As night falls in Northern Michigan, crowds gather in a remote spot off US Highway 45. The reason? To see what might be the most punctual ghost in the world.
Whether it's a sea serpent in a Scottish Loch or a woman in white haunting the battlements of a Civil War fortress, denizens of the supernatural realm share a common habit: they remain stubbornly unwilling to reveal themselves at any conveniently scheduled appointments.a uniquely chilling attraction for both true believers and travellers with a casual interest in the paranormal. If any of them show up in the pre-set place at the right time, they will see the Paulding Light.
Local folklore serves up different explanations for the ethereal illumination. The most popular tale claims that the ghost of a railway brakeman killed in a train disaster appears nightly to hold up his lantern and warn future victims away. Unfortunately, there's no record or visual evidence of a railroad in the area.
Eventually, the scientists came along to explain away all the fun. In 2010, Michigan Tech University electrical engineering PhD candidate Jeremy Bos led a student expedition. Equipped with everything from cameras to light meters to high-power telescopes, their sole mission was explaining the Paulding Light with supporting proof.
"I ask people who saw the light what they saw and what they think they saw," Bos said."If they ask me to explain, I do. Most people say they see yellowish or red lights that appear to move. If there is some motion, most of what they are seeing is due to an auto-kinetic effect. I use similar explanations for mirages and hot roads in the summer."
Roggemann suggests the geography and local weather around the viewing path supports frequent temperature inversions in the early evening when there's always traffic on the highway. The result is an"upside-down" optical illusion – car headlights from the pole line of view in Paulding lining up with the highway while refracting and bending back toward the ground. The effect happens to be uniquely visible from the spot where fans gather.
"To those that don't spend their lives thinking about the interaction between light and air, a ghost story is just more interesting," Bos admitted."You can combine that with local people wanting this place – an area most people ignore – to be special because they think it really is special."
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