I just joined this forum so please don't make fun of me yet. When I walk under streetlights, they tend to go out. I thought it was a coincidence for awhile, until it started happening all the time. I read somewhere that some people are more "magnetic" than others, but coupled with other things that go on I doubt it. I also read another reason could be alien abduction. Anyone have any thoughts or should I move to a log cabin?

i never heared of people being more magnetic then others, and what would an alien abduction have to do with it? just curious but where u read about the alien abduction part did it mention why street lights would be turning off if u were abducted? like if they put some kind of implant or w/e in u?

I don't remember where I read it, but I thought it was weird too. Do you have any thoughts?

I'm pretty sure that they might have more magnetic energy. I believe I saw it on some documentry. Does this happen only when your under street lights? How about when you are near a lamp or some other type of light.

beats me, never heared of anything like this happening before :/

It only happens under streetlights. I mean I don't feel magnetic or anything.As stupid as that sounds.

thats pretty freaky, how dark is it usually when ur taking the walks?

It's usually pretty dark.

Actually I've heard of this in varying ways - even street lights.

I know people that cannot wear digital/electronic watches - they actually cause the battery to drain so fast - that even in a day or two - the watch will stop working. A friends son does this, I've seen it and witnessed it.

I've heard of people that drain computer monitors - heck for a number of years 4 - there was a time that that I went through 2 -4 monitors in a year. It was found that I was causing some EMF interference that would just 'kill them'. Finally I keep that at a good 2+feet away and it stopped. Which is a good thing - it got to expensive!

There are people that have told me of this online - now I cannot validate their story, but enough people have shared this, that I have little reason to doubt them.

Now the main thing is - it seems to have nothing to do with ET/Alien 'issues' - more than their own person "EMF" out put. (For lack of better term.)

So I would say, ya I can 'see' this and accept it. It would be curious to have you go out with some friends, if not done already that could validate this.

J -

Good advice Jjbreen, reading your reply reminded of the same type of things. Hadn't heard anybody with the computer monitor. Wow, what an expensive talent to find you have. Soldier, have heard nothing about this being related with abductions. Please don't let others put fear in you. You have Jjbreens reply and explanation. I would rather put out street lights than computer monitors anytime!

This always use to happen to my sister as well. Although sometimes it would be specific lights. Could be that the light was weak, but then again, she always passes under it, and it never happens untill her vehicle is under the light, even when she's behind other vehicles.

Welcome to UM by the way.

Take some body with u if u r scared - he/she should be a bit away from u
Try this experiment,
tell me is it true or false
1) while ur passing thru these lights - they tend to go out
2) when u r passing these light ,stop for abt 3 min (stop means no movt.) - is everything normal

Tell me abt these thing and i will solve ur mystery.

This is the first post iv'e seen with the same thing that happens to me. You're walking along and BOOM...two, three...four street lights go out, right when you're next to them. I think it's just a coincidence though, but who knows? I know what you mean though Dog Soldier...

This phenomenon is called SLIding (Street Lamp Interference) and the people it happens to are called SLIders

More information can be found here

Nice one! After pretty much ridiculing the UFO phenominon (sp?) etc.... I can prove I am open at last.

Yes. This is something that occurs to me. In fact there is a certain street light that will go out 70% of the time roughly that I am within 10 feet of it. In an unprofessional experiment my friend and I waited for 15 minutes watching the street light. Nothing. I walked to it..... goes out. Walk away.... comes on, and walk to it.... goes out. When my friend walked to the light it remained unchanged, and remained unchanged the whole time we watched from a distance.

Became a running joke between us.

Very weird, and glad this topic has been raised here. Nice too know I am not totally mad

Roj47,

Is there any other phenomena that occurs to you?

The "Streetlight Phenomena" is basically the mind finding a pattern where none exists. Please forgive a repost:

The mind is essentially a lazy thing. It likes patterns because patterns are predictable and predictability means not having to construct and maintain new neural pathways, thus conserving energy. This bias towards patterns leads to a few interesting phenomena, such as the famous memory trick of attaching something that you wish to remember to something that you don't have to memorize ("Her name is Goldi, she got golden blonde hair, Goldi-Golden, Goldi-Golden", etc...).
Likewise, the mind tends to notice things that are out of place, because it might then have to get off it's duff and memorize it. If I ask you if you've seen a blue car today, you might think about it a bit and nod, "Yeah, probably." Now, what if I ask you "Did You See A Bright Pink Hummer With Purple Polka-Dots Being Driven By A Neon Green Dragon?" At that point, your mind will respond fairly quickly "Ah, no...no I did not see that." It would have remembered something so out of place. Also note how that sentence above is so much easier to find than the other sentences, just because all the first letters are capitalized.
So, let's say that you are walking down a street with streetlights. As you hum along, your mind is in cruise, not really paying attention. Suddenly, just as you pass by (or close enough to) one of the lights flickers. Your mind jumps to attention and makes a note. As the walk goes on, nothing happens, you forget the whole thing. Except now, as you walk down other streets at other times, and the lights flicker, your mind is busy compiling all those events, till suddenly the thought is formed, "Hey, streetlights flicker when I walk by! Weird." The brain successfully found a pattern where none existed, not at all interested in the many lights you passed without affecting, or how often the lights flickered when you were nowhere close.

Thank you for your imput. But the streetlights do not just flicker. They all go out. A flickering light I can dismiss, but a street full of lights going out I cannot. That is more than a coincidence. And it happens all the time. People comment on it when they are with me.

No nothing unusual, but to be honest if anything did happen I would dismiss it.

Mentioning the lights going out is quite a confession for me

I have the same problem, I can't wear watches, they don't last longer than a day. I keep my bank card in my back pack, because anytime I have it physically on me it just craps out. Electronic things malfunction around me all the time. I can tell when someone turns one a TV because I get a high ptched whistle in my ear everytime for about 20-25 seconds. I kid you not, my wife thinks its kinda cool. And I don't know if this means anything but when I get a static shock I really get one. When I get zapped its always painful and bright. You can see the charge arc to my finger in broad daylight, my wife laughs like a bastard whenever it happens. Its so bad sometimes my finger goes numb for a while.

"Electronic things malfunction around me all the time"

Any idea why?

Freakin' weird, I never knew this happend to other people too

I would say based on my own research, that it has something to do with one's person EMF (Electro Magnetic Field) -

What we did to find out about my 'issues' with monitors a number of years back, was I held the leads to a OHM meeter. As I got closer to the monitor 1' and close the meter energy output signal did indeed go up.

My bro-in-law is a cheif eng. at a radio station and as we walked by this one metal ring, I could sense 'energy' so I put my hand into the center and is was a mild 'static energy' - I mentioned this to Bry and he just looked at me. Yes it does, it's a grounding ring, but the energy shouldn't be felt, I had no clue what it was. We also found that I could not go into certain power rooms, it was too much for me - it actually would make me dizzy and give me a head-ache. So much the tour of the radio station.

Each body is tuned to various frequencies - some have a very narrow 'band' and some have a 'broad band', where it can be batteries, IR freq., street lights, (note that doesn't happen with house lights and such - thus the different 'frequencies'.

I know one person who had to convert all their lights to florecent, because they would burn out normal lightbulbs. But this would only happen in the late fall through early spring. Not during spring, summer and early fall.

None of the above has anything to do with "aliens or Et's" - as I tell them, 'it just is one of the unique things about humans - no two are the same.'

J -

This is kind of creepy bu whenever i touch a switch the item it turns on shortcircuts and in some cases with flourecent lighs(in specific) explode

Ok, here is what I would do if you can get access to the following -

a.) Does this happen all the time aka - more than not - or does it only happen in dry and or cold weather?

b.) Go to a computer store and get an anti-static wrist band and ground yourself and see what happens.

c.) If you don't have one - ask a friend that might if they have an ohm metter and measure the energy reading. (Like I did with the monitor issue.)

Let us know what you find out - most curious.

J -

my mom always said i had a magnetic personality.

aquatus, that is a perfectly logical explaination, but doesn't explain many variables. For instance, not only do I put street lights out on a regular basis, but in the eight diffent places I've lived it's happened in all of them. I can't keep a light bulb in any lamp for more than a month if it's next to my favorite place to sit. They blow mostly when I'm turning them on or off and it's startling even though it happens every month no matter how expensive or long lasting the bulb is supposed to be.

My husband didn't believe it for a couple of years, but now he just rolls his eyes and sighs while he gets the ladder and a new bulb for the ceiling fixtures. He doesn't like me to get the 12 foot ladder because I'm like Lucy knocking over everything in sight.


Jjbreen, I've been checked with an ohm meter and it was no different than anyone elses reading. The weather makes no diffence and I've never heard of an anti-static wrist band.

dog soldier when you walk under a street lamp that goes out , does it go back on after you move away from it ?

A streetlight can flicker I have seen it in my sub divison. It was not a UFO that caused it.

Right im not saying i dont believe you but i want proof.

Get a friend to film you walking under the lights, and send it in.

i have a similar problem every time i walk past women they turn their heads and call me rude names. ITS A MYSTERY TO ME

eric, he didn't say streetlights can't flicker, he said they don't in this instance.

Are you blind. He said "But the street lights don't flicker. They all go out."
He is saying his streetlights don't flicker. I say they can.

What he was saying that in his case, when he walks under them, they don't 'flicker' they go off. Yes light can and do flicker - he was saying, this was not the case -flickering.

J -

No eric, I'm not...his exact word were, "THE streetlights don't flicker..."

My interpretation is that he's talking about the particular ones he believes he has put out, not that they can't.

Hey ok, cool - just asked. The Antii-static band is what people who build computer will wear, especially on cold dry weather to prevent static charge on the mother board and/or chips.

They only cost a few bucks and usually can be picked up at any computer store: aka CompUSA - I would think Circut City (sp?) ...

Just a curiousity - it simply is another way to tell if it's natural static charge in your system.

J -

Thank you all for your imput yesterday. I tried the experiment last night. I walked under streetlight and then stopped for 3 mins. Streetlight did not come back on. I guess I wasn't fully open with everyone. For fear of ridicule. I own a cabin on a lake. I often find myself waking up late at night and having a overwhelming urge to go outside. I find myself in front of the door before my senses return. I have also seen silent sky objects. When I was 10, my whole room lit up a bright green color. I feel very uneasy in darkness. Those are some of the reasons why I know it is something more than "electricity". Sorry I didn't elaborate yesterday, but I had to test the waters. Anyone experience any of these? This is where ufo questions come in.

street lights flicker and go on and off all the time --ours do that with some regularity . my florescent light goes off every time the AC kicks in !

street lights when attached to old power lines do all kinds of strange stuff . there is some kind of power coupling that when it gets old turns into a resistor that can cause the flickering problem due to low volts/amps on the line.

are you sure there isn't a kid following you around with a bb-gun ?--lol

Yes agreed - but every time you walk under one?? That is the question....

J -

If your light goes out every time your AC kicks in I suggest you call an electrician.

I fhttp://www.geocities.com/untoldtalesuk/58signsofabduction

This is the site where I read about siggns of abduction. The streetlight is one of them.

I have not ignored you post here - I've actually been reading it and giving it some thought.

J -

Any imput would suffice right now. Thanks for reading my post. I did't mean to cause a ruckus between anyone. I'm just trying to find a "WHY".

Now here is the caution that I put here - don't believe and accept everything that is stated about Alien Abductions - they are so generic at tmes that where other logical answers are there - they are not looked at.

It's like some friends that were trying to convience me of "Past Lives" and tests that were done to so call - 'prove it'. When i asked, "did they check out genetic memories, genealogy research, empathic imprints ... ' and so on. Well the answer was "no" - it was just trying to prove Past Lives. Well the 'test' was seriously flawed and biased then - thus it didn't prove anything except tunnle vision testing. Which they finally saw my point - you HAVE to look at >ALL< possible theories that could be at play - not just ONE.

J -

Look for a rational cause. Abduction is far fetched.

yes this has happend to me aswell, i think it has something to to with your brain, remember youre brain is a computer.

i have never heard of ppl being magentic and others are less magnetic

Wow - I am SO glad you posted this Dog Soldier, This has been happening to myself for quite some time as well. For fear, I also have never told anyone. It would appear that many cases are different.

I live in a very rural area and there are no streetlights on my street to walk under so I never noticed it until I started driving. I am now 32 and have noticed when I drive home at night it is a very frequent occurance. Now going by some reports of people having issues with electronic devices, I am the exact opposite. Since I was young I have always had a very keen interest in electronics and I work as a sys admin so it would be very bad if servers started blowing up around me :-) I always had a strong understanding of electronics and computers - I find them very easy to work with - not sure if that means anything.

I did have an occurance one night where every light blew in the upstairs of my house where I was at the time, one by one they died but that could easily be explained by a surge even if unlikely.

I would not consider UFO abduction, I had one encounter - a sighting - but that was it - I never had any feeling that it could be that, I always thought it had something to do with the brain, I notice it happens more when I am driving home without the radio allowing me to enter deep thought about a project or something I want to work on.

The only other item worth mentioning is I often have dreams that come true - nothing really specific - always segments in time - people I havnt met and places I havn't been yet giving me major cases of Dejavu quite often.

Hope this info helps your worries.

Hey asking questions is not create a 'rukus'. I have posted on another group - it's not the question that creates issues, it's the answers that the question will create that usually causes the 'rukus'.

I don't think it has to do with aliens at all - I know way too many people that this happens to and just about all of them have nothing todo with aliens in this 'event'. I think it is nothing more than just 'who you are' - you create a certain level of 'static energy' that simply put, street lights do not like.

Hmm, now here is a 'theory' - our outside house lights just kicked on. We have photo sensors. now what >>IF<< the street lights have a photo sensor, and some do. What if your body is giving off an "aura' light of such a level that it tells the light turn off - it's to bright to be on?? Just a theory - but hey??

J -

I also have quite a few instances of deja vu myself. I on the other hand am quite averse to computers or electronics. They kinda scare me to tell the truth.

Thank you for your theory Jjbreen. It makes sense, but if that was the case, wouldn't more objects with a photo sensor be going off? I am still wondering why I feel uneasy in the dark. I am 29. Abnormal psychology major. I know it is possible to have a bigger buildup of Static electricity in the human body then some others but... Streetlights don't give a damn about static electricity. As far as I know.

Unless the level of static electricity is high enough to generate an EMI which turns out everything around.