Perhaps the most frustrating of mysteries are the ones that are heavily witnessed, yet still are unable to be explained.
This would be the case of the Gurdon light, an unexplained light that moves through the trees near the railroad tracks, off Interstate 30 in southern Arkansas.
This eerie white blue, sometimes orange, glowing light has been spotted by thousands and at this point it’s not a question if this light exists but what is it exactly?
Some believe it’s the result of a natural phenomenon, known as Piezoelectricity. Piezoelectricity is generated by materials such as certain ceramics and crystals, which when bent or squeezed generate electricity and sparks. This would be due to the constant stress that the area’s underground quartz crystals are under. It is well known Gurdon sits above large amounts of quartz crystals.
Another natural explanation is a very similar phenomenon known as triboluminescence, generates electricity and light when a material is broken, rather than bent as in piezoelectricity.
Still others believe that it is supernatural in nature. It is said the light is the lantern of a railroad worker who fell on the tracks and was beheaded. Another variation of this story is it is the light of a worker who was killed in a fight on the tracks.
Unlike other mysterious lights, like the Brown Mountain lights in North Carolina, the Gurdon Light is reported to always be present, but only can be seen at night.
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