Allsta, 1982–1983

The Light That Rose from the Ljungan

Three boys on the shore of the Ljungan in Allsta watched a ball of light drop from the sky. It was the size of a car and hung motionless and silent above the water. After about thirty seconds it shot straight upward at impossible speed and vanished. The boys had photographed it, but when the film was developed the frames came back blank. They decided not to tell anyone, afraid they would not be believed.