I few nights ago, I was resoldering a desk drill in front of my computer and happended to move the soldering iron within a few inches of the CRT monitor without looking. I started to hear a distinct hissing sound coming from the soldering needle and quickly pulled the iron away.
The monitor was not damaged, no weird patterns, no discoloration; but I can't help but wonder what exactly happened there. In any case, I'm careful to turn the monitor off whenever it's that close now. Would this happen with any grounded object?