Atmospheric ghost lights

[1] According to legend, some lights are wandering spirits of the dead, the work of devils or yōkai, or the pranks of fairies.

In other parts of the world, there are folk beliefs that supernatural fires appear where treasure is buried; these fires are said to be the spirits of the treasure or the spirits of humans buried with grave goods.

Other types may be due to combustion of flammable gases, ball lightning, meteors, torches and other human-made fires, the misperception of human objects, and pranks.

The lights originate from before European colonization but have now become part of modern urban folklore.

The Spooklight is a stationary light appearing west of the small town of Hornet, Missouri.