lol....and all that had to happen to cause widespread panic and paranoia was for the lights to go out!!
Imagine how terrified uninformed people would be to encounter phenomena like,
St. Elmo's Fire (the eerie atmospheric light phenomenon...not the Brat Pack flick)
or sun-dogs,
Early mariners of course told tales of impressively-long Sea Serpents...and even drew pictures,
to the great skepticism of land-dwellers:
![[Image: oarfish-seamonster-se41.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.seasky.org%2Fdeep-sea%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Foarfish-seamonster-se41.jpg)
but now we know this beast was almost certainly the deep-sea dwelling, rarely-seen "Oarfish":
![[Image: content_Oarfish4_039.jpg]](https://cdn4.dogonews.com/system/ckeditor_assets/pictures/5262f7c4e779892793000b07/content_Oarfish4_039.jpg)
not that long ago, in the more isolated parts of Brazil,
people in small seaside towns were petrified to witness a Red Sprite phenomenon,
high in the sky over the ocean, during a storm
(and understandably so, if you don't know what it is):
![[Image: 09c570803554f06097993e62360837ba.jpg]](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/09/c5/70/09c570803554f06097993e62360837ba.jpg)
Imagine how terrified uninformed people would be to encounter phenomena like,
St. Elmo's Fire (the eerie atmospheric light phenomenon...not the Brat Pack flick)
or sun-dogs,
Early mariners of course told tales of impressively-long Sea Serpents...and even drew pictures,
to the great skepticism of land-dwellers:
but now we know this beast was almost certainly the deep-sea dwelling, rarely-seen "Oarfish":
not that long ago, in the more isolated parts of Brazil,
people in small seaside towns were petrified to witness a Red Sprite phenomenon,
high in the sky over the ocean, during a storm
(and understandably so, if you don't know what it is):
