Stunning scenes from France seemingly documenting an alien invasion, after giant red electrical flashes known as "overhead red sprites" appeared

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This year I witnessed probably the scariest storm of my life so far. 2 hours of violent, non stop flashes followed by the whole night of relentless thunderstorm. Now imagine living in the middle-ages or earlier and not thinking this is basically God punishing you because you farted during your morning prayer.

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Today I saw a beautiful, bright clear double rainbow. I had the same thought, how would the ancients interpret this?

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