Neil Gaiman, creator of "The Sandman" series, once recounted in one of his works a very strange thing which happened to him at 16. Walking through a forest late one night, he noticed among the sea of stars a single star, which stood out because it seemed to be flickering oddly. He stopped and stared, and as he watched, the star grew brighter and brighter, until everything around him was burning white - in his words he could see "every blade of grass", illuminated. The star then dimmed, withdrawing its light, until it was again just another pinprick in the sky. Mr Gaiman waited after for a full 15 minutes, but nothing else happened.
So does anyone know if there's actually some scientific reason behind this occurence, or is it one of those things which just can't be explained away?
2006-08-20
05:10:03
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