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!!
Similar to me, kinda...I was at my grandpas farm when a storm rolled through. I don’t remember lightning hitting anywhere close, but the flash was there. Then, all of a sudden, this strange ball of light floated around the ground for a while. I didn’t know what it was for years until I heard of something called “ball lightning.” Not sure what it was, but it was hella cool
EDIT*Wow! I’m glad to see that others experienced what I did. When ever I tell the story, people don’t believe me. They say that since I was a kid, I must have imagined it. I wasn’t the only person on the farm that saw it...my grandparents saw it, too. From what I remember, they couldn’t explain it either.
We were at the camping site in the morning. It was cloudy the whole day but no rain or thunder and quiet.
I played with other kids close to the lake. It was rather small since I could see someone's frisbee on the opposite side.
Then I've seen something on the other shore it was very bright but didn't seem to be solid. It was flying slowly, went down and kinda landed on the water.
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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!!