Nightmarks in North Carolina
13 nightmarks documented
The Carroll A. Deering — A Ghost Ship Found Adrift off Cape Hatteras (1921)
A five-masted schooner found aground with food on the stove and the table set — but all eleven crew members had vanished without a trace.
Attmore-Oliver House — poltergeist activity in New Bern, North Carolina
The rocking chair rocks on its own for minutes at a time in this 18th-century New Bern house — pots fly from hooks and furniture drags across empty rooms.
Roanoke Island — ghostly voices of the Lost Colony, North Carolina
117 colonists vanished from Roanoke in 1590 — their voices in Elizabethan English still carry on the wind, and phantom figures watch the nightly drama.
Carolina Theatre — the ghost of the 1981 fire in Greensboro, North Carolina
The 1981 arsonist's fire left more than scorch marks — the smell of phantom smoke and a woman's whispers haunt this Greensboro theater decades later.
Harvey Mansion — the elderly ghost of New Bern, North Carolina
An elderly gentleman from the 1800s supervises the dining room at this colonial-era New Bern inn — place settings rearrange when no one is looking.
Tar River ghost light — the phantom lantern of Edgecombe County, North Carolina
A phantom lantern bobs along the Tar River, approaching those who stand still and retreating from those who follow — its carrier was murdered here long ago.
The Brown Mountain Lights — North Carolina's Enduring Appalachian Mystery
Glowing orbs have risen above Brown Mountain since before European settlement. Two USGS investigations failed to explain them.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke — America's Oldest Unsolved Mystery (1590)
117 colonists vanished from Roanoke Island. The only clue — the word 'CROATOAN' carved into a post. After 435 years, their fate remains unknown.
Brown Mountain Lights — the ghost orbs of Burke County, North Carolina
Mysterious glowing orbs have risen above Brown Mountain for centuries — Cherokee legend says they are the spirits of warriors killed in ancient battle.
Bright object observed over Rural Hall near Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1967)
A bright unknown near Winston-Salem — North Carolina kept adding cases to the Blue Book files year after year.
Bright low-altitude object reported near Vanceboro, North Carolina (1966)
A silent, brilliant close-range encounter near a major Marine Corps air station during the sustained 1966 wave.
Bright object observed over the Blue Ridge Mountains near Burnsville, North Carolina (1966)
A bright object over the dark peaks of the Blue Ridge — North Carolina's mountains added another unknown to the active 1966 wave.
Bright object with unusual motion observed over Salisbury, North Carolina (1966)
A hovering, darting light over North Carolina as the famous spring 1966 wave — which would reshape Blue Book — began building.