[5] Sullivan was described as a brawny man with a broad, rugged face, who resembled the actor Gene Hackman.

[7] Two of his ranger hats are on display at two Guinness World Exhibit Halls in New York City and South Carolina.

When he was a child, he was helping his father to cut wheat in a field, when a thunderbolt struck the blade of his scythe without injuring him.

These numbers do not quite apply to Sullivan, however, who by the nature of his work and his physical location was exposed to more storms than the average person.

Virginia, where he lived, averages 35 to 45 thunderstorm days per year, most of which fall in June, July, and August.