wandering about, or the demonic, lights folded mass of legends, many have seen them with my own eyes, but they still know too little to draw definite conclusions.Wandering lights observed at different times on different continents, but, according to Russian legends, most of them can be seen after 24 August near the swamps and cemeteries.
Promise St. David
most often wandering lights and believe the souls of drowned people who died a violent death, and now stuck between worlds, to lure people living in a quagmire or destroy any other way.In the UK they are given as mournful, but honorable role: here wandering lights act as harbingers of death.According to ancient legend, Saint David, patron saint of Wales, has promised that every resident of this part of the UK will be notified of his death in advance and have time to prepare for the journey to the other world.Harbinger of death as o'can not only show the place of death, but also the resting place of passing the entire route of the funeral procession.
These superstitions have repeatedly confirmed eyewitness.In the book "Night shade nature" is evidence of a certain church dignitary of his cousin, who happened to be accompanied by his servant and face the flame-predictor.The trip came in the evening and on unfamiliar terrain, so the lady was to meet companion of possessions where she was going.But she not only met the servant who had to leave to meet her, but lost her.Alone in the darkness, she saw the light, which was moving toward her.The woman froze in fear, the flame also stopped, and then she stood speechless for half an hour.After this time, there was the sound of hooves behind - is its servant finally caught up with her, light is turned to the side and disappeared.Safely to their destination, the woman told about what they saw, and a few days later her servant died.The funeral procession was moving just on this road, and it is the place where there was a wandering light, a hearse stopped for thirty minutes.
Explorer into another world
Beliefs like Welsh, existed in other parts of the kingdom and in great trust, which confirms the story of a Scottish clergyman.One day, coming out of his house, which was next to the churchyard near the church, he noticed a bright spot behind the fence of the church cemetery.Deciding that it was someone walking around with a flashlight, he followed a spark, but not a single person never saw.Spark flew beyond the cemetery and through the woods toward a small house of a farmer, and then, accompanied by the other lights turned in the opposite direction.All the while, the priest followed the mysterious lights and noticed that they hid in the crypt.The next day, he found the watchman, whose vault is.It turned out that the crypt belongs to the family just to the farmer that lives at the forest.And yet a day later the priest was invited to the funeral service the family of the child who died of scarlet fever.Apparently, the superstition that the lights are only for those whose relatives had buried in the local cemetery, is under a certain base.
Riddle for skeptics
far more skeptical of such phenomena are scientists, believing that every mysterious phenomenon has a scientific explanation.So, marsh or wandering fires are the result of decomposition of organic matter, which is particularly active in the wetland soils and landfills.In the process of decay of plant and animal residues, among other compounds formed by hydrogen fluoride, which is able to self-ignite.This gas smells like rotten fish, breaks, getting into the air and burning bright flame.
the phenomenon of stray lights try to explain the appearance of ball lightning, the nature of which is not very much is known, identify them with balls of plasma, or even tiny meteorites.But if you face the truth, none of these versions does not explain the link between wandering lights and emergency death of a man who had seen them, or any of his associates.It also remains a mystery why such phenomena were observed in homes where like rot nothing should, as well as well-defined as possible occurrence of similar balls - mysterious balls flying out from under the water at Lake Nong Kai in Thailand, there are onlythe first full moon of the eleventh lunar month.Give a plausible explanation for this phenomenon has not yet succeeded.
Killers and saviors
Also a mystery is why some lights are set very aggressive towards people or, at least, are bad news, and some are even able to help in difficult times.On the negative sentiment bog fires had a chance encounter tourists travel the Segezha region of Karelia.Contrary to the warnings of local residents group of tourists camped near the swamp.During the evening, nothing suspicious was observed, but started just after midnight "hell."First, few people noticed a mysterious twinkle in a nearby swamp: the lights, there appeared, as if beckoning for him.The three travelers in a dream followed this call, the other also gradually overcome by a strange state of inability to answer for their actions.More and more people get up and move for the lights to the swamp.It could have ended very badly if one of the "zombie" is not got the fire, who turned in his way.The pain from the burns resulted in a sense of a man, and he brought his comrades cry of strange slumber in which they moved towards his death.Having suffered a fiasco, the lights disappeared.
quite differently behave famous Marfa lights often appear far from the eponymous village in the mountains Cheenath, near the Mexican border.According to local residents, harm from them have not seen any, except for the fear that causes any unexplained phenomenon.And the story of Mrs. Ellen Dickens, these mysterious lights even saved her father, when he lost his way a snowstorm.Somehow the lights were able to tell him that he is going in the wrong direction, and led him into a small cave, where he could ride out the bad weather.In the morning he found that the lights were absolutely right, pointing out his mistake, and because of this he is safe and sound back home.
On the origin of fires, Martha walks many conflicting legends.On one of them, the spirits of the Indians who were deceived and killed in the local mountains.Were rescued only by their conductor, who still goes and tries to find his people.According to another version, in the 1850s, Mexican bandits attacked a farmer on the ranch until the owner was not at home.The surviving members of the family farmer sent on the trail of the bandits, he managed to catch up and even to deal with a few of them.But the loot and remains not found, so I think that the lights - it's the bandits or the owner, trying to find the money.
Spirits kladoviki
In the Russian tradition of wandering lights are also sometimes associated with the stolen treasures.It is said that the spirits-kladoviki lights are lit on the hidden values, to point the way to the treasure.Lights kladovikov can take many forms - from the bowl or candle flames until golden rooster.When hunting for such treasures we must remember a few rules.First, he saw light in the forest, you have to say as soon as possible "Chur Chur, a holy place, mind you.Yes my God ", or" non-zachurovanny "treasure will go into the ground to a greater depth and will be removed.Secondly, it should be understood that.most likely, this kind of treasures will not be either sopeshsya or envious robbed, or just die.Treasures hidden evil spirit from the beginning cursed, and covet them - means to destroy your immortal soul.So just in case, from all sorts of wisps best to stay away.The only pity is that if you follow this recommendation, the mystery of this phenomenon and will not be disclosed ...
Natalia ZOLOTOVA
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