Comments on: The Paulding Light

By: mureka

mureka — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:34:59 +0000

Definitely real. Also grew up in Bessemer, and saw it many times. Much less exciting than one would expect, but very much there!

By: randy marsh

randy marsh — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:36:33 +0000

Realized after reading my post that I had mentioned ‘thoughtlessly left behind litter’ twice in my comment and there is no editing option once you post. Guess it’s because I’ll never understand how some people can just ignorantly leave their trash behind on the beautiful beaches and landscapes of our state and with no conscience. On my vacation I must have picked up a truckload of trash in the UP which wasn’t my intention!

Yoopers get really bugged with thoughtless littering.. Dig it, if you bring it in, take it back out with you. Every recreation area, rest area, and gas station has trash containers.

By: randy marsh

randy marsh — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:11:39 +0000

I finally got a chance to view the ‘Mysterious Paulding Lights’ Sept 6th while on my annual trip to the UP.. Spent an hour there with a growing and sometimes annoying crowd of spectators, many with their folding chairs, beer coolers full of booze, and snack food sometimes and thoughtlessly left behind as litter.. Earlier that day I drove over to the site to see what it looked like in daylight and ended up picking up beer and soda cans and junk food wrappers people had thoughtlessly left behind.. Back to the lights; I spent almost an hour watching the lights randomly appear and disappear through my binoculars at the top of the hill and am convinced they are merely headlights from vehicles.. Could see the headlights very clearly and occasionally another vehicle would be coming up behind the ‘mysterious headlights’ and the light intensity occasionally varied according to whether the vehicles had the brights or low beams on. After about an hour of watching the same repetition of lights I got bored and drove to my destination near Munising.

Believe what you will. I saw nothing but headlights. Will maybe go again during a time when there are not as many tourists and ‘party people’..

By: alex dickerson

alex dickerson — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:32:35 +0000

Yeah, I don’t see how people could think that something which has been going on 24-7 for decades and observed by thousands could be a hoax. I’ve heard people saying everything from its teenagers (perpetually?) to headlights (of a silent car which never needs to refuel, driven by a man who never needs to sleep). Or people testing their headlight theories and calling it conclusive (if it were conclusive, then you would see the outline of cars when you look at the lights through binoculars the same way you did when you had your brother drive the car, randy marsh). What kind of person makes it a goal to destroy the beliefs of others?

By: Tim Weber

Tim Weber — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:14:04 +0000

The Paulding Lights are absolutely real, and unexplainable. I’ve seen them many times, and the explanation that they’re car headlights is impossible. What the “headlight” theory proponents don’t realize is that they’re aren’t many cars up there, especially at night. It’s simply not headlights.

By: Kenton

Kenton — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:05:26 +0000

I went to see it in the early spring, snow was still on the ground and it was raining, I could see car headlights in the distance and assumed they were what was causing all the commotion, but suddenly a very bright light appeared in the trees to the left of the car lights, It rose up into the air, above the horizon line and appeared to be moving toward us. It was very bright and seemed to be spinning, although that may have been an optical illusion. If it was headlights distorted by some sort of strange atmospheric effect I could not say. But it was strange. And I am going back next week with a video camera and some good binoculars, I will let you know what I find.

By: Catrina

Catrina — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:16:38 +0000

I was there a few times. The first time I thought I had seen something but wasn’t sure. The second time I went I went with my boyfriend. It was my birthday and I wanted to go check it out even though it’s the middle of February. We Seen the light and my boyfriend decided to tak off after it. He said that it would retreat and disappear a while but come back a different color farther away because he kept advancing towards it. We went back again but we went the back way so we were closer but the light wasn’t there that time. I believe that it’s there as long as no one goes the back way in their vehicles.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:26:58 +0000

I used to live in Marquette, went there three times. there may be some headlights and taillights you can see from there. but unless the lights are going through some weird gas or prism, those weren’t car lights i saw. If you are seeing car lights from one road going the same direction every time, why would the lights we see go left to right, and appear to get closer and dance around. doesn’t seem like a good answer.

By: drgomti

drgomti — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:44:10 +0000

The U.P. could very easily disprove randy marsh’s theory by stopping all traffic on Hwy. 45 in the stretch that randy talks about. I would like randy to come that night n see for himself!! : )) How about it, randy??

By: scott willey

scott willey — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:24:11 +0000

i seen the light tonight, we walked down the trail and it seemed like there were shadows moving everywhere, the light was kinda boring but the shadows were kinda creepy, i looked at a map and there are no roads where headlights and tail lights could been seen