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There was a supposed witch that was constantly thrown into the Lynnhaven River, but she kept rising to the surface and swimming back. Her accusers couldn't drown her even when they tied her down with a heavy bible, she somehow got free. I think she bit off her big toe to get free of her restraints. Her name was Grace Sherwood and she supposedly haunts the Lynnhaven in the form of what you described, a ball of fire or a will-o'-the-wisp.

According these balls of fire are very common all over the world, hope this helps:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will-o'-the-wisp

I remember hearing about a legend revolving around the origins of the Jack-o-Latern. It revolves around a man named Jack, who lived in Ireland. He tricked the devil into climbing up a tree. The devil cursed him to wander all over the world with his only source being a turnip, which was later turned into a pumpkin (at least in the United States). He was too wicked for Heaven and not wicked enough for Hell, so that's why the devil made him wander the earth, the flame, I think came from a fire in Hell.