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A spectator has captured the incredible moment an enormous bolt of lightning narrowly missed an oval as men played an amateur game of AFL.
Steph Collis was watching her brother-in-law play through torrential downpour at Greaves Reserve, in Melbourne's south-east, on Saturday afternoon.
As the men braved the awful conditions midway through the fourth quarter, the sky opened up in a brilliant flash of purple as lightning struck.
With less than seven minutes to go and eight towering poles a reminder of the very real danger of electrocution, the game was immediately called off by officials.