History & local legend
In 1889, folklorist Walter J. Hoffman recorded a story about two feuding farmers in the Northampton County settlement called Indianland. Their dispute began when one tried to move the stones marking the boundary between their properties. A court case failed to end the quarrel, and, according to their neighbors, death did not end it either.
Afterward, chains were said to rattle along the old boundary before two balls of fire appeared. The lights rushed together, threw sparks on impact and rose into the air before falling back and beginning again.
