^ Wow, Uriel, I've been to both Cade's Cove and Elkmont (a camping ground). What a small world it is!
As strange as it might seem, I have never heard of the fireflies that blink en mass, but I was at Cades Cove one year that the 17-year locust came out of hibernation. If you have never heard of this insect, it comes out every 17-years, breeds, then hibernates for another 17 years. When the insect breeds, the airwaves are inundated with a strange "coo"-ing sound that is never forgotten once heard.
The tale of the ages-old Scandinavian method of marking trails in the dark is believable to me because foxfire is quite bright.
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