Watersmeet, Michigan - Paulding Lights

We turned down Old 45 just north of Robbins Pond, and facing south, saw the orangish/red glow. It then turned into what looked like a strobe light - flashing about 6 times, then vanished. This happened twice. Then we went to Robbins Pond Rd, and witnessed (along with about 30 others) a huge bright light (much like a train - only larger) with a red outer "aura." It would fade into a small red light, then reappear. This happened about 4 or 5 times before we turned and went back to the 1st sight just north of Robbins Pond. After going back, we saw a variety of lights, much smaller, that seemed to dance around each other, and dart in different directions. The lights were bright enough to illuminate the people walking back and forth between the two locations and strangely, none of the walkers saw the lights when they should have been directly in their path or directly underneath. We concluded the location to be in the valley between the vacated connection of Old 45.

We also debunked the car lights theory, as we had plenty of car lights on both sides for comparison, distance and location. We also wonder if the difference in the appearance between the two locations can be explained by seeing the lights - front and back? A mystery indeed... [Chelle Merrill, 09/15/2007]

It's a mysterious light off in the distance, some think its a ghost. There's a state historical marker and a guard rail to mark where it is best viewed. I've been their each of the last three summers and I am always part of a crowd of at least 10 people, so it really is worth seeing. [Jim G., 01/25/2004]

Strange lights are visible from the top of a hill at night; we went back in the daytime and there's nothing where the lights were -- just forest on a hill-top; and no roads behind the forest. Very strange. The lights move and are differently colored at different times -- we saw red and white one night, and red and white and green another. This is in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan -- not a lot of cars or industry up there. [Annette Gilson, 12/22/2003]