The Weird Lights of Christmas

Rob and Eamonn from Monster Fuzz stop by to discuss mystery lights and Christmas. An old newspaper article on the history of Christmas candles leads to a story of strange lights in Ireland from 1910, followed by a long discussion of the Egryn lights–a flap of Welsh weirdness from 1904 and 1905. Next, we tackle some Christmastime orbs from Pennsylvania. Finally, we discuss our current weird lights of Christmas–the drone sightings on the East Coast of the U.S. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25 Strange Familiars merch: https://www.strangefamiliars.com/merch Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://lostgrave.etsy.com Follow us on Whatnot: https://whatnot.com/invite/strangefamiliars Episode 503 notes and links: Episode artwork is created from a newspaper photo of Egryn Chapel from 1905. Here is the original: from The Daily Mirror, February 17, 1905. Strange Familiars Curiosity of the Week #136: Green Owl for Christmas This item can be purchased from our etsy shop: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/1831541468 Please support Kiya.Life and their work at Pine Ridge. KIYA.LIFE: https://kiya.life Lancaster Conservancy: https://www.lancasterconservancy.org Protect Cuff’s Run: https://www.lancasterconservancy.org/protect-cuffs-run/ Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com Riverbend Comics Instagram: @riverbendcomics Timothy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Renner/e/B072X44SD5 Chad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNB7MSJ2F1SRBPcQsEFLnvg (make sure to subscribe to Chad’s channel, Ruck Rabbit Outdoors.) Chad’s etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RuckRabbitOutdoors To help with the Capuchin Day Center’s work with the homeless you can donate here: https://www.capuchindaycentre.ie and here: https://www.cskdetroit.org Maynard’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/maynard-walk-again Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars Join the Strange Familiars Gathering group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/strangefamiliars/ instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com The closing song is The Holly Crown by Stone Breath from Knotwork: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/knotwork Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices