I have seen a ball lightning at around 40 feet from me. Was about the size of a softball, and it sat hovering over a large puddle of water in a driveway making a lightning "sizzle" noise for several seconds before exploding into a blinding white lightning flash and thunderous boom. I nearly shit my pants.
I was a kid at my grandparents house one afternoon. There was a thunderstorm. A beachball sized ball of lightning formed at the power lines in front of their house and floated down towards the house. Several family members watched this beachball float across the front yard. The ball reached the front porch and touched the metal railing and disappeared. We were amazed.
I have seen a ball lightning at around 40 feet from me. Was about the size of a softball, and it sat hovering over a large puddle of water in a driveway making a lightning "sizzle" noise for several seconds before exploding into a blinding white lightning flash and thunderous boom. I nearly shit my pants.
I was a kid at my grandparents house one afternoon. There was a thunderstorm. A beachball sized ball of lightning formed at the power lines in front of their house and floated down towards the house. Several family members watched this beachball float across the front yard. The ball reached the front porch and touched the metal railing and disappeared. We were amazed.