Show Notes
Sometimes strange glowing orbs appear around Brown Mountain in North Carolina. Locals call them the Brown Mountain Lights, and no one really knows what they are. Some say they’re spirits or ghosts, some aliens, and others think they’re a quirk of nature. We'll share our ideas and those of the experts on this episode of Unspookable.
Host: Elise Parisian
Written by: Miden Wood
Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort
Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case
Logo by: Natalie Khuen
Episode Art: Alhafiz
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Daniel Caton's Brown Mountain Lights Camera 1B July 16-17, 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU88gWGVDV0
Rare weather phenomenon filmed by Ed and Melinda Pardy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmOfwFHBu_o
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Unspookable Halloween Giveaway
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