From: Anonymous
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:58:34 EST
Subject: Anson Lights
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
I too have seen the famed Anson Lights outside Anson, Texas and I can corroborate "Cher From Texas'" story. There is a cemetary off the highway and you take the dirt road down to the crossroads. The first time, I went with two friends and we drove to the crossroads, turned our cars around, and waited for ten minutes. We saw a glow on the horizon and thought our eyes were playing tricks on us, but they weren't. Sure enough, this twinkling, flickering light (getting goosebumps as I write this) dances down the road towards our car, and it got 50 feet away before I went into hysterics. My friend turned on his headlights which made it disappear. We drove up to the corner convenience store to get our bearings. Then, we decided we just HAD to go back. We had just turned the car around by the crossroads when the light started swinging madly from side to side.
I've been back several times and the light has done different things, like fly into the trees. One time it didn't show at all. Another time, I saw a dead black dog lying on the crossroads. Not uncommon to see roadkill, but another friend had been out to the site two or so years before and had seen a dead, black dog lying in the same vicinity. Something else happened out there and he won't discuss it, nor will he return. Another friend's boyfriend went out there and shut the engine to his car off. Wouldn't start. They had to push it to that convenience store. A lot of people have claimed that it's just lights from the highway, but I can't understand how a light from the highway could approach within fifty feet of the car. The light is bright enough to illuminate anything behind it, like another car or a prankster. There was nothing. The last time I went, the only lights I saw were the ones from a local's car who had crept up behind us, right on our tail, and then flooded us with his headlights like he had come out of nowhere. Scared us. And yes, the sheriff does patrol the area and he will issue tickets if anyone is out there trying to see the lights.
Sorry for the length. Hope you enjoyed this account. If you decide to post it, please OMIT my name and e-mail. Thank you.
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