Paranormal in NM

Every university campus has its share of urban legends and ghost stories. Here are some of the ones from NMSU, my alumni campus. My time at NMSU was colored with various unexplained and paranormal experiences, which I attribute to the energy of Las Cruces itself. Las Cruces is a really historic place and you can feel… Read more: Ghosts of NMSU

Have you ever heard of the phantom wrong way driver of I25? Or have you seen this crazy phenomenon yourself? Starting in the 1990s, sheriffs started getting calls from concerned drivers about a wrong-way driver on I25 just north of Lemitar. Each time, they investigated to find nothing amiss. They chalked the whole thing up… Read more: The Wrong Way Driver on I25

I have the admittedly weird hobby of scanning Google Earth for oddities that I then go explore. One example of this would be when I found a place labeled “UFO Alien Crash Communion Wall” on Google Maps, near the ghost town of Arabela. So I drove out there to investigate. First, we drove to Ruidoso,… Read more: Arabela and the UFO Alien Crash Communion Wall

The incessant murmur of an idling semi in the distance. The hum of a factory’s machinery. The rumble of a small earthquake. The ceaseless pounding of a distant oceanic tide. These are just some of the ways people describe the Taos Hum.  The Taos hum is a constant, ongoing, low-pitched sound that some people hear… Read more: The Taos Hum

Have you ever stayed at the Lodge in Cloudcroft? This historic hotel has a special place in my heart, as it’s where my husband and I have gone for two of our anniversaries. It is a gorgeous place that has done its best to preserve its history.  But many people swear the Lodge is haunted.… Read more: The Lodge in Cloudcroft: A Night with Rebecca

New Mexico has had its fair share of serial killers over the years. But one of the first documented serial killers soiling our beautiful state was Charles Kennedy. Kennedy was the owner of an inn in Elizabethtown, near Cimarron. The guests who checked in there never left.  By 1870, New Mexico was in the midst… Read more: Charles Kennedy of Elizabethtown: New Mexico’s First Serial Killer

Tucked in the Organs above Las Cruces, hides my favorite hike in the whole world – the historical and beautiful Dripping Springs! Dripping Springs offers an incredibly beautiful hike that takes you back to the Nineteenth Century. It also passes by the remains of Boyd’s Sanitorium, named one of the most haunted places in New… Read more: Dripping Springs and Boyd’s Sanitorium

Have you heard about the Dulce Base? If you live in New Mexico, you probably have heard at least a whisper about the strange activities around the mesa – and the dark secrets hidden beneath it. The legend of the Dulce Base has endured for nearly a century, making it one of New Mexico’s most… Read more: Dulce Base: Aliens Under Archuleta Mesa

Today I’m writing about an interesting phenomenon commonly known as the “Marfa Lights.” While Marfa is in Texas, not New Mexico, it is about 166 miles from the New Mexico state line and the climate and geography is the same as Eastern New Mexico (in other words, flat, arid desert with rocky outcroppings). Therefore, I… Read more: The Marfa Lights

A guy I knew had an interesting story about an alien corpse he found in the desert. He even had some old Polaroids to back it up. He proceeded to show me the following pictures. A naive eighteen-year-old, I bought this tale hook, line, and sinker. Maybe even he bought it. He was rather gullible… Read more: The Petrified Alien