Strewth - Australian True Crime and Mystery Podcast

For over 130 years, mysterious glowing orbs have haunted Australia's remote Channel Country, following travelers for kilometres, splitting into multiple lights, and moving with apparent intelligence. First Nations peoples knew about them for millennia before Europeans arrived. Scientists have studied them. Thousands have witnessed them. Yet the Min Min Lights remain one of Australia's most enduring mysteries.

In this episode, we journey into the vast emptiness of outback Queensland to explore a phenomenon that exists at the intersection of science and the unexplained. From drovers frozen in terror as lights pace their horses through the darkness, to modern researchers capturing footage on smartphones, the Min Min Lights continue to puzzle and fascinate.

We hear from witnesses whose encounters left them genuinely frightened, or strangely privileged. We examine the groundbreaking scientific research that claimed to solve the mystery through atmospheric refraction. And we discover why even the scientist who explained the phenomenon admitted it was "literally hair raising" and that some aspects remained genuinely mysterious.

Whether atmospheric mirage, ancestral spirits, or something else entirely, the Min Min Lights remind us that even in our technological age, some mysteries persist in the remote places where darkness still holds secrets.

Sources:

• Pettigrew, J.D. (2003). "The Min Min light and the Fata Morgana: An optical account of a mysterious Australian phenomenon." Clinical and Experimental Optometry, March 2003.
• Research by Dr. Curtis Roman (Larrakia man, Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal Studies, Charles Darwin University)
• Dreamtime stories collected in "Gadi Mirrabooka" by June Barker
• D.B. O'Connor, "Light of the Min Min" (poem, December 20, 1934)
• Michael (December 2022, near Noorindoo - video documented and verified by journalist Ross Coulthart)

Title Music - by Jesse Frank from Pixabay

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