Maco light

The Maco Light was a supposedly anomalous light, or "ghost light", occasionally seen between the late 19th century and 1977 along a section of railroad track near the unincorporated community of Maco Station in Brunswick County, North Carolina. Said to resemble the glow from a railroad lantern, the light was associated with a folk tale describing a fatal accident, which may have inspired tales of a similar type around the country.[1]

The light was never formally explained, but was often thought to be the result of marsh gas from nearby swamps or the refraction of lights from a highway.[2][3]

  1. ^ Joiner, G. D. (2010). Historic Haunts of Shreveport. History Press. p. 89.
  2. ^ "Ghost of Joe Baldwin Disappears". The Sumter Daily Item. May 7, 1964. p. 9.
  3. ^ Wilmington Star-News. February 13, 1972. p. 1. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[full citation needed]