Case file · High strangeness

Land's End Light

A yellowish ball of light is said to appear on a three-mile stretch of Land's End Road on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, near the old Fort Fremont, and to vanish when cars approach.

1950 CE · 32.33, -80.58 · status: claim

The account

Stories make it a Confederate sentry killed in 1861, a headless soldier with a lantern, or enslaved people hanged from the roadside oaks. The year is an approximate date for the earliest reports.

The sceptical view

No investigation has ruled out headlights; the light is said to disappear when an engine starts.

Sources

  1. Explore Beaufort SC: The legend of the Land's End Light
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