[Boatanchors] OT: AC Clocks Running Backwards

[Bill Mellema]

Guys,
I know this is way off topic but I want to get opinions/inputs from the gang. On a trip this past week I mentioned that I saw a AC Clock running backwards at a 7-11 I stopped into back in the early 70's. The guys with me didn't call me a liar but suggest that I had been drinking too much susia hi hi  I remember asking the cleark what's with the clock and she told me it started running backwards after a lightning storm. The internet suggest that a broken stepper could cause the same problem. The story of it starting to go backwards after a lightning storm could be a myth that was passed onto the clerk I'm thinking.
Please has anyone seen this before??
Thanks in advance...
Bill N3WM