There are many stories that go behind the paulding light. One story is that around the early times of the railroad in northwoods a switchman missed his lantern signal and the train went off the track killing a hundred people, and the switchman went into the woods to deal with his grief and was never seen again. Another story has the switchman getting his head cut off by the train. And another has the end conductor signaling the train behind them that there was trouble and the signal was messed up and the trains collided killing the conductor. These stories I have read about and heard from friends. I just recently got to see the light, and it is freaky and a great experience to have when living up in the northwoods area for a long time.
Beth
