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A curious tale from down under concerning an Antipodean ignis fatuus in human form.<\/p>\n
It appears that in Christchuch, New Zealand something strange was stalking the lands in the Australasian Winter of 1905, as revealed in two articles from The Lyttelton Times.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The first from 31st July\u00a0<\/strong>names the phenomenon as “Phosphorus Jack”<\/span> <\/strong>and reports on several sightings of the phantom of the night. The first sighting was by a young girl who disturbed a masked intruder wearing a coat laced with phosphorus.<\/p>\n Another sighting saw a woman spooked by the same phosphorus flasher villain with the words “are you prepared to die”<\/span> written in phosphorus in the coat. The police were involved in the reports but dismissed them as imagination.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But the sightings persisted into October of that year and the 7th day of that month revealed that more disturbing visitations had been made.<\/p>\n So were these sightings real, or just the hallucinations of a bunch of ugly face pulling fat tongue wagglers on the grog?\u00a0 We will never know, but I think that the phenom may be still out there somewhere.<\/p>\n Of course, Rattlechain lagoon has its very own phosphorus jack, or Willy Peter <\/a>as he prefers to call himself. If the tramp is disturbed, he will get very agitated and spontaneously combust. I feel a John Houseman story narration coming on.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n