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  2. Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia

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    The collected light from the eaten eyes gave "Boitatá" its fiery gaze. Not really a dragon but a giant snake (in the native language, boa or mboi or mboa). In Argentina and Uruguay, the will-o'-the-wisp phenomenon is known as luz mala (evil light) and is one of the most important myths in both countries' folklore. This phenomenon is quite ...

  3. Scintillating scotoma - Wikipedia

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    In teichopsia, migraine sufferers see patterns in the shape of the walls of a star fort. As the scotoma area expands, some people perceive only a bright flickering area that obstructs normal vision, while others describe seeing various patterns. Some describe seeing one or more shimmering arcs of white or colored flashing lights.

  4. St. Elmo's fire - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of St. Elmo's fire on a ship at sea Electrostatic discharge flashes across the windscreen of a KC-10 cockpit.. St. Elmo's fire (also called witchfire or witch's fire [1]) is a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created by a corona discharge from a rod-like object such as a mast, spire, chimney, or animal horn [2] in an atmospheric electric field.

  5. 51 Spooky Graveyards Across the Country - AOL

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    Flickering lights and mysterious music are two signs of haunting from one of the site's various dark tales — but not everything at the cemetery is scary: It's also the resting place of Florence ...

  6. Twinkling - Wikipedia

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    While light from stars and other astronomical objects is likely to twinkle, [10] twinkling usually does not cause images of planets to flicker appreciably. [11] [12] Stars twinkle because they are so far from Earth that they appear as point sources of light easily disturbed by Earth's atmospheric turbulence, which acts like lenses and prisms ...

  7. The mystery of the flashing lights at the White House has ...

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    The flashing red lights were spotted in President Trump's second floor residence on Sunday night, causing concern and sparking chatter on social media. The mystery of the flashing lights at the ...

  8. Closed-eye hallucination - Wikipedia

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    Closed-eye hallucinations and closed-eye visualizations (CEV) are hallucinations that occur when one's eyes are closed or when one is in a darkened room. They should not be confused with phosphenes, perceived light and shapes when pressure is applied to the eye's retina, or some other non-visual external cause stimulates the eye.

  9. Seattle woman used an ice axe to kill her father after he ...

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    A woman in Seattle has been charged with first-degree murder after she killed her father with an ice axe for refusing to shut off the lights in her house, police say.. Corey Burke, 31, allegedly ...