Entity register
Alleged entity · identity not verified
Brown Mountain Lights
Sources attach this name to the 1 place below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
The Brown Mountain Lights are the entity itself — glowing orbs rising and drifting over the ridge at night, reported since before the Civil War. Whether spirit fires (Cherokee/Catawba lore), headlights (the USGS verdict), or something else, the lights are the most persistent 'entity' in the Southern mountains.