I always wondered about ball lightning, even when I first heard of it in grade school. It just didn’t seem to make sense. This is certainly one explanation, and it makes more sense than some form of lightning that ignores the known laws of physics.

I’m not sure I buy it though. I’d have to study the TMS stuff they cite, and the reports of people who’ve witnessed it, to see if it really fits. That isn’t likely to happen any time soon (if at all), so I’m sticking this into the mental “maybe” file for the time being.