Category: will-o-the-wisp
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From Sheerie to Jack-o’-Lantern—Luring Travelers to Death
Floating like greenish-gold or cerulean blue orbs over bogs, swamps, and marshland at twilight, water sheerie (SHEAR-ree) appear to be small children or pinky-sized faeries with lanterns. Sometimes murmuring a musical mewl, they entice lost or weary travelers to follow them to a warm, well-lit haven in the distance. But the sheerie never let unsuspecting…