Great Balls of Fire!

Mrs. Louise Matthews was having a relaxing evening stretched out on her sofa one night in 1960 at her South Philly home. Yawning and dozing, and freeing herself from the stress of the day, she suddenly became aware of a strange glow emanating from the window. Upon glancing towards the blinds she was alarmed to see a burning ball of light heading towards her. The orb was making a sizzling noise and terrified her so much in its advances that she hid behind a cushion, peering at the sphere every few seconds before it floated out of the room.

Louise sprang to her feet, reached for the telephone and contacted her husband who was at work. Although he said he would be home as soon as possible, deep down he believed that his wife had drifted off to sleep and dreamt the whole thing. However, when he turned the key in the door and was met by his screaming wife, he too could only wail in fear, for his wife was now mostly bald, apparently scorched by the weird orb.

Mrs. Matthews claimed that the glowing anomaly had passed over her, causing a tingling sensation on her head before it fizzed out of sight, but little did she realise that the light had removed most of her hair. Even more strange, there were no burn marks on her head, but simply a perfectly smooth scalp as if her strands simply fell from her head, either from the shock or the aura of the phantom ball.

Had the glowing orb been ball lightning? A UFO? We'll never know...

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