Senath Light (3)

From: kbrown22@webtv.net (kammie)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:12:04 -0600 (CST)
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: the senath light

When I moved from Jonesboro, Arkansas to Blytheville, Arkansas to live with my grandparents, I began to hear stoies from my aunts and uncles about the Senath light. We were on our way to the family reunion in Powhaten, Arkansas one spring and my uncle told me about the Senath light. He said, "See that little cemetary we just passed? There is a road up here to the right , that if you take it you can see the Senath light." Of course I had no idea what he was talking about, but my curiosity was certainly piqued. I asked, " What's that?" He explained the story.

Apparently when you drive by that cemetary the there is a wrought iron fence around it. When you drive by on the way to see the light, the gate is closed. When you get to the road, you park and flash the lights three times to "summon" the ghost light. Then it appears, If you let the light get close enough to touch your car, the car will stall. Then when your drive past the cemetary on the way home the gate is open.

When we got to the family reunion, my cousin and I asked aound about the Senath light, since we had drove there in several vehicles. It seems each of my aunts and uncles had a version of their experience with the Senath light.

Years later, after many family reunions, every time I pass the grave yard, and I do quite often, I kind of look sideways at it. Once I even stopped. The graveyard is strange looking when you drive past. like it is very small. There may be 10 or 12 graves at most. And they are so bunched up it is hard to believe there are people buried there and not pets. I stopped on the way past one day to see for myself if there were people buried in the cemetary and I chickened out before I got acrossed the ditch.

Years later I had my own encounter with the light. I was staying with a friend in a neighboring city after a dance. We were with some other teens and didn't have anything to do. Someone spoke up about the Senath light. I have always been interested in ghost stories and such so I was all for it. Some of the others had seen it before, and knew where it was.

So we set out. We "summoned" the light and it appeared We were far back enough from the highway that we could see cars passing occaisionally, but they were passing behind the light. It was far enought away and so bright that it shined in the hood of the car. I grew bigger and smaller and changed colors also. We had rolled up the windows and locked all the doors. Some one suggested that it was someone holding a spotlight, but i refuse to believe that there is some crazy old man who has been standing in that road every night for decades waiting to be "summoned" and shine his light. Too many peole have witnessed it and there are too many odd things about it. Its brightness for one thing.

My friend who I was staying with that night said that her older sister had photographed the light and when the film was developed there was a skeletal figure in its place on the film. I don't know what to think but I know I witnessed something that I cannot explain. What do you think?

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