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Ball lightning (Original Post) underpants Feb 2020 OP
The hell you say.... Toorich Feb 2020 #1
Yeah underpants Feb 2020 #2
That was pretty cool BigOleDummy Feb 2020 #3
I noticed that too underpants Feb 2020 #4
I think it's the same woman who keeps calling my answering machine. cos dem Feb 2020 #6
Blind people getting calls about their vehicle maintenance warranty expiring underpants Feb 2020 #8
CGI ... it's FAKE. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #5
Damn underpants Feb 2020 #7
+1 dalton99a Feb 2020 #9
You mean the ball lighting mask I bought was a rip off? marble falls Mar 2020 #10

Toorich

(391 posts)
1. The hell you say....
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 11:15 AM
Feb 2020

.... that's aliens and their UFO. Don't be fooled. They are spreading COVID-19, herpes, and cocaine
to trap the unwary. And fluoride, Mandrake! they want to steal our precious bodily fluids!!!

BigOleDummy

(2,262 posts)
3. That was pretty cool
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 11:43 AM
Feb 2020

But I have to say that the narrators voice ....... man is she just bored out of her mind or is "she" really a A.I.? No inflection .... no emotion ...... creepy

cos dem

(902 posts)
6. I think it's the same woman who keeps calling my answering machine.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:17 PM
Feb 2020

She keeps telling me my Windows license has expired, that the IRS is on the way to arrest me, and that my business needs to be verified by Google.

underpants

(182,626 posts)
8. Blind people getting calls about their vehicle maintenance warranty expiring
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:23 PM
Feb 2020

I know of one blind person getting such a call.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
5. CGI ... it's FAKE.
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 01:16 PM
Feb 2020

Original video without creepy text-to-voice narration:



https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/video-of-a-globular-bolt-real/

A video supposedly showing a rare, natural phenomenon known as a “gobular bolt,” or “ball lightning,” went viral in January 2020 with a posting on the Facebook page Cambio Digital that quickly racked up more than 4 million views:

This video was frequently circulated with the caption: “This is a globular bolt, better known as scintillation. They are tremendously rare and peculiar.”

This video, however, does not show a “globular bolt,” a “scintillation,” “ball lightning,” or “sphere lightning.” The video actually features a computer generated image.

The video was created by Andrei Trukhonovets. It was posted to his YouTube page back in May 2019, along with a note stating that the footage featured “CGI.” Trukhonovets also responded to a number of comments and bemoaned the fact that this video was circulating as if it showed a genuine ball of lightning:
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