Subject: Can a lightning hit cause battery operated toys to turn on?

Last night during a thunder storm, lightning hit close to my house.  There 
was a very loud "explosion" type of sound, then seconds later two of my 
childrens' battery operated toys came on.  (Actually they made the sound 
they make when being turned off.)  This morning we found several things 
that no longer are working because they had been "fried".  The two toys 
were beside some of these things in different rooms of the house.  I was 
wondering if the lightning hit could actually make the toys come on?  Most 
of the things that have been fried are not really connected to each other.  
Could the static from the hit cause problems with the things that no longer 
work?

Thanks for any information you can give me.

Carita Montgomery

Re: Can a lightning hit cause battery operated toys to turn on?