Wandering Fire. Saudi Arabia

In some Arab countries there is an old legend about a supernatural creature called iltaly. In Arabic it means "those who cause you to get lost." Another name for them – "keepers of light". In former times it was believed that these entities were hit with road travellers in the deserts of the night.

Nomads seen in the dark lights, like the light from a lantern or campfire, and then went to them. Closer to the light source never succeeded because he kept moving away from the man. In the end, the flame is quenched, and the unfortunate traveller found himself standing in the middle of the desert. In the worst case, if you believe the legends, careless Wanderers dying of thirst, unable to find their way back.

Surprisingly, this legend was easily adapted to the modern world. In our days, the Arabs often report that watching at night on the highways passing among the deserts, mysterious lights similar to headlights of cars and appearing just out of nowhere. Iltaly, they say, not only to lure unsuspecting travellers who need to use the hitch, but also provoke accidents and are just trying to scare motorists.

The following video obtained last week shows, presumably, just such a phenomenon. The Saudis went in to the half eleventh evening on the road in the sand and suddenly saw ahead a pair of bright lights. Our hero has failed to achieve these glowing balls, but he successfully captured them on camera phones. The operator no doubt that he met on the road an ominous "angel of light": in the barren desert simply could not be any fires or other machines...

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»