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Old 20-12-2008, 09:28 AM
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My dad told me about it once, story's a little vague to me now but....

He was a salesman when he was young, and one afternoon he was in a client's office in a highrise in Brisbane. There was a storm raging outside and all of a sudden the office was lit up. He said it looked like a ball of lightning and close to five seconds

I think it's for real - dad's an honest sort of bloke - I'd love to see it for myself though (from the ground because he said it was pretty frightening from where he saw it)EDIT = Dad said it seemed to expand and sounded like a rapid series of explosions

Don't think it's the same as minmin lights though - I think they are for real too but are something else, perhaps static or magnetic? Surely somebody's tried to study them by now - they seem to be commen enough.

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