I also know two people, my mother and a leader at my boyscout camp. Both wearing rubber-soled shoes and survived without needing hospitalization.

Maybe birthday paradox or something similar at play? Only 64 commenters but appears more common than your belief would indicate.

I bet if you are a regular golfer you would know more, and if you spend 100% of your time in a concrete jungle you would know less.

It's the kind of story you're going to hear and remember. Lots of rare things are not notable, nothing you would tell a story about. Also, people could be counting near misses as being "hit by lightning"