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The lights are the inspiration for the bluegrass song, Scotty Wiseman’s “Brown Mountain Lights,” later performed by The Hillmen (Vern Gosdin - Vocals) and also the Kingston Trio and the Country Gentlemen. In this version, the light is being carried by "a faithful old slave/come back from the grave" who is searching for his lost master. The song was also recorded by the progressive bluegrass band Acoustic Syndicate and performed by Yonder Mountain String Band. This song was also performed and recorded by Sonny James, Roy Orbison and Tommy Faile.
A 1999 Sixth Season episode "Field Trip" of the popular paranormal drama show The X Files centered around a mysterious case of missing hikers that were found dead in the vicinity of the Brown Mountains of North Carolina.
In 2004, a science fiction novel was published by the author R. Scott Caines under the title The Brown Mountain Lights and The Mesozoic Phoenix. The story centers around a scientific mystery involving the Brown Mountain lights of North Carolina and the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
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