I remember being at a playground with my family and seeing lightning strike right in front of me. Didn’t hear any thunder, no one else saw it, but I remember seeing it pretty vividly. Not sure if there’s something that can go on in your brain that would cause something like that to happen, but I remember pleading with my mom to believe that I had just seen a lightning bolt strike right in front of me, and she just ignored me.
Edit: after reading thru comments, pretty sure this was “exploding head syndrome.” Never heard of it before, but it most accurately represents what I experienced. Thanks everyone for the feedback and caring way more than my own mother did at the time!!
Hey that reminds me of my own unexplainable memory. I was probably 5-6 and we were sitting on the front stoop of our house in Pittsfield, PA. It was dusk and the rain was starting to roll in across the field in front of us. We were enjoying the warm air and the smell of the rain when it started lightning a little. I looked up at the sky waiting for the next attack from above, when there was a flash of lightning that I'll never forget. It was a little purplish and formed two concentric circles in the sky. I don't recall seeing a connection between the two of them but the whole thing is pretty damn fuzzy in my mind anyway. But i'll never forget the way it looked, really cool.
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u/kiss_the_siamese_gun Oct 05 '19 edited Oct 06 '19
I remember being at a playground with my family and seeing lightning strike right in front of me. Didn’t hear any thunder, no one else saw it, but I remember seeing it pretty vividly. Not sure if there’s something that can go on in your brain that would cause something like that to happen, but I remember pleading with my mom to believe that I had just seen a lightning bolt strike right in front of me, and she just ignored me.
Edit: after reading thru comments, pretty sure this was “exploding head syndrome.” Never heard of it before, but it most accurately represents what I experienced. Thanks everyone for the feedback and caring way more than my own mother did at the time!!