Lights, especially strange lights, ones that appear suddenly or in places lights have never been seen usually draw a lot of attention. My first encounter with a strange light happen at a young age on a camping trip on the Escambia river just up the river from Mystic Springs.
I was probably no more than ten years old at the time, so this would be in the early sixties. We were on the sandbar fishing when a fire ball appeared in the sky coming from the south headed north. This thing looked just like someone had taken a piece of paper and rolled it into a ball and set it on fire.
I remember that i...
