Glowing orbs are spherical balls of light. People have captured orbs on film, when the person taking the photo saw nothing at the time, which has led to debunkers claims that orbs in photos represent nothing more than dust particles or digital camera artifacts. Explanations for eyewitness sightings of orbs usually involve ball lightning, a phenomenon equally as mysterious and poorly understood as glowing orbs themselves. While generally small (the size of a basketball or smaller), orbs can also appear as enormous, self-illuminated balls.
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Lisa A. Shiel, the founder of BPI, has seen orbs on several occasions and documented those sightings in her book Backyard Bigfoot. The BPI sightings collection includes eyewitness reports of glowing orbs too. In one case, two women found themselves pursued by an enormous glowing orb, which followed one of them all the way home.
Do you crave more information, beyond the basics? Check out articles on the BPI blog or read Backyard Bigfoot by Lisa A. Shiel for deeper discussions of the glowing orb phenomenon.
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— praise for Backyard Bigfoot —
"As informative as it is entertaining."
-Midwest Book Review
"Absolutely one of the best types of investigative reporting I've seen."
-Beverly Pechin, Reader Views
"Some of [Shiel's] explanations are ingenious."
-Andrew Grgurich, Marquette Mining Journal
"A brave voice of wondrous encounters."
-R. Lee, The Orange Orb
"Skillfully written...[Shiel] is daring in her approach."
-Thom Powell, author of The Locals