Brit Baileys Light
Brit Bailey's final dying request was that he would be buried standing up. He proclaimed that he had spent his entire life stomping over the Texas prairies and he didn't aim to stop just because he died. They buried old Brit in 1833, the residents in the area of Bailey's Prairie, 5 miles west of Angleton, Texas, and Brazoria County claim that the early settler has somehow kept his vow and to this day is still stomping around on the Prairies.
The Thomas family moved into old Bailey's place shortly after he had been buried standing erect in the ground, and they were the first to bear witness to the old-timers return as a ghost. It didn't take very long for Bailey to start from and around again, in fact, in her diary Ann Rainey Thomas made a record of her sighting of him looking through a window at her one night. A family servant named Melinda also claimed a ghost would chase away the hired hands when it was time to milk the cattle at night. Every member of the household has sworn to have heard old Brit's shuffling footsteps moving around the house after dark. Once when Mr. Thomas was ill he even claimed to have spoken to Brit Bailey's ghost who would frequently visit him in his room.
It wasn't until the early 1850s that Bailey's glowing, ghostly image began to be seen away from his house, out on the open prairies. Col. Mordello Munson and several of his guests claim to have seen a glowing ball of light drift inexplicably passed his home at a very slow rate early one evening. Saddling their horses, the Colonel and his houseguests gave pursuit to the strange globe but were unable to capture it or clearly identify it. From that night on, “Brit Bailey's Light” has drifted across the Texas prairies which the old settler was so unwilling to relinquish.
According to a Texas legend the line is actually Bailey carrying a lantern across the flat land of Brazoria County, Texas – at night, constantly searching for a jug of whiskey. Now I can't say for certain if this tell is true or not in regards to the supernatural portion but you do have to admit it does make for an interesting story which deserves some form of investigation. If you're an investigator in that part of Texas please let us know if you come across anything interesting in regards to Brit Bailey’s Light. Thanks and keep it spooky.


