More Streetlights
Gregory Alan Bolcer
(I guess he can read our newsgroup, but can't post to it)
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From: Richard Griffith <r...@doe.carleton.ca>
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Notice the news group, I can't post to paranormal
In junk you write:
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> >
> > One night I was riding my bicycle home, and I passed beneath a
> > streetlight just as two talkative women were also passing beneath the
> > light on the sidewalk. It turned off, and we all three fell into the
> > now silent darkness.
>So it would seem that it's not that the streetlights eerily turn out when you
>are underneath them, It's that you only notice them going out when you
>are there. Right? Try comparing numbers, How many streetlights have
>you walked under that haven't gone out and how many streelights have
>gone out that you haven't walked under?
>Greg
My regular walk home used to be past this neat light I could turn off by
hitting the post. Later I learned to step down hard in the right spot
to turn it off. It would turn back on about 2minutes later after I had walked
on. It was some sort of lose connection as it worked best when the temperature
was below -20' (Thunder Bay,Ont.,Canada).
I originally discovered the effect when I observed the light
flicker out when the person ahead of me passed under it.
It turned on as I passed underneath. Knowing
about lose connections and being in the middle of my technicians program
I gave the post a good kick. The light went out again.
I was able to amaze a few friends with the light.
Take it anyway you like and post it to the net if you want.
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Richard Griffith. Internet: r...@doe.carleton.ca
Department of Electronics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
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