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History is full of unexplained mysteries, and for some reason, we as humans tend to concentrate on the mysterious things more than the undeniable facts. So if you love historical mysteries, you are in for a treat since this list compiled by Bored Panda looks at some unexplained events that scientists have failed to explain. From a 2,000-year-old body that still had hair and eyelashes on it, to a text that nobody in the world can understand, this list shows you the weird history side. Feel free to share your theories in the comments!
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#1
The Gorilla Who Said Animals Go To A "Comfortable Hole" When They Die
The beloved gorilla Koko was taught sign language and was able to communicate with people through it. In an interview, Francine Patterson, who was Koko’s trainer and the closest human to her, was asked how deep their conversations with Koko would go. She answered “It started early on with a conversation Koko had with one of her caregivers about death. The caregiver showed Koko a skeleton and asked, “Is this alive or dead?” Koko signed, “Dead, draped.” “Draped” means “covered up.” Then the caregiver asked, “Where do animals go when they die?” Koko said, “A comfortable hole.” Then she gave a kiss goodbye.” This interesting story surprised many and left a lot of room for philosophical debates. Oh, if only Koko could elaborate on her thought.
Graham King 6 years ago
I wonder if Koko understood this the way people are taking it. Did she mean in terms of an afterlife, or did she mean in practical terms 'where do animals choose to go when they are dying and about to die'? Because many ill or dying animals do hide away then, likely in 'a comfortable hole'.
Mia Cardenas 6 years ago
Koko did just more than address mortality. He also addressed habitat destruction. We truly do not give animals the credit that they deserve for their amazing ability to evolve, love and communicate with one another. We don't even see them as sentient beings. what a tragic world
ingion1 6 years ago (edited)
Not credit,not even their rightful space to breathe and evolve as part of nature which we as human specie have wrongfully separated ourselves at least in our minds.we destroy and consume everything.thousands of species are being extinct in just a century over thousands or even million of years of evolution.Unfortunately we are the tragedy brought upon the tree of life.we have the the capacity to do great good and protect,truly be the guardians of this world and yet we are doing the exact opposite as a rule.i cant help but to see ourselves as a wrong mutation in tree of life,nature has a very hard time to get rid of.our way of life...sorry i am rambling.You are so right i couldnt help myself start saying these things.
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PandaLover 6 years ago
This really shows that animals are intellectual creatures too and that sometimes they might even understand some things better than humans
FortnitePlayerGirl 6 years ago (edited)
I think she might have been reincarnated or something...That's deep.
Kai 6 years ago
Animals can be smart. There is a youtube video about a parrot playing kid games and speaking to his owner.
Danin Larksy 6 years ago
There are also youtube videos showing cats dancing and dogs licking their butts. Youtube may not be the best evidence to use... :)
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Jarek Satała 6 years ago
I'd love to have seen her and interact with her. Such a precious creature she was.
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#2
The 2,000-Year-Old Body That Still Has Hair, Eyelashes, And Blood In Her Veins
Xin Zhui who is also known as Lady Day was the Marquise of Dai during the Western Han dynasty in ancient China. Her tomb was found 2,000 years after her death inside a hill named Mawangdui in China with hundreds of valuable artifacts and documents alongside her body. What surprised everyone, however, was how incredibly well preserved her body was thousands of years after her death. Lady Day was found with all of her organs and blood vessels intact, there was also a small amount of Type A blood found in her veins, and she still had hair and eyelashes. Scientists found seeds of melon in her stomach which led them to believe she died during the melon season in summer; this also meant she died within a couple of hours of eating a melon. What surprised everyone the most was the mysterious liquid that her body was soaked in? It was mildly acidic and had some magnesium in it, and it was probably what helped to preserve her body. To this day scientists still don’t know what kind of liquid it was.
Jude 6 years ago
3-D CT scans must've been used to get the shape of her skull and built on that to see her when young. The Wikipedia article (the photos come from) explains she was 50 when she died. Although I have no doubt she was beautiful when young, when she died she very overweight (I think it's noticeable from the thickness of her body). She was riddled with internal parasites and experts believed she died from a heart attack as she had coronary thrombosis and arteriosclerosis from a sedentary life and rich foods. She also had gall bladder stones with one stuck in her bile duct, plus a couple of fused discs which would've caused a great deal of pain. ---- It's sad in a way that often the wealthy had very unpleasant lives as they aged - full of pain and disease. Reading archeology articles, it doesn't matter what part of the world, it happened to almost all the wealthy.
Randomcthulu 6 years ago
Yep, when excess and being sedentary is a way of showing wealth, you die fat and miserable, just look at Henry VIII
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Bored Fox 6 years ago (edited)
Here is a small docomentary about this corpse. Ask A Mortician is a great YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OdRTQiUxlQ
Cat person 6 years ago
Yeah I actually learned about lady day on her channel first
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It's amazing how well perserved it is, to the point where the face could be reconsructed as a model. She must have been beautiful!
Jennie VanDyke 6 years ago
the statue is not accurate, the people who created this just wanted to make her look presentable or attractive. there are silk scrolls with a more accurate depiction of her showing her overweight and walking with a cane.
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Carol Emory 6 years ago
There was a similar body found in China..the woman was also well preserved in Mercury. So well in fact that scientists were able to determine she died from gall stones. She was dated to be 3500 years old.
Dani 6 years ago
If you like this, be sure to check out Ötzi the iceman. He's a 5000-year-old natural wet mummy, perfectly perserved, found in the Alps between Austria and Italy by two German hikers in 1999, and as it turns out he was murdered. I had to write a 20-page essay on him for my sixth grade history class last year and he's really cool. Here's the link to the website of the museum where he's housed: http://www.iceman.it/en/
Tor Rolf Strøm 6 years ago
So, we're not gonna talk about her horrific, soul-splitting facial expression?
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
That’s what death looks like in reality, and this is mild in comparison.
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Molly Block 6 years ago
I don't believe they cannot figure out what the liquid is. We have chemical analyzers that our doctors use to drug test us, and they can detect and itemize every chemical in our urine.
Bored Fox 6 years ago (edited)
The biggest problem is that no one knows sure was the liquid added to the casket before the funeral (like an ancient enbalming fluid) or was it accumulated slowly to the casket over the time from the surrounding moisture. So it is also possible that the corpse would have been in much better (or worse) condition if the casket would have been 100% water proof.
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TC 6 years ago
It's surprising nobody can know the composition of the the liquid that preserves her.
Bored Fox 6 years ago
The biggest problem is that no one knows sure was the liquid added to the casket before the funeral (like an ancient enbalming fluid) or was it accumulated slowly to the casket over the time from the surrounding moisture. So it is also possible that the corpse would have been in much better (or worse) condition if the casket would have been 100% water proof.
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Man Becomes A Musical Genius After Experiencing A Head Trauma
Imagine waking up one day and finding out you are basically a musical genius even though you haven’t practiced a day in your life. That would be pretty amazing, right? Well, a similar thing happened to Derek Amato, only there was a significant price to pay. In October of 2006, Derek suffered from a severe concussion after hitting his head at the end of the pool while diving. After this Derek suffered from 35% hair loss and some memory loss, but he also acquired a skill that many practice their entire life for - he became a composer. "As I shut my eyes, I found these black and white structures moving from left to right, which in fact would represent in my mind, a fluid and continuous stream of musical notation," Amato explained his condition. It is believed that Derek might be the only person in the world to gain genius-level talent after experiencing trauma, and even though the acquired musical savant syndrome is already known to doctors, usually cases are not as strong as Derek’s.
Blake Morgan 6 years ago
So does that mean if I bang my head against my pool, I will be the worlds best musician? KEWL, ME WANT!!
BusLady 6 years ago
I actually did hit my head in a pool. But I'm still stupid. Lol
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Jude 6 years ago
Dr. Oliver Sacks, the famous neurologist (the movie Awakenings with Robin Williams was based on one of his books) wrote a book - the one I like the best - called "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat" filled with case histories he had over the years. He recounted some strange and very unusual things that happened to his various patients and the effects the brain can have. The title is taken from the story of one such patient and is exactly what it sounds like. Some are quite sad but all are fascinating. I highly recommend the book. The stories are anything but dry!
ille102 6 years ago
Hahah i thought 'what a weird thing to write' when I read it. Your comment makes waayyy more sense
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Eva Vermeiren 6 years ago (edited)
what if music is the ritme of the universe but we can't see or hear it? What is some people a capable of looking past the human world, the world from your point of view en see the galaxy as whole. Sees what nature really is?
Dora Bedpan 6 years ago
I'm a composer and I got hit by a car with head injury when I was 5. Explains why I hear music in my head... I transcribed once a flute melody I was hearing solely in my head... beautiful ancient celtic melody from... the past? Mysterious
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Yup, this is "Acquired savant syndrome". Research is still ongoing and rather difficult due to the rarity of it, but plenty of cases have happened: https://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/professional/savant-syndrome/resources/articles/the-acquired-savant/
#4
The Thundercloud That Appears In Australia's Island Every Afternoon
From September to March, every year, a thundercloud named Hector forms nearly every afternoon on the Tiwi Islands in Australia. Hector, also known as Hector the Convector is known as one of the most consistent thunderstorms. It was named by a pilot during WWII and it still remains the center of many meteorological studies. Though many meteorologists have studied the interesting history of Hector, they have not come up with a valid explanation on why the thunderstorm keeps appearing.
Khellendros the Blue 5 years ago
3rd cousin removed of Chester the molester
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Eagle Girl 6 years ago
I love it when science can't explain something. Some things are just above our pay grade.
Chance Watkins 4 years ago
It more likely forms from an unchanged water landscape in that region. Obviously.
sfg4life515 6 years ago
If you see a thing every day, it may as well have a name. Ants are the only exception, IMO...can't tell one from the other, and they've terrible traveling habits.."is that Steve, or Margaret? I thought I saw Steve coming from that direction, but now he's flipped a UE...argh!" Yeah, ants are invading. Again.
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Yup, "mystery". Never mind the fact meteorologists have been able to explain it and have written papers about it, if the common man has no clue, then it's "unexplained". "F***ing magnets, how do they work?" :/ Also, convection over islands is something common. What is special about "Hector" is just how consistent the formation of the storm cell is. They literally used it as a landmark for aerial navigation during WW2.
William Teach 6 years ago
Um, there are actually studies that explain, at least through models, how this happens https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%282001%29129%3C1550%3AUHTDOI%3E2.0.CO%3B2
Anjali Cooper 3 years ago
Ahahahaha! I found this fact on an Enlightened keto ice cream bar package. (It’s AMAZING and all natural stuff! Try it!)
#5
One Of A Kind 100 Year Old Traub Motorcycle Found Bricked-Up In A Wall For 40 Years And It Still Somehow Works
To this day nobody can explain how a 100-year-old motorcycle got bricked-up in a wall and it still works properly. What amazes many about this motorcycle is not only it's a weird story about spending 40 years in a wall, but also its unique design that no other Traub motorcycle has. It leaves many collectors puzzled as to why anyone would "hide" such a unique motorcycle inside a wall as such, finding this collector's piece definitely raised more questions than it answered.
TC 6 years ago
Vehicles were buried and hidden in walls in war times in order not to be confiscated for war efforts . Pitty it doesn't say where it was found.
Lisa 6 years ago
Maybe not for fear of confiscation but because he was shipping off to war and wanted to keep it safe until he returned? But then never did :(
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Elizabeth 6 years ago
I want to know more! What year was it made? What year was it hidden? Many motorcycle riders love their vehicles, and if this was during or right before WWI or WWII it's possible it was hidden in the wall to be preserved. If that wall was built well and sealed up, it would limit oxygen exposure and stall rust
Geoffrey Holland 6 years ago
The odds are pretty good that if you googled it you might find out.
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2WheelTravlr 6 years ago
The fact that this motorcycle was hidden behind a brick wall isn't unusual. There have been many other vehicles found that were hidden during wartime, either to save them from being taken by eminent domain (in Europe) or, in the case of the Flying Merkel found in California, bricked in by a young fellow who didn't want his buddies riding his bike. The amazing thing about this Traub is that this is the ONLY Traub ever known to have existed - the statement that "no other Traub motorcycle" has this design is correct, but only because this is the sole known Traub ever built. The quality of craftsmanship and innovation in engine design is amazing, the machined surfaces are so perfectly matched that there is only one gasket in the entire engine, a feat that's nearly impossible today, let alone back in 1912 with the poor metals that were readily available. Motorcycle historians believe the builder of the bike is Gottlieb Richard Traub , a machinist and inventor from Chicago.
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
That explains that mysterious line in the owner's last will: "Without a doubt, to find the Traub, the wall must fall. "
Esther Evans 6 years ago
He put it in a safe place and then forgot where his safe place was...I do it all the time...
Felicia Dale 6 years ago
I wonder if it was stolen. If it is one of a kind it was likely very valuable at the time.
#6
A Manuscript That Nobody In The World Understands
Around 500 years ago, there was a text written in an unknown language and unknown writing system by an unknown author. The name of the manuscript was given in honour of Wilfrid Voynich, a Lithuanian-Samogitian bibliophile who bought the manuscript in 1912 in Italy. It is believed that the text might have been written in Northern Italy but that is not sure and that’s basically all that is known about the text. Many cryptographers and codebreakers from WWI and WWII worked on the manuscript but nobody managed to find out what history facts the text holds. You might think it could have been a joke written by someone on purpose, but there is 272 pages of it, that would call for some hardcore commitment. Recently, there has been a theory that the manuscript is a medical book dedicated to women's health, but the theory was also debunked.
spirit wolf 6 years ago
The most recent update on the Voynich Manuscript is that it iy a now being decoded by a father and don team from Canada. It is Infact in a written in a Turkic language. Some pages have already been translated, mostly about herbological information.
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Except that is only the most recent of at least 12, to my knowledge, "translations" of the manuscript which don't pass peer review because it's just someone with an "idée fixe" regarding what the manuscript actually is and what it means and most of those people can't even agree what language the thing is written in... So far, all of those claims were completely debunked, including the latest one. Even the Ars technica article linked below has an update that concedes that no, it hasn't been solved after all: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/experts-are-extremely-dubious-about-the-voynich-solution/
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Lucy Shupe 6 years ago
But I’ve also seen stories about this, some of the plants illustrated in this manuscript are unknown and there isn’t anything close to them in nature today.
Daria B 6 years ago
If it was written in some northern Italian dialect, it could as well be.... Something Istrian! ♥
Lauren Leanne Davies 6 years ago
I agree my partner comes from the south of Italy, I days before unification there was literally hundreds of dialects per region and a lot of these have very little recorded evidence and have been long forgotten.
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Vernice Aure 6 years ago
Meanwhile, on a starship in Alpha Centaur, "Xxerind, where is your library book? Did you loose it?".
Panda Panda 6 years ago (edited)
The Voynich Manuscript was a medical textbook, decoded in 2017 - https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/the-mysterious-voynich-manuscript-has-finally-been-decoded/
Bored Fox 6 years ago (edited)
No, it is not: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/09/experts-are-extremely-dubious-about-the-voynich-solution/
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A Mysterious "Dancing Plague" That Made People Dance To Their Death
In 1518, a “dancing plague” struck Strasbourg, Alsace. Also known as the “dance epidemic”, this weird condition took over 400 people’s bodies and made them dance without rest. Some of these people even died of heart attacks, exhaustion or strokes. It all started in July of 1518 when one woman named Mrs. Troffea started dancing uncontrollably in the middle of Strasbourg. She was later joined by 34 people and soon after the plague spread to around 400 people. At one point it would kill around 15 people a day. Doctors and authorities realized this was not caused by supernatural causes and claimed this epidemic was due to “hot blood” but instead of treating the patients, doctors advised them to basically “dance it out” by building them a wooden stage. It is believed that the modern marathon runner would not be able to survive this type of intense workout. To this day scientists are not quite sure what caused this terrible epidemic, it might have been due to food poisoning caused by the toxic products of ergot fungi or it might have been a case of mass psychogenic illness.
Jude 6 years ago
If anyone reads up on this phenomenon, they'll find that the Dancing Plague didn't happen to scattered individuals but always to groups of people. Someone would start and others watching would feel affected and join in, swelling the group. This initially started in one place but as news of this new plague spread, more people would believe they were affected ...but always groups of people, never someone alone. People were very superstitious and easily swayed then. It's called "mass psychogenic illness"and can still happen today among superstitious people, just not the dancing form. Look up Koro, a psychogenic illness where men are convinced their genitals are shrinking and disappearing into their body. A Koro epidemic struck Singapore in 1967 and lasted for 10 days affected around 1000 men. It's still not that uncommon in Asia and Africa among highly superstitious and uneducated men. Also look up the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic of 1962.
NotMe 6 years ago
I wonder if this inspired legends, such as the Hårgadansen from Sweden.
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Pamela Leigh 2 years ago
We can dance if we wanna, we can leave the world behind....
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Rob Chapman 6 years ago
The Buffy episode "Once More with Feeling" was inspired by this event.
Daria B 6 years ago (edited)
Also in Dragon Quest, a harmful effect that makes your characters dance and lose their turns. Additionally, there was a whole side quest dedicated to it in DQ11
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Hidden Memes 6 years ago
Instead of post apocalyptic movies where people can't see or make noises, I'd rather see one following a dance-plague.
RosaTheWitch 6 years ago
Me too - I think the creators could come up with something really wonderful, especially since it's an actual historical event!
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#8
The Longest Possible Alien Signal
Back in 1977, Ohio State University’s Big Ear Radio telescope used to support the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence received a signal that is now known as the “Wow!” signal. Astronomer Jerry R. Ehman discovered the anomaly while looking at the data and he was so amused by the signal he circled it and wrote “Wow!” next to it. The signal is 72-seconds long and, unfortunately, it has never been repeated again. To this day nobody can explain the signal even though many tried by claiming it might have come from a man-made source. This signal remains the strongest candidate for an alien contact ever detected.
HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 6 years ago
Translated as "you guys are horrible to each other and animals, you suck, goodbye"
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago (edited)
So it took an alien civilization exactly 72 seconds to decide that they didn't want contact with us after all.
#9
Cleopatra's And Her Lover Antony's Tombs Have Never Been Found
Despite numerous false claims about being "close to finding" Cleopatra's tomb, to this day nobody has any idea where one of the most iconic women in the history of humankind has been buried. It is believed that she was buried alongside her lover Antony since Octavian gave orders that her "body should be buried with that of Antony in splendid and regal fashion". In fact, Cleopatra's tomb is not the only one that remains a mystery for archaeologists, such iconic historical figures like Mozart and Genghis Khan also rest in unknown locations.
GoodWolf 6 years ago (edited)
Errr... Mozart is buried in Vienna. Sankt Marxer Friedhof. Edit: whoops, honest mistake! I really didn't know that that is just a memorial. Thanks everyone for pointing it out :)
ADHORTATOR 6 years ago
If I remember well this is only a Kenotaph, his body was buried in a mass grave.
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Nadja Lambacher 6 years ago
They really made an effort to hide Genghis Khan`s grave. Everyone who encountered the funeral procession was killed, some people even ran into their path on purpose because they thought it was an honor and they would join the great khan in the afterlife.
Jonathon Smith 6 years ago
The location of many ancient tombs are lost. The marble was reused, or converted into churches (later mosques). Sometimes tombs became houses and were buried under detritus. Occasionally famous tombs were destroyed to stop hero-worship, or stolen by ancestors and reburied in distant, less elaborate tombs to boost their claims of legitimacy. In Cleopatra/Antony's case it might be that the location is now underwater as several parts of Alexandria are now below the waves.
Pamela Medlock 3 years ago
Bart, you just can't get over Hector, can you? You're funny - keep popping up; it makes laugh and oh, lordy, do I need to laugh!
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lazy panda 6 years ago
I hate how often I think about this. I almost wonder if the Romans chose to either burn their bodies or just not give them a burial.
#10
Treasure Worth $10 Million Was Found, Yet Nobody Knows Who It Belonged To
Back in 2013, a couple found a treasure near their home that was filled with coins that are worth around $27 thousand dollars, but because of the historical value, the treasure is now worth $10 million dollars and is planned to be sold on Amazon as the first major coin sale on this particular website. The couple who discovered this treasure decided to not reveal the place they found the treasure in the fear that people would come to their home to look for more coins. There have been many guesses as to who might have been the owner of the treasure known as "The Saddle Ridge Hoard" as but all of them proved to be incorrect, and according to U.S. Mint representative, "[they] do not have any information linking the Saddle Ridge Hoard coins to any thefts at any United States Mint facility", and "[they've] done quite a bit of research, and we've got a crack team of lawyers, and trust me, if this was U.S. government property we'd be going after it."
RacconLifeGirlie 6 years ago
Oh wow. We were so messed up that night. Guess you guys finally found 'em, Congrats.
Melissa D 6 years ago
Wish I could find something like this that's worth a lot so I can pay some of, if not all, my bills.
#11
Nobody Can Understand What This Phaistos Disc Reads
Similar to the Voynich manuscript, Phaistos Disc is a disc made of clay that was probably created during the Bronze Age. According to many scientists, there is no legitimate theory what this disc actually reads. There have been many tries to read it in many different languages but all of them failed. Now, one of the theories states that it might have been a board game. The most recent research guesses the disc might symbolize a prayer to the goddess of the fertility.
Larkin Elliott (student) 6 years ago
I’ve been there- they think it might be a song due to repeating characters
Dora Bedpan 6 years ago
the spiral labyrinth is an old spiritual figure, as this form is often found in nature (like a snail shell). No idea what this means - might be a phonetic language (like hieroglyphs)
Evil Little Thing 6 years ago
There are 29 increments. It is a monthly chore list, which includes the guy taking out the trash.
Christine Cameron-Dow 6 years ago
I do see something that looks a bit like the Monopoly top hat there, or maybe the thimble. Either way, don't try playing it. It might be Jumanji.
cybermerlin2000 6 years ago
One day they will discover that it is in fact a dinner plate and the designs are pretty much the same as a floral pattern on todays plates
ChickyChicky 6 years ago
Some ancient scribe had a kid "hey mommy, mommy whatcha doing? Can I do it? What is that? How does it work? Can I make one?"
#12
In 1930, An Entire Population Of An Inuit Village In Canada Vanished
A small Inuit village in Canada was known by fur trappers who would pass through it occasionally. But in 1930, something weird happened; a fur trapper named Joe Labelle entered the island's premises and didn't find a single person there. In fact, 7 sled dogs were found dead from starvation in a grave that looked like it was man-made. A search was conducted to find the missing people, but not a single body was found.
Jude 6 years ago
Found to be an urban legend and one of the photos from 1930 was dated from 1909.
Marnee DeRider 6 years ago
@Jude: Thanks for the info. I'm actually going to stop reading this post. Too many of these items are out-of-date or incorrect.
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Aryeh Mark 6 years ago
According to Wikipedia (in the article "Angikuni Lake") the Royal Canadian Mounted Police checked the story and dismissed it as an urban legend. For one, "Joe Labelle, the informant, had taken out his first trapping license that season and questioned whether he had been in the territories previously as stated in the Kelleher article", and the RCMP doubted that such a large village could have survived in the conditions prevailing at the area.
Annemette Larsen 6 years ago
If the dogs died of starvation, the food sources must have bin very low or non existent... the inuit Village had to leave or die from starvation... Just my thought!
Lauren Leanne Davies 6 years ago
I think some kind of epidemic killed of the population,dogs died aswell...passer by buried all.
Monday 6 years ago
It certainly is possible but highly unlikely. This was after all a village that did not receive many passers-by.
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In 1955, A Boat's Entire Crew Of 25 Completely Disappeared Even Though The Boat Itself Didn't Actually Sink
Joyita was a merchant vessel that mysteriously disappeared in the South Pacific back in 1955. Though we can all understand that ships sink, and tragedies happen, this was not the case with this mystery. What caught everyone's attention was the fact that the vessel was built in such a way that there was practically no possibility of it actually sinking. In fact, once the vessel was found, there was still a great part of it that was out of the water, but there was not a single person on it. The vessel originally carried 25 people but during the search, no one was found. This story left many puzzled as to why the crew did not simply stay on the ship and how none of their bodies were found?
Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
What this blurb doesn't mention is that the MV Joyita had been in very poor condition at the time of her last voyage and had been listing even before she left port and only one of her engines was working. Between the time she disappeared and her discovery, five weeks have passed and she was found drifting 600 miles off course. When they found her, the radio was tuned in on the international distress frequency, but, because the wire to the aerial was broken, the signal couldn't have reached more than 2 miles. There was an open first aid kit on deck along with bloody bandages and her engines were disassembled. Oh and her logbook, navigational equipment single lifeboat and life-rafts were missing along with the crew. So it's reasonable to assume there was a mechanical incident which disabled the ship, the crew tried to fix the ship and radio for help, when those options failed they waited for rescue for a couple of weeks then abandoned ship but never reached shore.
Larkin Elliott (student) 6 years ago
I mean it does say 1955 but um yeah sure
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Jude 6 years ago
There's little mentioned of the missing equipmeng, including medical, the missing 4 tons of cargo and the blood-soaked bandages found on the ship. Too many unanswered questions and this really does qualify as a mystery.
BusLady 6 years ago
That certainly sounds like piracy, with that much cargo missing.
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Gaia 6 years ago
Another unsolved mystery was the Mary Celeste Ship, her crew went missing on 1872. Monsters in the sea? who knows...?
Kerolos Saleib 6 years ago
To say built for it to be virtually unsinkable.... Is like talking about the titanic. These boats in storms rocked back and forth so badly that people were thrown off like a flick of the fiingers and were meant not to sink. These stories with such boats are common and it isn't a mystery as much as it is a story of survival gone wrong.
Panda Baller 6 years ago
They probably jumped out. Sharks may have eaten them. Or other meat eating marine life.
#14
Bermeja Island That Existed In Maps Until 1846 Disappears And Nobody Can Find It
Bermeja is known as a phantom island that was seen on maps off the north coast of the Yucatán all the way until the 20th century. What's interesting about this island is that a search for it found nothing that could have been called an island. The research started when somebody pointed out that the island has no real boundaries and rights of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Once authorities started looking for this piece of land, they found nothing but water. To this day nobody can explain whether or not the island ever existed.
Graham King 6 years ago
This needs traced back to the first person who put it on a map, and subsequent sightings (if any). Possible simple mistake, misidentifying location and so marking another island in wrong place?
Bored Fox 6 years ago
One possible solution is that this was one of those 'paper towns' that are places that only appear on the maps. Most paper town were created because of the old copyright reasons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_settlement
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Sterre Klaver 6 years ago
Nice story, but from experience working with old maps I know cartographers pretty often used to just copy other people's information and maps, with no way to verify unless someone actively went out to chart an area, and even then currents and weather could completely throw navigators off. It's probably no coincide that the island dissappeared from maps when the mapping methods became more advanced, someone just realised the mistake
Michael Sharpe 6 years ago
a simple earthquake could be the answer, or tidal undercutting causing the island to sink. There is a reason for legends like atlantis
Jude 6 years ago
First put on a map in the 1500s by a Spanish cartographer and re-affirmed by Spain in the 1600s. Cartography (science of map making) was notoriously poor and inadequate then. It may even have been a bank of low-lying clouds since no one actually visited the island. They just kept on drawing it in till it was finally searched for.
SweetPeaJules 6 years ago
It sounds like a "Trap Street." Map makers used to include a fake street on maps so they would know if any other mapmaker just stole their work and published it as their own. Trap streets worked for cities, it seems a nonexistent island would be perfect for global scale.
Nowaah Clark 6 years ago
I could have been an island that sunk due to global warming. Like the Maldives is right now.
Jess 💖 Yass 6 years ago
There are many island that could be on the verge of some type of disaster to happen and just disappearing as well... maybe this one was so small it the island could have also crumbled and disappeared? Maybe an underground volcano? an earthquake?
Living_Shadow 6 years ago
You know, Islands have a lifetime. They're created by underground volcanoes and are bound to sink at some point. It is quite possible that this island reached it's end and sunk back down.
#15
That One Time It Rained Meat In Kentucky
Back in 1876, the most random thing happened in Kentucky and it is now known as the “Kentucky meat shower”. While lovely Mrs. Crouch was making soap on her porch, she noticed that something weird falling from the sky and she was sure it was meat. What was first believed to be a sign from God quickly became of interest to many scientists. Those, who dared to taste the meat, claimed it was probably lamb or deer but scientists initially believed it was probably a lung tissue of a horse or a human infant, because, apparently, those are almost identical. After further investigation, it was believed that the meat was probably vomited up by buzzards, "who, as is their custom, seeing one of their companions disgorge himself, immediately follow suit". This theory was believed to be the best explanation.
Kai 6 years ago
"Those, who dared to taste the meat" and "the meat was probably vomited up by buzzards" OMG
Monday 6 years ago
"probably a lung tissue of a horse or a human infant, because, apparently, those are almost identical"......WTF? I need to google this....
The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
"it was probably a lung tissue of a horse or a human infant"..... That's a big or.
JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE 6 years ago
PIGS COULD FLY. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA SHOT DOWN - THE FIRST AIRBOURNE B-B-Q
#16
The Australian Prime Minister Who Disappeared
Harold Edward Holt served as the 17th Prime Minister of Australia from 1966 until his presumed death in 1967. You might notice the “presumed death” aspect in the previous sentence as the mystery of Holt’s disappearance still remains unexplained. Back in the day the Prime Minister really loved the ocean and spearfishing so one weekend, while he was spending his free time at Portsea, Holt convinced his four companions to stop at the remote Cheviot Beach for a swim before lunch, stating that he knew that beach like the back of his hand. Unfortunately, while swimming, Holt’s body was quickly taken by the sea. One of the witnesses described it as “like a leaf being taken out.. so quick and final.” You might think it was a terrible accident and that’s all, but the most interesting part is that Holt’s death sparked one of the biggest search operations in Australian history but nobody managed to find his body. Naturally, this story sparked many conspiracy theories, people believed he might have been killed by the CIA or faked his own death, others believed he might have committed suicide but those close to him completely rejected this idea as it was uncharacteristic of him.
Kaisu 6 years ago
I mean, it's the sea, I don't think it's that surprising that his body was never found
Claudia Machado 6 years ago
And it is in Australia where everything wants to kill you.
Load More Replies... Magpie 6 years ago
Aaaaand they named a swimming pool after him. https://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/Discover/Harold-Holt-Swim-Centre
GiantSpaceTiger 6 years ago
Ha, yes, I came here to say this - I found this place by chance whilst driving to a job and got a good laugh out of it. Then I had a look at the reviews for the place and they are priceless!
Load More Replies... Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
It's Australia. Sharks, crocodiles, rabid quokkas, you name it, they'll eat you...
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Eagle Girl 6 years ago
Whirlpool. They will take a person down quickly to the bottom of the sea. So sad.
Tina Hugh 6 years ago
If something like that can happen to an Australian Prime Minister...why can’t it happen to you-know-who
Yvette Guzman 5 years ago
I joined this site JUST so I could up vote your comment... 😂
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#17
Mysterious Island That Has Artefacts And Treasures Hidden But Nobody Can Find It
Known as the Oak Island mystery is a theory that an island in Nova Scotia is hiding unbelievable treasures but nobody is able to find them. The mystery started after stories about treasures being found on the island spread despite there being no real proof. Even though some hundred year old artifacts were, indeed, found on the island, there was nothing you could consider a major treasure among them. It could be just a myth, but legend has it that there is a "curse" that originates more than a century ago and it claims that 7 people have to die before the treasure can be found. Currently, there are 6 people who have passed away in the search of the treasure.
Jeff 6 years ago
And the new season comes out soon where they say that they have found something.......
David Hanson 6 years ago
Teams have been using modern methods to search for the treasure and excavate on the island for decades, yet all they have done is make a mess of the island to the point where they are no longer sure where the original pit even was. If they haven't found it by now I don't expect them to in my lifetime. I wonder how many seasons the show can go on without them finding anything beyond a button or a coin....
Bianka Howwess 6 years ago
*eyeroll* if there is treasure on that island, that show is basically clickbait....and what if the whole thing was a hoax created by someone a long time ago just to screw with people. that person is probably laughing their head off in their grave....XD
#18
Two Men Who Claim To Have Been Abducted By Aliens
Back in 1973, a weird thing happened for two men from Pascagoula, Mississippi. Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker claimed that they were abducted by aliens while fishing. These men claim that they first heard whizzing sounds and then saw two flashing blue lights, and then they noticed an oval-shaped object around 40 feet across and 10 feet high. Parker and Hickson claim to have been conscious but paralyzed once the creatures abducted them and performed examinations on them before releasing them. Of course, there were many people who didn’t believe this story, asking them to take lie detector tests and saying that one of the men (Charles Hickson) was probably experiencing a “walking dream state”.
Monday 6 years ago
They have some function and can give some clues...but yes, they do not detect any and all lies. Even if they did, if a person truly believes something happened, it would not be detected as a lie even on a test that worked, since it's "true" for them.
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The dude 6 years ago (edited)
This one I can comment on because it almost literally happened in my back yard. I’ve seen Some weird sh$t in the Gulf of Mexico but never thought it was a UFO or anything. When they went to the sheriffs office to tell their story that night they were placed in the same room and secretly recorded speaking to each other and the officers were convinced that whatever happened they believed it. Also they didn’t want to talk about it for years, which isn’t what someone not wanting attention typically does. One of the guys has died but in the last year the other has started talking about it, wrote a book, and has been interviewed by multiple news outlets so it has come back up in this small city. Interesting to note that a friend of mine knew a woman who saw the lights the same night but was on the other side of town. These guys were fishing on the Pascagoula river. Keesler AFB is only like 20 miles away from there. It’s an easy google search to get the details or check out sunherald.com.
Judy Georgiou 6 years ago
All these knowledgeable comments about lie detectors and all I can think of is the younger man looks like Lurch from the Addams Family :-)
Susan Brooks 6 years ago
I knew he reminded me of some one! I was just too tired to place him. Thanks!
Load More Replies... Alexandru Bucur 6 years ago
Yeah. The way most people describe their "alien abductions" it's exactly the way I'd describe my sleep paralysis episodes during my university years, but I used to see skeletal WW1 soldiers, because that's what I was into at the time. They looked very real and the feeling is very distressing indeed even if you know what is happening. In my case it was overwork, as a psychiatrist friend pointed out, and I've since took it waaay easier and the episodes haven't reappeared, so I'd say she was right. Oh, and this phenomenon also explains all the succubus/incubus things, devil visitations, etc, before aliens were "fashionable".
The dude 6 years ago
These guys weren't sleeping they were fishing. Not saying that it's true or that they weren't drunk but did they both "fall asleep" while fishing and have the same experience?
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Mia Cardenas 6 years ago
I never understood the arrogance of humans to believe that in this vast universe WE are the only living creatures
luuk pijnacker 2 years ago
I think the Phaistos Disc is maybe about the seculus of life, or that is just me bc i se humans food and animals and dead animals and that kind of stuff.
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Gipsy Kings fan 6 years ago
One real mystery is the Dyatlov Pass Incident, the mysterious deaths of nine young cross-country skiers the Ural Mountains of Russia, in 1959: https://dyatlovpass.com
lazy panda 6 years ago
If you're interested, you should read 'Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident'. The author take the exact route at the exact time of year the hikers went and he also goes through several in depth theories as to what actually happened. It's a wonderful book!
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FortnitePlayerGirl 6 years ago (edited)
I once heard about a woman named Molly Fancher, or "The Brooklyn Enigma" who didn't eat or leave her bed for most of her life, and could sew banners beautifully while blind and in a trance. This is all I heard, so if you guys want to tell me more, you can.
MN Free Spirit 6 years ago
They were pretty sure her aunt was he accomplice. Just saw a bit about it on "Beyond the Mysteries" neat show if you like mysteries and curiosities.
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Sara Nicole 6 years ago
Wtf? a demoniac .. humans are the ones who are ... we destroy everything we
Natalie Yamauchi 5 years ago
the dancing plague kinda creeps me out a bit even through i wach scooby doo all the time
mtvare 6 years ago
aliens! or whatever your imagination wants while walking in that swamps and breathing methane :)
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Natalie Yamauchi 5 years ago
one real mystery is if unicorns or myhrhilogical creatures or ailens exist
Gipsy Kings fan 6 years ago
One real mystery is the Dyatlov Pass Incident, the mysterious deaths of nine young cross-country skiers the Ural Mountains of Russia, in 1959: https://dyatlovpass.com
lazy panda 6 years ago
If you're interested, you should read 'Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident'. The author take the exact route at the exact time of year the hikers went and he also goes through several in depth theories as to what actually happened. It's a wonderful book!
Load More Replies... FortnitePlayerGirl 6 years ago (edited)
I once heard about a woman named Molly Fancher, or "The Brooklyn Enigma" who didn't eat or leave her bed for most of her life, and could sew banners beautifully while blind and in a trance. This is all I heard, so if you guys want to tell me more, you can.
MN Free Spirit 6 years ago
They were pretty sure her aunt was he accomplice. Just saw a bit about it on "Beyond the Mysteries" neat show if you like mysteries and curiosities.
Load More Replies... Sara Nicole 6 years ago
Wtf? a demoniac .. humans are the ones who are ... we destroy everything we
Natalie Yamauchi 5 years ago
the dancing plague kinda creeps me out a bit even through i wach scooby doo all the time
mtvare 6 years ago
aliens! or whatever your imagination wants while walking in that swamps and breathing methane :)
Load More Replies... Natalie Yamauchi 5 years ago
one real mystery is if unicorns or myhrhilogical creatures or ailens exist
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