>be me
>VT mountains 3 years ago
>4am
>-15F
>wake up
>see faint glow on mountain top above house through window, maybe 1500 ft away
>weird, no one should be up there in this weather, no trail leads up there
>grab binocs
>picrel (obviously reconstructed) glittering white lights (very small) rising up through the trees in a column, starting maybe 15-20 ft off the ground, slowly drafting up just above the tops of the pines maybe 80 ft. just floating up at maybe a bit faster than the speed steam rises, very lazily.
>definitely no campfire below them, no people that i could see
>not meteors as they were passing through and lighting up individual tree branches locally
>open window, completely still freezing night, no sound at all, no snow, no wind
>no ufos, magicians, ghosts or other /x/ shit present
>just glittering white lights appearing off the ground wafting up and disappearing
>shrug and go to bed
>hike up to the area next morning, nothing there, just rocks, moss, trees
>never seen again

>>no [...] /x/ shit present
but what if /x/ shit present? why can you nerds never accept any explanation that isn't 100% mundane

>>16716134
>but what if /x/ shit present?
i just told you i looked and it wasn't.
it was some sort of natural phenomenon

>>16716148
you saw a wild jesus. make a wish

>>16716102 (OP)
Ball lightning