I listen to this at night whenever I am homesick. Takes me back to warm summer nights with the windows open and the sound of frogs coming in on a soft breeze.
Born and raised in NC and now live elsewhere. Couldn’t sleep one night and thought back to summer camp as a kid and my family’s house back where the pond was outside my old bedroom window. I didn’t know I needed this or how much it would soothe me deep in my bones. This feels homegrown and has calmed my brain more than I could’ve imagined. Thank you for putting this out there
Sounds exactly like sleeping with the windows open at my grandmother's home in the Blue Ridge Mtns of Western North Carolina, circa 1960s & 70s. I can never thank you enough for this. Many times, both then & now, I've felt fear & dismay that I might never hear this sound again. It is so huge a part of my heart & my very soul. The hope to have this with me & be listening to it when I'm at my very last moments of this earthly life :) ❤️🌈
Wish I could find one this long with the sound of a whipper-will bird added. Something about it reminds me of summer nights in the south, sleeping at my granny's house with the windows open. So peaceful, oh to just go back
I'm having the same problem. I grew up in rural New Jersey, and I'm looking for a chorus of frogs, crickets, and WHOOPERWILLS. I can not find a video anywhere that includes whooperwills. Maybe I'll have to go to my grandmother's house and record one, lol.
... I play this every night for my pet toads who were caught in the wild. I can't know for sure, but I imagine it makes them feel less lonely and scared. Or maybe I'm silly, lol. But either way, thanks. :)
+NDFanatik once frogs have been taken from the wild and held captive they cannot hear the sound of other frogs in the wild or they will become cannibalistic and zombie like. Stop this now or they will mutate and become something you have only seen in nightmares.....bad nightmares...night terrors even....worse with toads
I am from Harlan, I have family in Jonesville. Those mountains are my home. I now live in Georgetown KY, but I pull this up all the time to help me go to sleep. It’s the sounds of home.
I have ADHD and this is better than any sleeping pill. My brain concentrates on the sounds, not words, which just make me think and think. Sounds, as beautiful as these, lull me right to sleep. It's a great tool! Thank you!
I've been sleeping to this for 18 months every night. It's been great to have familiar soothing sounds, so very similar to my first home in Maryland close to a pond. Thank you very much.
Been listening to this each night for a couple weeks. Love the variety of sounds. Even the cars add to it. But my favorite is what seems to be a very faint sound of someone breathing deeply, maybe even softly snoring, in the background. It makes me smile to myself each time I hear it. Whoever it is sounds so peaceful.
I was told to try ambient noise for my tinnitus. I have a 7800Hz pitch in both ears. This is the only one that I can fall asleep to. Thank You so much!
I love this! I'm from the Piedmont of NC, and this sounds like home to me. I imagine that people who aren't used to summer night sounds in this region would find it hard to sleep with the racket things make, but I love it.
When I was a (city) child, the first time I slept over at my aunt's house in the hills of southern Ohio, I couldn't believe the racket! I love it now, but boy, that was an experience I've never forgotten. The local paper mill clear-cut the hills there several times over the years, and it doesn't sound the same anymore, even though the trees have grown back. :(
I have ADHD and this is EXACTLY what I need to stop my brain from thinking, and just listen......and fall and STAY asleep. Thank you! These have been life changing for me.
How amazing! 3 I really miss these things, and this video is a perfect remember of good times on my grandfather's farm. Really, really lovely. And it helps me sleep a lot!
I'm a trucker from Texas and use to walk around the campground adjacent to the Lee Hi truck stop. Always relaxing after a day of driving. Thanks for sharing this. We can't replicate this sound out here in West Texas
Who in the bloody hell could thumbs down this video? I use these nature sounds videos to get to sleep of a night. These days, they are not only a necessity for me but a major blessing. And I'm loving this one! So who is so anal retentive that they would give this a thumbs down??
Frogs steadily purring has a hypnotic effect allowing me to relax in the flow.. And the crickets are the best couple to this not too loud. Thanks! I love it
This is perfect. Perfect sounds. Perfect volume. I can hear it over the fan blowing. I have been searching for the right one and I finally found it! Thank you!
Leaving home for the military has made me missing home more than I would have thought, and due to the current virus I have unfortunately not been able to return to my family in the virginia mountains. While laying in bed at night missing the sounds of the mountains I found this video to help me get over the homesickness.
Took me quite a long time to find this. It’s perfect. Brings back nostalgia of living with my dad in southeastern Ohio as a teen. The hot humid summer nights always required your window to be open, and I fell asleep to this sound every night. Thank you.
I am a Virginian, now living in Scotland, and I miss the summer night "music" so much. I listen to this every night and it makes me feel relaxed and sleepy. Thank you for posting this.
+Martha Mawson What's it like living in Scotland and what brought you to move there.??? I hear they have very small apartments and houses that make you feel claustrophobic.
+Rue Stahl I love living here. Always wanted to live in Britain and moved over in 2000. Some of the older houses and apartments are quite small and I have to admit to being quite shocked on the size of accommodation over here. But we live in a lovely big house right on the shores of sea loch. Love it.
+Rue Stahl It was an older house that was completely rebuilt and a new part added. But lots of the houses that are being built now are bigger. It's just the older properties that are still small when compared to houses in the US.
I just want to say thank you for making this video!! I live in North Carolina and I've always wanted someone to do a great recording that sounds just like it does here!! Finally after months of searching I found the perfect video! Thank you so much ;)
Brings back memories of where I grew up south of Alexandria Virginia right on the edge of a swamp. Here is what Jim Morrison of the Doors said about this very swamp I grew up next to; "I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat Comes out of the Virginia swamps Cool and slow with plenty of precision With a back beat narrow and hard to master" When Jim Morrison was in high school, he used to frequent the bars on Route 1 near Ft Belvoir where all of the black blues musicians played. That area is right on the other side of the swamp I grew up next to. This is what he would have heard in the summer as he was walking down the road to go into these bars.
I am from WV and I live in SC now for over 10 years and I miss being home so much. From the people in the Virginia and WV to the frogs and the lighting bugs, I miss it all. There is nothing like it. There are no lighting bugs here and it is sad not to be able to sit in the grass and watch the stars and lighting bugs in the night. I guess it is too hot here for them? Thank you so much for this!
+soldier OfGod I'm originally from Illinois (Southern part) and we had lots of Lightning Bugs and Chiggers. I live in Southern Oregon now and we don't have any either, because it gets too cold.
This has helped me so much. I miss this sound in winter time. And the biggest thing is I work three 12 hour nights at a hospital an hour and 45 minutes away so I stay there in a patient room and sleep during day. I listen to this to drown outhe all the noise of hospital. It transforms me to another place. Thanks you
In 2006, I was involved in a student film project done by the FSU film school in Tallahassee. It was shot entirely at Lake Talquin State Park and one shoot went past midnight. It was early June and the sound of the crickets and tree frogs was just unbelievable, much louder than what you hear in this video. In fact, the thousands of tree frogs around us were making their sound in a unison rhythm and were so loud, we had to yell on the set to be heard. I've never heard anything like it before or since. I'm not a fan of being out in the woods at midnight, especially June in North Florida. Got an epic case of chiggers for my trouble.
+B Davis Don't you just love Chiggers... Lmao. I live in Southern Oregon now and we don't have chiggers here, but one thing I do miss is Lightning Bugs, but we have lots of mosquitoes.
+Rue Stahl Southern Illinois is where it's at if you want the fireflies and frogs without too much hassle. Had a small field near my house that would just be flooded with fireflies. Along with a low sitting forest to the right of it that always had water in it so it was perfect for frogs. Too bad I had to move now I'm stuck in the middle of a small/medium town.
+Rue Stahl It was my only experience with them so far. Massive attack, at least 300 or so places per leg, got very inflamed. And they didn't stop at the legs. Itched and burned for two months. I love lightning bugs. The best is to take a walk and see woods and bushes just full of them.
+Josh Walrus They're not ticks, they're mites. You can't sense them when they are actually on you, The liquid they inject dissolves flesh. Not life-threatening, but it's torturous. They're world-wide in warmer areas. Don't know where the name comes from.
Love the sound of crickets and frogs and the lightning bugs love the sunset and sunrise love nature and the mountains and the waterfalls love the sound of the water it's amazing and peaceful and relaxing 😊 nature is peaceful and happy and beautiful and beautiful I always appreciate God's beautiful nature thank you so much for your video and sharing it ❤️💜 💙💙 I appreciate it
Your video has the highest ratings in cat society; thank you so much!.... I leave it on all day for them, and when I get home they are all gathered around the laptop, on the bed, asleep.
Gotta say.... great video to help get my one year old, now 2, too get used to the outdoor sounds when we camp. This is his lulaby!!! Gotta say GREAT JOB!!!!!
Last night I could not go back to sleep. I thought maybe something like night time sounds.... Well, low and behold I come across this and I am blown away that i grew up within 10 miles of this place. I got tbe best nights sleep listening to my homeplace. It was like sleeping with the windows open. Thank you! Could you do one of the water fall at the sand cave at night? That would be exquisite!
I'm reading these commemts from long ago...some 4yrs....and l have to say friends.Ya'll are each right for ya'lls area,mountains and cool night air.But gang....ypu haven't lived til ur South, in the Delta lands of Mississippi on summer nights w/breezes coming off the river thru your raised screened window bringing scents of crepe myrtle tree blooms and honeysuckle vines growing on a trellis cause your mama thought it brought humming birds to your windows.And the sounds and smells coming thru that window were stuff that makes you sleep the sleep of the angels.Crickets everywhere...lightening bugs sovast and many that it looks like a whole town lit up from a distance at night.The smells are the biggest memory smile makers tho.Like between freshly mowed grass,a little tiny light rain and something that has baked in your mama's kitchen that day and that honeysuckle vine planted last summer thats all over the place on that old trellis.And the sound coming from the baseball field shutting down around 11pm. And the frogs.Lord....their everywhere.But they sre the dearest sounds of summer evenings to us southeners.So you want to tell us how much you miss the sounds of summer in the mountains?I could write you some beautiful memories of summer evenings in Mississippi.l'm an old woman now.But those smells and summer evening sounds?I'd give anything but my soul to go back even for just a night.
Cades Cove is my favorite place on earth. I love being there. Unfortunately I'm disabled now and probably wont get a chance to go back but I have years of memories that I cherish.
I thought this sounded like home. I miss the country. I live in these Va. Mountains too but I'm in the city now. This is so pleasant. Thank You. It sounds like Grandmaws house.
Sounds are just like the ones from the family vacation house that we had for 30 years in WVa. The only thing "missing," are the Whip-poor-wills! Thank you so much for posting this.
thank you so much for this video. i'm from upstate ny along the pa border. i miss this soooo very much! i live in TN in a city now but even out in a semi rural area i do not hear them like i used to in NY! i listen to this every single night when i go to bed. as soon as my 2 poms hear this video they jump up and are ready for bed too!
+leanna mckinney Just shows you can take the girl out of the South but you can't take the South out of the girl. Remember, you're "American by birth and Southern by the grace of God".
You can here these up north, too. You just have to wait longer because it takes longer for the cold weather to calm down, but it’s worth it in june and July.
We have a Malamute puppy that often loudly cries himself to sleep. I started playing this for him and it puts him right out. I still play it every night even now that hes older and doesnt need it because it soothes ME so much. We love this!
I wish I would have found this video before spending money on a sleep app. It's perfect. It reminds me of my childhood nights on the farm. Thanks for making this.
This helped me so much! I remember when I was little, when I stayed the night at my papaws, he would leave the window cracked because it would get to hot in the house, and this is what it sounded like! Thank you so much. I've looked for this everywhere.
Love showing my son the fireflies on phone when its sleep time at 8 when the sun is still bright out. The whole video, and omg 10 hours!!!!! Is great if my phone and service allows to last that long.... Great nighty night video !!!
I grew up on a large wooded property in Massachusetts. These sounds are "home" to me & bring back such great memories of my childhood. I live in Florida now & the hot summer nights bring tree frogs & cicadas, but it's not quite the same. And I love seeing the lightening bugs! We don't have them here. Thanks so much! 💚🦗🐸
Bruhhhhh I lowkey get sad when summer ends and I come across these videos. I always leave my room window open on summer nights because these sounds help me relax and sleep. Summer is literally my favorite season ong
I have 4 Copes I rescued from tadpoles. They're 5 yrs old now and in the best of health. Whenever they hear the sound of a recorded Copes, the 2 males begin singing. It is a lovely song.
This reminds me of going to bed in the 1950's in the spring and summer time on my parents wooded acre outside the city limits of Indianapolis Indiana. There were bugs screaming their heads off, Spring Peeper frogs squeaking and millions of lightening bugs and cicada doing their things.
This is fantastic!! I was OUT in less than 10min and slept ALL night long!! I don't know how you record these vids, but you've got a winner with this! Thank you very much!!!
Thank you for posting this! I left VA in 96 and id never go back but I miss these evening sounds so much. I can peg the approximate time of the evening within 15 minutes as the sounds change.
I live in the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina and that sounds just like home. Thanks for sharing its still spring so not full season for these sounds yet so hearing them this early is nice while trying to get some zzzzssss. :)
This is perfect playing behind one of my favorite outdoor campfire videos too. With campfire video tab open and this playing on another tab. Laying in the dark next to the fire and crackling flames and then this audio night creature track playing along side it just works perfectly to make me feel like I'm laying outside camping by the fire. Thank you...
