SPIRIT LEGEND

A WOMAN WAS DYING IN THE HOSPITAL WITH CANCER, AND HER
HUSBAND SPENT LONG VIGILS BY HER BEDSIDE NIGHT AFTER
NIGHT, KNOWING SHE WAS SOON TO LEAVE THIS WORLD.
MANY OF THE WOMAN'S FRIENDS ALSO SPENT SLEEPLESS
NIGHTS WORRYING AND PRAYING FOR HER. ONE NIGHT, THE
HUSBAND AND MANY OF THE FRIENDS LEFT THE HOSPITAL AND WENT
BACK TO THE WOMAN'S HOUSE TO PRAY FOR HER. THEY WENT
OUT TO A SMALL, WELL LIT GROTTO IN THE COUPLE'S BACKYARD
AND KNELT AROUND THE GROTTO, PRAYING ALOUD FOR THE WOMAN.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR PRAYERS, SUDDENLY THE LIGHTS WENT
OUT IN THE GROTTO AND THEY WERE LEFT IN TOTAL DARKNESS.
THE HUSBAND RUSHED INTO THE HOUSE AND CALLED THE HOSPITAL,
ONLY TO FIND THAT HIS WIFE HAD JUST DIED, AT EXACTLY THE
SAME SECOND THE LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT IN THE GROTTO. THE
NEXT DAY, THE HUSBAND HAD A GROUP OF ELECTRICIANS COME
OUT TO THE HOUSE TO CHECK THE GROTTO AND FIND OUT WHY
THE LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT. OVER AND OVER THE MEN EXAMINED
THE WIRING BUT FAILED EVERY TIME TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG
WITH THE ELECTRICITY IN THE GROTTO. THE GRIEVING
HUSBAND HAD TECHNICIANS AND ELECTRICIANS FROM ALL OVER
THE CITY EXAMINE HIS BACKYARD BUT NONE COULD FIND
ANYTHING WRONG NOR COULD THEY MAKE THE LIGHTS COME
BACK ON. AFTER ONE YEAR, TO THE EXACT MINUTE THAT THE
WOMAN HAD DIED IN THE HOSPITAL, THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON
OF THEIR OWN ACCORD, AND SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN WORKING
PERFECTLY.

Submitter comment: LIGHTS GO OUT AT EXACT MOMENT OF LADY'S DEATH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 03-27-1971