Lightning So Rare We Don't Know How It's Formed

A woman has filmed an incredible type of lightning that is so rare, scientists still aren't sure how it is formed.

Mary-Ann Fletcher shared the video to TikTok, writing: "Apparently this is called 'ball lightning' which is the rarest form of lightning.

"It's so rare that we don't even know how it forms other than by heat, static, electricity and humidity."

Ball lightning is an as-yet-unexplained phenomenon. It usually features luminescent, spherical objects that can be pea-sized or several metres in diameter, and appear to be balls of electricity.

TikTokers had their own varied theories though:

One said: "Bruh I've seen Pikachu do that in Super Smash."

Others argued among themselves, with one saying: "No that's just Thor," and another adding: "Nah it's just a gender reveal." A third also joked: "That's just Sonic doing his daily laps."