[TheForge] OT Lightening story

Andy Vida [email protected]
Mon Feb 2 13:13:00 2004


Patty Draper/Bill Robertson wrote:
> 
> My mother told me that when she was a child some 70 years ago in Northern
> Michigan she was standing near the front door of the house when a bolt of
> lightning hit the house.  Out of the fireplace rolled a three foot blue ball
> of electricity that started to roll across the room towards her.  She
> remembers opening the front door and watching it roll outside.  As far as I
> have been able to find out this has been known to happen but todate the
> phenomena has never been recorded on film.   Bill

	Well, at least it showed the courtesy to leave through the
	door, rather than THROUGH the door.

	Told you it's weird stuff.