When Hector Siliezar visited the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza with his wife and kids in 2009, he snapped three iPhone photos
of El Castillo, a pyramid that once served as a sacred temple to the
Mayan god Kukulkan. A thunderstorm was brewing near the temple, and
Siliezar was trying to capture lightning crackling dramatically over the
ruins.
In the first two images, dark clouds loom above the pyramid, but
nothing is amiss. However, in the third photo, a powerful beam of light
appears to shoot up from the pyramid toward the heavens, and a
thunderbolt flashes in the background.
Siliezar, who recently shared his photographs with occult investigators, told Earthfiles.com that
he and his family didn't see the light beam in person; it appeared only
on camera. "It was amazing!" he said. He showed the iPhone photo to his
fellow tourists. "No one, not even the tour guide, had ever seen
anything like it before." [See photo]
