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Buck Hill is located in the Ottawa Valley approximately 90 km from Pembroke and nearby to Algonquin Park. It is the location of many reports of ‘spooklight’ activity (see below for an example), which is attributed by some to a ghost story. During the depression and a particularly harsh winter storm a logger returned to his home and family. He cautioned his wife and young daughter to remain indoors while he went out to fetch some firewood. Upon his return his wife told him that their pet dog had gotten out of the house and the girl had ran out in order to call him back and had not yet returned. The anxious father grabbed his lantern and began to search for his missing child. The family lived on Buck Hill road and the distraught parent searched up and down it to no avail. The young girl had simply vanished into the stormy night never to be seen again. As legend has it the logger who went mad with grief never gave up his search, and would comb the area nightly with his lantern until his death. Some locals in the area believe his search continues to this very day and refuse to go near this isolated, logging road. At this time we have no corroborative historical facts that would support the ghost story. However, people have reported seeing balls of light, some at very close range at this location. The ‘lights’ are described to be either white, amber or green and approximately the size of a baseball. Occasionally these lights are bright enough to light up the forested area and will flare up as if increasing in size and luminosity before eventually disappearing. The following is an eyewitness account: “I went up there on a Friday night, and saw some things I would never think could happen. It was around midnight we saw these weird images. We “Me, and 2 other buddies" were sitting there in a truck facing down the hill, and all of a sudden we saw an eerie green glow from the valley down below. We all sat there in shock as to what we were seeing. Its was a green light walking down the road, and then out of no where it would accelerate to huge speeds, 100mph, then hit a dead stop, and go back to its high speed in a flash! It was very spooky, then as another car came from the valley way below, the light wandered off into the bushes. There was another fellow lad, who had his girlfriend with him, looking for the ghost, but he has seen it many times. We talked for a bit, and then saw it come out again in the valley below. We watched it for about 30 seconds as the strange eerie light went from a green to an orange or amber light and wandered off. I don’t know what this thing is, but it scared us pretty good. But me being so serious looked it up on the web and found you guys. Well we went back the next night, Saturday "last night" to see it again, but there were a lot of people up there looking for the ghost, but they were there to drink and play music so we waited it out, until they left, and sure enough we caught a 10 second glimpse of it until one of the vehicles came back for a little while longer. There was a ghost hunter with them, who was very well prepared for an encounter, but it just didn’t want to show up.“ *Witness’ name withheld from publication - the above account has been slightly edited for publication*