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I have heard that will o' the wisps are a phenomenon caused by swamp gas and stuff but then i have also heard they can be supernatural... anyone have any ideas with some real evidence maybe even a picture to make this more of a scientific attempt rather then just opinion.
QUOTE(IamUnexplained @ Jan 14 2005, 01:38 PM)
I have heard that will o' the wisps are a phenomenon caused by swamp gas and stuff but then i have also heard they can be supernatural... anyone have any ideas with some real evidence maybe even a picture to make this more of a scientific attempt rather then just opinion.
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What the hell is a will o' wisp? Sounds like something from Kirby's Dreamland. Please elaborate.
there supposedly glowing balls of light that traverse the world mostly forests and swamps?
Yeah, they lure people in the forest and to certain doom and bohunk like that. I think its purely scientifical! 
Maybe I should talk to aquatas! He loves science!
Maybe I should talk to aquatas! He loves science!
i wish we knew more about them. i think the Brown mountain lights in NC are considered this type of thing. but i thought ghost lights were natural creations not spiritual.
these are awesome if you have ever seen one in person...i have and they cannot be explained, they have existed for centuries and can't be called a dumb redneck with a flashlight trying to screw with people! i have seen the one in quapaw, oklahoma. it is exciting to see the things they do, like split into several different lights, change colors, and follow your car down the road!! one time, these two kids parked up on the hill of spook light road, and the light hovered right over their truck and illuminated everything around them, when they came back we asked if it was like day light on the hill.... and they said they never saw it. there used to be a spook light museum on that road.. well, the spook light burned it down, go figure!! there is an indian legend about the light being the spirit of an indian tribesman looking for his lost love from another tribe, see, both tribes were against the man and woman being together, so they jumped to their deaths into the river at the end of spook light road, the light does come out when you turn your headlights on, the locals say it's because he sees the light and thinks that is his lost love searching for him as well. sweet, huh? but in reality, quapaw, miami, joplin, MO all have a fault line underneath them and there have been tons of tremors, so it very well maybe marsh gas, electromagnetic fields...what have you, but i doubt that something like that would be able to have the characteristics of a personality, such as what i have written at the beginning of this statement. if anyone wants to ask me more about this ,feel free to e-mail me at dkmc03@sbcglobal.net thanks, ttfn
I've been to see that spooklight, dk, and we could never decide whether we actually saw it or not. Anyhow, electromagnetism can do some wierd things.
Here's a link that explains Will o the Wisps fairly well..gas
QUOTE(dkmc03 @ Jan 15 2005, 01:45 AM)
these are awesome if you have ever seen one in person...i have and they cannot be explained, they have existed for centuries and can't be called a dumb redneck with a flashlight trying to screw with people! i have seen the one in quapaw, oklahoma. it is exciting to see the things they do, like split into several different lights, change colors, and follow your car down the road!! one time, these two kids parked up on the hill of spook light road, and the light hovered right over their truck and illuminated everything around them, when they came back we asked if it was like day light on the hill.... and they said they never saw it. there used to be a spook light museum on that road.. well, the spook light burned it down, go figure!! there is an indian legend about the light being the spirit of an indian tribesman looking for his lost love from another tribe, see, both tribes were against the man and woman being together, so they jumped to their deaths into the river at the end of spook light road, the light does come out when you turn your headlights on, the locals say it's because he sees the light and thinks that is his lost love searching for him as well. sweet, huh? but in reality, quapaw, miami, joplin, MO all have a fault line underneath them and there have been tons of tremors, so it very well maybe marsh gas, electromagnetic fields...what have you, but i doubt that something like that would be able to have the characteristics of a personality, such as what i have written at the beginning of this statement. if anyone wants to ask me more about this ,feel free to e-mail me at dkmc03@sbcglobal.net thanks, ttfn
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oh, you would know if you saw it... it also depends on what time of year you went
QUOTE(snuffypuffer @ Jan 15 2005, 12:42 PM)
I've been to see that spooklight, dk, and we could never decide whether we actually saw it or not. Anyhow, electromagnetism can do some wierd things.
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you would know if you saw it, it also depends on what time of the year you went
I'm pretty sure we went in early summer. Gonna have to go up there again pretty soon. When's the best time to check this out?
QUOTE(snuffypuffer @ Jan 15 2005, 02:46 PM)
I'm pretty sure we went in early summer. Gonna have to go up there again pretty soon. When's the best time to check this out?
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we went in summer, too! locals told me that no matter how many times you have seen it, if you always bring someone who has never seen it, it will come out. summer and spring are the best times to go, summer is best though!
see the truth is, its hard to say if its a natural phenomina or really a ghost. It really depends on the lore of the area and the actions of the actual will o' the wisp. I have heard some strange reports about them that could hardly be something caused by swamp gas.
check out this site for more info...Brown Mountain Lights
check out this site for more info...Brown Mountain Lights
WILLOW THE WISP????? wasnt that a childrens programe, with a voice over by 'kenith williams'? or am i wrong (i usualy am)
Some of these lights are caused by what they call Piso Electric. It has some thing to do with layers of different metals below ground that when wet( like during a rain storm) They act like a giant battery that form high amperage- low voltage charged spheres.Or it could be a ghost, I don't know!
I think this is just another one of those things that until someone completely proves it one way or another with scientific proof and investigation techniques, that it will remain a mystery.
Ball lightning, also, acts like it has intelligence. Scientists, as far as I know, if someone knows more than me perhaps they can expand on this a little, they haven't actually been able to figure out why it behaves the way it does. But it is a natural and scientifically documented phenomenon.
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WILLOW THE WISP????? wasnt that a childrens programe, with a voice over by 'kenith williams'? or am i wrong (i usualy am)
Damn right it was, that telly witch thing use to scare the s**t outta me when i was ikkle!
See below for Edna! *hides behind the keyboard*
I have heard of them (besides the kidies T.V show with Kenneth Williams) and no one is quite sure what they are, be it natural phenomena or the more supernatural. People seem fairly divided on this one, and having never seen them before, I don't have an opinion either way, but they sound kinda funky
are will o'the wisp similar to orbs?i have heard of them but never did any research.thanks
p.s.-i asked my drunken uncle if he had heard of will o'the wisp and he said sure.he said he had some this morning for breakfast.he thought it was a new kind of kid's cereal!!
p.s.-i asked my drunken uncle if he had heard of will o'the wisp and he said sure.he said he had some this morning for breakfast.he thought it was a new kind of kid's cereal!!
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are will o'the wisp similar to orbs?i have heard of them but never did any research.thanks
p.s.-i asked my drunken uncle if he had heard of will o'the wisp and he said sure.he said he had some this morning for breakfast.he thought it was a new kind of kid's cereal!!
Tell your uncle that i tell him that hes f**king great!
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Tell your uncle that i tell him that hes f**king great!
thanks deadrobot.i'll tell him if he has'nt passed out yet.
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