Though many paranormal and scientific investigators have studied the light, including the Army Corps of Engineers, no one has been able to provide a conclusive answer as to the origin of the light. and midnight and tends to shy away from large groups and loud sounds. According to locals, the best time to view the spook light is between 10:00 p.m. In any event, the orange fire-like ball has reportedly been appearing nightly for well over 100 years. Others have said it sways from side to side, like a lantern carried by some invisible force. The ball of fire, described as varying from the size of a baseball to a basketball, dances and spins down the center of the road at high speeds, rising and hovering above the treetops before it retreats and disappears. However, it is most often seen from the east, which is why it has been “attached” to the tiny hamlet of Hornet, Missouri, and the larger, better-known town of Joplin.Īccording to the legend, the spook light was first seen by Indians along the infamous Trail of Tears in 1836 however, the first “official” report occurred in 1881 in a publication called the Ozark Spook Light. The Spook Light often referred to as the Joplin Spook Light or the Tri-State Spook Light, is actually in Oklahoma near the small town of Quapaw. Described most often as an orange ball of light, the orb travels east to west along a four-mile gravel road, long called the Devil’s Promenade by area locals. Photo from Lisa Livingston-Martin, Paranormal Science Lab.īobbing and bouncing along a dirt road in northeast Oklahoma is the Hornet Spook Light, a paranormal enigma for more than a century. Hornet Spook Light near Joplin, Missouri.
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