Crossett, Arkansas - Crossett Spook Lights

Virtually everyone in the northeastern region of Louisiana and the Southeast area of Arkansas knows about the lights. Until last summer, I was a huge skeptic, but what I saw was startling. My sister, her boyfriend and I, sitting in the car, saw a glowing orb that would slowly turn various colors of blue, red, and green about 1/8th of a mile away. The light would hover over the ground, moving slowly up and down, as well as grow in intensity. I didn't know what to make of this. When one tried to approach, it would dissappear and then reappear at exactly the same distance (it would always keep 1/8th mile space between us. The light would appear and disappear in 5 to 10 minute intervals.

I have no rational explanation for this. Some claim that it is the rare phenomenon of luminescent "swamp gas." Others claim that it is a ghost--the spirit of a conductor or switchman who was decapitated in a freak train accident in the early to mid 1800s. The light is supposedly the lantern swung by the body of the poor fellow who is searching for his head. The railroad has long since been removed, but the poor fellow is still there. All I know is that it is a frightening experience to witness a phenomenon one can't explain. [Tre' Green, 11/09/1998]