Strange lights

[Gatofeo]

My father experienced this about 20 years ago at our cabin in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, about 200 miles west of Williams Lake.
Dad got up to get a drink of water during the night. Up the road, at the top of a gentle slope about 100 yards away, he saw a light bobbing like a weak headlight.
Figuring it was someone on a motorcycle, Dad put on his clothes, grabbed a flashlight and went to investigate.
The moon was bright and he didn't need a flashlight. He got within about 25 yards of the bobbing light, about the size of a tennis ball, then it suddenly went out.
And the whole time, not a bit of noise.
Weird!
Dad was more puzzled than spooked. He checked the road the next morning and found no tracks.
He wondered if the moon reflecting off the water might have been responsible. Other nights, he watched for the light and never saw it again.
Just plain weird.
Throughout the world, there are areas known for having strange lights near the ground or mountain peaks.
A recent theory is that geologic faults, with their tremendous pressure, generate a kind of static electricity that manifests itself as ball lightning.
This may be true. I've searched the internet for stories about the Cariboo region and odd lights but haven't found a thing.
Strange balls of light are noted in the northwest area of Utah where I live. I've talked to people who have seen them in this rugged, mountainous country.
Also, years ago while growing up in Spokane, Washington I heard of strange lights seen around the Yakima or Tri-Cities area. Can't remember which area it was.
Interestingly, all of these strange lights are seen in remote mountainous regions.
Perhaps there's something to the theory.

[Venator]

Gatofeo, the same thing happens in the swamps here in the South.  There's one well-known place in East Texas, near the town of Saratoga, where a light makes fairly routine appearances.  It's so commonplace, the locals have stopped going to see it, but it has put on a show at least since the 1930's.

[Venator]

In case you want to read about the Saratoga Light, here's a sample of the wild stuff:
http://www.ghosts.org/ghostlights/bragg.html

and the official version:
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/BB/lxb1.html

I have never gone to see it, but have heard about a billion stories.  Some of the stories get REALLY wild - I'd be embarrassed to repeat them.  That general area is well-known for other strange stuff, like Bigfoot sightings, which unfortunately I take a little more seriously... (see other story on this forum).

[bullet maker]

here in Northeastern Okla, we have them also. There known as the Tri- State Spook Lights. Because the lights were seen in the area where Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas meet. No one quite knows for sure what they are, but researchers have conluded what they are not. They dont seem to be common lighting beacause, according to witnesses, there is no sulphur smell. They cant all be airplane sightings or distant headlights of passing cars , because the sightings predate these inventions. The only thing really known is that they appear as low level, nocturnal balls of lights which seem to dance above the horizon. Halloween time, its a favorite pass time for the teenagers, to set around the rock quarry`s and see the spook lights. A couple of people that I know have seen them and claim they came right through their car, no sound, or effects of anysort., they were not harmed in anyway, just the rush of strangness of such a thing happening.
bullet maker

[ihookem]

It is probably electricity.  I new a kid once that told me when his house got hit by lightning. He explained how a ball of light "rolled" into his room, floated in mid air for a few seconds and slowly went through a wall. No doubt it was electricity. It did not hurt him. no harm was done to the wall, but sent his mom in an unbelievable panic. This may explain the ball of light that goes through doors and windows but doesn't hurt anything.

[Gatofeo]

If I see a ball of light come through the wall, and out the other, you can BET something will be harmed --- my shorts!  

[Venator]

I recently talked with a resident of Saratoga, Texas, who said that logging around Bragg Road has lessened the frequency of the Bragg Ghost Light's appearances.  A buddy of mine and I are planning a trip to go see.

[williamlayton]

i remember hearing those stories growing up in east texas--they seem to be prevelent around the oil fields down there-over there-up there depending o where you are when ya read this.
blessings

[MATLOCK12C]

I WAS 12 OR SO AND WENT OUT EARLY ONE MORNING, BOUT 5:30AM TO BEAT THE SQURILLS UP.
AS I GOT DOWN IN THE BOTTEM AND GOT SETTELED IN, I SAW  A LIGHT GLOWING COMMING THROUGH THE BOTTEM TWARDS ME.
 THINKING IT WAS A NEIBOR HUNTING TO IT DIDDNT BOTHER ME.  
AS I WATCHED IT I REALISED IT WAS ABOUT AS BIG AS A BASKET BALL AND JUST DRIFTING ALONG IN THE SWAMPY BOTTEM! :shock:
IT WAS ABOUT 20 TO 30 FT AWAY AND I WAS SCARED, I TOOK OFF RUNNING TO THE HOUSE!
I ASKED MY GRANNY WHAT IT WAS AND SHE LAUGHED AND TOLD ME IT WAS A FOXFIRE, AND IT WOULDENT HURT ME UNLESS I TOUCHED IT. SHE SAID IT WAS THE LORDS LIGHT, AND IT WOULD BURN ALL MY HAIR OFF!
AS IT WAS AN ANGEL LOOKING FOR THE LOST SOULS OF THE DEAD.
YEA, THAT MADE ME FEEL BETTER! :lol:
I HAVE SEEN IT SINCE, AND JUST WATCHED IT GO ALONG, NEVER TRIED TO TOUCH IT THOUGH, SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN RIGHT! I NEED ALL THE HAIR I CAN KEEP!

[Graybeard]

MATLOCK12C, Please lose the Big Mortie routine and find the caplocks key. It is considered shouting and rather poor netiquette to use all caps. It also makes it really difficult to read. Thanks.

GB