"Ball of Lightning" captured on video in Texas

that looks fake.

if it's not, it's the stuff of my nightmares.

This might be an intricate part of how we became a living entity, as a part of how we evolved into the human species?

Interesting…

It's like it started walking!

Not fake, R1.

The video is exactly as the Wiki article described:

[quote] Ball lightning is a rare, unexplained phenomenon described as a luminous, spherical object that appears during or after thunderstorms. It's distinct from ordinary lightning and can persist for several seconds, often moving around and vanishing, sometimes with a bang or a silent hiss. While commonly reported, scientific explanations for its existence and formation remain elusive.

I saw one once, as a kid, at my grandparents place in Northern NSW (subtropical). It was the middle of the day and just after a thunderstorm, so not super visual like in the video linked. I was about 10, so my memory is hazy, but the hissing sound is very distinct...that's what drew everyone's attention. It was like a hissing ball of light bouncing over the garage roof and the smell of ozone. The extended family are just staring at it, in our 1960's swimwear with slices of watermelon in our hands when someone shouted "it's ball lightening" the adults gasped in wonder and it just bounced away. Then all the adults told us kids "You will NEVER see that again".

If I see ball lightning again I'll definitely take out a lottery ticket

i've heard it called something else.

Cool

[quote] i've heard it called something else

Gonad lightning?

world's worst cell phone videographer.

Reminds me of my mom on a bad day.

My father told me about seeing ball lightning when he was a kid and I've always had that phrase stuck in my head but this is the first time I've ever seen it -- holy shit it's terrifying. That was how he described it -- terrifying, like it was walking.

If that ran into a person they'd be super dead right? I know people are capable of being struck by lightning and surviving but this seems worse, like it's more concentrated somehow?

This video seems too perfect to be real. I think experts would be all over it if it was legit. Lightning moves fast.

The very first YT comment is how the video matches the wild weather they had, which is even MORE suspicious IMO.

Any logical person can see that this is clearly aliens.

That’s some Dr Doom shit right there.

Goodness, gracious.

Great Balls of Fire!

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