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June 19, 2003

Informatio:

Lights out...

Have you ever had one of those moments where everything seemed like it was just a little ahead of you? This morning, when I was out for my morning exercise, I felt this way. I mean, it’s 5am. I’m usually one of only three or four people out on the track (not counting the homeless regulars) and customarily, a few cars and a bus that pass me. It’s pretty dead; serene. This morning, though, as I walked down my street, a number of people were leaving their houses and apartments, cars were buzzing by me, there were two or three busses that were already delivering people to their stops, eight or nine other people were walking and jogging around the track… Did my clock get set incorrectly? Was I an hour late? It was still dark. My watch gave me the correct time. What was going on? I even saw more bunnies scurrying around than usual — two were chasing each other in what looked like a springtime mating ritual.

I don’t know what it all meant, but I still had a good walk.

Please Stay OnOne thing that happened to me this morning was nothing out of the ordinary. You see, I have this penchant for being by a street lamp at the exact moment it turns off. (I’m not going to say that something about me magically makes them turn off, but you can make your own judgements.) This morning was no different. When I got to the park, the first lamp that I walked by went out. None of the others did, just that one. It happens to Julianna once in a while too, but it seems like I have the most frequent occurrences (she says that we have so much light inside of us that the street lamps can’t bear to stay on). Ok, my memory is terrible (and slightly romanticized)... Julianna corrected me and said that her theory is that we don’t have enough light in us so God gives us some when we walk by the street lamps (TS, 06/20/03).

It happens when I’m driving. It happens when I’m walking. I would say that every time street lamps are on, if I pass by, one of them is likely to turn off. One time, in the dead of night, three or four lights turned off as I drove down the street. It’s creepy, I know, but I have learned to live with this phenomenon.

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Very strange. I do the street light thing ALL THE TIME! Someone told me its because they have light sensors and your car headlights turn them off, but I’m not buying it.

I think its God letting me know He’s there.
Posted by: Mike at June 19, 2003 10:15 AM

what about explaining it by the fact that your schedule is such that it places you outside (when most of us are dreaming) near the streetlights during a window of time when it becomes light enough to shut-off automatically?
Posted by: p.e.horner at June 19, 2003 10:39 AM

also, you are alone at this time with little distractions, so you notice these triffles. i’m actually often up and on the road or walking to the hospital at this time, but i don’t take the chance to notice these such things so much.
Posted by: p.e.horner at June 19, 2003 10:40 AM

Well, I would say that you’re correct about me being out at times when the lights are about to shut off, but it has happened too many times during the middle of the night to go unnoticed. And, I have been with people when it happens. Maybe I’m just naturally overobservant! It’s still a little freaky.
Posted by: timsamoff at June 19, 2003 10:43 AM

it happens to me too!
Posted by: tash at March 30, 2004 09:35 AM

I have the same thing with street lights going out. The strange thing with me is it usually the same ones. Kinda freaky. Happens when Im driving, and its happened in all kinds of cars so its not that my own car sends some sort of signal. I actually just started kinda looking around today to see if anyone else has had this happen, and I found this.
Posted by: Matt at July 22, 2004 03:25 PM

Creepiness provided by commenter Matt:

http://paranormal.about.com/library/week..

Mayber we’re all “SLIders”! :)
Posted by: timsamoff at July 23, 2004 01:44 PM

I heard something on the radio last night about this and googled my way here. This sort of thing happens to me ALOT! And, no, I don’t drive either. Streetlights turn on and (more often) off as I walk by them. I thought it was a light-sensor or automated timer issue or just one of those private little “trifles”, as mr. Horner calls them above, that only I notice and take to heart. I had no idea there might be something more behind it. If anyone can offer any further info on this I’d appreciate it.
Posted by: rabdalas at November 4, 2004 10:20 AM

timsamoff () (URL) - November 14, 2005 at 3:59 pm

yup. youre nuts.

dennisthemenace () - November 14, 2005 at 5:02 pm

I’ve been looking for a theory/reason for this too. I also googled my way to this site. I find that I could be driving down the street and a streetlight will turn on (sometimes more than one) and I’d like to think of this as God lighting the way for me or even acknowledging that I’m either thinking the right things, have done something good or on the right path. On the other hand, alot of light go out when I’m right underneath or approaching them and a few times I know that I was going somewhere or thinking something that was not where God wanted me to be or Godly. A couple times I was lost and this happened but, I’ve also been on my way to someone’s house that enjoyed going out alot, drinking, smoking etc. The odd part is alot of time the lights still go out when I drive underneath them but I’m coming from church, work etc. I’m trying to figure this out, what it means and is this a sign from God or just an electric thing.

carrie () - March 02, 2006 at 06:18 am

Hey I just googled this sight because ever since my grandpa died I have noticed that street lights/lamps often turn on and turn off as im either walking underneath them or driving by. The most I have had turn off over me in one day was 15. I dont believe this is coincidental because it happens so regularly. Today I walked underneath a light outside of my apartment in the hallway that has been dead for about a month now. As I walked underneath it, it flickered on and then off as I passed by. A lot of the times it happens more often with certain street lights. There is one street light that ALWAYS turns off. I mean there hasnt been one time where I have driven by and it has stayed on. At first I thought it had to be like some kind of electric censor or something, but I have waited for other cars to go underneath it and nothing happens. ALso, the same thing started happening to my roomate when his grandfather also died. I believe that its a sign from God showing us that hes watching over us and helping us get through each day. I also believe that its very possible that we all have guardian angels and they are the ones who turn off/on the lights. Im not really sure… Im glad this happens to other people and who also think the same thing as me. :)

Mike - October 05, 2007 at 8:11 pm

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