The woman pulled Larry further away.

The woman pulled Larry further away. Larry started looking around for some way to get protected from the creeping globe. He looked at his garden shed and said to himself it wouldn't do.

The ball lightning was sending out heat, sparks, when it pushed through the concrete wall it seared the concrete into a black dust that showered everywhere.

The wire was cackling and crackling, loud pops of electrical snaps, it was burning everything around it.

The ball sent off a bolt of lightning snaking wildy across everything near it while the globe itself was moving slowly, Larry pondered what it was about the electricity that was drawing the ball towards it.

The woman had Larry nearly to the back of the yard, she grabbed the bottom of the chain link fence and pulled up hard, breaking the rusted ties holding the fence to its upright posts. She rolled under it and pulled Larry with her. She got up on her two feet and dragged Larry across the neighbor's backyard and around the corner of the house.

Larry said, "Get DOWN." The emphasis in his voice had the woman dive to the ground.

The ball caught the open end of the electrical wire at that same moment.