Unexplained paranormal lights…bloody battle zones of historic proportions…ancient and spiritual Native American lands…what do all three of these things have in common? Well, they’re all locations of our Texas paranormal adventures! While Kristin plans our year-long road trip routes and national park adventures, I make sure we fit in some paranormal adventures along the way. Perhaps you read all about why you Don’t Mess With Texas, but I’ll fill you in on why you Don’t Mess With (Haunted) Texas!
Marfa Mystery Lights, Marfa, TX
The mysterious Marfa Lights are unexplained light sources that bounce around in a distant field in West Texas. Literally in the middle of nowhere.
After driving for hours past cacti, darting jack rabbits and the ever present tumble weeds of West Texas we finally made it to Marfa about an hour before sundown. We dropped the trailer at a site just outside the tiny village of Marfa, and drove to the viewing station where the lights are best seen.
After the sun dropped below the horizon and as the stars began to appear, Kristin and I stood in the chilly late winter air, virtually by ourselves. As we huddled together and watched, we saw lights begin to appear over the distant horizon and dart about. Some seemed to stand still, others traveled in a straight line, and even a few looked like they might possibly be moving backwards. After about 45 minutes of watching the lights, we came to the conclusion that it was most likely an optical illusion from a road off in the distance. Far enough where two headlights merged into one, but close enough to still be visible. Who knows, maybe they really were aliens playing a late night game of kick the can, but we still stand by our conclusions. Although…that doesn’t exactly explain away the claim of reported lights in 1883…
The Alamo, San Antonio, TX
Let’s just say it takes seven huge placards of detailed description outside of the old mission just to tell all the stories behind its long history. The Alamo has seen its fair share of tragedy to say the least. We took two different self-guided tours of the grounds and buildings. Both times it just felt sad here. Sad in a way that made us wish people could communicate and work problems out without violence, cannons, muskets, hatchets and swords.
I’ve read stories of people seeing sentinels walking the rooftops and perimeter walls around the location, so I kept a watchful eye. Aside from the overwhelming history of unnecessary bloodshed, we didn’t encounter anything paranormal while there, and our pictures didn’t show anything out of the ordinary both in the daytime and evening visits. We would highly recommend coming here if you are in the San Antonio area, just get in early in the morning before the crowds begin to assemble around this beautiful historic site.
Indian Head, Terlingua, TX
Although we covered this place in our petroglyphs blog, it absolutely warranted mentioning in our paranormal adventures. Again, we cannot stress the awesomeness of this location within Big Bend National Park. There were no maps or signs to get to the area, just word of mouth from locals.
I’d recommend a 4×4 vehicle to get to this mystical place as well as a whole lot of H2O to stay hydrated…it’s cold first thing in the morning, and it gets HOT fast! The entire area is located on and around a few small mountains where a supposed spirit veil has trapped evil spirits contained deep down in the sandy river bed below. Think I’m joking? Well, I’m not. And our normally fearless dogs? They were extremely uncomfortable…whining, pacing and ready to leave.
Besides the strange behavior from the dogs, all I can say is we had a strange sensation of being watched as we scrambled in and around the rocks and petroglyphs in this area. I also felt uneasy about what looked like unnatural caves several hundred feet up on the sides of sheer cliffs.
A word of advice…don’t do anything to mess with the area, or take anything away from it, as it is a place of spiritual importance and to disrespect it would not be good. This is definitely a place of mystery and history.
Our haunted adventures continue in the South…stay tuned for more!
Cheers!
Matt
Stubs says
I believe I see a sentinel on the top of the night picture of the Alamo.