Back in April 1975, a string of well-documented sightings sent UFO investigators scrambling across the country to Lumberton, North Carolina. Some estimates report that as many as 80 people, including 40 police officers, observed close encounters and unidentified flying object sightings over a week-long span. The incidents are known as the “Lumberton UFO flap,” and…
The Unexplained 1973 UFO Sighting over Myrtle Beach
During the summer of 1973, residents and people visiting the Grand Strand in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, were treated to one of the greatest mysteries in South Carolina history. Sometime in the early evening hours, onlookers began noticing lights in the sky over the Atlantic. At first, it appeared as a faint orange-red glow, but…
The Whang-Doodle of Western North Carolina
Most folks in western North Carolina know the creature as the whang-doodle, but some call it the king-doddle. The creature is said to come out after dark, typically hanging around barns and henhouses. The last one spotted was in McDowell County, almost fifty years ago, but the old stories still get passed down. “Way it…
The Civil War and Linville Caverns
Many people have stopped at Linville Caverns in Marion, North Carolina, through the years. The caverns were first discovered in 1822 by Henry E. Colton, but what many don’t know is their ties to the Civil War. When war broke out in April 1861, many deserters from both the Confederate and Union armies used it…
The Chapel of Ease
The Chapel of Ease was built around 1740 on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, in Beaufort County, to serve the island’s plantation community, but on November 4th, 1861, a messenger arrived with urgent news for Captain William Oliver Perry Fripp about the Union army approaching, during the Civil War, prompting locals to flee and abandon…