Irish weather reporter pulls the most bizarrely brilliant Halloween prank
Brace yourselves for a shock.
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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
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LONDON -- On the dreaded date of October 31, the weather report is usually one of the few, sweet refuges from the relentless onslaught of Halloween.
Not on Irish channel TG4, though.
During a routine weather report from presenter Caitlín Nic Aoidh on Monday evening, something shockingly unexpected happened.
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OK, so it's a bit corny, but you can't deny it's also pretty brilliant.
The prank certainly went down well on Twitter.
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Over the last 12 or so hours, the clip has been shared thousands of times.
Despite the lightening incident, Caitlín Nic Aoidh has been active on Twitter since, too -- so unless she's been abducted and her feed is now in the slimy grey hands of aliens, all is well.
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