I see my son in the Northern Lights

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Chasing the aurora helps Hugo grieve. By day Hugo Sanchez works in a school, but by night he hunts glowing light displays across the freezing Canadian wilderness. Capturing the aurora is more than just a hobby for Hugo. He took up photography after his son Emilio was born with complex disabilities. When Emilio died at ten years old Hugo found solace and hope in the dancing night sky.

Presenter: Emily Webb Producer: Louise Morris

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0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:06.9	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.1	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:13.7	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history.
0:20.7	We're still looking for Lucan.
0:22.1	It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime.
0:25.9	I'm Alex Fontunzelman.
0:27.3	This is The Lucan Obsession.
0:29.2	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.2	To see a dancing sky, you are standing, and the sky is alive.
0:45.2	It's alive, it's moving.
0:46.8	It's turning red, green, yellow, pink, orange, and purple and blue.
0:55.6	And he moves back and forth.
0:59.2	Wow, you're super excited.
1:00.8	You're super happy.
1:03.1	I can't imagine my life that I never got to see this.
1:11.7	These magical colors lighting up the night sky are the aurora borealis or northern lights.
1:18.8	They're caused by colliding particles from the Earth's atmosphere.
1:23.5	When he wakes up in the morning, Hugo Sanchez puts on his uniform and works as a school caretaker or custodian in the city of Edmonton.
1:32.0	But at night, he jumps into his car and chases these glowing light displays across Canada.
1:39.5	Temperatures are cold. We are talking minus 40 degrees Celsius and Hugo will often be fiddling with his camera
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