Teen Who Was Struck By Lightning, Buried Alive By Family To End Excruciating Pain

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This teenager agreed to be buried alive to cure crippling back pains after she was struck by lightning.

Ana Ballesteros, 18, was covered up to her neck for three days a week in her garden.

The bizarre home cure saw her placed in a giant hole which was filled with earth.

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The girl was covered up to her neck on three days each week

Relatives believed this would "take the energy" the lightning left in her.

The teenager was struck by a bolt as she walked to college recently.

She was treated in hospital but continued to suffer back pain she claimed prevented her from walking properly.

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Her gran said that they were 'taking fire out of the light'

She began quirky ‘therapy' sessions - which involved her being buried for up to four hours a day over three days.

Ana said: "Doctors study medicine but not lightning.

"I know that getting into that hole I'm going to get better because these are ancient things."

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Her gran Blanca de la Rosa said: "What we're doing is taking the fire out of the light, the heat out of the energy."

Ana's mum Milena added: "Locals told me before I took her to hospital that we'd be better off burying her instead to take the energy from the lightning away.

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"I'm praying she comes out okay.

She can't walk properly and the burns she suffered on her feet cause her pain. I trust in God." It is not known if the treatment, which began earlier this week, worked.

Local doctors have expressed their scepticism.

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Walter Gomez, who works out of a clinic in the regional capital Monteria, admitted there were a lot of ancient beliefs among the community about how to cure storm victims including burial.

But he added: "There's no scientific proof that burying a patient who has been struck by lightning has any beneficial effects for their recovery."

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