Is possible to have ball lightning indoors?

Question

I thought I saw some travel across the room once.

Answer 1

Yes. When I was a child in Oklahoma there were several times during thunderstorms when we would see "ball lightening" dribble out of Grandma's crank telephone and bounce along the hall. michael

Answer 2

Yeah, sometimes it does. But, did the ball lightning vanish into thin air automatically or was it just flying around in a room inside your house? If it was, that's a little strange because I thought ball lightning appears out of nowhere, but then vanishes right away because my friend mentioned something about it. She said that she saw two of them and as soon as they disappeared, they came back while she was sleeping, but they combined...it's strange to see things like this.

Answer 3

While the whole concept of ball lightning is controversial, many people have seen it moving around inside buildings, so apparently it is possible.

Answer 4

if a window is open, then ball lightning can just roll in

Answer 5

Yea but mostly during a thunderstorm.

Answer 6

entirely, especially at high elevations. also seems to be related to certain earth contour features.
look up ' foxfire,' or ' St. Elmo's fire.'