Man stabbed with knife, robbed at gunpoint, locked in taxi boot, and bitten by two snakes at same time struck by lightning while on phone

The last thing he remembers is leaning over a metal sink, with a severe storm raging outside, speaking on the phone.

Agan has hit headlines in the past because of his extraordinary misfortune, which included an incident four years ago when he was robbed at gunpoint while driving his taxi and got locked in the boot.

He also suffered injuries after being stabbed in the chest with a butcher's knife in 2008, and, more recently in 2009, he claimed he was bitten by two snakes at the same time.

Although experts have questioned whether all his injuries are genuine - especially the snake incident and now the lightning strike - he stands by his claims.

Some have suggested he is an attention seeker, or even self-harming (in the most bizarre ways possible) in order to receive pain medication.

But this time he also has the word of his daughter, Misty, to back him up as she was at home when he was apparently befallen by the freak bolt from the sky.

'I don't care what people say. Any day of the week, I'll go take a [lie detector] test,' Mr Agan told the St Petersburg Times.


/Metro.co.uk/