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/weird/unusual/blold2.html The WEIRD SCIENCE PAGE database of BALL LIGHTNING REPORTS OLD REPORTS, up to 12/2000 Also see:New Reports, and Oldest Reports. Add your own report to those below. ?????? Also see: Link Collection IT WAS ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO WHEN MYSELF AND 2 FRIENDS WERE SITTING ON MY FREINDS STEPS OF HIS HOUSE, THERE WAS NO STORM OR BAD WEATHER, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ALL LOOKED UP AND SAW A BRIGHT BLUE BALL , ABOUT THE SIZE OF BASKETBALL THE BALL WAS JUST A PULSING LIGHT, I CANT REMEMBER IF IT MADE ANY NOISE, IT FOLLOWED THE POWER LINES ALONG ABOUT 150 FEET IN FRONT OF US, ODDLY ENOUGH THESE ARE THE SAME POWER LINES THAT TOOK MY FRIENDS FATHERS LIFE SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER, IT SEEMED TO GET BRIGHTER AS IT WENT ALONG THE WIRES ALMOST LIKE IT WAS FEEDING, WE ALL STOOD AND LOOKED AND NOONE SAID ANYTHING,THEN IT JUST KIND OF TOOK OF AND DISSAPEARED, I CANT REMEMBER IF IT TOOK OF INTO THE SKY OR JUST FADED, BUT WE WERE ALL POSITIVE OF WHAT WE SAW, DON MAROTZKE POURVEX2@AOL.COM ROSEMOUNT, MN USA - Monday, December 25, 2000 at 20:22:01 (PST) My brother and I saw ball lightning together from our kitchen window about 15 years ago. We lived along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan so thunderstorms were common during summer. Where we grew up, the fetch across the lake is 85 miles yielding intense lake effect storms both in summer and winter. We saw the ball lightning during the day which is part of the reason why we were so sure of what it was. The ball looked as if it was the size of a grapefruit at first, a second later it was radiating several bolts(3-4meters in length each) in different directions. The color was brilliant white like burning magnesium. The ball had originated about 10m above the ground among the branches of a huge oak tree in the yard. A piercing crack was heard instantly and I remember the windows rattling. One or two tree branches were struck sending splinters of wood to the ground. Out of the hundreds of electrical storms that I