The 83-year-old musician said the experience later inspired part of a song featured on his upcoming album “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” which is scheduled for release later this month.<\/p>\n
POPULAR ACTOR EXPOSES MASSIVE INSECT SCARE AT CHEAP MOTEL DURING MEMORABLE GIG<\/a><\/p>\n McCartney told host Tom Holland that the two accepted a ride from a slow-moving electric “milk float,” a type of delivery vehicle<\/a> commonly used in Britain at the time.<\/p>\n “Those were the only vehicles we knew that were electric, [and this one] went about four miles an hour,” McCartney said. “But it was a lift, so we were quite happy.”<\/p>\n Paul McCartney of Beatles fame recently recalled a funny teenage memory in which George Harrison got an electric shock from a milk float while the two were hitchhiking to Wales. (Jim Dyson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n He said the driver sat on one side of the vehicle,<\/a> while a large battery occupied the center area between the seats.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n George Harrison ended up sitting directly on top of the battery.<\/p>\n Everything appeared normal until Harrison\u2019s jeans accidentally made contact with part of the battery through a zipper on his back pocket.<\/p>\n McCartney said that he and George Harrison were traveling in an electric milk float when Harrison accidentally got shocked by the vehicle\u2019s battery. (Edward Wing\/Daily Express\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n “Bang! He jumps up,” McCartney recalled, yelling, \u2018Ahhh!'”<\/p>\n Turns out “the battery gave him a bolt.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES<\/a><\/p>\n McCartney said Harrison later showed him the result of the “bolt.” The incident left Harrison with what looked like “a great big zip tattooed into his bum.”<\/p>\n The Beatles star also recalled recently speaking with Harrison\u2019s widow, Olivia Harrison, about the story.<\/p>\n TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ<\/a><\/p>\n McCartney said she remembered hearing the story differently and believed that he \u2014 McCartney \u2014 had been the one shocked, not Harrison.<\/p>\n He added that the mix-up showed how memories can change over time<\/a>.<\/p>\n Harrison, at left, along with McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr, in the early days of the Beatles. (Keystone\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n “I think it’s amazing the way memory does that. It can just morph,” he said.<\/p>\n Harrison died in 2001 at age 58 after a battle with cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Sir](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/paul-mccartney.jpg\")
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