The Light

Indiana · United States · Road

Two brothers out in the buggy. One came off and the wheel took his head. The light is the other one, going up and down the corn rows with a lantern.

The story near Moody Lane at Francesville, Indiana comes from the horse and buggy days.

Two brothers were out for a drive. One fell from the buggy and the wheel took his head off.

The light people see is the other brother's lantern. He is still looking for it, moving down one row of corn at a time.

The corn is what makes this legend work, and it is worth saying so. Indiana field corn stands over head height by late summer, in rows you cannot see across, and a light moving between them appears and disappears at intervals in a way that has nothing to do with anything supernatural and everything to do with geometry.

Going when the corn is high is what the instructions specify.

The land is working farmland and is private.

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Where is The Light located?

The Light is in Indiana, United States.