I finally made sense of the ghost ship tales from my coast town after a chat with a fisherman

I was helping my friend clean his boat last weekend when an old fisherman docked nearby and overheard us talking about local lore. He told us about a ship that vanished off our coast in the 1920s, with logs saying it was fully stocked but just gone. That got me thinking, so I asked my history teacher at the community center for her take. She pulled out some faded photos and records that showed strange weather patterns that month. I even called up my aunt who collects old postcards, and she had one with a scribble about lights on the water that night. Putting all these bits together, it feels like the answer might be simpler than a ghost story, maybe just a bad storm everyone forgot. It's crazy how talking to different people can change how you see a past event. What's the weirdest local history clue you've ever found from just chatting with someone?

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faithn5112m ago

Heard my grandma's neighbor mention the old "witch lights" in the swamp were just gas from rotting plants. Always figured it was some spooky legend until she explained the whole science thing. Makes you wonder how many ghost stories started with someone not knowing a simple fact. Kinda love when normal stuff solves a mystery way more than a supernatural answer.