What did I experience today
I pulled my car over onto the shoulder of road for a quick stop during a long drive. As my wife and I were standing outside our car helping our toddler, I kept getting a zapping sensation on my ankles. I was wearing shorts and long grass was brushing up against my legs, and I noticed anytime some grass touched me for more than a second or two, it would feel like a sharp pinch of fire, or burning.
We realized we were directly underneath some power lines and kind of joked that we were getting shocked from them.
The power lines were giant and the towers were about 100ft away from us with the lines overhead a good 100ft. We also noticed a weird feeling when we touched each others skin, almost like vibrating. I also gave my wife a kiss and we definitely felt a zap.
My toddler was inside the vehicle the entire time and didn’t act any differently than she normally does.
Could there have been a large buildup of static electricity of some sort that was amplified by the magnetic fields surrounding the power lines?
What exactly happened?