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AIBU?

Bright flash... wtf.

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mara89 · 18/10/2018 02:00

Our toddler just woke up, trying to get them back to sleep - suddenly a massive flash of light, less than a millisecond, definitely in the room, not from behind the blind/from outside. Both DH and I saw, nothing seems to have tripped in the room, all sockets working.
I refuse to go back to sleep, DH is being very blasé, and telling me to "get over it," I'm genuinely concerned about a fire risk.
AIBU to not rest until we've worked this out? Any ideas what it was?

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FoxFoxSierra · 18/10/2018 02:11

Power surge?

SneakyGremlins · 18/10/2018 02:12

Light flicker?

mara89 · 18/10/2018 02:19

I was wondering if it could have been the flash on one of our phones? Both iPhones, could it be a blip like that?
Would a power surge be a plug socket causing it?
We've got one multiplug/extension lead that runs under the bed.
All I'm getting is 'woo' from google!

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busybarbara · 18/10/2018 02:19

Ghost. Especially if out of the corner of your eye

Worieddd · 18/10/2018 02:21

Definitely a ghost

mara89 · 18/10/2018 02:24

Definitely not 'corner of eye' sort of thing. I have the issue of retinal detachment that involves bright light in the corner of my eye mainly in the dark, but it was that both DH and I exclaimed at the same time and both saw it.
It was like someone took a photo with the flash on, but for a shorter time?

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MarilynsDressOnAVent · 18/10/2018 02:34

Unplug the extension cord. It's likely that. Though my iPhone has flashed on occasion but no notification.

safariboot · 18/10/2018 02:47

I've had light switches spark, but only when I was actually switching them.

longwayoff · 18/10/2018 05:15

Change the extension cord and check the fuses jn the one you've been using.

EdisonLightBulb · 18/10/2018 05:58

Make sure any extension lead has power surge protection.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 18/10/2018 06:17

Perhaps a very bright meteor?

OhYouBadBadKitten · 18/10/2018 06:19

For that the clouds would need to have cleared though really.

KC225 · 18/10/2018 06:22

If the room was dark, could it have been from a fleece type fabric? I know it sound daft but if you move them quickly in the dark? Its almost like a phosphorescent light but very brief.

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 18/10/2018 06:25

do you have a baby monitor?

does it connect to the internet?

WhoWants2Know · 18/10/2018 06:29

Static electricity? Is the room very dry?

OnlyGlowingSlightly · 18/10/2018 06:30

I'd like to know if anyone has a good explanation.

I had a similar flash about 6 months ago, not long after we moved into our new house. DD saw it too, and asked me what it was. It was daylight, so I suppose it's possible it was sunlight flashing off something? (but our garden is surrounded by trees)

I'm not woo at all. Really, really not. But I can't help feeling a bit nervous (still!). Doesn't help that a few things have happened since which have a reasonably plausible explanation, but which could also be explained by a ghost.

Still not feeling entirely settled and happy in our new home...

ToowhitToowhoo · 18/10/2018 06:34

Were you or your DS wearing fleece pyjamas? My children have some and I have noticed that when they are moving about in bed sometimes there were be little flashes of static? Not a huge flash though, just more small sparks of light. I binned them!

longwayoff · 18/10/2018 08:55

No glowing. Nothing is explained by a ghost!

doodlejump1980 · 18/10/2018 08:57

Alien abduction?

MissTeriName · 18/10/2018 09:01

There’s a flash goes off on my DDs phone when she gets a message. So many messages 🙄 it’s like a strobe sometimes. Only notice it when all the lights are out and she’s asleep. No clue how to turn it off though.

justwantcheesee · 18/10/2018 09:07

This is creeping me out just the fact it was in the early hours of this morning.
I woke this morning and looked down next to the bed and the first thing I saw was DHs iphone, screen facing up, unlocked with the camera on. It creeped me out as everybody else was sound asleep.
I wonder if they have been glitching overnight

Marcipex · 18/10/2018 09:09

DH says he had this three times in his previous home, an electrician told him his house needed rewiring.
that did cure it.
I'd chuck that extension lead.

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IzzyGrey · 18/10/2018 10:48

Another one for ghost!

7Days · 18/10/2018 10:53

I vote ghost as it's nearly Halloween

SuchAToDo · 18/10/2018 11:02

Op do you have a main road outside, I know that my house faces a road and even with curtains closed you can get an occasional flash from vehicles going by...

Why not put a sleeping bag or blow up mattress in there and you and husband sleep in there tonight so that you are in the room and can see if there is anymore flashes where it is coming from

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