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title: "This is fake, though apparently ball lighting is real.  "The video…"
date: 2020-02-18
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships updated his status.
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# This is fake, though apparently ball lighting is real.  "The video…

*February 18, 2020 · Facebook*

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This is fake, though apparently ball lighting is real.\
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning){target="_blank"}\
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\"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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[https://www.snopes.com/fac\.../video-of-a-globular-bolt-real/](https://www.snopes.com/fac.../video-of-a-globular-bolt-real/){target="_blank"}
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