They sound like the old road construction marker lights used back before battery powered lights were practical. They were just a cannon ball looking gizmo with a wick that burned kerosene. The blinking yellow lights powered by a 6 volt battery took their place back in the late 60s or early 70s.
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Helps to keep the skeeters away around camp too…
But not as good as a Thermacell..
The strangest thing I remember seeing in the woods was a big horn sheep… in NW Alabama.
He was wearing a cowbell leading a line of 10 -12 goats thru the woods .
I did take a picture of him as (they) passed under the tree I was hunting from.
However this was back before digital photos and as luck would have it the pics were at the end of the film roll and didn't develop..
I found two abandoned tree stands, 2 compound bows and a fanny pack once in Wayne County, all cover in leaves.
Apparently left from the previous hunting season as this was early in bow season..