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July 2, 2009 - On Wednesday afternoon at 5:00 pm a strong thunderstorm passed over Little Pleasant Bay in Orleans. 41 year old shell fisherman Chris West, a resident of Eastham, died after being struck by lightning. He had been clamming with an aluminum skiff near Sipson Island. His friend and fellow clammer John Jonason was 1000 feet away when it happened. Jonasan said that he and West were both keeping low, lying down in their boats. Then West stood up. That's when the lightning struck. West was killed instantly. Here's the full story from the Boston Herald