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Matt Barnes, II

Matt Barnes, II

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This week, we return to a conversation I had with Matt Barnes. Matt lives here in southwest Colorado. He’s been a rangeland scientist for years and has also worked as a ranch manager. In fact, this moment that we recorded is from a time several years ago when he was up in the mountains, working with cattle.

Between a close encounter with a grizzly bear (which we hear about a few segments ago) and this one, I can say, “Matt, I’m glad you’re still here, man!”

Matt told me he got Lichtenberg figures on his thigh from the lightning strike – these are weird, feathering or fern-like marks formed by the transmission of electricity along the superficial blood vessels in the skin. They went away eventually, he said.

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Keep your eyes, ears, and mind open. Until next time.

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