Episode 76: The Brown Mountain Lights

Unspookable

Nate DuFort

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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 You can find Unspookable on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@unspookablepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/unspookablepodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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 Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media, committed to making quality programming for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Looking for merch from Unspookable and your favorite Soundsington Media shows? Head on over to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dashery store ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, hats and more. ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundsington-media.dashery.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Unspookable Halloween Giveaway Do you have a favorite topic, monster, or cryptid from an episode of Unspookable? Do you like to draw, paint, or sculpt - maybe even write poems or songs? Well, we want to share your work while offering YOU a chance to win an Unspookable t-shirt and other surprises in the Second Annual Unspookable Halloween Giveaway. Here's How to Enter: Pick your favorite Unspookabe topic between now and October 31st Create a piece of art in any medium based on that topic - maybe it’s something you’ve already made! Have a grown up share your work by either tagging ⁠⁠UnspookablePodcast⁠⁠ on instagram or by emailing the show at: ⁠⁠SoundsingtonMedia@gmail.com⁠⁠ (alternatively you can also just email and say "hi") Then, Unspookable will post the art on our socials and five lucky listeners will be chosen at random to receive the prize packages. No purchase necessary. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and D.C. age 13 or older. Entry period begins at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 10/7/2025 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on 10/31/2025. Void where prohibited. The Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram. Advertise on Unspookable: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com

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0:00.0	Did you have trouble picking out clothes for school this morning?
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0:34.4	Soundington Media.
0:39.0	You and a couple friends are tromping through the woods of North Carolina.
0:43.8	The three of you have hiked this trail in the Brown Mountains a couple times before.
0:48.6	But today, you started a little later than you meant to,
0:52.2	and the setting sun, plus a few scattered clouds,
0:55.9	are making the trail dim enough that the fireflies have come out early. Their beautiful blinking
1:01.8	lights make it feel almost as though the forest is full of fairies. One firefly lands on your
1:08.8	arm, and you bring it up to your nose to watch it.
1:12.7	What makes it glow like that, you wonder?
1:16.3	You've heard the word bioluminescence before, but you're still not sure how it actually works.
1:23.4	And just then, a big, wet drop goes plunk on your arm, scaring the firefly away.
1:31.8	You look up.
1:33.3	Those scattered clouds you noticed earlier, they've multiplied and turned a deep, dark, gray.
1:41.2	It seems like they're about to provide a lot more than shade. Plunk, plunk, plunk,
1:48.8	more drops fall. Faster and faster and you can hear a downpour hitting leaves nearby in the forest.
1:57.6	You know you can't leave sight of the trail in these dense woods, so it's very lucky that you all spot a cave opening just a few yards away.
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