Swamp gas by any other name is still an eerie mystery. Scientists say the material beneath the phenomenom does not contain the properties necessary to ignite spontaneously so how does it do it? Also known as Corpse Candle the glow is generally seen at night but sometimes is noted at twilight and rarely during the daytime.
Is it Will-O’-The-Wisp or is it Swamp Gas?
You’ll see it if ever you happen to pass
The Little Peace River when the weather’s just right–
That glow rising up from the marsh late at night.
Ignis fatuus it’s called by those in the know
But we who have seen it know well not to go
Any closer than roadside ’cause we’ve heard the lore
Of what goes on out there and maybe lots more.
Sometimes blue flame frolics all over the ground,
Then turns fiery red as it dances around.
Scientists tell us it cannot ignite on its own–
That it’s just stagnant water with decaying bone.
Some say it’s methane which will burn for awhile
If you set a match to it but that’s not the style
Of the Will-O’-The-Wisp which can glow quite a spell.
So what is the answer? No one can tell.
They say a witch lives there named Sonya Louise
The gators and skunk apes she’s trying to appease.
The orange glow with pink center is when she gets kissed
By the Ignis Fatuus or Will-O’-The-Wisp.
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