Blazing Horizon/Paulding Light
The first team (Bill, Jael, and Austin) travel to upper Michigan to investigate the legendary Paulding Light, a mysterious glowing light that appears almost on cue at night through a certain viewpoint of bare roads and telephone wires. No one seems to know why this happens and has become a ghost story after a railroad operator was killed near the site. The tale is that this man carries a light to warn people of oncoming trains. While this sad story does hold true, the light is more likely a natural occurrence that has not yet been explained. The team first tests the theory that it is a plane flying low over the area but the light from Austin's test flight is not steady or long enough. The second test was car lights from a distance, which the team thought might actually be the culprit. To me, if this were the case, the light would go in and out as cars are passing by but the light is strong and steady in one bright light. They discover that the light from Bill and Jael's drive-by is not even seen from the viewpoint's distance. The team then conducted an overnight investigation using cameras and audio recorders in hopes of catching evidence of the supposed train operator ghost, yielding no results. The team decided the lights to be inconclusive and let it remain a mystery.
During a recent radio show with Bill, one listener inquired about the case and asked if it could be some kind of natural occurrence with the rocks in the area. This theory sparked my interest as a definite possibility. Bill has also been testing the idea of granite holding onto spiritual energy at such haunted locations as The Stanley Hotel. I would love to see the team, or some other scientific investigation group, try this theory and put a rest to the mystery. It does seem entirely possible that certain rock in the area could be holding onto light or energy and release it when the sun goes down, or maybe we just can't see that energy until the light of the sun dims. If any readers know of updates, please let me know!
Rollover:
The other team (Ben, Chi-Lan, and Larry) travel to Texas to uncover the mystery of cars being pushed uphill over train tracks. The legend says that a school bus filled with children was hit by a train and several children died in the accident. Those children now push cars across the tracks so that other people will not suffer the same fate. If a car sits in neutral, the car will begin to move by unseen forces, uphill, and over the tracks. Additionally, if you sprinkle the car with powder, little fingerprints will appear. Great story!
The team first hops in a similar car to the one in the video sent to the show; lo and behold, the car moves on it's own while in neutral. Assuming that the fingerprints that appear are nothing more than previous fingerprints left behind (smart.), the team had wiped down the back of the car before starting the test and Ben uses his magic FBI print powder to look for prints left after "being pushed.". No evidence. The team then tries an actual school bus to see if even something so big can be "pushed" over the tracks; and it does. Using the same fingerprint test as before, the team again has no results. Something is clearly making these vehicles move on their own. The team then conducts a survey of the land to test the grade of the hill. It looks at first glance like there is an uphill to the tracks and a downhill on the other side; however, the survey revealed that optical illusions are at work: there is actually a downhill over the tracks and the land surrounding makes it look like its uphill!
This optical illusion still blows my mind, its hard to wrap my head around it! And I think its genius how the team tested these theories. If anyone doubts the Fact or Faked team at large, this episode helps prove their credibility. A ghost story would sure be romantic but sorry folks, its just not the case here.
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