Brown Mountain Lights, Mysterious Orbs In NC, Are Decades~Old Mystery
Brown Mountain Lights, Mysterious Orbs In NC, Are Decades-Old Mystery
Tom Breen 02/26/12 04:46 PM ET
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/26/brown-mountain-lights-nc_n_130…
RALEIGH, N.C. — Two orange orbs, just about 10 feet off the ground, floated past Steve Woody and his father as they hunted deer more than 50 years ago. The mysterious lights passed them, then dropped down the side of a gorge in the Blue Ridge foothills.
For at least a century, the Brown Mountain Lights have confounded residents and tourists in a rugged patch of Burke County, bobbing and weaving near a modest peak. Are they reflections from automobile headlights? Brush fires? A paranormal phenomenon, or something natural not yet explained by science?