The Gurdon Light Most people describe the Arkansas paranormal phenomenon known as the Gurdon ghost light as a bluish-green glow arcing from rail to rail along a deserted stretch of railroad track in south Clark County. Local legend says that in 1931 a railroad worker was slain along that same stretch of tracks. After the slaying, the ghost light began appearing. According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, the Gurdon Light is a mysterious floating light above the railroad tracks near Gurdon (Clark County), which was first sighted during the 1930s. Many theories and stories exist to explain the light, including one which connects it to the 1931 murder of William McClain, a railroad worker. Many trace the Gurdon Light legend to a murder that took place near the railroad tracks in December 1931. William McClain, a foreman with the Missouri-Pacific railroad, was involved in an argument with one of his employees, Louis McBride, regarding how many days McBride was being allowed to work. During the Depression, the company did not have the option of giving McBride more hours on the job. McBride became very angry, hit McClain on the head with a shovel, and beat him to death with a railroad spike maul or a spike hammer. The Gurdon Light was first sighted shortly after this murder, and many have come to believe that the light is actually McClains ghostly lantern glowing.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:00:01 +0000
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