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A Marfa light (center) seen from the official viewing platform east of Marfa, Texas. The Marfa lights, also known as the Marfa ghost lights, are regularly observed near Marfa, Texas, in the United States. [1] They are most often seen from a viewing area nearby, which the community has publicized to encourage tourism. [2]
You visit the Marfa Lights Viewing Area about 9 miles outside of town, and the town also holds an annual festival. The festival will take place this year, but the exact dates haven't been ...
Aug. 13—The Marfa Mystery Lights are often a local legend with strong opinions on whether the phenomena actually exists or not. Nonetheless, each year, thousands of tourists pass through the ...
Fi & Jack are in a forest area with large trees trying to view the "Marfa Lights". In fact, Marfa, Texas is located in a desert area which there is no forest of any kind. The local Marfa Chamber of Commerce and Marfa City Hall Council said, "We got a laugh when the "So Weird' group out goes out into a forest area that does not even exist ...
Four friends on their way home from a Texas cookoff weekend stop at a gas station, where they encounter a fortune teller. They ultimately decide to make a last stop in Marfa, Texas, in the hopes of viewing the strange Marfa Lights. [6]
I checked this skeptic's web site, and indeed, there were the claims, that written accounts of the Marfa Lights first appeared around 1988 when the original Marfa Lights Viewing Area was established, which was when the local business allegedly began to attempt to build the myth to attract tourism.
Atmospheric ghost lights are lights (or fires) that appear in the atmosphere without an obvious cause. Examples include the onibi, hitodama and will-o'-wisp. They are often seen in humid climates. [1] According to legend, some lights are wandering spirits of the dead, the work of devils or yōkai, or the pranks of fairies. They are feared by ...
Wagon trains on the Chihuahua Trail reported seeing unexplained lights in the mid-19th century. [33] [34] [35] The first recorded incident of the Marfa Lights was in 1883 when Robert Reed Ellison and cowhands camped at Mitchell Flats. [36] [37] They thought the lights might have been Apaches, but later found no evidence of an Apache encampment ...