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There's a really nice walking path near where I live. It's open 24 hours, although no one uses it after 11:00 PM. At night, it's lit up by streetlights. I think they're the high-pressure sodium variety, because they shine in an amber glow, but I doubt the type makes much difference. They're positioned pretty low, about 2 human heights. There's one streetlight that almost always turns off when I walk under it. Or, if it's off already, it turns on when I walk under it. Then it returns to the original state once I get about 20 feet away. And when I walk multiple laps on that path, the streetlight gets triggered the same way every time. Almost like clockwork, with only occasional exceptions.
It's really weird. Since I usually use the path at night when there aren't many people around, I don't know if other people trigger this streetlight too. The effect seems to be the strongest (i.e. the light "reacts" most readily) when I'm thinking about a personal hardship, like a severely ill family member or a pending layoff. Or conversely, something really happy, like sleeping over at a new lady friend's place the night before.
Similar things used to happen with another streetlight some years ago. I had to drive under a specific streetlight before turning onto a specific street to visit a buddy of mine. That light would often briefly turn off whenever I drove under it. I don't remember if it was high-pressure sodium (amber) or mercury vapor (cool white), but it was one of those streetlights tacked on to power lines. (I know it's weird to remember these details, but meh.)
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I used to think the same thing with one near us, until I stated to use a particular park & ride to catch a bus to work. I noticed that one of the lights there was off, but then about every 8-10 minutes, would gradually light up until fully on, stay that way a minute or two, then go off. This repeated for the 10-15 minutes I waited for the bus, and happened again every day for a few weeks until, apparently they repaired it.
Sodium lights at the end of their life, cycle on and off. When they get too hot, they turn themselves off, and then when they cool off, turn themselves on.
Fairly easy to test I should think. You dont have to wait until 11pm as anytime after dark would do. Just stand and watch when others go underneath and see whether it does the same thing. perhaps you could walk backwards and forwards underneath to see if it continues to go off and on as you pass under the lamp.
Having said that, many people do report having an effect on watches, PCs and other electronics. Like you, some of them also report streetlights going off when they passunderneath too. Some other people cannot wear watches because their energy effects the watch adversely.
You dont have to wait until 11pm as anytime after dark would do.
I haven't observed other people walking under that streetlight. But I never said I waited until 11:00 PM. I just said that no one uses that path after that time, even though it's permitted. (The path isn't on park district land, which makes it equivalent to a city sidewalk.) I usually walk there between 6:00 PM and 11:00 PM, whenever I can find time after work and what-have-you. The streetlight always "reacts" the same way, at least to me.
It'd be interesting to sit on a bench and observe other people from a safe distance, though.
I think it is energy related. I have the streetlight thing happen in an obvious way, but I still thought it could be for some logical reason.
I would just chalk that up to synchronicity. That happens all the time in very ordinary ways. Sometimes the universe wants to get your attention. It doesn't have to have a supernatural, underlying cause..Maybe your timing is synchronized to the streetlight. That would be easier to arrange.
I do work with energy, and you are like a battery and your energy effects the environment in a significant way. I would accept it as a variation of normal, but I would continue to observe patterns like that.
They call people who cause interference with streetlights sliders. There is probably a rational explanation otherwise a person would be affecting lighting elsewhere.
On my smartphone with the small text, I thought it said always triggering a specific streetfight! Really had me wondering for a moment.
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