Min Min Lights of the Australian Outback

In the Outback of Queensland, Australia, ghostly orbs have been frightening people for more than a century. The locals call them Min Min lights, named after the former settlement and hotel in Boulia. Sometimes the balls of light are fleeting. At other times, they seem to chase travelers and appear intelligent. Indigenous cosmological traditions mention such lights that come from the stars. Studies and other theories suggest these are no more than atmospheric anomalies or optical illusions. However, this strange phenomenon still continues to mystify witnesses.

Known locally as the ‘ghost light,’ it is a moon of light suspended in space, darting hither and thither, vanishing ghost-like in the dark recesses of the trees.