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Marfa Lights

Lights that race across the sky and grow and shrink in size appear almost every clear night. Legend has it that the lights are actually souls of braves that were killed while hunting.

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Tracy says:

October 5, 2005, 12:59 pm

I have been coming here since I was a child & it’s true, the lights are unexplainable - they have recently built a visitors center at the sight - a must see if you are ever out in the boonies of west Texas…

Beverly Ringland says:

October 22, 2005, 12:41 pm

The Marfa Lights have been on Unsolved Mysteries several times.
I love going to see them. The best way to see them is to stay away from the site until after dark, see the lights and wonder what all the hype is about….now return to the same place the next day. That’s when your mouth will drop open with sheer wonder. I’ve been to see them about five times and I live in Pennsylvania. Go see them.

Keisha Ringland says:

October 26, 2005, 8:11 am

i would really love to go and see these lights!!! i believe ya Beverly, you know, since you are my grandmother and all!!!!! LOL!!!!!

craig says:

January 31, 2006, 5:27 pm

I have witnessed these lights for myself on several different ocassions. It’s really neat to go and watch these lights dance over the West Texas Sky. Many people have tried to find out what they are and where they come from but as of yet no one has found an answer for them. Craig

keisha ringland says:

February 16, 2006, 8:49 pm

i really do believe ya bev!!!!

stephanny says:

June 6, 2006, 5:51 pm

i had read so much about the marfa lights and i really want to see them.i had read books and more stuff about those ligths.all tougth am still young all my friends think am dome.they tell me why am i saving money to go there.but i still want to experiment the unusual things about the world

Destiny says:

June 11, 2006, 11:46 am

I’ve never heard of the Marfe Lights, but they sound really interesting. Especially the part about them being Indian braves who were killed.

Jason says:

June 18, 2006, 8:52 pm

I, too, have seen them in person. The Marfa Lights where there when I was younger, and still there today. If you have not seen them, I suggest taking a trip there.

Dot says:

August 13, 2006, 7:09 pm

What Idiots!!! In May 2004, a group of Physics students from UT in Dallas conducted a study to determine the real cause of the mysterious lights witnessed in Marfa, TX. Wanna know what is the real reason behind the lights are??? Headlights!!

Thanks to the great big open sky of Texas, you can see for miles and miles. US Hwy 67 is approximately 4 miles from the Marfa Light Observation Site. If you go during the daylight, you will be able to see the cars traveling in the exact pathway of the “spotted mysterious lights” of Marfa. Imagine how many people have been fooled for so many years. Just a way for a small town out in deserted West Texas to attract people and money.

jennifer says:

August 27, 2006, 3:45 pm

I live in Alpine TX a small town near marfa and i heard some wild tells about that place like people who went to go have a closer look and not coming back Jennifer

johnB says:

August 29, 2006, 3:55 pm

Only problem with the headlight theory that people have been seeing the lights way before cars were invented

Mystic says:

August 31, 2006, 9:18 pm

Sure, I’ve heard the headlight theory too. But as
commented earlier, the lights have been way before
the car was around. And as for a small west Texas
town gaining money… viewing the lights is free.
They are on the outskirts of town and mostly people
go there to view them and leave (like my family and
I) so it’s not like the town is making a HUGE profit
off hotels or anything.

eli says:

September 15, 2006, 12:17 pm

Obviously Dot has not been to Marfa. The lights were first documented by ranch hands on horseback and they thought they were indian campfires. There was no highway then. Now these days some of the lights may be headlights, but you can tell the difference. The Marfa lights are very unusual and no car moves like they do. It is very remote and there is not that much traffic on Hwy 67 after dark. Plus, if you look at a map, 67 is perpendicular to Hwy 90.

virgo says:

September 22, 2006, 2:39 pm

As for Dot…have you ever gone to see the Marfa lights personally? I don’t think so. As a little girl i remember seeing these amazing lights. They also appear in colors, therefore i don’t believe they could come from headlights. Maybe you should do a little more research…..

kelli says:

October 4, 2006, 10:33 am

thanks, dot, but you’re way off base. i’ve seen the lights as well, and they’re colored, for one thing, and documented well before cars existed, for another. my parents are huge skeptics, but we happened to be in marfa one weekend for a baseball tournament, so they figured we could go check them out. both my parents are educated, intelligent people (mom’s a teacher, dad’s a lawyer) and they were amazed and left without a logical explanation for these lights. i’m not saying they’re ghosts, but they’re definitely not cars.

Carrie says:

October 4, 2006, 8:15 pm

I lived in west Texas the majority of my life & in Alpine briefly. The lights are great to go see. I have seen them many times. Someday, I hope to return & see them again. As far as the headlight theory, I have one question. Why is Marfa, TX the only place that headlights appear in this in this way? There are definitely other areas geographically similiar in west Texas that do not have these occurences.

Lauren says:

October 31, 2006, 2:51 pm

Regardless of whether or not you see the lights, Marfa is a really magical amazing little town that is worth a visit for the ambiance alone.

Lauren says:

October 31, 2006, 2:52 pm

Regardless of whether or not you see the lights, Marfa is a really magical amazing little town that is worth a visit for the ambiance alone. For one, is is home to an internationaly renown art center. Also, it was where parts of the James Dean film Giant were shot. I saw the lights, but they didn’t really move, so who knows…

chris says:

November 1, 2006, 11:39 pm

yeah dot… get it right next time

Christina says:

November 18, 2006, 8:38 pm

I saw recently went to Marfa in April of this year. My husband, sister-in-law and I all saw the mysterious lights. They would come and go, move around and dissapear behind the mountains. They also were different colors. I saw white, light blue, and a green color. Really great thing to see.

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