A bright, sustained glow among trees made this Norefjell clip look otherworldly. The Norwegian source description identifies a power-line event on January 5, 2014, rather than a mysterious portal.
What the Norwegian account reported
The account mentions a 132 kV line and an event roughly fifty metres from the ski trail. The old comic translation turned voltage and distance into imaginary demons and a portal’s height. That joke should not obscure the actual report.
Electrical faults require distance
An apparently local flash can involve hazards beyond the brightest visible point. Keep away from lines and damaged equipment and report the location to emergency services or the utility. The archive illustrates why a spectacular visual effect still needs an ordinary, correctly attributed explanation.
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Video: Spenning på skitur (published by Steinar Midtskogen).
An Unexpected Interruption on the Slopes
The Norwegian account begins with a quiet ski trip and an unexpected event about fifty metres from the trail. It identifies a 132-kilovolt power line belonging to EB Nett and says the flashover lasted at least five minutes. Those details make the film a dated observation of electrical infrastructure, not a report of an unexplained atmospheric object.
The comic translation deliberately changed the meaning
The source’s numbers have ordinary meanings: 132 kV identifies the reported line voltage, while fifty metres describes the approximate separation from the trail. Neither measures a glowing portal. The humour in the old English version depended on replacing those meanings with imaginary ones, which becomes confusing once the joke circulates without its explanation. Steinar Midtskogen’s upload, Spenning på skitur, gives readers an identifiable source for the dated observation and keeps the Norwegian account separate from the later comic retelling.
Sources, photography and further reading
Original feature and image attributions:
- Gizmodo
- Norwegians’ Reactions To A Lonely Boy Out In The Cold Without A Jacket
- I Had No Idea This Vault Hidden Deep In The Mountains Even Existed. Let Alone What’s Inside.
- The Arctic Light, A Really Amazing Video
- Amazing Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis over Norway, Alaska and from Space
- Ice Driving On Frozen Lake In Western Norway
- Really Cool Music: Creative Norwegian Musician Creates Ice Instruments
- a lightning event with different electrical origins
- light pillars that are optical rather than electrical faults
- Spenning på skitur
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