Hey, I thought this topic had been discussed before, but I couldn't find the board so I guess that one got removed. Thing is, that the person who created the topic, had claimed to be hit by a bolt of lightning, and that everybody started commenting how 'that is impossible' and 'I never heard of such a thing, so you must be lying'.
Well, I just got hit by a bolt of lightning too. It happened while I explored Peldvale, and it was raining heavily. All of a sudden, Branwen got struck by a bolt of... well, lightning. Funny is, that it happened again only a few moments later with a bandit I was fighting.
Branwen took completely no damage, and also the bandit acted very casual, so I guess it's just a little joke of the creators, perhaps to catch you in a moment your dozing off while wandering pointless through the area.
Possible that you also don't believe me, but I don't really care: it was fun