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Run Naked in the Wind: a Legend of Ol' Piccimuc and the Spook Light September Black

Run Naked in the WindÂ?The Story of Â?OlÂ? PiccimucÂ? and the Â?Spook lightÂ? Â? an existing phenomenon which occurs nightly along a certain lonely stretch of the Missouri-Oklahoma border near the little town of Hornet, Missouri. Through the years, scientists, US Army engineers and countless other groups and individuals have tried to discover the source of the light, but still to this day, itÂ?s origin remains a mystery.

There once lived such a man as Â?OlÂ? Piccimuc;Â? gentle, fine looking, clean of morals, holder of a law degree, is half IndianÂ?and slated for destruction by wealthy horse-breeder Joseph Coppedge. The reason? His spirited young daughter and her tragic love for young Piccimuc.

OBerlin Thorton, a young writer seeking serenity in the hills of Missouri, happens upon Piccimuc, now an aging hermit, ridiculed, condemned and even hunted by the local citizenry, wins his trust and learns the secret of the mystery surrounding OlÂ? Piccimuc.

Â?Amplified by the echoing hills the moaning had grown louder. It sounded like a woman sobbing in a bereaved monotone, taking time out every little while to catch her breathÂ?he remembered the terrible moaning on the night he was lost, the night he had stumbled onto PiccimucÂ?s cabinÂ?his flesh began to crawlÂ?Â?