Gurdon, Arkansas - Gurdon Spook Light

I was down there very recently and I'll tell you that the walk is more than 3/4 of a mile. The terrain is very rugged and rocky, so wear shoes with some thick soles and bring water and a flashlight. Also be prepared to be scared! Those woods are spooky at night.

Be committed to seeing them. For us to walk down there, hang out and watch and walk back, it was about three hours. [Tyler, 04/08/2006]

The town of Gurdon Arkansas has a mystery light which was profiled a few years ago on "Unsolved Mysteries". If you go to the railroad tracks on the outskirts of town at night, then walk about 3/4 mile down to where there is a slight slope of the tracks and wait, a ball of yellowish light will almost always appear, hovering over the tracks. The light seems to be about the size of a basketball, and around fifty yards away. If you walk toward it, the light will receed away from you or disappear, sometimes reappearing behind you. I myself have seen it, and believe me when I tell you that it is not a hoax, a mirage, or "reflected light"... something very strange is going on in Gurdon. A great "X-files" style road trip destination. [David Koon, 11/23/2000]

[RA: Tipster Robert Nunnally adds: "I grew up in Gurdon, and have seen the light many times. It tends to appear as a colored spherical light, hovering in a ghostly or space alien way in mid-air. The legend surrounding the light is that a headless railroad man, victim of a revenge murder, hunts for his head with a lantern. The phenomenon transcends the legend, though, as the experience of seeing the Gurdon Light is both frequent and unusual -- a natural roadside attraction of the highest order." ]