The sighting of a luminous being on the shore of the region of Tarapaca caused panic among passengers of an intercity bus from Iquique to Santiago de Chile. The brush with the paranormal took place at 5 a.m. on March 1st 2010, when the passenger bus made a stop along Route A-1, linking from Iquique to Tocopila near the Vicente Mena Beach, between Punta Gruesa and Chucumata.