Some people simply leave the room as soon as I fire up the coil. Most however, while repelled by both the danger and the ear shattering sound, are simultaneously drawn in by the near sinister beauty of the arc display. Painting with high voltage electricity can be unforgiving. Then over the years, each time my working coils were improved, that is, made larger, the dreams returned. An arc jumped to his finger, sending him reeling into the wall.
Shock happens at the speed of light.
That does not mean Tony could not have been hurt. Only that RF is much less likely to cause a fatal shock. It depends on the amount of RF and the physical shape of the person taking the shock. The primary coil and the transformer however, are lethal. The Tesla Coil Builder's Association is the preeminent world source for Tesla information.