Case file · High strangeness
La Candileja, fire of the llanos
A ghost light of the Colombian and Venezuelan plains: a ball of fire that chases night travellers, said to be a cursed old woman or the souls of wicked people.
1900 CE · 5.34, -72.40 · status: legend
The sceptical view
Like other will-o'-the-wisps it may be inspired by burning marsh gas, bioluminescence or distant lights. Year approximate.