Origin of the Brown Mountain Light in North Carolina


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The official explanation of the Brown Mountain Light in North Carolina. After numerous requests, the United States Geological Survey investigated the light in 1922. This is the compelling story of the unusual investigation into the "unexplained phenomenon" of the Brown Mountain light.




The Brown Mountain Lights


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Mysterious nighttime lights near Brown Mountain in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest have intrigued locals and visitors for more than a century. The result of a three year investigation, this book identifies both manmade and natural light sources--including some unexpected ones--behind North Carolina's most famous ghost story. History, science and human nature are each found to play a role in the understanding and interpretation of the lights people see.










The Brown Mountain Lights and the Mesozoic Phoenix


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65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period eighty-five percent of all species disappeared, including the dinosaurs. This was the second largest mass extinction in Earth's history and numerous theories have been proposed to explain it, but none of them have been correct. Now there is a new theory. Geologist Derek Burdette and his seismologist and ex-power lifter friend, big Jeff "Mac" Mackenzie, embark on an ordinary camping trip in the North Carolina mountains. The camping trip turns into a scientific mystery when they have an alien encounter and stumble upon the real reason for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.




The Devil's Tramping Ground and Other North Carolina Mystery Stories


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From the first colonization at Roanoke Island, the bizarre and inexplicable have shrouded the Tar Heel State. From history and legend, John Harden records ominous events that have shaped or colored state history.







This Week's Words


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Carl White is a TV Personality, Producer and Columnist. This book features a collection of syndicated stories written in his voice about the people and places of the Carolinas. Whether it's the historic doorknobs of Old Salem and how confusing they can be for some people or a random conversation at a country diner with a Veteran about his service in Vietnam, Carl spends his time doing what he enjoys most, sharing real stories with viewers and readers. Did you know that Edgefield, SC was the home to ten SC Governors? Or that world-renowned Jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie was from Cheraw, SC? What about those mysterious Brown Mountain Lights in the North Carolina Mountains? They have kept people guessing what they are for hundreds of years. Discover the beauty of the brackish Waccamaw river and learn about the massive live oaks that predate the founding of America. In Gold Hill, NC we make a connection with the past learning about the early days of gold mining in America. In days past, the mayor of Charlotte, NC once said that he hoped that Charlotte would someday be as prosperous as Gold Hill. These inspired stories of the Carolinas and many more appeared weekly in Newspaper Print throughout North and South Carolina and have now been curated in volume one of This Weeks Words.




Tar Heel Ghosts


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An amazing assortment of twenty-three stories and ten "short shorts" comprise this popular selection. More than merely entertaining, Tar Heel Ghosts captures the "spirit" of North Carolina's past. North Carolina's ghost stories have infinite variety. There are mountainous ghosts and seafaring ghosts; colonial ghosts and modern ghosts; gentle ghosts and roistering ghosts; delicate lady ghosts and fishwife ghosts; home ghosts and ghosts that just want to be noticed. Mysterious signs and symbols appear--small black crosses, galloping white horses, strangely moving lights, floating veils, lifelike apparitions, skulls, dripping blood, and "things that go bump in the night." At least one North Carolina ghost got himself into a court record, and other ghostly phenomena have attracted scientific investigation. These stories have a marked realistic North Carolina flavor. The reader finds mountain cabins and antebellum mansions, Indian trails, water wheels, river steamboats, railroad trains, slave labor on plantations, revenuers and stills in the mountains, a burial in St. James Churchyard in Wilmington, Winston-Salem before the days of Winston, Raleigh in the 1860s, Fayetteville during World War II, and even a new suburb haunted by old spooks.