DW> My sister does have a credulous streak in her. Sometimes, she comes up
 DW> with really bizarre ideas. But she says this event was reported in the
 DW> British media. If so, it can't just be a figment of her imagination.

 DW> Has anyone here heard of this event, or of something that might get
 DW> misrepresented this way? And does anyone have any knowledge of this
 DW> kind of long-range lightning?

IIANM it's been known in the American midwest.  There was a case
several years ago around here, but it wasn't "hundreds of miles",
just a few.  Still, it wasn't the sort of typical vertical strike.

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