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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by mikeInAlaska on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:35PM (#36552623)
I have seen ball lightning here in Alaska. One time, at night. Distance maybe 120 feet away. I watching a glowing orb perhaps 3 feet in diameter drift from the front of my parents garage towards their house before disappearing. An absolutely crystal clear view. I was on the phone with my wife at the time and describing the event to her, it was absolutely chilling to see ! I have never seen anything like it before or after. I should have ran down there and seen if I could sense any after effects, but quite frankly, I was terrified.
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by mythrwy on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:14PM (#36553203)
I think I saw this once in Florida as a child.

I had climbed a tree (at night) and looked down and there was a red glowing ball of light that drifted and bobbed along horizontally maybe 6 or 8 feet off the ground, and then disappeared. It was maybe a foot across or a little less. A friend was with me, we both watched in amazement.

I never knew what it was and halfway thought maybe I imagined it (except my friend saw it too). Until today I never knew what it might have been as this is my first time hearing of ball lighting. But it seems likely that is what it was.

After so many decades, glad to have a rational explanation at last! Thanks HN!

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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by LesZedCB on Saturday July 01, 2023 @03:35PM (#36554161)
Cixin Liu has a pretty fun sci-fi book about Ball Lightning
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Re:Orca Rams into Yacht Near Scotland, Suggesting the Behavi... by emmanueloga_ on Sunday July 02, 2023 @06:32PM (#36566499)
Are you sure it was ball lighting? Other possible explanations: ghost, aliens, portal to another dimension, glitch in the matrix, …, any of a long list of psychic abilities? [1]. Personally, I hope the chupacabra was involved in some shape or form.

1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychic_abilities

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