is lightning struck wood valuable?

Question

is lightning struck wood valuable? I have heard that the wood after it has been struck you can sell it for pretty good money. is this true? if it is can you tell me how much it is worth so that i know. thank you!!!!

Answer 1

try ebay they can sell anything, add a snot rag from jerry garcia and you may have some money coming!

Answer 2

Lightning Struck Wood

Answer 3

Wood struck by lightning usually becomes stronger, because its normally porous structure becomes more compact, and, thus, denser and stronger. Such is the premise behind the film-based-on-the-novel, "The Natural", in which wood from a lightning-struck tree was used to create a seemingly powerful bat (nothing to do with the batter, of course!). ;)

Since many trees are struck by lightning every day, there is probably no value in such, except, possibly to an artist or furniture maker, and, even then, it would probably be rejected because of its scorched surfaces, even if sanded down (in other words, the "Natural's" bat is more myth than reality). Look at it this way: The only reason why diamonds - - just a rock! - - are valuable, is because someone had to dig for the stuff and cut it to precise specifications (never mind that it's controlled by a virtual monopoly!). Sea shells were once considered a form of money by Native Americans, and other peoples; what are they worth now?

Basically, there is such a mythos over lightning (i.e., "lightning never strikes twice in the same place" is far from true!), that, over the years, some folks gave "magical" attributes to anything struck by lightning, including people, especially if they weren't killed by it!

Of course, if the wood has burned all the way through, then it is ash, and is completely useless to anybody! ;)

The link, below, shows some nifty pix of lightning-struck trees; it doesn't answer your question, but it has nice info (FWIW, I couldn't find *anything* about it having any value on the web, and since nobody else has asked this question, I gave you a star for being "Interesting"!)

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is lightning struck wood valuable?
is lightning struck wood valuable? I have heard that the wood after it has been struck you can sell it for pretty good money. is this true? if it is can you tell me how much it is worth so that i know. thank you!!!!

Answer 5

Wood burns no matter if lighting struck it or not. I'm a older person and have used wood that got struck and it burns like any other wood.

Answer 6

Usually wood explodes or burns up. You maybe getting it mixed up with metal rods. Some people who live on the beach or lakes with sandy shores. Especially in stormy states like Ark, OK, Texas, Alabama, etc. They take a lightening rod and stick it into the sand on the beach. When the lightening hits a metal rod and goes into the sand it creates sand figures. Or glass figures.
the lady in the movie: raiseing Alabama or something? Did that and had a bunch of figurines in this shop. It really does that just make sure to go get them when the storm is over.

Answer 7

Uh....wouldn't it be charcoal?

All the lightning struck trees I have seen are burnt to crispies.

Answer 8

If you dont want it, I will take it and burn it in my wood stove to toast my tootsies. That makes it at least a little valuable to me.

Answer 9

As the other person said, Ebay is your best bet, and if u really wanted to sell it make up a little story behind it!

Answer 10

only if it's in the shape of jesus or mary... then it's worth thousands to some religious nutjob... otherwise it's a scrap wood.