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Mysterious Lights.
[Maple (O.) Correspondence Cincinnati Enquirer.]
William Daugherty is a young man living a mile east of here, and the one who first saw these mysterious lights. Mr. Daugherty, on the night of January 4th, came here to church, there being a protracted meeting in progress here, and after church accompanied Miss Lydia Trisler, a young lady living one mile south of here, home. After seeing the young lady safe at home started on his return, then having two miles to go, taking the road. After travelling about a quarter of a mile Mr Daugherty discovered a very strange light about a quarter of a mile in advance of him, off the road to his left. As he came on a quarter of a mile the light was then directly to his left and near a stretch of timber about one sixth of a mile from him and the road.
Mr. Daugherty concluded that he would stop and see what the light was and what it was going to do, but when he stopped the light came toward him at such a speed that he was alarmed, and came on to the house of Mr. Smith Poe, which was only about 100 yards from where he stopped. He there called, and Mr. Poe and his family came out to see the mysterious light. By the time Mr. Poe and his family came out, there were two distinct lights, which had the form of a human, and were in the air about 10 or 12 feet high; but while Mr. Daugherty was talking with them the lights became stationary. As soon as Mr. Daugherty started on towards here the lights started, which fact was noted by Mr. Poe and family. Mr. Daugherty stopped some two or three times before reaching here, noticing that each time he stopped the lights also stopped.
Upon reaching here he stopped and knocked at the door of the writer, and upon going to the door told him to see the strange lights which had been following him for some time. After stepping to the pavement we could plainly see the lights, which were at this time about a quarter of a mile distant, and were suspended in the air over the barnyard of Mr. John Crawford. The mother and brother of the scribe also stepped to the pavement and beheld the mysterious lights.
At the time we stepped out of the house there was a light of great magnitude illuminating the western horizon, which resembled the aurora borealis, or northern lights. The sky was very clear, many stars to be seen shining.
The lights, as soon as suspended in the air over the barn-yard buildings of Mr. John Crawford, were in the form of human beings, the head, arms, body and legs being very plainly seen by all the lookers on - twelve in all. There were two lights; one that was more brilliant than the other, and which was as bright as the noonday sun. They were about 3 feet in height, and all present could easily see the corn-crib of Mr. Crawford, a quarter of a mile distant, so bright were the lights. Seeing that Mr. Daugherty was greatly alarmed on account of the lights following him, I asked him to remain during the night. Mr Daugherty said he would stay over the night, and the lights glided quietly down to about the height of the fence and disappeared.
Noticing this fact, Mr. Dougherty became very much alarmed. Coming into the house, I noticed the hands on the clock marked 11 o'clock. After seating ourselves around the fire about five minutes passed and we then thought we would look out for the lights. On going out on the pavement the mysterious lights were not to be seen and the western light, which resembled the aurora borealis, had disappeared. All the bright shining stars were gone, and the clear sky, which had been seen but five minutes before, was obscured from view by a streak of thick black clouds, stretching from horizon to horizon, and every thing assumed midnight darkness.
Returning to the house I asked Mr. Daugherty what he thought was the cause of these strange lights, and why they followed him. Mr. Daugherty said he was not a believer in ghosts, spooks or tokens, but that he believed they were a token of warning to him of some danger. Mr. Daugherty further said that he had several times of late seen some very strange lights. When going home late at night he had seen a light pass from the barn to the house, but when he would enter the house and ask if any one of the family had been out with a lantern or light, they would answer in the negative, which fact Mr. Daugherty regarded as a strange occurrence. Among the number who saw these mysterious lights was Rev. Melvin of Neville, O., who was conducting the series of meetings here. Rev. Melvin is a disbeliever in ghosts, spooks, tokens, etc., but remarked that these lights were very mysterious. I was informed that the same mysterious lights were witnessed at Hamersville, O., but what these lights were and what caused them remains a mystery to our vicinity.
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So, the pictures that you see throughout this post obviously aren't from 1889...so when and where are they from? Well in Sequoia National Park, California on August 9th, 2015, several people reported seeing a very similar sounding humanoid figure, and it was captured on a telescope camera and video...and compared to the Michelin Man, because of it's shape....and there's also footage of another...
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