And you don't have to be all that close to "feel" it, either !!
I was crossing a local lake, several years back, in order to trailer my boat ... after hearing thunder in the distance. Got about halfway across, idling through the no wake area, when I got a bit of a "buzz" through the steering wheel of the boat. Never saw the lightning, never even saw a flash of light or heard any crack of thunder, when I got buzzed.
... cp