Marfa lights

Perhaps one of the biggest attraction that brings many visitors to Marfa is a chase of mystery lights. These appear during the night in a close proximity of the village, typically off road East 90. Mystery lights, have been regularly seen by locals since 1840s, but their origin remains fully unexplained. Some believe they are old spirits of Indians. Others that they are swamp gas, except that there are no swamps in the dessert... The more pragmatic crowd, including some important town officials of Marfa believe that lights are a result of drastic change in temperatures. I can certainly see their point because at the time when we visited, there was -5C during the night and then easily 20C during the day. But what causes the lights for sure - I don`t know. We tried to see them twice from a designated location (a pretty look-out with a lavatories) but neither of the time we came any close. Disappointing as it was, I still believe there are out there. We heard so many stories from locals about their encounters with the lights that this just can`t be a tourist trap, or can it?

The picture below is taken by someone who saw Marfa lights. They glow and move around and if you try to come close, they move away from you...