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Pandora Dewan

Creepy 'ghost lanterns' in South Carolina are not what they seem, study suggests

Small ghostly lights appear along a dirt track.

Summerville, South Carolina, has been haunted by mysterious "ghost lanterns" for decades. Now, a scientist thinks she's finally worked out what the floating orbs are: Turns out, they could be linked to tiny earthquakes.

Local legends suggest the mysterious balls of light, which are often spotted near old railway tracks, are lanterns carried by the ghost of a woman who lost her husband in a train accident.

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