There are some places in our world that are wonderfully weird, like Area 51, the Bermuda Triangle, or Florida,

but there are others that, in comparison, seem completely impossible.

I'm talking about places where waterfalls exist underwater,

locations where lightning strikes more than a million times a year,

and even parts of the ocean that literally catch fire.

Have I peaked your curiosity?

Then get ready to take a tour of even more places that shouldn't exist on our planet, but somehow still do.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're listening.

You're be amazed.

In Venezuela, something strange hangs in the air over the mouth of the great Catatumbo River.

As it flows into the massive Lake Maracaibo, a strange static electricity starts to build in the atmosphere.

A huge lightning storm follows soon after, producing as many as 280 terrifying lightning strikes

per hour. This is just one of up to 300 nights per year where lightning rages over Catatombo.

Every 365 days, as many as 1.2 million lightning discharges light up the

region's sky. That's so much that just 10 minutes of Catatumbo's lightning could power

100 million light bulbs, enough to illuminate all of South America. The storm which the locals

call Relampago del Catatumbo has raged for as long as

anyone can remember. But how is it possible for a lightning storm to occur in the exact same place

night after night? For decades, experts came up with countless theories. From uranium deposits in

the bedrock attracting lightning strikes

to the influence of methane from nearby oil fields.

Rumors even began to spread that Catatumbo produces a special type of lightning, some of which

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