Originally Posted by
mikeveal
In the 1980's as a teenager, looking out my bedroom window I witnessed ball lightening. We lived in a valley, the ball tracked down the side of the valley, passed just over our house and struck the road infront of our house. It fried our house alarm and a couple of other bits of electrical kit.
It can only have taken two, maybe three seconds, but it felt a lot longer. I did think it was going to hit me. It's amazing just how much thinking you can do in a very short space of time!