A man who claims to have been struck by lightning 11 times in his life insists he is telling the truth, despite skepticism from experts and the Guinness World Records.

Melvin Roberts, 62, from Seneca in South Carolina, claims to have been struck in the sunshine, while driving a bulldozer, and twice while mowing the lawn.

‘It’s like being stalked,’ Mr Roberts told Sunday Night reporter Denham Hitchcock.

Melvin Roberts, 62, from Seneca in South Carolina, claims to have been struck by lightning 11 times in the past 12 years. He told Sunday Night reporter Denham Hitchcock that being struck 'cooks you from the inside out'

Mr Roberts has medical records showing injuries which doctors say are consistent with lightning strikes – including multiple exit wounds and trouble with memory and speech

‘It cooks you from the inside out,’ he said.

Mr Roberts has the medical records showing injuries which doctors say are consistent with lightning strikes – including multiple exit wounds and trouble with memory and speech.

‘You can’t taste anything for days and days,’ Mr Roberts explained.

‘I could eat possum stew, monkey brains and it’d taste like sulphur.’

The 11 strikes, which have taken place in the last 12 years, have confounded doctors, and many experts are understandably sceptical of his claims.

Sunday Night heard from one expert who said it’s impossible to be hit directly 11 times, and the Guinness Book of Records won’t list his feat as they say they don’t have enough evidence of the strikes.

His wife Martha said she has witnessed nine of the strikes, and if they hear thunder: 'I gotta go to the other room, ‘cause someone’s gotta call 911,' she said

The man from South Carolina has made news in the past because of his enormous claims

But wife Martha said she has seen nine of the strikes with her own eyes, and has a plan of action for every thunder storm.

‘If we hear thunder, I’ll move.

'I gotta go to the other room, ‘cause someone’s gotta call 911,’ she laughed.

And Melvin has a box of broken watches showing the exact time of the strikes.

‘You said you’ve spoken to God a couple of times, is he trying to tell you something with all these lightning strikes?’ Mr Hitchcock asked him in his Seneca home.

‘If He wants to tell me something, you know, I got two cells phones. Got a computer,’ Mr Roberts replied.

‘He can email me, call me. He got my attention. He got that the first time.’

‘It’s like being stalked,’ Mr Roberts told Sunday Night reporter Denham Hitchcock

‘I could eat possum stew, monkey brains and it’d taste like sulphur,' Mr Roberts said, because you can't taste anything for days following a strike

Although the injuries are consistent with a victim of lightning strikes, Guinness World Records will not list Mr Roberts because they claim there is a lack of evidence

He has multiple exit wounds and trouble with speech and memory as a result of the strikes