearing my Yeezy slides, and they're so big, and I think they're actually what saved my life. If I didn't have those on, I would have died,' she said.