Greetings!
I checked out your website after remembering a trip I took to Michigan two years ago. My friends who vacation there in the summer took me to see the Mystery Light. It was quite spectacular. I have included a link to the Watersmeet Michigan Area Chamber of Commerce's web site. They mention the spook light as one of the area attractions.
Mystery Light in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
When we went to see the light, it was a clear evening in September. It was quite cool, probably around 45-50 degrees. We drove to the area via the route mentioned on the Watersmeet website. The road in is a wide gravel road, but is blockaded by guard rails, (seemingly put across the road by local or state authorities, as they are the same kind one would see on the interstate). The area is heavily forested, but, beyond the barricade, the road goes (straight) on through a long deep valley before climbing two hills. The summit of the second hill makes up the horizon for one's line of site while parked at the barricade. The road obviously goes over the second hill because one can see a notch in the horizon where the trees have been cleared for the road.
We pulled the car up to the blockade and sat for approx. 20 minutes before seeing anything. What we did see astounded me. I had a pair of binoculars and was focusing on the notch in the horizon. Soon I noticed the faint glow, like a light below the horizon, then several small red lights danced their way up into this glow. My friend next to me could see the lights unaided, but they were seemingly harder to focus on with the naked eye. Soon, however, a white ball of light ascended beyond the notch. The light was spectacular. It seemed to be pointing straight at us. My friend and I both witnessed the light change shapes from an octoagon to a multi-pointed star, to a diamond shape, then back to round. It even sort of spun, but didn't seem to be giving off the beam of light it did when we first noticed it. Once over the horizon, the light didn't seem to move laterally, but did move up and down. While the white light was visible, we could still see the three smaller red lights bouncing around and behind it.
All told, we watched the displayfor about four or five minutes before the light dropped back below the horizon.
We waited for approx. 15 more minutes, but the light did not reappear. My friend has told me that her son has hiked the road beyond the barricade for about five miles and did not notice anything unusual. They also had an engineer friend visiting some years ago who, even upon looking at maps of the area dating back to the late 1800's good find no logical explanation for the lights.
I have also heard that the lights can be seen from just about every direction, not just from the road that we went in on. Whether this is true, I cannot attest as I have only been to see the lights on the one road.
As for the Hornet Spooklight near Joplin, Missouri, my sister used to live in Carthage, Missouri and occasionally, she and her friends would drive out to see the light. She says it is quite incredible to watch it bounce around, but that it never came very close to them or their car.
Thanks for providing an interesting website. if you have any questions, I will respond.
-Kari
