New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-20
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STRANGE REFLECTION OF HUMAN FIGURES OK A
CLOUD AT MOUNT DESERT ISLAND.

sTRANGE REFLECTION OF HUMAN FIGURES OK A
CLOUD AT MOUNT DESERT ISLAND.
To t6c EdttOr OF The TrtbWHc.
SIR \ few days ago sight was seen here
Oh Mount Desert Island that 70 the witnesses OF
II 81, rem rkaoIe aud a. far they know. unprc-
cedented. tnat [ have been requested to put upon
record IN YOU paper some account OF IT, IN the hope
that ala exp tuaton of caIse. may Dee made by com
petent scientific authority. II II should be thought
worthy of attention.
Beech Mountain or as u il more commonly called,
Beech HILL which about three miles from thi- v lgc.
ha ou it, .d.a pre- pce.som- nuc hundred feet
in height. nearly vertical Elstwlri from this cIih
known a- Echo Gin lice Mount Robinson and DOG Mount
am o about eqIa height with the cha. and distant per
hap. an -hth of mile in air IN. Echo Lake lies 10
the bottom of tIe valley thu, formed which opens south
ery toward tle Deem anu nary ia the direction D.
somesvlle.
Al aDou. jocl0cs ~ the afternoon " August 20 IN"
sun was shining clearly and brightly on the summit of
Beech Mountain with clelr blue u.tramarinr sky over
head The sou crly breeze drove before az tuis hour
great white cloud wlicA eutere nnd completely filed
the valley IT. Top ben- Ibou level wi the top OF
EcIo G. a. and completely hiding tic opposite mount
aims Tle cloud was N constant motion I'm rs virols
part, kept by tHe wind, wAich blew ~ the rate nf
about Ten miles an hour. anil was NOR. ilumn-
led and coorrj uy the ght OF tIc SUI Toe shadow ot
the cnn wa, projected upon tl lower third Of h. wute
cloud M lt blr the ou- n" ~ The top withis trees
an DO chIrlct,rl-tr rOcAy lodges being distinctly dis
cc-ui1r All 40 once FOG bow, distinct orin-
a,y rainbow and perfect circle about large the
apparent size of tlc sun, made IFS appearance, It's
lower are resting upon the upper edge
of fla be lower third of the cloud Oh. bow Itself bc
pictured upon the upper part, which remained White
Tho disc side of bee uoV VA or pTltui yr.oWI'h-
light at the tiu,. Inside the bow. and ON the disc
ribbed the ter. VINO alone A. th moment, III
denly ls own mad w 90 buc and ao"u tue 'zr ot
ne cal ed 'u MS comp Iul 10 VINO were on announcer
point tine mountain. aud they came ruunn- to see te
wonder Their ngIres also immediately appeared On me
disc n blue The puen0u. non Wac hu moneut AIRY, Tor
tlc driving and whir lng OF the pa d or TIE tioud
caused the spectacle to tad" IN few -econdt II mo
mn nj 10 appeared again a. vivid and iistnCt ever.
ou fade and reappedr a-au anu agan at least hfty
times in hair an hour.
he boz and iucloset figures reminded u- ~ the play
Of the Dor abs almost ishing int" sight ana
fading away the parts Of the cloud, rkcued or fht
cued by ~ rolling and hcavne inOvcme Il. DurlIg
nearly the entire fhour tua the spectacle was Wis pie
The 81 ui space the TWO bows wa of the same
ANAL er one. second bow beng. ~ Is lsuu with
rainbow, fainter than hr primary and with tscolurs
blue figures on the disc there was halo ~
Of light not rug but "a mh1. ot
called / dd not observe; but my companions A.
,ert thai existed and very marked and notah
characteristic 1 taAc their word far H. ana believe u
An, artist can readily account for II. while none would
be likely 10 DOUBT Of IT'S appearance. The bow ana
figures visible from various parts ~ me cln ana a.
moved from place 20 place, came again ana again lu
front Of u Inc sun me DO" ana Ne hsure ana ou
selves We're always I'D rlght llne' me sun Z" couIo'
bcn- behind VI, As sc looked on upon me scene Drct
sloaiy - the sr at wnc cloud thnhe - Tp.'' , M
caught nasty ana lndl'i uCt Ehm'sc, Oh IT, ~
rocks on Robinson and Dog mountains The VIZ
Res'es q IN TINS rcmark'oe, ;f fe yor %eTs
gazette Charles j varian. Of New York Miss Amy L.
Hopper Of Chelsea Mass, and the writer Of this not
so.ldrea Harbor. NJ Desert, Sept o, 1854.