Mysterious lights floating in the air. What are they? Something supernatural? Or something more mundane? Uncover the mystery of the Paulding Lights in Michigan.
We have a similar story in South Carolina. My mother told me about the Summerville Light. I don't know if the phenomenon is still occurring but I think it first appeared in the 50s and 60s. According to my mother's story, a railway worker on a train leaned out to catch the mail bag as they were going through Summerville, but the hook from which the bag hung caught him around the neck, decapitating him. And, of course, they never found his head. The light is either the worker looking for his head or the worker's wife doing the looking. Supposedly, some drunk sailors once mocked the light and it responded by setting their car on fire, burning them all to death.
Reminds me of the Marfa Lights in Texas. Interesting. Looks like another comment notes these in South Carolina, as well. Neat that it seems to be in several places. Definitely a curious thing.
I went to Michigan Tech and have seen the Paulding Lights. The car hypothesis seems the most likely as distances at night and the brightness of lights can be confusing.
Can't a gal go out with a flashlight to find her car keys that she dropped on her way to the house without anyone make a big spooky legend about it? And no, I didn't find the car keys. Sigh.
This happens in the UK too. There’s a spot near where I used to live in Lancashire and though they look like lights in the sky they are actually car headlights from the M6 motorway reflecting in clouds.
It's interesting that some part of us wants there to be a supernatural explanation, no matter how rationally we operate in our daily lives. Maybe our subconscious--which is emotional rather than logical--likes the idea.
Fascinating and spooky. I'd love find out if someone delves into this mystery and turns up a natural phenomenon explanation, or if it remains in the realm of the mystical.
Fascinating and spooky. I'd love find out if someone delves into this mystery and turns up a natural phenomenon explanation, or if it remains in the realm of the mystical.
“You do NOT want to say the words gas furnace and fireball in the same sentence. Especially when talking about the house you just bought.” Indeed. Priceless, or rather …really fucking expensive.
We have a similar story in South Carolina. My mother told me about the Summerville Light. I don't know if the phenomenon is still occurring but I think it first appeared in the 50s and 60s. According to my mother's story, a railway worker on a train leaned out to catch the mail bag as they were going through Summerville, but the hook from which the bag hung caught him around the neck, decapitating him. And, of course, they never found his head. The light is either the worker looking for his head or the worker's wife doing the looking. Supposedly, some drunk sailors once mocked the light and it responded by setting their car on fire, burning them all to death.
Reminds me of the Marfa Lights in Texas. Interesting. Looks like another comment notes these in South Carolina, as well. Neat that it seems to be in several places. Definitely a curious thing.
I went to Michigan Tech and have seen the Paulding Lights. The car hypothesis seems the most likely as distances at night and the brightness of lights can be confusing.
Can't a gal go out with a flashlight to find her car keys that she dropped on her way to the house without anyone make a big spooky legend about it? And no, I didn't find the car keys. Sigh.
Oohhh, makes me think of a the Brown Mountain Lights!
This happens in the UK too. There’s a spot near where I used to live in Lancashire and though they look like lights in the sky they are actually car headlights from the M6 motorway reflecting in clouds.
It's interesting that some part of us wants there to be a supernatural explanation, no matter how rationally we operate in our daily lives. Maybe our subconscious--which is emotional rather than logical--likes the idea.
We have a similar thing in my country. Hang tight, and I’ll post about it for you. :)
Fascinating and spooky. I'd love find out if someone delves into this mystery and turns up a natural phenomenon explanation, or if it remains in the realm of the mystical.
Fascinating and spooky. I'd love find out if someone delves into this mystery and turns up a natural phenomenon explanation, or if it remains in the realm of the mystical.
“You do NOT want to say the words gas furnace and fireball in the same sentence. Especially when talking about the house you just bought.” Indeed. Priceless, or rather …really fucking expensive.