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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Mysterious Light Still Attracts Tourists to the Upper Peninsula, Despite Explanation
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:50
	Publish Date:		2019-08-06 06:55:22
	Description:		This story was originally broadcasted on NPR's Morning Edition. Since the 1960’s, a bright white light has appeared outside a tiny town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Some people think it’s a paranormal occurrence, but researchers have another theory. Mackenzie Martin has the story. On a clear night just outside of Paulding, Michigan, 12 cars are lining up on both sides of a dead-end road under a dark sky full of stars. They’re here to see the Paulding Light, an intensely bright white light that appears at the top of a distant hill multiple times every night. 30 young adults, families, and old friends are staring at the horizon in anticipation as mosquitos buzz about. Paulding is a small unincorporated community that’s part of a town of just more than 200 residents. Needless to say, most nights there’s not a lot going on. Some here tonight have seen the light before, like John Willims from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who has been coming up to see the light for 20 years. “It bounces up and
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