Ghosts : Ectoplasm and the Totally Bizarre

WISP OF LIGHT

Updated on Ahad, 15/08/2004 by MarHazK

WISP OF LIGHT
An unusual wisp of light and an unexplained transparent oddity at
Caddo Lake, TX.

The large picture in the center was reduced. The pictures on either side were not.

Caddo Lake in far east Texas has been considered a mystical place as far back as by the Native Americans that inhabited the area. It is actually a Cypress Swamp, and the with cypress trees with Spanish moss dangling out of them add to this mystical quality.

My son and I headed off to Caddo Lake for a day trip... it is a wonderful escape from the city. Not having put much thought into it, neither of us had taken into consideration that with all of the torrential rains that east Texas had been receiving, the Lake would probably be flooded. It was.

If you look closely at this small shaded shack that is used for canoe rentals, you will notice that the water is actually covering about a third of the this little building.

When I saw this, there was something about it that really grabbed my interest, yet I didn't know what it was. It had almost an eerie feel to it so I took a picture.

If you look at the far right of this picture (at the center of the right hand side), you will see a wisp of light. This is the same thing shown in the smaller picture to the right of the main picture.

Please note that no light is reflecting on anything in this darkened area. The wisp is almost transparent in spots. It appears to be in front of the wooden frame and its edges extend past it. It is obviously not light reflecting off of something.

The dark line that you see in the photo on the left looks like someone used a magic marker on the photo. This is not the case. It is on the negative in reverse so whatever it is was there when the picture was taken. My next thought was that it might have been a long, soggy, brown leaf of some sort but if you look carefully, you can see that it is somewhat transparent...the darkness of the letters shows through. I ruled out it simply being a drawn line on the wooden sign as well because the line extends down below the edge of the sign. This portion was not as clear in the previously scanned images (they were much darker and the bottom portion blended into the background although it is very clear on the photo itself). This portion is just another weird curiosity as far as I am concerned.
 

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