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Greg Evans
Jul 23, 2020
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Stunning footage has emerged of the Statue of Liberty in New York City being struck by lightning, which has led to awe but also some feeling that it is an ominous premonition.
With dark storm clouds looming above the famous monument man named Mickey Cee on Twitter filmed what was about to happen next and captured a truly incredible moment where the statue was hit by a huge lightning strike.
The footage has already gone viral and has been viewed more than one million times and has been shared by several major news outlets.
LIT UP: Lightning strikes in the distance behind the Statue of Liberty as severe storms move through the New York C… https://t.co/eevYLaGLdi— ABC News (@ABC News) 1595462520
Statue of Liberty 🗽...or should that be lightning? ⚡️⚡️ Spectacular footage as storms rumbled across New York yest… https://t.co/A82cYUvk1J— BBC Weather (@BBC Weather) 1595487887
However, despite inspiring awe, people's familiarity of what happens to certain objects after they are struck by lightning in movies (we're looking at you Ghostbusters 2), have people fearing the worst about what might happen next or maybe it is symbolic of what is currently happening in the US government.
Symbolic I’m afraid https://t.co/wTeYt3f2KZ— Allie Beth Stuckey (@Allie Beth Stuckey) 1595476669
Can the X-men fly into this scene and make everybody wear masks? Can we just solve any one thing? #nationalmood https://t.co/tOKdURUGdy— Elizabeth Banks (@Elizabeth Banks) 1595488923
I'm not saying this is Ghostbusters 2. But I'm not *not* saying it. https://t.co/Pfuw9mqXOZ— Dan Lamothe (@Dan Lamothe) 1595475930
This looks like something out of #Ghostbusters! Purple lightning! 💜👻 https://t.co/uO86qqtJbF— Grace Randolph (@Grace Randolph) 1595470268
so symbolic of america in 2020 https://t.co/vBauMUVyYL— Simran Jeet Singh (@Simran Jeet Singh) 1595461634
I believe in signs.... 👀 https://t.co/xYnVXBcJgf— Meghan McCain (@Meghan McCain) 1595487217
we GET it, america is being PUNISHED by a WRATHFUL GOD. this is so heavy handed. give it a rest dude. https://t.co/XBUtqQlAwl— molly conger (@molly conger) 1595477667
We'll be honest we definitely didn't have 'statue of liberty being struck by lightning' on our 2020 bingo card but it's just another example of how unpredictable this year has been.