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a devil's prominade a quiet Road close
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to the old Route 66 in the northeast
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corner of Oklahoma hides a strange
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mystery that has baffled people for over
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100 years the Hornet spook light is a
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puzzling glooming orb about the size of
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a basketball that has been showing up in
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1881 no one knows why this un usual ball
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of light appears where it comes from or
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what it is made of even experts like the
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Army corpse of Engineers can't explain
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it and have called it a mysterious light
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of unknown Orion this perke light
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doesn't stay still it spins and bounces
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up and down like a lantern being carried
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by a ghost dancing around it is most
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commonly seen from within the Oklahoma
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border looking Westward very ler jet a
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historian of Route 66 notes that the
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legendary Highway path and the Hornet
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spook light's Fame are tied together
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because they share common areas in
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Oklahoma this has led to the strange
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light becoming part of the Route 66 lore
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while waiting in the dark on the other
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side of the road hoping to see the spoke
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light I was spoked by passing car
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headlights despite not seeing the light
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that night the stories I had heard made
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the experience iy and full of
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anticipation local resident Vance Randol
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wrote about seeing the spoke light
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several times in his book Ozark magic
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folklore he described it changing size
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and splitting into smaller lights He
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also mentioned that the light appear
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different colors to different people and
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some even said they could feel its heat
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then crazy Lex Walker who was the
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inspiration for a character in The Route
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66 themed Cars movie said he had seen
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the spoke life multiple times once it
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even seemed to pass through their C's
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windshield disappearing suddenly and
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leaving everyone in the car speechless
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Grace GLE and Elder member of the quapo
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nation also remember seeing the light as
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a child she like many locals agrees The
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Hornet splite exists but opinions on
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what causes it vary some people think
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the spites is the spirit of a Native
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American who died tragically however
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gigle points out that these are just
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Legends She suggests that the lights
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might be unnatural occurrence and not
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related to experience several
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investigations have been carried out to
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find the source of this PK life
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in 1936 a reporter from the Kansas City
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Star suggested the mysterious lights
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where the headlights of cars driving on
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Route 66 this theory was tested and
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confirmed by a writer for Popular
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1965 mgal disagreed with the car
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headlights Theory recalling her personal
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experience the light she saw moved
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around and slowly approached their
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vehicle which didn't match the behavior
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of distant car headlights
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another theory is that the lights come
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from Swamp gas but a biology Professor
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disagrees stating the landscape around
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the spoke light isn't likely to produce
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such gases the professor supports the
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car headlights Theory suggesting that
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the light strange appearance could be
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caused by changes in an air densities
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about the nearby Spring River which
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caused the light to Bent and refract
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however many local including Walker
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dismissed the Carl headlights Theory
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they argue that the turnpike is too far
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away for its headlights to be seen at
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the spook light location the true origin
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of the Hornet spook light remains a
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mystery adding to the aure of Route 66
