Greek Fire at the Parthenon An author visiting the Parthenon is shown curious mystery fires/lights by the Acropolis guards.
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January 30, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Scientific Oddities , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged fortean mysteries , Greek Fire at the Parthenon , mysterious fires , mysterious lights , Parthenon , spook lights
The Death-Fires of Madagascar The mysterious fires said to predict the death of the Malgasy Queen Ranavalona I.
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January 28, 2014
in Fortean Mysteries , News , Panics , Prophecies , religion , Scientific Oddities , Social History , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged death omens , London Missionary Society , Madagascar , mysterious fires , Queen Ranavalona I , spook lights , The Death-Fires of Madagascar , tokens of death
Fiery Exhalations in Wales Today I rekindle my interest in the strange lights of Wales with the “fiery exhalations” of Merionethshire: deadly and mysterious lights that blighted grass, killed livestock, and could be driven off by loud noises.
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December 19, 2013
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News , religion , Scientific Oddities , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged earth mysteries , earthquake lights , fiery exhalations , Fiery Exhalations in Wales , Merionethshire , mysterious fires and lights , spook lights , UFOs , USOs , Welsh fires
A strange tale of “Owl Blasting” from the Welsh Marches in which a witness sees a mysterious flame setting trees on fire.
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March 26, 2013
in Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , News
and tagged corpse candles , evil eye , fire elemental , incendiary poltergeist , owl blasting , spook lights , Wales , Welsh Marches
The Fiery Hand of Doom A selection of stories about mysterious fiery hands and scorched hand-prints–are they a religious or a paranormal phenomenon?
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February 19, 2013
in Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Poltergeists , religion
and tagged Catholic , incendiary poltergeists , poltergeists , poor souls , purgatory , SHC , spook lights , The Fiery Hand of Doom , Wizard Clip
These mysterious luminaries of the paranormal world have a variety of names: Spook lights, corpse candles, will-o-the-wisps, jack-o-lanterns, ball lightning, ignis fatuus, swamp gas, ghost lights. Yet no matter what the designation, their nature is elusive. They always float just out of reach when scientists try to study them. This is a post about spook lights that harm.
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Chris Woodyard
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December 8, 2012
in Death , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Prophecies , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged ball lightning , corpse candles , forteana , ghost lights , ghosts , omens of death , spook lights , tokens of death