Hi George,
OK, now I've read the book and some other web articles, but no direct research is being done on my question.
Most of the peoples living in the north nearer the aurora have folklore that says the Aurora is made of souls celebrating in various ways. A few smaller isolated tribes think the lights are dangerous. The aurora's movement of dips and flows looks like dancing or a ball game, they think. The aurora's sounds of whistling and whispering sounds like people but is probably from the electrical particles discharging.
Scientists do admit they still don't know exactly how it all works though.
Some recent people have tried out one part of the folklore---that if you whistle at it in the same way it's whistling, some of it will flow towards you. It's called 'whistling down the lights.' And again, some people think that's dangerous, but alot try it for fun.
Since science has measured the height of the lights and says they stay above 50--60 feet in the air up to 300 ft high, you'd sure need a loud whistle!
I'm disappointed, but I'll get over it.
Bets