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A lantern man is an atmospheric ghost light, in the folklore of The Fens of East Anglia, seen around Wicken Fen and other areas. According to the stories, first collected by folklorist L.F. Newman, the lights, believed to be evil spirits trying to draw victims to their death in the reed beds, were drawn to the sound of whistling and could be evaded by lying face down on the ground with your mouth in the mud. The phenomenon, which seems to be a variation of will-o'-the-wisp folklore, is now dismissed as the result of combustible marsh gas.

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  • A lantern man is an atmospheric ghost light, in the folklore of The Fens of East Anglia, seen around Wicken Fen and other areas. According to the stories, first collected by folklorist L.F. Newman, the lights, believed to be evil spirits trying to draw victims to their death in the reed beds, were drawn to the sound of whistling and could be evaded by lying face down on the ground with your mouth in the mud. The phenomenon, which seems to be a variation of will-o'-the-wisp folklore, is now dismissed as the result of combustible marsh gas. (en)
  • 灯笼人是指东盎格利亚民间传说中，发生在和其他地区目击和遭遇到的怪火现象。 根据民俗学家 l.f. 纽曼收集的故事中， 这些怪火被认为是邪灵作祟，以试图吸引受害者前往芦苇丛。 如果当路人的声响吸引到灯笼人时，当即脸朝下趴在地上，并把嘴巴埋在泥里，就可以顺利躲开。 这种现象似乎是鬼火民间传说的变体版本，但现在却普遍被人们认为是易燃的沼气所导致的。 (zh)
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  • A lantern man is an atmospheric ghost light, in the folklore of The Fens of East Anglia, seen around Wicken Fen and other areas. According to the stories, first collected by folklorist L.F. Newman, the lights, believed to be evil spirits trying to draw victims to their death in the reed beds, were drawn to the sound of whistling and could be evaded by lying face down on the ground with your mouth in the mud. The phenomenon, which seems to be a variation of will-o'-the-wisp folklore, is now dismissed as the result of combustible marsh gas. (en)
  • 灯笼人是指东盎格利亚民间传说中，发生在和其他地区目击和遭遇到的怪火现象。 根据民俗学家 l.f. 纽曼收集的故事中， 这些怪火被认为是邪灵作祟，以试图吸引受害者前往芦苇丛。 如果当路人的声响吸引到灯笼人时，当即脸朝下趴在地上，并把嘴巴埋在泥里，就可以顺利躲开。 这种现象似乎是鬼火民间传说的变体版本，但现在却普遍被人们认为是易燃的沼气所导致的。 (zh)
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  • Lantern man (en)
  • 灯笼人 (zh)
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