Operator stated she was traveling back from getting gas from the Marina. The storm came up and got worse and the thunder scared the dog, the leash got caught around the steering wheel causing the boat to turn toward shore. The boat ran up on the shore at the campground.  There were no injuries, the boat was an aluminum hull deck boat, the hull was caved in about three feet of the keel, a tear on the port side near the transom aprx. 2 inches wide and two feet long, along with damage to the transom.
GPS Dec. Degrees N33.36275 / W085.50634
Wedowee