Bizarre organism appears after lightening strike

[JGeropoulas]

I know some concerns exist about this site, but also that much has been shared from it on the forum. FWIW thought I'd share this article (with accompanying photo) about a strange organism appearing after a lightening storm:

_http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/05/bizarre-organism-appears-after-lightning-strike-2637876.html

 

[Vulcan59]

Another article on this mystery "thingy"!

_http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/04/hell-it-bizarre-organism-appears-lightning-strike/

 

[lostinself]

maybe a larvae procession got "roasted"?

alive, it looks like here:

_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwRjcHBemlQ

the phenomena is called "heerwurm" in German or "pleń" in Polish. couldn't find the English word. it consits of a large number of maggots of a certain fly that travel together forming a snake-like body that is able to rebuild itself after being stabbed with a stick etc. it's said to be extremely rare and that you'll sooner spot an UFO (i've seen it twice though). despite its ghoulish look it's said to bring luck.

 

[Guardian]

maybe a larvae procession got "roasted"?

Looks like a colony of sludge worms got toasted to me?

Looking for a picture, I just found out sludge worms are actually called "tubifex worms"

 

[lostinself]

Looking for a picture, I just found out sludge worms are actually called "tubifex worms"

that's even more creepy than heerwurm. although these tubifex worms seem to inhabit water sediments.

i now think it could be - as suggested by commenters - some kind of a formation of earthworms that had been "lucky" to reside shallow underground where the lightning struck.