He did not return to the Park, his canoe was found that evening on Billy's Island. He put his canoe in at Stephen Foster Park and paddled over to Billy's Island. In early 1996, a former Everglades National Park Ranger on a vacation from upstate New York visited Okefenokee's Westside for canoeing and bird watching. I still don't know what it was that I saw, but it was very startling, to say the least. I determined that the woods were too thick and the highway and nearest streetlamp were much too far away. I later went back to see if maybe I had somehow seen a car's headlights or a streetlamp or something.
I then turned my lights on bright and drove about 90 mph to my home. It didn't seem to turn around but simply reversed direction in an instant. As soon as I hit my brakes it was as if it saw my brake lights and it immediately went back the way it had come. I thought it was going to come out of the woods right on top of me and I hit my brakes. It seemed to be moving about 60 miles an hour and was maybe 6 or 7 feet off the ground. I saw a very bright white light about the size of a basketball and as bright as a vapor lamp flying through the pine trees ahead of me and to my right. I hadn't gone very far when something very strange happened. As it was a moonlit night and the road out to the main highway was white sand, I was idling along with no lights on trying to catch a glimpse of any falling stars. I stayed over at her house till near midnight one night, watching for falling stars during a meteor shower. About 15 or so years ago, I was dating a girl who lived about a mile from the swamp entrance. I have lived in the area all my life except for a few years in the military. This information about a very nearby sighting was sent to Okefenokee X-Files from a respected source. We hope you will find these case studies interesting, thought-provoking, and worth the visit.
Numerous extraordinary events have occurred and continually seem to pop up in and around the Okefenokee. Mankind just may have overlooked this primordial nexus, the nursery, and catalyst of lifeforms on our planet.
Historically human beings journeyed to deserts, mountains, and seas seeking inspiration and enlightenment. Strange and mysterious attributes may come to be appreciated as sublimely unique, unusual, highly enchanting, and intimidating naturally occurring features. Nowadays some of us have evolved beyond stereotypical misconceptions and possess the enlightened comprehension of what a big southern swamp is and how it functions. In the past, a swamp was always portrayed as gloomy, dismal, foreboding and a mysterious place to fear and avoid. A favorite monster, The Creature of the Black Lagoon was reportedly inspired by visits to the Okefenokee.
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The allure and lore of Okefenokee, has inspired movie makers, novelists, artists, and storytellers alike. This mosaic of wetlands is a fascinating time portal to be able to see and experience some things that would have existed hundreds of millions of years ago. Regardless of Okefenokee's actual age, which is considered very young geologically. Gators are direct throwback descendants from reptiles of the Mesozoic Era "The Age of Dinosaurs". Then you try to guess, what's the dominant creature lounging at the top of the swamp food chain, other than a man? Why it's the American Alligator of course. Add to this the fact that a swamp is the modern equivalent of the prehistoric dinosaur's habitat. UFO sightings have been attributed to eerie and unearthly lights generated by the so-called "Swamp Gas".