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It has been pointed out by certain authorities that the standard explanation of marsh gas is unsatisfactory in many cases, particularly in cases where the motions exhibited by the phenomenon are dynamic - bobbing, swooping, soaring upwards and downwards, or even against the wind, in some reports.

William Corliss writes, in Remarkable Luminous Phenomena in Nature (Sourcebook Project, Glen Arm, MD, 2001:290): "No satisfactory mechanism has been demonstrated whereby gases escaping from marshy areas will spontaneously ignite. Furthermore, most low-level nocturnal lights are cold--not what one would expect from burning methane. Also, no one has explained how clouds of luminous gas can maintain size and shape while engaging in erratic maneuvers over many minutes."

See also: ball lightning

Willo the Wisp was a 1983 animated series for children shown by the BBC and featuring the voice of Kenneth WilliamsKenneth Charles Williams ( February 22, 1926 April 15, 1988) was a British comic actor, star of over twenty Carry On. films and notable radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as a witty raconteur on a wide range of subjects. Life and.

Will o' the wisp also has a literary meaning: any hope or goal that leads one on but is impossible to reach.

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