# Street Light Psykokinesis??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-light-psykokinesis/665889>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 10, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-light-psykokinesis/665889 "2013-08-10T19:09:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-light-psykokinesis/665889/21 "2013-08-22T13:51:06Z")

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Having lived across from one since about 1997, I can attest that when they’re dying, they go off and on. Doesn’t matter if someone is in front of them or not.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-light-psykokinesis/665889/22 "2013-08-23T07:25:35Z")

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> [@shadowofneo](#):
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> In My experience they always dim or go off when i’m around them, i always thought they were built with a cooldown timer

What do they do when you’re not around them? That’s the key.

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-light-psykokinesis/665889/23 "2013-08-23T09:02:29Z")

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> [@shadowofneo](#):
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> In My experience they always dim or go off when i’m around them, i always thought they were built with a cooldown timer

It’s great to hear that we have found an example of someone for whom they always go off. This is fantastic. It means you can get out their with a video camera and film it and we’ll have some evidence. We’ll be waiting impatiently. Looking forward to this. Don’t let us down…

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