Nightmarks in Texas
12 nightmarks documented
Marfa Lights — the ghost lights of West Texas since the 1880s
Since 1883, mysterious orbs have hovered and danced over the West Texas desert near Marfa — they split, merge, and vanish before anyone can reach them.
The Marfa Lights — A Century of Ghost Lights in the Texas Desert
Glowing orbs have danced across the Texas desert near Marfa since 1883 — before cars existed. Science has yet to fully explain them.
Houston Zoo — the ghost of the first zookeeper watches his animals
The first zookeeper died but never stopped caring — his ghost still inspects animal food preparation and whistles old tunes through the empty commissary.
The Black Hope Horror — the subdivision built on graves in Crosby, Texas
A Texas subdivision was built on unmarked slave graves — sinkholes, apparitions, and screams from below drove families from their homes.
Menger Hotel — San Antonio's grand haunted hotel since 1859
Chambermaid Sallie White was murdered in 1876 and never stopped working — she still carries linens through the halls of San Antonio's oldest hotel.
The Cuero Chupacabra Carcass — Cuero, Texas (2007)
A rancher found a hairless, blue-gray creature on the road. DNA said coyote with mange — but her chickens had been found drained of blood.
Bright object observed over Austin, Texas on Kenneth Arnold's anniversary (1967)
An unknown over Austin on the 20th anniversary of Kenneth Arnold's sighting — the date that started it all.
Unidentified object observed over Goodfellow AFB intelligence training center, Texas (1966)
An unknown over the Air Force's spy school — where intelligence analysts in training saw something their training couldn't explain.
Unknown object observed near NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston (1966)
An unknown over NASA's Mission Control — where men planning Moon missions couldn't identify what was in their own sky.
Bright object observed over Nederland near the Texas petrochemical coast (1966)
A bright unknown over Texas's petrochemical coast — visible even against the refineries' constant industrial glow.
Sheriff's deputies encounter massive illuminated object near Damon, Texas (1965)
Two sheriff's deputies encountered a 200-foot illuminated craft at close range — one of Blue Book's most credible encounters.
Third Blue Book unknown over Dallas, Texas (1965)
Dallas's third unknown across thirteen years — the defense manufacturing metroplex kept producing unsolved cases.