IPod blamed for teenager's lightning strike

Could this really happen? Regardless of what the experts say?
"A 17-year-old Colorado teenager blames his iPod for being struck by lightning while mowing the lawn. Jason Bunch says the current from the strike traveled through the headphone wires of his iPod, burning his ears, cheeks and side. The Denver post reports: “The wounds follow the line of his iPod, from his ears down his right side to his hip, where he was carrying the device. The iPod has a hole in the back, and the earbuds dissolved into green threads. Bunch and his mother believe the iPod acted as an antenna, drawing the lightning to him. There were tall pine trees nearby that didn’t get hit.” Weather experts, however, say that is unlikely. “There is no scientific evidence to show that lightning is ‘attracted’ to items like an iPod. However, if someone wearing earbuds is struck, current may travel along the wires into the ears,” said Gregory Stewart of the Denver-based Lightning Reference Center. “There are documented cases of lightning traveling through wired telephones and killing the users."
Source: iLounge.com

Could this really happen?
It DID happen.
Regardless of what the experts say?
The experts didn't say this didn't happen. They did say the iPod is not what caused him to get hit by lightning.
However, since he was wearing it when he go hit, the electricity simply took the path of least resistance - the wires - which are made specifically to conduct electricity.

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