i have never seen the marfa lights.est time to see them is in the winter. a couple of hours after sundown, or a couple of hours before sunrise. a couple of hours after sundown in the winter is my suppertime. and a couple of hours before sunrise is my sleeping time. and besides that, it's cold out there in the viewing station in wintertime. but i believe they are there. at least, i believe something is there. because i know a lot of reliable people who have seen some sort of light out there. scoffers will tell you that the marfa lights are the lights of automobiles travelling north from presidio on highway 67, or the lights of aeroplanes, or ranchers on mitchell flats, or a border patrol helicopter. many people who think they are seeing the marfa lights are undoubtedly looking at automobile headlights or ranch lights. but it is clear that there were other lights out there before there were either automobiles or electricity, and they are still out there. i grew up in marfa. i was born in 1950. i'm 67. so i've been around,

i grew up in marfa. i was born in 1950.ghts and i've heard about them all my life. we show the lights regularly to people from our ranch. today we're in front of the viewing centre which is on the road between martha and alpine. it does cause some confusion because of the way it's pointed. the orientation points you to where it's easy to be misled by automobile lights, which are coming up from presidio and 0jinaga. not very many people know that from right here, there is a mesquite tree right there, and if you stand about ten yards from the mesquite tree and look straight ahead, there's a bush, there's another green bush, and you'lljust see a line, if you really look, of little green bushes that form a line out to a tree, and that tree is about a mile and a half away. right over the tree is where the lights are. i don't remember a single time that someone didn't say, have you seen the marfa lights? so now when people ask if i've seen the lights, i say, have you seen the lights? and most of them haven't. but the ones that ha

they came here about three years ago, to marfa, and immediately delve for the landscape.g like them what i wasn't paying attention. i do try very hard to find them. i'm never quite sure. i got this poem, which is called western power. purple clouds, my doubts. iridescent cream, my loss. and the street light, my reading. my appetite, my appetite. red striped sky, my confusion. bright yellow, grey sky, my otter. car lights, my commotion, telephone poll, my wishes. stop sign, my fear. black cloud, white sky, bliss. linking signals, my intentions. black mountains, too many suggestions. skipping lifelines, my attention. a young cowboy first saw the lights. a young cowboy first saw the lights. a young cowboy first saw the lights. the horns on your van, my defensiveness. that old train, my dreams. that old train. still to come on and the travel show. the incrediblejourney of still to come on and the travel show. the incredible journey of one woman who has a passion for wild swimming. water is my domain. i am happiest in the water. and we learn to ski the traditional chinese way.