The very first lightning strike report of this year, of January 9th, stems from Hollum on the island of Ameland and involves two servicemen who were struck on the beach, none of them lethal. In the report it is also remarked that "on the moustache of one images were observed". A remark as this one recalls the fantastic sounding stories that appear from time to time in the old thunderstorm accounts. It is though, not at all doubtful that really very puzzling traces are left behind by lightning, and it is always welcomed, when the observers of the effects of lightning enclose a description or sketch and especially if there is a special cause for it, a photo with their report. As it happens now and then.