From: "The McCays" (mccay@arkansas.net)
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: Crossett ghost light
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2002 10:39 PM
I have lived in Crossett my whole life (i'm now 44) and i have seen the light several times. It shows up along what used to be a rail line (the tracks were long ago taken up). I first saw it when i was about 12 years old-- it literally jumped up from out of a bush by the roadside, and arced over my head, then down into the ground on the other side of the road. The strangest sighting of it I ever had was back around 1979 or so-- a friend and I were out riding and havin a few beers and we decided to stop inthe middle of the tracks and take a look. Sure enough, it was out and hovering over the tracks, showing a swinging motion like someone carrying a lantern. We sat and watched it for the better part of an hour and it never went out or stopped this motion the whole time. My 12 year old daughter recently went on a hayride with friends and they saw it too. I have noticed over the years that it tends to show when there is a weather change coming on, usually when it is heading to overcast.
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