http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXVwLbCNGfI...feature=related

Anyone know?

My first thought was that it was steam or smoke or something, but it never dissipates. Is that what ball lightening does?? It's creepy...

Kind of looks like something on the window catching the light from a street lamp or somethig.

I dont think so.


I know its weird.

and you know what else is strange?
0 views but 2 posts,lol

I was thinkijng the same thing . its more apparent towards the end of the video you can see the source of the light coming from the window or the guttering .

Looks cool though

Someone on YouTube actually called it St Elmo's Fire, lol.

Whatever it is, it sure is cool.

Yeah read it too... Didn't know myself what is a St Elmo's Fire... So i did a quick google research

"Finding a definition of "St. Elmo's Fire" that didn't involve Demi Moore or Rob Lowe took some work, but the invaluable Encyclopedia Britannica came through in the end. St. Elmo's Fire is a beautiful, eerie form of atmospheric electricity that usually appears in stormy weather around church spires, sailing masts, and airplane wings.

During thunderstorms, the air between the clouds and the ground becomes electrically charged, resulting in a "glow discharge" -- the same phenomenon used in fluorescent tubes. This electricity is drawn to the closest conductor, usually the top of a tall building.

St. Elmo is actually a derivative of St. Erasmus, an early Christian martyr and the patron saint of sailors. During rough weather, frightened seamen interpreted the blue glow around the tops of the masts as a sign of his protection. " = http://ask.yahoo.com/20000622.html

When it's zoomed in it looks like a reflection on the window of a crucifix that's hanging on the wall behind the person taking the video.

this smoke /steam thing is still doesent move or change in shape.....how did you find it?

Very interesting piece of footage....gets the imagination going.....

i say st elmo's fire its grafted on the neihgbours attena

note how it dances in accordance to the lightning

makes it look almost alive

couple of things going on here.
1 - temperature inversion, causing a ceiling that will allow smoke to spread out on top of it, also causing the air below to become increadably still, happens a lot in the winter time in edmonton when there is a cold snap in the area of -30 to -40 C, happens in warmer climbs as well. when cooler air gets trapped below a warm mass of air.
2 - cool lighting effect. there is cloud cover in the frame, but we don't see how far it reaches, light getting under the edge and hitting anything that is high enough to get into the rays.

my guess this was taken later in the day, as for it not moving, no biggie. there are lots of places on earth where smoke can go straight up and not move during a temperature inversion.

definately pretty cool . I think its interesting , cant really tell what it is . The odd part is when the camera changes angles , the shape of the object stays the same . WEIRD !!!

Well for one thing it is definitely on the window for when he moves slightly to the right you can tell that it is in the foreground rather than actually hovering over the house.

But would that stay in the same spot like that?



That to me tells me it's outside of the house. and not just a reflection on the window.


It's not my vid.I found it while looking at vids titled "what is that",lol