Welcome to my blog, where you will see the world through the eyes of a Cajun. In case you don't know what feux-folets are -- they are false guiding lights. I know a lot about them, because I've followed a few.
In Cajun legends, feux-folets were once very bad men who had become possessed by the Devil. Their job on earth was to find other people who could be turned into feux-folets. They appeared as Devil lights on the swamp, and their sole purpose was to tricher -- trick you. If you were traveling in Louisiana, they would appear before you as a guiding light. They looked like balls of fire drifting up from the ground. They bounced off fence posts, sometimes lingering to play wih the airy arms of spanish moss hanging in the trees. Occasionally, they would even hurtle right at you. If you followed one, you could be sure it would purposely lose you in the swamp. Then, you would never be able to get to your destination.
Well, we're not in a swamp in Louisiana on this blog site, but you'll find the life of one woman whose seen more than most people can imagine.
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