A young man of Dublin walks past a row of streetlights at night–and they go out, one by one, as he passes.
An
engineer in Woodville, Washington, is stopped by police and his car
searched to find out what he's doing to their streetlights.
An
Australian in the entertainment industry parks his car in a parking
lot, and the light above him goes out–until the following evening when
he parks in precisely the same space and the light comes on again.
And
that's not all. When a guest in a restaurant in Athens, Greece, asks
that the music be turned down, they refuse–whereupon she "kills" the
restaurant's electricity and they eat the rest of their meal by
candlelight. Other people affect traffic lights, computers, railway
crossings...
This is Street Light Interference (SLI). Once
considered to be folklore–something that happened to a friend of a
friend–today it is recognized as a scientific enigma with implications
for our knowledge of the universe, including ourselves. In this, the
first full-length book on SLI, we hear from some of the hundreds of
SLIders who have reported their uncanny experiences, and consider the
wider implications of this fascinating phenomenon.
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About
the editor...
Hilary Evans
is a writer on anomalous topics; he has previously authored books on
UFOs, ghosts & apparitions, and many other subjects. His most
recent publication, co-authored with Robert Bartholomew, is Outbreak: An Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior.
He has been a policeman in Palestine and a private tutor in Turkey, and
thoroughly enjoyed his early career in advertising. Twice a Council
Member of the Society for Psychical Research, he helped to found ASSAP
(Association for the Scientifi c Study of Anomalous Phenomena), which
has pioneered research into the SLI phenomenon and to which all
proceeds of this book will go to fund further research. Aside from his
writing, he helped his wife found the Mary Evans Picture Library, a
leading historical picture archive. His favorite occupation is browsing
in antiquarian bookstores. Even their bathroom is lined with books.
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