chrome ignition box: high voltage at the outside?

KitCarlson said
I am hoping to pass, from lightning.

I had a close call with ball lightning when building my shop/lab. It was a rare act of nature, on a clear sunny day. I was at a faucet cleaning concrete tools, when I felt a strong electric field raise the hair on my neck. Two seconds later about 75' away, to my right, a gold ball about 8" in diameter, disappeared as it exploded, leaving a 10' diameter clear area in the tall grass, and grass confetti in the air. My building is a galvanized steel arch building 16' H, 40'W, 60'L, why it exploded 2' off the flat ground nearby, and not on the well grounded building is a mystery. No, I did not have gas that day, gas service, or electrical service on the property. What I experienced, does not fit well with my understanding of electromagnetic field theory.

When I was a kid up in the Sierra Nevada mountains we had one come through the livingroom picture window and float all the way across the livingroom and down the hallway before it just disappeared.
That was one of weirdest things I think I have ever seen, and the same as yours (No idea why it would follow that path instead of jumping to plumbing or our grounded stone fireplace)
It was bright blue with an orange halo around it.

I remember jumping up to follow it, but my Mom said to stay where I was.
I was about 8 feet from it at the closest point as it went through the room.