Very little is known about the ball lightning phenomenon. Scientists have been documenting tidbits of data on ball lightning for centuries. Nowadays, due to the proliferation of recording technology, we're able to capture more examples of ball lightning. In Guyana, the phenomenon of ball lightning may have given rise to the myth of "fire rass." The fire rass myth is a folklore that proposes that some old women are witches who shed their skin and fly as balls of fire to suck the blood of sleeping