A REAL Ghostly Tale!!!

What better day to share a good ol' "ghost story", right? I have always been a skeptic, but something happened when I was in college that I've never been able to explain.

As an undergraduate student at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR., I would hear stories of The Senath Light floating all over campus. Even my brother, who attended there 12 years earlier, had seen the Light himself and told me all about it. It stirred up my curiosity and I just had to check it out for myself. A ghost light...come on now!!

So, one Friday night, my boyfriend and I decided to venture out of Jonesboro and drive up to Senath, Missouri. It took us maybe an hour or so to get there. We didn't know exactly where to find the Light, so we stopped in at a local cafe. We asked one of the waitresses if she could tell us how to get to The Senath Light. She looked us square in the eyes and asked, "Are you really sure you want to do that?" We both nodded and she proceeded to give us directions. I did have a bit of a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.

She directed us down a long dirt road which ran alongside an open field and an old abandoned house. Very creepy, to say the least. It was very dark and there was no sign of civilization as far as our eyes could see.

You are supposed to sit in your car and summon the Light by flashing your headlights 3 times, which is what we did. We sat there for about 30 mins. or so. We were just about to call it a night when, all of a sudden, we spotted a light way down the road! We kept our eyes fixed on it for a minute or two. Before we knew it, it came barreling straight at us and stopped directly in front of the hood of my car!! I kid you not!! My heart was racing!!!

The Light dropped down close to the ground, then began spinning and changing colors. In the blink of an eye, it was gone! No light anywhere to be seen! It was there, then it completely vanished!

Needless to say, we wasted no time at all getting out of there as fast as we could! We never went back, either!

Legend is that the Light is the lantern of a wife looking for her husband who was lynched on a nearby tree. I've, also, heard that a train conductor fell off a train on nearby railroad tracks and was beheaded. The Light, supposedly, is the lantern of his wife looking for his head.

I have never been able to provide a logical explanation for what I witnessed with my own two eyes that night. So, if you're ever in Senath, Missouri, go check out The Senath Light. I feel certain that it will leave you breathless, too.