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They look like regular rocks during the day. But when the sun goes down and the UV light comes out, they start to glow like lava.
In this episode of the Backroads Bill Podcast, we meet Ray Gionet, a rockhound who has been hunting Yooperlites along the shores of Lake Superior.
He shares how he first discovered these glowing stones, what they actually are, and why people are traveling from all over to find them.
0:00 Intro to Yooperlites and how people find them 5:45 Ray’s first glow rock discovery 12:30 What makes these rocks light up 19:10 The experience of night hunting on the beach 25:40 How glow rocks are shaping local tourism 31:00 Why Yooperlites keep people coming back
