Unexplained Phenomena in Devon
2 nightmarks documented
2 unexplained phenomena in Devon
Unexplained Phenomena
The Great Thunderstorm of Widecombe-in-the-Moor — Ball Lightning Kills in a Devon Church (1638)
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, England·1638
A ball of fire crashed through a Devon church in 1638, killing four and injuring sixty. The congregation thought the Devil had come calling.
Unexplained Phenomena
Widecombe-in-the-Moor Church Strike — One of History's Most Dramatic Lightning Events (1638)
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon, England·1638
St. Pancras church on Dartmoor still bears the scars of 1638, when a fireball killed four parishioners. The damage is visible nearly 400 years later.