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holds correspondence from A. W. Barber between 1890 and 1894 concerning his experience there. Sightings occurred as far away as 20 miles, and were reported throughout much of the 19th century, but the phenomenon may have been visible much earlier; it has even been suggested that
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was the name given to a prominent column of smoke, sometimes accompanied by bright light, seen coming from deep in the swamps of
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