Boils My Blood

My friend and I were riding the lift at Vail last week and had a very amusing conversation with the boarder sitting next to us. She was certainly one of those girls that I'm totally insecure around because she is approximately my age and has obviously given up social norms of the typical work day, for a lifestyle of working at night and spending days on the slopes. I sometimes wish that I had the kind of self-actualiztion necessary to give up normalsy for something I love, but truly I am way to fearful at this point in my life. Anyways, the conversation had to do with this older guy we saw coast down below us wearing nothing but a light jacket. The wind chill that day was freezing and even bundled up in my "cold day" ski coat and two layers of fleece covering my head, i felt like i was mere minutes from inevitable frostbite. My friend on the lift pointed this skier out and the girl next to us replied something to the effect of "Oh...that's probably Bob. He lives here in Vail and was struck by lightening 5 years ago and now his blood is hotter than normal people so he doesn't need to wear warm clothes on the slopes." My friend and I chuckled for a minute, and then we realized she was serious. I am wondering now the medical truth behind this explaination. It seems as though if this were a true reality, this guy should be written up in some medical journal somewhere. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? When you are struck by lightening does your blood heat up permanently? What does Bob do during the summer months?