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A man who was barbecuing on his porch in the middle of a rainstorm, was almost struck by ligthning.

Sarp Kizir managed to capture the scary experience as he was recording his outdoor cooking attempt on his mobile phone in Ottawa, Canada.

Mr Kizir, who is a food writer, later posted his near-death experience on his Twitter page.

He had been making salsa on the barbecue on Monday afternoon as the rain came down.

He told CBC in Canada: "I really don't like the jarred salsa that they sell at grocery stores near the chip aisle, so I was going to make a salsa verde on my barbecue grill using tomatillos.

"As I was doing that, this gigantic lightning bolt smashed down somewhere within about 10 feet of me or something like that and I captured the whole thing on video."

(Image: www.cbc.ca) (Image: www.cbc.ca)

Although not injured Mr Kizir was certainly shocked and swore as he took in what had just happened.

He added: "I laughed for a good 10 minutes after that happened, I guess just from the shock and adrenaline that was going through my system."

Mr Kizir added that his dinner was eventually a huge hit.