Bioluminescent Squirrel Theory

The Box of Oddities

John Elliott and Kat Walls

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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EPISODE 742: (with Christine Schiefer of "And That's Why We Drink) This Halloween, something spooky this way swaps. In this very special Paraween Host Snatchers edition of The Box of Oddities, Kat is joined by the delightfully haunted Christine Schiefer of And That’s Why We Drink—because JG has mysteriously vanished (probably abducted by science or a mothman, TBD). Together, Kat and Christine unpack the glowing enigma of the Brown Mountain Lights—the unexplained orbs that have haunted Appalachia for over a century. Are they ghosts? Aliens? Passive-aggressive lovers stuck in a centuries-long spat? Or just bioluminescent squirrels playing god? We explore all the theories—ball lightning, swamp gas, folklore, fungal rave dust—and somehow make room for 1913 dental ads and an impromptu John Denver roast. Whether you're a fan of high strangeness, ghost lore, or just want to hear Christine and Kat lose it over the phrase “globular form,” this crossover episode is a Halloween-season must-listen. 🔦 Featuring lore, laughs, and a whole lot of Appalachian weirdness.🎧 Press play and get your globular on. Perfect for fans of: And That's Why We Drink Paranormal mysteries Appalachian folklore Bioluminescent squirrel theories Spooky season shenanigans LIVE SHOW INFO AND TICKETS HERE! #ParanormalPodcast #BrownMountainLights #AndThatsWhyWeDrink #BoxOfOddities #Paraween #PodcastCrossover #WeirdHistory #GhostLore #TrueWeird #AppalachianMysteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Matt from the Explorers podcast. I want to invite you to join me on the voyages and journeys of the most famous explorers in the history of the world. These are the thrilling and captivating stories of Vigelin, Shackleton, Lewis, and Clark, and so many other famous and not so famous adventures from throughout history.
0:22.8	Go to Explorespodcast.com or just look us up on your podcast app.
0:27.0	That's the Explorers Podcast.
0:32.4	What is the season it's time
0:39.3	Parooine
0:40.3	You've been waiting, we've been waiting, the world's been waiting, they just didn't know it, Paroine is here
0:45.3	Okay, uh, Red's when you are
0:48.3	Ready, I'm nervous
0:50.3	Me too, I don't know why
0:52.3	Okay It's the box of oddities, sort of. Thank you for joining us for a very special blossom. We are so jazz to be a part of Parraween, presented by Parapods. It is the invasion of the host snatchers.
1:15.0	And Jethro has been snatched.
1:17.4	Oh, no.
1:18.6	And has been replaced by Christine Schiefer.
1:22.7	You know her from, and that's why we drink, too sandy water too wet and from everywhere i just
1:29.9	always find my way into your into your into your it's true insert myself so here i am it's about time
1:35.3	i swap with jethro or jg sorry with jg either way call him whatever you want call him deborra i don't
1:42.8	care oh okay it's about time finally my to shine. This is something that we've been wanting to do and talking about for a long time. And finally, someone else had to make it happen. Yeah, I feel like it wasn't me either. It was Eva or lovely producers. Like, I have an idea. And I went, okay, send me the link. I'll be there. You know, It wasn't as hard as I had envisioned it to be. But it's been years in the making. So I'm honored to be here.
2:04.9	Well, thank you so much. And you today have been assigned, I guess, by the spooky gods to tell me about something very interesting. And since you are the spooky of us, too, you're going to tell me about something very interesting. And since you are the spooky of us too, you're going to tell me about what now?
2:21.6	I'm going to tell you about the brown mountain lights.
2:25.0	And they're not brown lights.
2:26.7	There are lights at Brown Mountain.
2:28.5	Thank you for clarifying.
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