Esoterica and Nonsense

11: Jack o lanterns/Will of the wisps - the human explanations for ghostly lights


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Have you ever wondered why people carve pumpkins during halloween each year? It comes from an Irish folk tale a drunk man known as Stingy Jack said to wander forever, all alone, never making it to heaven or hell, with a carved turnip with a burning coal inside that he used as a lantern to light his way. It is said that some people see the flickering light of old jack wandering the countryside. 

Funnily enough, stories explaining odd ghost lights appear all over the world. Jump into a plethora of wild and random stories sure to spook you and wonder wtf these ghosts lights are really up to!

Have you ever seen one?

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Esoterica and NonsenseBy ΔNNΔBELLE