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The Mysterious Lights of La Cueva de las Brujas
by Louisa Franco Madrid
October 31, 2011
The Mysterious Lights of La Cueva de las Brujas
by Louisa Franco Madrid
October 31, 2011
_When I was growing up, I often heard stories of some mysterious lights coming
toward the García house -- lights that never arrived. The house was alone in the lonely landscape south of Terlingua. At other times people
thought there was a car coming because they could see the lights. Except no car ever arrived. The lights always disappeared.
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witches flying by disguised as balls of fire. My uncle Gregorio would tell them it was birds that were wet, and since they were oily they flickered like lights. The family named the place where the lights disappeared, La
Cueva de Las Brujas. They said maybe that was a witches playground.
After my mother married and my parents were visiting at the García home, my father |
__ saw the lights and he went to meet up with them, against my mother’s wishes.
She was frightened, but he came back and said the lights disappeared at
the same spot everyone mentioned.
In 1957, my husband Joe and I and our children went to visit my grandmother, Mama Luisa, in Alpine. While there we decided to go visit the García place; since I had not seen it, except as a baby and I did not remember it. My aunt Asia (Altagracia) went with us, so she could show us where it was. She was so happy and took us all over the place. On the way back she showed us the Cueva de las Brujas. I took a picture.
At the time the road to the García place crossed Terlingua creek. Now it is different. The Joe Moss Road goes right by the house. When we have gone there, during the Terlingua Reunions, I have not been able to identify the Cueva de las Brujas.
When I was talking about this with Tony Franco he told me that when he studied science he learned about ball lightening and wondered if that might explain it. That make a lot of sense to me. And that might be the explanation for the
mysterious lights of the cueva de las brujas.
In 1957, my husband Joe and I and our children went to visit my grandmother, Mama Luisa, in Alpine. While there we decided to go visit the García place; since I had not seen it, except as a baby and I did not remember it. My aunt Asia (Altagracia) went with us, so she could show us where it was. She was so happy and took us all over the place. On the way back she showed us the Cueva de las Brujas. I took a picture.
At the time the road to the García place crossed Terlingua creek. Now it is different. The Joe Moss Road goes right by the house. When we have gone there, during the Terlingua Reunions, I have not been able to identify the Cueva de las Brujas.
When I was talking about this with Tony Franco he told me that when he studied science he learned about ball lightening and wondered if that might explain it. That make a lot of sense to me. And that might be the explanation for the
mysterious lights of the cueva de las brujas.
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Copyright
© 2011 by Louisa Franco Madrid all rights reserved
In May 2006 National Geographic posted a story about ball lightning being a scientific mystery. Click here to read the article called "Ball Lightning: A Shocking Scientific Mystery."
Then in May 2010 National Geographic posted another article on ball lightning with more explanations to it. They indicate that some sightings of ball lightning may be hallucinations caused by weather conditions. Click here to read that article. |
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In May 2011 AccuWeather.com posted a video that says scientist are not certain what ball lightning is. Hmm ... Could it be ...?
In May 2011 AccuWeather.com posted a video that says scientist are not certain what ball lightning is. Hmm ... Could it be ...?