Dark Flash


Just a quick post this, merely to record an unusual incident that occurred this afternoon at around 16:30.

To set the scene, I was relaxing after work, watching TV. The sun was shining brightly outside and everything seemed as normal as normal is.

Suddenly, there was a blip.

It was as though there was a power surge, the type that causes light bulbs to flicker off and on, only in this case the lights weren’t on. It was bright sunshine beaming into the room, and for a quick second (if that) darkness.

It lasted long enough to be noticeable, but not long enough to invoke fear. Long enough to make one wonder ‘what was that?’ but not long enough to rush outside and see what was going on.

It was too quick to be anything flying across the sun, blocking the light. Too dark to be a bird or piece of … anything… being blown upwards into the air casting a shadow everywhere. And too sudden to be the sun being blocked by a heavy cloud.

I can only describe it as a dark flash. If I was the only one to see it, I’d have probably put it down to a blink, but there were others in the room and we all witnessed it at the same time, and agreed it was something strange.

Are you in the UK and witnessed this strange phenomenon at around 16:30? Maybe you’re in another country and noticed something similar at that moment whatever time zone you’re in… or perhaps you have a suggestion as to what it was we all experienced. If so, please let me know in the comments.

12 responses to “Dark Flash”

  1. prenin avatar

    Nothing here Tom – but then I was eating! 🙂

    Dark Flash sounds about right… 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      It was very strange, Prenin. At least it seems local to me…

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  2. Visionkeeper avatar

    Hmmmm? Very strange that is TL. Such a dichotomy ‘Dark Flash’. Sounds other worldly to me! Better keep your eyes upwards for a while lest you be carried off for who knows what reasons! If you stop posting we’ll know…. VK 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Luckily VK it hasn’t happened since, whatever it was. Dark Flash is the only way I could succinctly describe it… it literally was a sudden burst of darkness.
      I’m trying to keep my feet firmly on the ground, so hopefully I’ll not be abducted any time soon… I shall have to post more to let you all know that I’m still here!

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  3. Diane Henders avatar

    Dragons. They fly very fast, you know. Could definitely blot out the sun for an instant like that…

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I think you’re right, Diane. And they’re due to start arriving any day now as well. Hmmm…

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  4. aFrankAngle avatar

    Maybe a politician got a good idea?

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Now there’s a thought, Frank.

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  5. prenin avatar

    Frank has a point!!! 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Indeed, Prenin.

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  6. europasicewolf avatar

    Dimension shifts! End of summer has a strange effect on certain aspects of the universe, and with Halloween not so far away now maybe it was a witchy witch test flying the broomstick! 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      It was probably the witch that opened that portal that caused the dimension shift, Icewolf. You know what it’s like around here for witches, portals and dimensions!

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