The Legend of the Brown Mountain Lights
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
It’s one of our favorite phenomenons. An etherial happening that captures the hearts and minds of those who see it.
Are the Brown Mountain Lights alien? A reflection? A natural gas formation radiating ambient echoes from the world around it?
Take your pick.
If verifiable science ever pins down an explanation for the orbs which have becomes a fixture of the North Carolina area, it’s going to be awesome. Which is just how we like it.
And we are not alone.
Earlier this month, a sellout crowd of 120 paid $20 a head to attend a symposium on the lights at Morganton City Hall, and there was a crowd outside the door hoping to get in at the last minute.
“It’s a good problem to have,” Phillips said. “I could have sold 500 tickets.”
Our favorite part about this is that eye witnesses to the phenomenon are very reticent to call it anything other than a very unique site to see.
“I didn’t feel anything spooky or look around for Martians or anything like that,” Woody said. “It was just a unique situation. It’s just as vivid now as when I was 12 years old.”
An unexplained happening that reminds you of fond childhood memories. This might be the most heart warming Fortean occurrence in history.