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The couple were shocked when a glowing ball appeared during a thunderstorm, which was believed to be the mysterious 'ball lightning'.
On June 2, Ed and Melinda Purdy were watching a thunderstorm from their porch in Alberta, Canada, when lightning struck.
After a tornado warning was issued, Ed, a meteorologist, noticed a ball of light moving across the horizon following the lightning.
He said the object was hovering about seven metres above the ground, just under a kilometre from their home outside Edmonton.
“Once the lightning disappeared, the ball of light became larger, brighter and incredibly bright,” he said, citing data from CTV News.
“And then I thought, 'Oh, it'll go away soon,' but it didn't.”
He began recording the phenomenon on Melinda's phone, capturing about 23 seconds of video before the ball of light disappeared.
“There was a bit of pop music and then it all kind of dissipated,” Ed added.
“I was like, 'What is this? I've never seen anything like this.' It was pretty cute,” Melinda said.
Ball lightning is a controversial atmospheric phenomenon that has been described by observers for centuries but still has no generally accepted explanation among scientists.
They are usually associated with thunderstorms and regular lightning strikes.
Ball lightning is a mysterious and rare atmospheric electrical phenomenon that has been the source of many legends, myths and folklore over the centuries due to its unusual appearance.
In medieval Europe, strange glowing balls appearing near swamps or in the air were often explained as “will-o'-the-wisps” – ghostly lights that were said to bewilder travelers.
During a church service in Widecombe-in-the-Moor, a fireball reportedly entered the church, killing four people and injuring other worshippers. At the time, it was interpreted as a manifestation of the devil himself, but it could well have been ball lightning.
During the siege of Leningrad in World War II, soldiers reported seeing strange glowing balls that moved erratically, sometimes penetrating bunkers or tanks.
They have been interpreted as experimental weapons, divine intervention, or even UFOs.
Lightning chasers who study thunderstorms speculate that ball lightning can travel along power lines, but the Purdys say that's not the case here.
“Definitely not,” Ed said.
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