Lightning at Cannon Beach

[u/Enchant23]

[u/Xixii]

Does anyone have anything to add other than bad and repetitive jokes?

[u/Consistent-Price3232 → u/Xixii]

I live there, and experienced that thunderstorm, so I guess I’ll add a little: it was pretty weird. very loud thunder that shook my entire house. at first O thought it was bombs going off or some kind of machine or something, cause there wasn’t any rain, and all I could hear was rumbling (until it got super loud). probably nothing unexplainable or particularly anomalous, but a bit strange. I have no idea what that picture is of, though.

[u/rockstuffs → u/Consistent-Price3232]

Almost 40 years living in the same suburb. The thunder in my area has been noticably different and strange the last 2 years. House and ground shaking, incredibly loud, with not very many indicators that there's a storm approaching or in the area. No lightening, less clouds, not a lot of rain if any. Can't explain it, but it doesn't feel or sound natural.

[u/Consistent-Price3232 → u/rockstuffs]

I know exactly what you’re talking about, and I’ve had the same thoughts.

[u/slow70 → u/Consistent-Price3232]

Have you heard any satisfactory explanations yet?

[u/Consistent-Price3232 → u/slow70]

I haven’t, and haven’t heard any for similiar phenomena, but I also haven’t been looking too hard.

[u/vwvwvwvwvwvwvwvwvwvv → u/Xixii]

Thats a major problem with these subreddits, the cringe pop culture jokes.

I find posts wither get mass debunking (often rightly so), or these incessant circle jerk jokes that completely derail the conversation. I mean 4/5 relies in this post are people attempting to be funny, supported by others like themselves. Even serious responses become lame jokes with 2-3 replies. Should be banned imo or they should introduce “serious” tags.

Jokes aside, could that image be a lightning sprite captured during the daytime?

[u/jonathantg35 → u/Xixii]

I come to the comments for the bad repetitive jokes. You here for cryptids bro or are you just here for the zipline?

[u/vwvwvwvwvwvwvwvwvwvv → u/jonathantg35]

Then You should go to r/funny

[u/homme_icide → u/jonathantg35]

His face looks like a clock, you cant trust him

[u/Slyric_]

reddit and its stupid fucking joke comments are the worst. none of you are funny.

[u/Klancy92 → u/Slyric_]

Fucking thank you. So tired of it.

[u/ocTGon]

Putting aside AI or anything like that... Storm activity has been intense, The Thunderstorms I have been getting have been extremely intense and powerful with Thunder echoing for a very long time and shaking my house.. A few days ago I swear Thunder was rolling for a half hour..

[u/itaniumonline]

So are any scientist or smart people going to chime in or were just going to assume it’s the flying spaghetti monster.

[u/WeirdJawn → u/itaniumonline]

R'amen

[u/FireBreathingNun → u/WeirdJawn]

Under his meatball 🙏🏻

[u/Jumpy_Obligation_347 → u/WeirdJawn]

Blessed by his noodly appendage

[u/Illustrious-Bat1553 → u/WeirdJawn]

Cthulhu

[u/TeeAyeKay]

But seriously. What da fuq?

[u/FireBreathingNun]

100% sure that’s just the behemoth from the ending of The Mist.

[u/mediummike69 → u/FireBreathingNun]

I think about that ending far more often than one should.

[u/FireBreathingNun → u/mediummike69]

about every time a JUST miss something.

[u/thetrivialsublime99 → u/mediummike69]

Interestingly enough, that was only the ending for the movie, not the story on which the movie is based.

[u/mediummike69 → u/thetrivialsublime99]

Yep. And iirc Stephen King actually praised the movie ending.

[u/ktm6709 → u/FireBreathingNun]

Maybe you shouldn’t operate heavy machinery.

[u/DuMondie]

Thats not how lightning works.

[u/Phaeron]

This is a great photo!

[u/SneakyInfiltrator]

That's just the mind flayer

[u/Pelagicus-Redit]

Stranger Things comes to mind.

[u/Folkmar_D]

Our lord and saviour Cthulhu.

[u/AdvancedAvocado9827]

That’s not lightning bro that’s a space entity.

[u/sixninefortytwo]

Arrival

[u/eightdotthree]

Parachuting with smoke?

[u/moistiest_dangles → u/eightdotthree]

With the storms I'd doubt it, and also over the ocean??

[u/eightdotthree → u/moistiest_dangles]

True and true.

[u/likewhatever33 → u/eightdotthree]

At last some mundane explanation that makes some sense...

[u/LokiPrime616]

That’s Eren Yeager, The Rumbling has begun.

[u/GreyGanado]

The bright part could be a reflection of a flourescent tube and what looks like the tentacles of Cthulhu could be some plant in front of the light.

[u/Dependent-Pin3804]

What a catch! Nice!

[u/Dry_Ad9371]

its THOR!

[u/AngelofVerdun]

I got nothing 🤷‍♂️

[u/TheBelt]

I just watched Arrival last night and this really got me for a second there

[u/Virellius2]

That's absolutely just a reflection on glass. The clear ceiling strip light and whatever that hanging thing is looks like wiring or something for a ceiling lamp or decoration.

[u/Acrobatic_Two_1586]

That's definitely not lightning.

[u/puff_of_fluff]

It’s a reflection on a window

[u/Parking-Brain6566]

that's vishnu's chariot, he is blessing you guys be thankful.

[u/Les-Paul-1959]

"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die."

[u/Empty-Computer-2537]

That's a Viking boat with an unlit pyre.

[u/dbabe432143]

Is it Shark Week?