Refuting the stories of some locals, who claimed that the light had still appeared while the highway was closed for a period during World War II, the Star-News researcher noted that a thorough check of archives twenty years earlier to verify this part of the tale had failed to reveal any evidence of such a closure taking place.
The researcher disputed the assertions of some locals who believed the light appeared while the highway was closed during World War II. A thorough review of archives did not uncover any documentation of such a closure.