Good story. Makes you wonder about the light, though - was it a signal, or the will o' the wisp?

when you're at sea, you'd be surprised what you might see... I was talking to one of our lookouts once, and he told me he saw a light go from horizon to horizon faster than he could report it to the bridge. Ball lightning is another fun thing to see.

Vix

Well done, sir. I liked.

thank you very much Werty...

Vix

Aw... I have to say, Gordon Lightfoot sang in my brain for a moment there. Just a couple of lines.

"And later that night,
when its lights went out of sight,
came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

I'd like to think this was nothing as serious as that. Things happen, strange things, inexplicable things, sometimes they're just there. This was a cute little memory of an old salty sea dog >^_^<

I'd totally forgotten that one... it does fit, doesn't it? Wirewolf is one of my favorite yarn tellers.

Vix

It does indeed. And I do love me a good yarn, and not just because I'm a cat >~_^< It's a good thing Wirewolf has such a capable creator to help him spin his yarns >^_^<

well thank you...

Vix

And I second that motion. I have been most fortunate indeed to have Vixyy spurring me on for so long.

Luckily Wire was never on the waters of Lake Ontario.

*smiles... but my great great great grandfather was a steamship captain on Lake Erie...

Vix

Good one! There's strange things out there, and the mind can play strange tricks on you. Put them together...?

*laughs...

Vix

Or a signal not for them...

always a possibility...

Vix

He never knew what it was :(

that does happen...

Vix

in Alaska, we were sent out to look for an airplane that disappeared right off the end of the runway and found nothing. In the North Atlantic, we were sent to look for some fool in a hot air balloon trying to make a crossing, and found nothing. It's a very big world, Silent...

Vix

And from then on, Wirewolf's favorite saying was, "It just up and disappeared, like a cookie in Toby's maw."

*laughs... good one! Glad you liked it Wire...

Vix

Good Halloween tale, if a week off...

ty ty ty and a big hug...

Vix

And so, the light was left another mystery claimed by the sea...

I do enjoy a bit of a spooky ghost story; much enjoyed!

*smiles... thank you FtD...

Vix

Spoooooooooooooky! I imagine this kind of thing happens a lot at sea though, whether real or imaginary.

very much so...

Vix