Time magazine put out a list of 50 Authentic American Experiences 2009 — one from each state. The state-by-state listing can be seen browsed here. It’s a great list, with many obscure and quirky attractions.
One that made the cut was the mysterious Spook Light, which is a few miles off Route 66 in a very rural area near Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas borders. More about the Spook Light can be read here and here. No one is for sure whether Spook Light is a natural or paranormal phenomenon (although best-selling author William Least Heat-Moon says he solved the mystery in his latest book — with Route 66 playing a crucial role).
Whatever Spook Light is, it’s fascinated locals and tourists for many, many decades.
Time magazine puts Spook Light in Missouri. Trouble is, Spook Light is an Oklahoma phenomenon. It’s not across the Missouri line by much of a distance, but it’s definitely in the Sooner State. Waylan’s Ku-Ku restaurant on Route 66 in Miami, Okla., is the only place I know where you can acquire a map to the Spook Light, and it most certainly shows it in Oklahoma.
Here is a photo I took of it back in 2003 – https://www.limegreennews.com/images/photos/oklahoma/spooklight_large.html
A really cool evening that was!