by jamie patterson
When I was elected to work on the Spooklight's site I really didn't expect to be
writing about MY experiences. I thought, "Well ok, but I'm really just the site designer."
True, I have gone to see the light; it's been quite a long lasting tradition in my family. I have been
down to the road several times in my life. Honestly, I have never seen a light which resembles the
phenomenon that my forefathers have described. Still yet, somewhere inside me there is a part that
wants to believe that there is something there. I have read literature, checked out the internet, and
spent many a night patiently awaiting its arrival on that old dirt road in Oklahoma. Yet, I can not
find a conclusive answer and truth be known I probably won't. However, what I plan to do is to gather
as much information as possible and present it to you, the readers, in the most objective way possible.
My father is also avidly seeking an answer to this century old riddle. We hope that by
attacking this from several angles that maybe we can present some kind of a reasonable hypothesis. I
have begun researching the history of the area: the "Indian Territories", the people, the myths and
legends, the existing roads and other historical facts of the area from the late 1800s to present.
You can read about my findings in our research notes history section.
My father (sometimes with family or friends) has been making regular trips with a much more technical
approach in mind. You can read all about his aspect of our research in the
research notes technical section.
I would like to leave all of you, skeptics and believers alike, with one last thought...
As those of us who have spent more than a few hours looking for the light well know, by the time 4 a.m.
rolls around, you begin to see things that aren't there. Because of this, I am lead to believe that
many of the so called sightings are nothing more than the headlights that so many researchers have
professed them to be. However, there are those odd stories of the lights "dancing" around in the
vehicle or hovering on the car fender. It could merely be a need for some to keep propagating an old
urban legend and then again it could be the real, bona-fide thing...
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