Similarly, Dr Hugh believes the glowing orbs people claim to be a lantern carried by a ghost could actually be 'earthquake lights'.
Similarly, Dr Hugh believes that the glowing orbs that people claim to be a lantern being carried by a ghost could actually be 'earthquake lights'.
Since the 1950s, people in Summerville, South Carolina have told stories of a ghost haunting abandoned railroad tracks near Old Sheep Island Road, known locally as Old Light Road.
In 2023, the scientist and a colleague 'discovered a kink in the tracks of the South Carolina Railroad' that indicated they could have been built along a fault line and the hauntings people claim to see are actually after-effects of minor earthquakes.
She theorizes the shallow earthquakes in the area could have released a water-soluble gas like radon or methane that went on to be ignited by a spark of static electricity or rock movement and turned into earthquake lights.
