Mysterious Hornet Spook Light In Missouri

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – You’re driving. It’s late and dark. The road is desolated, and you are eager to get home, but suddenly you see a strange, bright flickering light in front of you. What is it? Where did it come from? That’s a question many have tried to answer when investigating the mysterious Hornet Spook Light in Missouri.

Today Hornet in Missouri is a ghost town, but a mysterious light is still visible in the surrounding region.

The Hornet Spook Light is real. Image source

This perplexing light is often referred to as the Joplin Spook Light or the Tri-State Spook Light. It’s mostly visible in a small area known locally as the “Devil’s Promenade” on the border between southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma west of the small town of Hornet, Missouri.

Legend tells the first time the Hornet Spook Light was first sighted was as far back as the 1830s. The enigmatic light is shrouded in myths and mystery, but many think there is a natural explanation behind this curious light phenomena.

Native Americans say the strange light has always been there. It was there long before the arrival of the first white settlers. Some of these newcomers found the light so frightening that they moved away. Other Native American legends tell these are the spirits of a young Quapaw Indian couple. The young woman and man were not allowed to marry and so they both committed suicide by leaping into the Spring River. Some also say the light is the spirit of a miner searching for his children who were kidnapped by Indians.

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