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Show SCIENCE PROBES MYSTERY OF OKLAHOMA "HAUNTED HOUSE" v: Haunted? The J. L. Wagoner Do mi at Norman, Okla . where tu mTste-rlous mTste-rlous fires broke out in is hours By NFA Service NOB MAN, Okla.. July 2C. Can science sci-ence solve the mystery of the new An-tlgonlsh An-tlgonlsh a ghostless haunted house a spooky "fir.- home" Where sheets burst Into flames as one iz-s Into Vied Ami wash rags start burning when raised to the face That's what J. L. Wagoner, farmer here, says happened In his house. And members of his family bear out his story. Farmers around Norman attribute these ghostly happening to the supernatural. sup-ernatural. But authorities are seeking a scientific explanation thus far without success. In two days there were 12 fires all Of mysterious origin. The first occurred when Wagoner's wife opened a c'ofhes rlo.s.-t. A fl.i.'.h of flame shot Into her face. S. veral hours later the roof of tho house started burning. . r- The farmer picked up a wash cloth to wash his face. But the cloth be-gan be-gan to burn! That night, the linen on his bed turned Into a sheet of flame! The family fam-ily ran from the house. The n- xt day I hey returned. The mysterious blaze broke out anew Sheriff W. H. Newblock threw a guard around the place. Every person who entered or left the house was searched. But the mystery wasn't solved. A chemist from the University of ' dclaholiia took a hand, lie is endeavoring endeav-oring to find a liquid solution that Is combustible when It dries. He hasn't found It yet, So Farmer Wagoner still Is haunted by fear that the mysterious tires may atari asaln at any time. People hereabouts are recalling the famous haunted house at Antlgosh, N. S.. where similar phenomena were reported. |