"The Wago Owanhan: A West Virginia Wonder " Topic

"An old-time West Virginia wonder is again causing quite a discussion among the reading and thinking people of Wyoming and adjoining counties. The wonder referred to is the mysterious light which has been known since times almost prehistoric as the "Wago Owanhan."

This phenomenal light appears to emanate from a certain spot on the precipitous sides of the great Pat Wess canon [sic]. It casts its ghostly sheen across the waters of the river, lighting the surroundings, not with a "sickly, pale, white light," but with a phosphorescent glow of sufficient brightness to make the reading of a newspaper or book possible on the darkest night. According to some investigators of the "Wago Owanhan," the light does not emanate from any spot on the canon's side, but hangs out over the river like a luminous cloud or fog. This appears to have been the case at the time when Professor Tohlure, and Mr. I.E. Christian—the latter of Oceana, W. Va.—visited the spot. On the 15th and 16th of last February an expedition headed by Mr. Christian again visited the "Wago Owanhan." Snow was falling rapidly at the time, and Mr. Christian says that every flake, when it reached a height of about 200 feet above the water, "would blaze out with a dazzling brightness" and remain luminous until it reached the surface. A scientific investigation of the phenomenon will be made. St. Louis Republic…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Maybe the A.I.M.S. team should look into this. I'm sure they can come up with a Bigfoot connection.

Swamp gas

(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Um…I'm not sure there is a Pat Wess Canyon in West Virginia. Sounds like the whole thing is either made up (NO!) or a natural phenomenon taking place, perhaps, in the Bermuda Triangle.