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Take an evening drive along New Circle Road, about a mile in either direction of where it intersects with Georgetown Road, and you’ll notice some eerie purple streetlights reminiscent of a sci-fi film.
No, aliens aren’t behind the lights, and it isn’t a publicity campaign either. Rather, the lights are malfunctioning in a phenomenon occurring all over North America, which has been dubbed by the media as “The Great Purpling.”…