| North Carolina is home to one of the strangest | | | | flood that knocked out the railroad bridges in Catawba |
| phenomena in the world, The Brown Mountain Lights. | | | | Valley. The trains were unable to enter the valley for |
| As far as The Brown Mountain Lights are concerned, | | | | quite some time due to this disaster. Power lines were |
| there is no question of whether or not they exist. | | | | down and roads were unusable. The eerie lights |
| What they are and why they exist would be more | | | | continued to appear as if nothing had ever happened, |
| appropriate questions. | | | | therefore ruling out locomotive or automobile headlights |
| For hundreds of years, people have theorized and | | | | as an explanation for these strange lights. Some say |
| debated over what exactly these ghost lights could be. | | | | that clues can be found in the geology of the mystery |
| Some natives believe that the lights are the ghosts of | | | | mountain itself. When viewed from above, one can |
| ancient Cherokee warriors who were killed while | | | | instantly make out the outline of a Native Americans |
| battling on the mountainside. Others think that a more | | | | face, looking towards the battlefield. |
| scientific explanation is more likely. As a matter of fact, | | | | So what exactly are these ancient and mysterious |
| a number of scientific investigations have been done | | | | lights? This question is likely to haunt NC residents and |
| on The Brown Mountain Lights. One such investigation | | | | tourists for many more centuries. On the other hand, if |
| was done by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1913. They | | | | you are ever in NC, you should take a look for |
| concluded that the lights were merely locomotive | | | | yourself. You just might get an up close and personal |
| headlights from the Catawba Valley, near Brown | | | | view that could shed some "light" on the subject and |
| Mountain. Case closed. Or was it? | | | | solve the mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights once |
| Approximately three years later there was a massive | | | | and for all. |