Street light interference phenomena

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A semi-cutoff lamp mounted on a bracket and column
A high pressure sodium street light fixture

Street light interference (SLI) is a term coined by paranormal author Hilary Evans to denote the claimed ability of individuals to turn street lights or outside building security lights on or off when passing near them. Believers in SLI allege that they experience it on a regular basis with specific lamps and more frequently than chance would explain.[1][2][3]

Proponents

According to Evans, SLI is a phenomenon "based on claims by many people that they involuntarily, and usually spontaneously, cause street lamps to go out." Evans' 1993 book The SLI Effect proposes that the phenomenon is "not consistent with our current knowledge of how people interact with the physical world." Evans coined the term "SLIder" to refer to someone who allegedly causes this effect, and cites SLIders' claims of being able to "extinguish a row of sodium vapor lamps in sequence, each one going out as the witnesses nears it."[2]

Some proponents believe static electricity or "some kind of “energy” emitted by the human body" is responsible for SLI. Others claim the alleged phenomenon is caused by individuals having psychic or psychokinetic ability.[1]

See also

Further reading

  • "Street Light Interference" by Dennis Stacy, Omni, September 1990
  • "Street Light Interference" by Robert McMorris, Omaha World-Herald, January 1990
  • Waymouth, John (1971). Electric Discharge Lamps. Cambridge Massachusetts: The MIT Public Press. ISBN 0-262-23048-8.

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Linton Weeks. "Bad Karma, Or Just Bad Lightbulbs?; The Mystery Of Blinking Street Lights." The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. 2002. HighBeam Research Template:Webarchive. 19 September 2014
  2. 2.0 2.1 Polidoro, Massimo (November 2008). "The Curious Case of Street Lamp Interference". The Skeptical Inquirer. Amherst, New York: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 32 (6): 21–22. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. Independent Investigations Group. "Light Bulb Luminosity Demonstration". Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Center For Inquiry. Retrieved 14 June 2018.