Brown trouser moment!

[brokendalek]

You would be needing a fresh pair after this!

[Arkady]

Never mind the fresh trousers. Bicycle clips and stirrup pump would probably be the order of the day.

[Harry]

Has anyone heard lightening from that sort of distance? That's the scariest part.

[brokendalek]

Has anyone heard lightening from that sort of distance? That's the scariest part.

No but I can imagine! It's so loud!

[Harry]

It's the single loudest thing I've ever heard and I was about the same distance as it was in that video.

[brokendalek]

It's the single loudest thing I've ever heard and I was about the same distance as it was in that video.

I bet you needed a stiff drink after that. I would have gotten a real fright.

[zumojuice]

Its the crack of what its hitting to be fair... but **** me that would give you a fright and then some...

[MeganS]

awesome!!

[iandevlin]

Well if the person behind the camera is going to stand out there waiting for it...

[LeadMagnet]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck



I've heard lightning from pretty close (and felt the compression wave it caused), so i can imagine what that would be like. I don't think this video's real though.
The area is dark and overcast. A handheld camera pointed at light as bright as lightning (and a bolt that wide) would most likely completely white, or compensate for the intensity by letting in less light. That camera didn't do either. So it's either fake or that lightning's intensity is weaker than i thought possible for lightning of that size.