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ever heard the term foxfire?
Posted on 1/18/23 at 7:59 am
Posted on 1/18/23 at 7:59 am
my grandparents who lived on a farm in rural east texas used to talk about this. they described it as a ball of fire traveling through the woods. i am near 70 now and never saw it. i ran across this video today. LINK i wonder if this is even real or if this was what they called foxfire.
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Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:02 am to texas tortilla
Globe lightning
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:03 am to texas tortilla
Ball lightning? I recall a story I read as a kid about ball lightning that passed through an airplane
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:05 am to texas tortilla
Firefox is cooler.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:05 am to texas tortilla
Thats fake. I always heard foxfire was the roots in ground the glows bright green in the dark
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:09 am to fr33manator
Sounds like climate change is causing it
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:09 am to sonoma8
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I always heard foxfire was the roots in ground the glows bright green in the dark
It's actually a fungi
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Foxfire, also called fairy fire and chimpanzee fire,[1] is the bioluminescence created by some species of fungi present in decaying wood. The bluish-green glow is attributed to a luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light as it reacts with a luciferin. The phenomenon has been known since ancient times, with its source determined in 1823
This post was edited on 1/18/23 at 8:11 am
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:10 am to texas tortilla
This is the only foxfire I remember. It was a series of books about Appalachian life published in the 1970's by a group of students at a school in north Georgia. My parents had a set when I was a kid. Guess the name comes from what you're talking about.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:16 am to texas tortilla
yes
ETA: I read as a kid about ball lightning that passed through an airplane
that's a static discharge, I've had one of those, it will definitely get your attention, foxfire has a different meaning though
ETA: I read as a kid about ball lightning that passed through an airplane
that's a static discharge, I've had one of those, it will definitely get your attention, foxfire has a different meaning though
This post was edited on 1/18/23 at 8:19 am
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:16 am to texas tortilla
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ever heard the term foxfire?
the movie where a 19 year old Angelina Jolie shows the goods?
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:20 am to texas tortilla
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ever heard the term foxfire?
Yes. My dyslexic buddy used it. It’s his favorite web browser
This post was edited on 1/18/23 at 8:47 am
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:22 am to texas tortilla
I saw some glowing rotten wood as a kid but not really that bright and did not move like the video.
There were tales of a green light glowing in the distance in a town up in Arkansas. I never went.
Spook light
There were tales of a green light glowing in the distance in a town up in Arkansas. I never went.
Spook light
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:25 am to PacoPicopiedra
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This is the only foxfire I remember. It was a series of books about Appalachian life published in the 1970's by a group of students at a school in north Georgia. My parents had a set when I was a kid. Guess the name comes from what you're talking about.
My older brother had that collection. Very interesting books about Appalachian life. Hog killing to medicine.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:25 am to texas tortilla
The one time I've seen it, it was much faster than that.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:26 am to RogerTheShrubber
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The one time I've seen it, it was much faster than that.
ever take a girl to see the Forbing light in hs?
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:27 am to F1y0n7h3W4LL
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There were tales of a green light glowing in the distance in a town up in Arkansas. I never went.
Spook light
Yep, we made the pilgrimage while at LA TECH to go see it. Not sure if it was the alcohol, but we saw something.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:28 am to 777Tiger
Nah, our local spooky spot was Swan Lake Rd (JuJu Rd.)
We heard and saw all kinds of (probably imagined) stuff out there.
We heard and saw all kinds of (probably imagined) stuff out there.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:28 am to footswitch
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My older brother had that collection. Very interesting books about Appalachian life. Hog killing to medicine
Yeah, I spent a lot of time looking through those books as a kid. They had all sorts of useful stuff in them. Basically a survival guide.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:29 am to RogerTheShrubber
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our local spooky spot was Swan Lake Rd (JuJu Rd.)
gf: how am I supposed to see the light with you laying on top of me?
Posted on 1/18/23 at 8:29 am to 777Tiger
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I read as a kid about ball lightning that passed through an airplane, that's a static discharge,
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