Spooky sightings in the Australian outback are known as the Min Min lights . First reported by a stockman in 1918 at a settlement called Min Min, between Boulia and Winton, western Queensland , they are also said to have featured in Aboriginal myths.
They have been described as will-o'-the-wisp balls of floating light, attributed to refracted light from a long distance away , marsh gas igniting . Slow , bouncing objects , they float towards or follow an observer or vehicle - then rocket away . When fired upon , it is said they disappear .
Now weird , spectacular lights are regularly spotted each night in Central Australia with the awesome Uluru monolith in the background . It begins, below , with a small number of lights popping up , like fireflies emerging , the Rock in the distance .
