Inexplicable mystical events. Mysterious cases that defy scientific explanation The Unknown from Somerton Beach
Most people have probably heard about the mysterious disappearance of pilot Amelia Earhart, the daring criminal DB Cooper, who hijacked a Boeing 727 plane and disappeared in an unknown direction with a huge amount of money in his hands, or Congressman Hale Boggs, who disappeared during a flight over Alaska. Mysterious disappearances are nothing new.
For some reason, people disappear without a trace and never appear again. There are many circumstances that force people to disappear, run away, or hide from society. Perhaps they want to get rid of problems in the family or at work, escape prosecution from the law, or start over again in another place. There are also those who decide to commit suicide in solitude, but they are few. Very often, people are kidnapped, and such crimes usually remain unsolved due to insufficient leads or evidence.
Disappearances without a trace are always alarming. But there are even stranger ones unexplained cases, when people mysteriously disappeared in a matter of seconds before the eyes of others: there was a person, and a moment later he was no longer there, as if he had disappeared into thin air. It would take a few seconds to simply get up from a chair, but in some cases people would suddenly disappear in such a short period of time, leaving no clue as to what might have happened to them.
In the world where we live, there are many strange things and phenomena that we cannot understand. As you probably already guessed, what follows will be about the strangest cases of disappearances in the entire history of mankind.
1. Annette Sagers
On November 21, 1987, police received a missing person report from Corrina Sagers Malinoski, a twenty-six-year-old resident of Berkeley County, South Carolina. The girl did not show up for work that day; her car was found parked in front of Mount Holly Plantation. But that's not the strangest part of the story.
Almost a year later, on the morning of October 4, 1988, Corrina's eight-year-old daughter, Annette Sagers, left the house and headed to the stop where the school bus would arrive in a few minutes. The stop was located just across from Mount Holly Plantation, where her missing mother's car was discovered. Very strangely, when the school bus arrived, Annette disappeared. A note was found near the bus stop with the words “Dad, Mom is back. Hug your brothers for me.”
Experts determined that the handwriting belonged to little Annette. They found no evidence that the girl wrote the note under duress. According to some people, Corrina decided to return and take Annette with her. However, she left two sons at home, and since then there has been no news of her.
In 2000, an unknown person called the police and reported that Annette's body was buried in Sumter County, but the mysterious grave was never found. The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office was investigating the disappearance of Annette Sagers. It remains unsolved to this day.
2. Benjamin Bathurst
On the night of November 25, 1809, British diplomatic representative Benjamin Bathurst was returning from Vienna to London. Along the way he stopped at the village of Perleberg, near Berlin, to eat and rest his horses. After he had eaten a hearty lunch, he was informed that the horses were ready to set off again. Bathurst apologized and told his assistant that he would be waiting for him in the carriage. A few minutes later the assistant was very surprised when, opening the carriage door, he did not find Bathurst in it. No one had any idea where he had gone. Bathurst was last seen walking near front door hotels. No traces of his presence in the yard were found. He just disappeared.
Since Bathurst had diplomatic status, a search was organized for him. Police with sniffer dogs searched the forest, checked every house in the area and even examined the bottom of the Stepenitz River, but found nothing. A coat believed to belong to Benjamin Bathurst was later found in the privy. During a second search, the diplomatic representative's pants were found in the forest.
This incident occurred during the Napoleonic Wars. People began to say that Mr. Bathurst had been kidnapped by the French. Napoleon Bonaparte himself reportedly denied involvement in the disappearance of the British diplomatic representative and claimed that he had no idea where he was. The emperor even offered his help in searching for the missing man.
Despite all the efforts of the police, no further belongings or traces of Bathurst were found. He just disappeared.
3. Disappearance of the Sodder Children from Fayetteville, West Virginia
It was Christmas Eve 1945. Five children, Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jenny and Betty Sodder, were partying until late. Their parents and other brothers and sisters had long since gone to bed. Around 1 a.m., their mother was awakened by loud noises coming from the roof. She realized that the house was on fire. Then she woke up her husband and children, and they climbed out together.
The parents then began looking for a ladder to help Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jenny and Betty, who were trapped on the top floor, but it was nowhere to be found.
When the firefighters arrived, it was already too late. The children were presumed dead, but their bodies were not found in the charred remains of the house. The parents believed that Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jenny and Betty were kidnapped and the house was set on fire to cover up the crime.
Four years later, investigators at the site of the burned house found six small bones that were not damaged by fire and were believed to belong to a young adult. No other evidence was found.
In 1968, the Sodder couple received a photograph in the mail of a young man. On the back it was signed "Louis Sodder". Police were unable to identify the man in the photo. The Sodders died believing it was their lost son.
4. Margaret Kilcoyne
Fifty-year-old Margaret Kilcoyne worked as a cardiologist at Columbia University. She conducted pioneering research related to hypertension and made a major breakthrough. After a busy week at work, Margaret decided to spend the weekend at her country house in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She bought more than $900 worth of food and alcoholic drinks at a local grocery store, saying she was going to have a party and press conference to present the results of her scientific research.
Arriving home, Margaret called her brother and told him to come and wake her up in the morning: she wanted to go to church service. The next morning, January 26, 1980, Margaret's brother came to see her, but did not find her in the house. Margaret's jacket was hanging in the closet, her shoes were near the threshold, and the car was still there - in the garage. It was cold outside, so she couldn't go anywhere without her jacket.
The police thoroughly searched the house, but did not find any evidence. The strangest thing was that a few days later, Margaret’s sandals, her passport, checkbook, wallet and $100 appeared in a prominent place in the house. It was very difficult not to notice them.
Margaret's brother claimed that she was mentally unstable. The police put forward a theory that the woman committed suicide by drowning in the icy ocean, but no evidence was found to support this theory.
5. The Disappearance of Famous Socialite Dorothy Arnold
In 1910, New York City was shocked by the news of the disappearance of twenty-four-year-old socialite and wealthy heiress Dorothy Arnold. The girl was an aspiring writer whose first two stories were not approved by publishers. The public admired Dorothy's beauty and mocked her ambitions.
On the morning of December 12, 1910, the young beauty left home, telling her mother that she wanted to look for a new dress for the upcoming ball. According to witnesses, she bought one book and half a pound of chocolate, after which she went for a walk in Central Park. No one saw her again.
Dorothy Arnold was a New York celebrity. How could it happen that she simply disappeared without a trace? What seems even stranger is that her parents initially hid the fact that their daughter was missing, coming up with various excuses for curious friends. Apparently they wanted to avoid a scandal.
Dorothy Annold's disappearance became known only six weeks later. People said that the girl led a double life and planned to escape to Europe. However, no evidence was found to support this version.
6. The Vanished Tribe of Lake Angikuni
Lake Angikuni is located in rural Canada, near the Kazan River. In the early 1900s, the area was home to an Inuit tribe that disappeared without a trace on a November evening in 1930. These were hospitable people who were friendly to travelers, offering them hot food and overnight accommodation. Canadian hunter Joe Labelle often visited them.
That night, when Labelle again came to Lake Angikuni, it shone full moon, which illuminated the entire village with its bright light. There was extraordinary silence all around; Even the huskies, who usually reacted noisily to the guests, were silent. There was not a soul in the village. In the center the fire gradually burned out. Next to him lay a bowler hat; Apparently, someone was going to cook a hearty dinner.
The Labelles examined several houses in the hope of finding someone who could explain what happened here. But he did not find anything except supplies of food, clothing and weapons. The tribe, consisting of thirty men, women and children, disappeared without a trace. If they decided to leave, they would probably take food and equipment with them. Labelle also discovered that all the huskies had died, apparently from starvation.
Labelle reported the mysterious disappearance to Canadian authorities, who sent investigators to Angikuni Lake. They found witnesses who claimed to have seen a large unidentified object in the sky above the lake. Investigators also determined that the settlement had been abandoned about eight weeks ago. If this is true, then why did the huskies starve to death so quickly, and who left the fire that Labelle discovered? The mystery of the disappearance of an entire Inuit tribe remains unsolved to this day.
7. Disappearance of Dideritsi
It’s one thing when someone disappears without leaving any traces, it’s another when a person simply disappears into thin air in front of amazed witnesses. This is exactly what happened in 1815. It all started when a man named Diderici dressed up as his boss, who had died of a stroke, put on a wig and went to the bank to try to withdraw money from the deceased's account.
Of course, the plan failed. Diderici was caught and sentenced to ten years in prison. He had to serve his sentence in the Prussian prison, Weichselmünde. According to prison records, when Diderici and other prisoners were taken out into the yard for a walk, something strange began to happen: his body gradually became transparent. Ultimately, he literally disappeared into thin air, leaving behind empty iron shackles. This happened in front of the amazed prisoners and guards. During the interrogation, all the witnesses said the same thing: Diderici gradually became invisible until he simply disappeared. Unable to rationally explain what happened, prison authorities closed the case and considered it "God's will." No one saw Dideritsi again.
8. Louis Leprince
On September 16, 1890, French inventor Louis Le Prince boarded a train from Dijon to Paris. Witnesses saw Leprince check his luggage and take his seat in the compartment. When the train arrived in the capital, Leprince did not get off at the final station. The conductor, thinking that Leprince had simply fallen asleep, decided to check his compartment, which, to everyone’s surprise, turned out to be empty: neither the inventor nor his luggage was in it. A search of the entire train did not yield any results. Leprince disappeared without a trace.
Passengers claimed that the inventor did not leave his compartment during the journey. Since the train traveled from Dijon to Paris without stopping, Le Prince could not get off earlier. Moreover, the windows in his compartment were closed and locked from the inside. On the way, according to passengers and conductors, no incidents occurred. Leprince seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
Interestingly, Louis Le Prince was able to capture moving images on film using a single lens camera that he himself invented. Simply put, Le Prince invented cinema. He was going to go to America to patent his invention. This was long before Thomas Edison gained widespread recognition. Le Prince's disappearance cleared the way for Edison.
9. Charles Ashmore
In November 1878, sixteen-year-old Charles Ashmore left his home in Quincy, Illinois, to get water from a nearby well. He did not return for a long time, so his father and sister began to seriously worry about him. It was cold and slippery outside, and something bad could happen to Charles. They followed his tracks, which suddenly stopped about 75 meters from the well. They shouted his name, but there was no answer. There was no sign of a fall in the snow. It was as if Charles Ashmore had simply disappeared into thin air.
Four days later, Charles' mother went to the same well to fetch water. Returning home, she claimed that she heard her son's voice. She walked around the entire area, but did not find Charles.
Other family members also claimed that they periodically heard Charles' voice, but they could not understand the words he spoke to them. The last time this happened was in the middle of the summer of 1879, and this did not happen again.
In 1975, Jackson Wright and his wife Martha were driving through the Lincoln Tunnel in New York. The couple decided to slow down and wipe the condensation from the windows. While Jackson was working on the windshield, Martha got out of the car to wipe the back window. Literally a couple of seconds after that, she disappeared. Jackson did not hear or see anything suspicious. There were no more cars in the tunnel. If Martha decided to run away, he would still notice her.
Initially, the police were skeptical of his testimony, however, after carefully examining the scene and not finding any evidence, they ruled out the possibility that he could have killed his wife.
11. Gene Spangler
Jean Spangler was one of the little-known actresses who dreamed of a career in Los Angeles. She was beautiful, but did not have the success she so dreamed of. Jean starred mainly in episodic roles. The most famous film in which she took part was the film “The Trumpeter” (1950) directed by Michael Curtiz.
In October 1949, Jean went to meet with ex-husband, and no one saw her again. Two days later, police found her purse, inside of which was a note that said, “Kirk, I can’t wait any longer. I'm going to see Dr. Scott. Everything will work out. We have to make it while mother is not at home.” Nobody knew which Kirk they were talking about. The story received wide publicity. A lot of versions were put forward, but all of them turned out to be unfounded. The matter has reached a dead end. The only “Kirk” that could be found in Jean’s circle was the famous actor Kirk Douglas. He starred in the film "Trumpeter" with Spangler. However, Douglas categorically denied any involvement in Jean's disappearance.
Investigators also led to Dr. Kirk, a gynecologist who, in a strange turn of events, had mysteriously disappeared a few weeks before Spangler went missing. However, no evidence linking him to the actress was found.
Another version revolved around two bandits who disappeared around the same time as Jean. A few weeks before the incident, they were seen at a party with Spangler. However, no specific connection between the disappearances has been identified. One can only guess what really happened to Jean.
12. James Warson
The year was 1873. James Warson, a shoemaker from Leamington Spa (England), was having fun with his friends at a local tavern. During the conversation, he said that he could run non-stop all the way to Coventry - as much as 25 kilometers. His friends decided to argue with him because they had little faith that he was capable of achieving such a feat. To eliminate the possibility of deception, they followed Warson in a horse-drawn cart. Warson ran for several kilometers without any problems.
As his friends began to doubt whether they would be allowed to win the bet, Worson suddenly tripped over something on the road. Witnesses claim that they saw Worson lean forward, but he never fell to the ground, because the next moment he mysteriously disappeared before everyone's eyes.
Worson's friends contacted the local police and explained the whole situation. A search was carried out at the scene, but the police did not find anything suspicious. Shoemaker James Worson seemed to disappear into thin air.
13. The mystery of the airship L-8
During World War II, airships were used to patrol coastal areas and identify enemy submarines. On August 16, 1942, the crew of the airship L-8, Ernest Cody and Charles Adams, were assigned to carry out one such mission. They were supposed to fly over the Farallon Islands, 50 kilometers off the coast of San Francisco, and then return to base.
Once above the water, the L-8 crew reported that they believed they had located an oil spill and were heading there to investigate. Along the way, the airship was spotted by two ships and a Pan Am airliner. Another witness claimed to have seen the L-8 rapidly gaining altitude.
About an hour later, the airship landed on the rocky shore of Daly City before flying back into the sky. Then L-8 fell onto one of the city's busy streets. Rescuers rushed to the crash site, but were shocked when they saw that the cabin was empty. The equipment was in good working order. Parachutes and life rafts were in place. Only life jackets were missing, but crew members often wore them when flying over the water. There were no calls for help over the radio. Ernest Cody and Charles Adams disappeared without a trace.
14. Disappearance of the F-89
In November 1953, US Air Force radar detected an unknown object invading US airspace over Lake Superior. A Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter with Lieutenants Felix Moncla and Robert Wilson on board was sent to intercept it.
Ground radar operators reported that Moncla first flew high above the target at a speed of 800 kilometers per hour, and then descended and came close to the object. Then something unusual happened: two dots on the radar screen became one. The F-89C fighter merged with an unknown object, which then left the area and disappeared.
A thorough search was carried out, but no traces of the F-89C aircraft were found.
15. The disappearance of Frederick Valentich
In October 1978, a young pilot named Frederick Valentich carried out a training flight in a Cessna 182L along the coast of Bass Strait (Australia). Suddenly he noticed that he was being pursued by an unknown object. He reported this to Air Traffic Control in Melbourne, who insisted that there were no more aircraft in the area.
When the object came close to Valentich, he examined it and said: “This strange plane hovered above me again. It’s hanging... and it’s not a plane.” A few seconds of white noise followed and the connection was lost. After this, Valentich’s plane disappeared from radar.
Search and rescue efforts did not yield any results. There were about a dozen reports of unidentified flying objects that weekend, according to the Australian Air Force.
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Humanity has always been attracted to inexplicable phenomena. Scientists have established the following: this comes from the fact that such riddles can stimulate the human imagination. This article will introduce you to cases that defy explanation or logic.
Disappeared Lake
On the territory of Chile, in Patagonia, in May 2007, the inexplicable happened - a lake disappeared. In its place there was only a dry pit of thirty meters and icy mountains. It is worth noting that the lake was not small: its length was 5 miles. The most interesting thing is that geologists conducted an inspection at this site two months before the disappearance, in March of the same year. Nothing unusual was found. During this short time, not only did the large lake disappear, but the river that flowed from it turned into a small stream. Geologists are completely confused: what could have caused the disappearance? A variety of theories have been put forward. One of them seems quite acceptable: the lake disappeared as a result of an earthquake. But no tremors were recorded in this area. To this day, no scientific explanation has been found for this phenomenon.
Ice girl
Jean Hiliard, nineteen years old, a resident of Minnesota, was found in the snow early in the morning. A neighbor found her. The girl's body was completely frozen. Medics immediately took the victim to the hospital. What the doctors discovered is beyond comprehension: Jean's body seemed to be made of ice. The doctors were confused: they didn’t even know whether such a degree of frostbite was possible. The limbs did not bend at all. Despite all the efforts of doctors, the situation remained critical. If the girl had regained consciousness, most likely, her brain would have been seriously damaged. And the legs would have to be amputated altogether. But two hours passed and the girl began to have severe convulsions, after which she came to her senses. The most interesting thing is that the patient did not complain about her health, neither physical nor psychological. Imagine the surprise of the doctors when the frostbite “released” very slowly from her limbs. The girl stayed in the hospital for 49 days, and then went home safe and sound.
Faces of Belmes
For 20 years, these individuals have appeared in the Pereira family home for very short periods of time. The most remarkable thing is that they belong to both men and women. It is interesting that the expressions of these faces are constantly different. Experts became interested in this effect. They were interested in one important question: what exactly causes such a phenomenon. It didn’t take long before researchers discovered human remains under the foundation of the house. However, faces continued to appear. Scientists have not yet explained the reason for the appearance of these faces.
Rain of jelly
In Washington, in the city of Oakville, on August 7, 1994, residents witnessed a real nightmare. Not the expected rain, but a jelly-like mass began to fall from the sky. After such a strange phenomenon, almost all the residents fell ill: the symptoms were very similar to the flu. And they lasted quite a long time: from 7 weeks to 3 months. One of the residents sent a “piece of jelly” to the laboratory for research. Scientists were shocked: the “drops” included human white blood cells. Another laboratory found that the mass also contained two types of bacteria. But the most incredible thing is that one of the species is present in human system digestion. Until now, questions remain unanswered: what kind of substance was it and how is it related to the spread of the disease?
I'll tell you an incident that happened this summer. He's not scary, but he's strange. I left a lot of questions. I came to the village for a week. To visit grandma. She is quite old and walks poorly. I come to her on vacation, and my parents also visit her. We help with housework. It’s already difficult for grandma herself, but she doesn’t give up. I still have her in good spirits.
Here you go. Get to the point. I decided to take a walk early in the morning to the lake and go fishing. The air is clean, I’m already approaching the lake. The smell of the forest mixed with the smell
water, quiet. The path ahead winds. I noticed a cemetery to my right, an old one, but not in ruins, well-groomed. I see an old woman standing at the entrance in a white scarf, the same white dress, wrapped in a black shawl. I'm already walking right next to you. She saw me and slowly walked towards me. Such a sweet old lady - her face is wrinkled, her eyes are faded. I decided to wait for her. She came up to me and said:
Son, when you go to the village, tell Zinka Timofeevna Kasyanova that her granddaughter Olya drowned, otherwise she doesn’t know.
I’m not local, I don’t know any Zina Timofeevna. And what terrible news.
Well, I think: “Okay, I’ll ask again now,” and I answer my grandmother:
I’ll tell you, but you can clarify where exactly Zina Timofeevna lives, otherwise I’m not local.
I won’t really explain it to you now.
When you come to the village, ask. Everyone knows Zinka there, they will show you.
“Okay, grandma, I’ll tell you,” I said.
Oh, thank you, son,” the old woman went back to the cemetery.
And I hurried to the lake. I fished on the shore until dusk. I caught ruff. I got home quickly. My grandmother was already asleep, and I went to bed. Early in the morning my grandmother and I woke up and had breakfast. And I tell grandma:
Bab Sanya (that’s what I call her), do you know Zinaida Timofeevna Kasyanova?
I know, but why do you need it? - Grandma was wary.
Yesterday morning I walked past the cemetery to the lake, there was an old lady there, I don’t know her, but she asked me to tell Zina Timofeevna something.
I somehow immediately decided not to tell such news. The grandmother’s face became serious and surprised:
Grandson, what are you saying? What cemetery? There is no cemetery in our village. Did you decide to make a joke about the old one? - Bab Sanya smiled slightly in anticipation of an explanation.
Here, too, a chill ran through me. And I suddenly began to vaguely remember that when I was returning from the lake, I did not see the cemetery. At that moment it was already dark, I was in a hurry and somehow didn’t pay attention. I told grandma I wasn't kidding. And he also told about the news that that old woman asked to convey. Baba Sanya repeated again that they do not have a cemetery in the village; they bury the dead in the neighboring village. She also said that Zinaida Timofeevna Kasyanova died seven years ago, but she actually has a granddaughter. And her name is Olya. Olya is ten years old. And she's alive. I asked where Olya lives. It turned out that she was mine
neighbor. At that time I was already 14 years old, and I did not communicate with children of that age, but I decided to go to Olya. Her mother opened the door for me, I said hello, introduced myself and asked for Olya. Her mother replied that Olya and her friend recently went to the lake to swim. And then it dawned on me (and you already understood) that I urgently needed to run to the lake. That's exactly what I did.
Near the lake, on the shore, I found a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl in a swimsuit, she was sunbathing. I, all out of breath, asked her:
Where is Olya?
There,” she pointed to the water, on the surface of which a dark-haired head could be seen. I immediately rushed into the water and swam after Olya. From the shore came:
Where are you going?!
But I didn’t answer, I tried to swim to the girl faster. Suddenly I heard cries for help. It was Olya screaming. I realized that I was not mistaken and increased the pace. When I pulled Olya ashore, she was already unconscious. Her friend sat on the shore and cried. It’s good that we were taught at school to provide first aid in this case. I did artificial respiration. Olya began to come to her senses. The girls had a large towel with them, Lena and I (that’s the name
the second girl) wrapped Olya in it and took her to the village. Olya's mother was scared when she saw her daughter in such a state. The girl almost drowned because her legs were cramped, this happens often. But since everything worked out, my mother quickly calmed down and thanked me. I tried to find out something about that old lady and the cemetery. But no one knew the old woman, as I did not describe her in detail. I asked the villagers if maybe there had once been a cemetery in that place. The answer was negative. All the old people unanimously said that if it had happened, they would have known about it. And nothing like this existed nearby. So I didn't learn anything specific. I think that the old woman is probably some long-dead relative of the Kasyanovs. It happens that deceased relatives warn of danger. But I don’t know why they warned me through me, and nothing comes to mind about the cemetery.
On one London Avenue - Cambridge Gardens, since the 1930s, a mysterious 2-decker ghost bus has appeared repeatedly. And this happened exactly at 1.15 midnight.
The bus had a sign for route No. 7. It makes a terrible noise as it enters the avenue as if out of nowhere, waking up residents of nearby houses and stunning rare passers-by. The bus actually looked gloomy: it was brightly lit inside, and there were not only passengers, but also a driver. The bus rumbles down the avenue and disappears behind the nearest intersection.
Unfortunately, the “crazy bus,” as London residents nicknamed it, not only frightens rare eyewitnesses of its appearance, but also causes human casualties. So, on the night of June 15, 1934, this bus, rushing at full speed in the middle of Cambridge Gardens Avenue towards its intersection with St. Mark's Highway, was blinded by the headlights of the driver who was driving an oncoming car. Trying to avoid a collision with this monster, it sharply turned to the side and collided with another car. In the collision, the driver died on the spot.
Night in a ghost hotel
The Gisby and Simpson couples from the town of Tonbridge, located in Kent, southeast of London, were very friendly and often spent holidays together. So the autumn of 1979 was no exception; they went by car through France to one of the resorts on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Both families were looking forward to an exciting and enjoyable 2-week trip. But in addition to the expected pleasures, they experienced something absolutely inexplicable, mysterious and contrary to common sense.
It was evening when the tourists entered Montelimar, a cozy town on the left bank of the Rhone in the Drôme department in the south of France, and began to look for a hotel for the night. Suddenly they saw an elderly man at the side of the road who seemed to have grown out of the ground. This gentleman, neatly but somewhat outdatedly dressed, recommended that they turn onto a side road, assuring them that it would lead them to where they would find everything they needed.
And indeed: soon an elegant building of ancient architecture appeared ahead. His interior decoration and the furniture also looked as if it had come here from a museum or antiques showroom. Moreover, even the guests of this hotel, apparently imbued with the spirit of antiquity hovering in it, walked in the lobby in suits that were worn at the very beginning of the 20th century.
In front of the hotel entrance stood a gendarme in an old uniform, similar to a theatrical costume. In response to a question about the nearest highway leading to the south, he only smiled bewilderedly, as if he was masterfully playing his role in this grandiose performance from a past life.
In the morning, when paying for the night, both American families were pleasantly surprised - for dinner, bed and breakfast for four people, they were owed only a few dollars!..
It is not surprising that on the way back, Gisby and the Simpsons decided to stay again at this strange, but rather hospitable hotel. But when the travelers turned onto the already familiar side road and drove up to the place where the hotel was located, it turned out that there was no hotel here!.. They tried to find the mysterious establishment, but all searches were fruitless.
The conclusion was that the hotel simply did not exist. At least in modern reality. This conclusion was in good agreement with another mysterious circumstance. All the photos taken during the holiday turned out great... Except for those in which Len Gisby and Jeff Simpson captured their wives in front of the hotel. In place of these photographs there were empty frames...
Thus, there is every reason to claim that in October 1979, in the vicinity of the French city of Montelimar, four English travelers spent the night in a ghost hotel that inexplicably appeared in modern world from the times of the late XIX - early XX centuries.
Damn Roman Ghost Legion
1974, late September evening - writer A. McCarcher went outside to take a walk before going to bed. The house where he and his family had recently moved stood on a hill overlooking the Scottish town of Dunblane (Perthshire).
It was a clear, cold night. The town below was shrouded in thick darkness. Suddenly the silence was broken by mysterious sounds. It seemed that many people were moving through the fields near the hill.
McCarcher thought that he was too tired from hard work, and his ears simply began to ring. And yet, having returned home, he continued to reflect on the strange incident. After 20 min. He nevertheless decided to go outside again to make sure of his assumption. But, to his surprise, the mysterious sounds did not disappear - on the contrary, they became louder, and their source was closer. This time the writer clearly heard the tread of hundreds of people marching in formation, the clatter of horse hooves, the clanking of metal, the unclear hubbub of human voices... The impression was that behind the houses on the opposite side of the street, thousands of armed soldiers were moving on foot and on horseback.
“I stood motionless, rooted to the spot, with my eyes closed,” the writer recalled, “and listened intently to these inexplicable sounds. And people and horses kept walking and walking, and there seemed to be no end to this march...”
About ten minutes later, McCarcher, seriously beginning to worry about the state of his mental health, returned home, went to bed and tried to sleep.
A week later, McCarcher went to see his friends - an elderly couple who lived next door. They told him a rather strange story: “One night, about a week ago, our dog and cat suddenly woke up, jumped to their feet and froze in tense poses with the hair standing up on their backs. They seemed to be warily watching for something inexplicable happening behind our house. This lasted about 20 minutes. The animals were clearly very frightened. But no matter how we listened and looked closely, we did not see or hear anything unusual.”
The writer did not tell his neighbors about what he himself had experienced a week ago. But he was amazed that the strange behavior of the animals exactly coincided in time with the auditory hallucination that arose in him. He decided to find out the reasons for this coincidence.
McCarcher soon learned that behind the row of houses located on the opposite side of the street, in ancient times there was an ancient Roman road. Moreover, in 117 AD. e. The elite ninth "Spanish" legion of the Romans, numbering 4,000 people, was sent here to suppress the uprising raised by the leaders of several Scottish tribes.
This legion was also known as the "Ill-fated" legion, because in 60 AD. e. his soldiers, to their misfortune, flogged the leader of the Aisens, one of the Celtic tribes, Queen Boadisia, with rods, and “let her three daughters go free.” After this, the queen cursed the Romans forever and rebelled against them. During its suppression, the ninth legion suffered huge losses, from which it could no longer recover, and lost its former power and glory. And the campaign of this damned legion to Scotland ended in the most mystical way - it disappeared without a trace after passing through the territory on which the city of Dunblane arose many centuries later.
1984, October - McCarcher, who no longer imagined any strange sounds and who had by that time moved to the old part of the city, gave a lecture on local history at a local women's club. After the lecture, one of the listeners, Cecilia Moore, approached him. She said that, apparently, she also heard the Roman legion passing by their city. It turned out that Cecilia lives just opposite the house that recently belonged to McCarcher.
“One late evening I was letting my cat out into the street,” she said, “and suddenly I heard a noise in the garden behind the house that could have been caused by movement large quantity people carrying massive metal objects. The noise did not stop for about half an hour.”
During the conversation, they found out that this incident occurred at the same time when McCarcher heard inexplicable sounds, which he mistook for an auditory hallucination.
“I am sure,” he later wrote, “that Cecilia and I heard (and my neighbors’ dog and cat saw) how the damned ninth legion walked through these places to its mysterious and tragic fate two thousand years ago.”
Murder House
There is a unique house in London, located at 50 Berkeley Square. It has gained terrible fame for constantly bringing its inhabitants to death.
In general, dwellings with an excess of negative energy are known all over the world. If a family where peace and harmony reigns moves into such a house, then unexpectedly, for no apparent reason, a crisis arises. An uninterrupted series of quarrels and scandals ensues, and soon the moment comes when the members of this previously friendly family can no longer stand each other. On top of everything, various small things begin to constantly disappear in the house.
In these cases, parapsychologists talk about the so-called “memory of walls.” It manifests itself if a serious crime was once committed in a given house - usually a murder, or some dark deeds were regularly done here, or rituals were carried out. Formed in such cases negative energy settled on the walls and later became the cause of conflicts and even telekinetic phenomena, which manifest themselves in the form of missing things.
Knowledgeable people advise in such cases to clean the walls not only of wallpaper or other finishing coating, but also of plaster, right down to the brick itself, and then plaster and finish everything again.
But the Berkeley Square house is one of a kind. Already in the 1860s it became known as the "electric nightmare".
At that time, a wealthy, but slightly crazy old man lived in it. He could not forget the drama of his youth - the betrayal of the bride whom he loved very much. Every night the servants heard moans and lamentations from his bedroom, and the next morning they found their master covered with bruises, abrasions and burns. He explained his injuries as an attack on him by certain extraterrestrial forces, ghosts, hiding in the walls and from there striking him with blows and burning him with sparks similar to lightning...
After the old man's death, ghosts continued to rampage. The surrounding residents were often awakened at night by loud noises coming from the “bad” house; obscene books flew out of its windows, and the disgusting smell of burnt wool and rotten meat spread around.
1880 - The Bentley family moved into the house. After some time, one of the maids, while cleaning the room that had once served as the bedroom of the former owner of the house, suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the floor.
When, hearing the noise, the owners ran into the room, the maid, lying on the floor, was convulsing. The arriving doctor found numerous injuries on her body, the kind that remain after an electric shock. The next day, the woman, without regaining consciousness, died in the hospital.
After several days, their daughter’s fiance came to visit the owners. Despite the warnings, he wanted to spend the night in that very room. In the morning he was found dead. After this, the Bentley family moved.
The house was empty for about a year, and then a suspicious middle-aged guy moved in, accompanied by a young girl whose guardian he allegedly was. Two months later, the unfortunate ward jumped out of a third floor window.
Since that time, evil ghosts have completely taken possession of this house, as a result of which it has turned into one of the most attractive objects for tourists...
1887 - on the night before Christmas, two sailors found temporary shelter in the house. They barely had time to settle down for the night when suddenly, out of nowhere, some huge shapeless creature attacked them. One of the sailors managed to jump out of the house. When he returned, accompanied by a policeman, he saw the corpse of his friend hanging on the fence bars with traces of severe burns.
The sailors were the last guests of this terrible house. And although, starting in the 1930s, the ghosts seemed to calm down and relative peace came to the building, since that time there has been no one who dared to live in it. The house is currently owned by a bookseller.
Mummy walking on her own
Students and staff of University College are at times intimidated by its founder, English philosopher, sociologist and lawyer Jeremy Bentham, who died in 1832. As a rule, he - in an elegant suit, in white gloves and with a cane in his hand - stands in the vestibule at the entrance in the form of a mummy, in an upright glass sarcophagus, and, as they say, no one doesn't touch.
But sometimes Dr. Bentham goes for a walk. And then a booming echo echoes through the corridors from the blows of his cane on the parquet floor. And in these cases, the sarcophagus turns out to be empty, and a slight disorder appears in the library: some invisible force moves the books from place to place, confusing their arrangement. This is explained by Jeremy Bentham's great lifetime love for books in general and in particular for the library of the educational institution he founded.
However, there is another version: Mr. Bentham leaves his place of permanent residence in search of... his head. The fact is that for a number of reasons the mummification of his remains was not entirely successful. Therefore, the head of the deceased was separated from the body and replaced with an artificial one, sculpted from wax. The real head of the philosopher, after forced amputation, is kept in some kind of glass vessel hidden in the basement. As you can see, the supporters of this version are grinning; over the past 170 years, the Honorable Sir Bentham has never been able to get used to his new head...
Each of these mysterious stories one could call it a detective. But in detective stories, as you know, all the secrets are revealed by the last page. And in these stories, the solution is still far away, although humanity has been puzzling over some of them for decades. Perhaps we are not destined to find answers for them at all? Or will the veil of secrecy ever be lifted? And what do you think?
43 missing Mexican students
In 2014, 43 students from the College of Education from Ayotzinapa went to demonstrate in Iguala, where the mayor's wife was scheduled to speak to residents. The corrupt mayor ordered the police to rid him of this problem. On his orders, the police detained the students, and as a result of the harsh detention, two students and three bystanders died. The remaining students, as we found out, were handed over to the local crime syndicate Guerreros Unidos. The next day, the body of one of the students was found on the street with the skin torn off his face. Later, the remains of two more students were found. Relatives and friends of the students organized mass demonstrations, triggering a full-blown political crisis in the country. The corrupt mayor, his friends and the chief of police tried to escape, but were detained a few weeks later. The provincial governor resigned, and several dozen police officers and officials were arrested. And only one thing remains a mystery - the fate of almost four dozen students is still unknown.
Oak Island Money Pit
Off the coast of Nova Scotia, on Canadian territory, there is a small island - Oak Island, or Oak Island. There is the famous “money pit”. According to legend, local residents found it back in 1795. This is a very deep and complex mine, in which, according to legend, countless treasures are hidden. Many have tried to get into it - but the design is treacherous, and after the treasure hunter has dug to a certain depth, the mine begins to be intensively filled with water. They say that brave souls found at a depth of 40 meters a stone tablet with the scrawled inscription: “Two million pounds are buried 15 meters deeper.” More than one generation has tried to get the promised treasure out of the hole. Even the future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, during his student years at Harvard, came to Oak Island with a group of friends to try his luck. But the treasure is not given to anyone. And is he there?..
Who was Benjamin Kyle?
In 2004, an unknown man woke up outside a Burger King in Georgia. He had no clothes on, there were no documents with him, but the worst thing was that he didn’t remember anything about himself. That is, absolutely nothing! The police conducted a thorough investigation, but were unable to find any traces: neither missing people with such characteristics, nor relatives who could identify him from a photo. He was soon given the name Benjamin Kyle, under which he continues to live to this day. Without documents or certificates of any education, he could not find a job, but one local businessman, having learned about him from a television program, out of pity, gave him a job as a dishwasher. He still works there now. The efforts of doctors to awaken his memory, and the police to find his previous traces, did not yield results.
Shore of Severed Legs
"Severed Legs Coast" is the name given to a beach on the Pacific Northwest coast of British Columbia. It received this terrible name because local residents several times found severed human legs here, shod in sneakers or sneakers. From 2007 to the present, 17 of them have been found, with the majority being right-wing. There are several theories to explain why legs wash up on this beach - natural disasters, the work of a serial killer... some even claim that the mafia destroys the bodies of its victims on this remote beach. But none of these theories looks convincing, and no one knows where the truth is.
"Dancing Death" 1518
One day in the summer of 1518 in Strasbourg, a woman suddenly began dancing in the middle of the street. She danced wildly until she fell from exhaustion. The strangest thing is that gradually others joined her. A week later, 34 people were dancing in the city, and a month later - 400. Many dancers died from overwork and heart attacks. The doctors did not know what to think, and the churchmen also could not exorcise the demons possessing the dancers. In the end, it was decided to leave the dancers alone. The fever gradually subsided, but no one ever knew what caused it. They talked about some special type of epilepsy, about poisoning, and even about a secret, pre-coordinated religious ceremony. But the exact answer scientists of that never found the time.
Signal from aliens
On August 15, 1977, Jerry Eman, who was monitoring signals from space at the volunteer Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Civilizations, picked up a signal at a random radio frequency, clearly coming from deep space, from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. This signal was much stronger than the cosmic noise that Eman was used to hearing on the air. It lasted only 72 seconds and consisted of a completely definite, in the eye of the observer, completely random list of letters and numbers, which, however, was accurately reproduced several times in a row. Eman disciplinedly recorded the sequence and reported it to his colleagues in the search for aliens. However, further listening to this frequency did not yield anything, as did any attempts to catch at least some signal from the constellation Sagittarius. What it was - a prank by completely earthly jokers or an attempt by an extraterrestrial civilization to get in touch with us - no one still knows.
Unknown from Somerton Beach
Here's another perfect murder, the mystery of which has still not been solved. On December 1, 1948, in Australia, on Somerton Beach in southern Adelaide, the body of an unknown man was discovered. There were no documents with him, only a note with two words: “Taman Shud” was found in one of his pockets. This was a line from Omar Khayyam's rubaiyat, meaning "the end." The cause of death of the unknown man could not be determined. The forensic investigator believed that it was a case of poisoning, but could not prove it. Others believed it was a suicide, but this claim was also unsubstantiated. The mysterious case has alarmed not only Australia, but the whole world. They tried to establish the identity of the unknown person in almost all countries of Europe and America, but the efforts of the police were in vain, and the history of Taman Shud remained shrouded in secrecy.
Confederate Treasures
This legend still haunts American treasure hunters - and not only them. According to legend, when the northerners were already close to victory in the Civil War, the treasurer of the Confederate government, George Trenholm, in desperation, decided to deprive the victors of their rightful spoils - the treasury of the southerners. Confederate President Jefferson Davis personally took on this mission. He and his guards left Richmond with a huge cargo of gold, silver and jewelry. No one knows where they went, but when the northerners took Davis prisoner, he had no jewelry with him, and 4 tons of Mexican gold dollars also disappeared without a trace. Davis never revealed the secret of the gold. Some believe that he distributed it to the planters of the South so that they could bury it until better times, others believe that it is buried somewhere in the vicinity of Danville, Virginia. Some believe that the secret society “Knights of the Golden Circle”, who were secretly preparing revenge in the Civil War, laid their paws on him. Some even say that the treasure is hidden at the bottom of the lake. Dozens of treasure hunters are still looking for him, but none of them can get to the bottom of either the money or the truth.
Voynich manuscript
The mysterious book, known as the Voynich manuscript, is named after the Polish-born American bookseller Wilfred Voynich, who bought it from an unknown person in 1912. In 1915, having taken a closer look at the find, he told the whole world about it - and since then many have not known peace. According to scientists, the manuscript was written in the 15th-16th centuries in central Europe. The book contains a lot of text written in neat handwriting, hundreds of drawings depicting plants, most of which are unknown modern science. The signs of the zodiac and medicinal herbs are also drawn here, accompanied by text, apparently, of recipes for their use. However, the contents of the text are just speculations of scientists who have not been able to understand it. The reason is simple: the book is written in a language still unknown on Earth, which is also practically indecipherable. Who wrote the Voynich manuscript and why, we may not know even in centuries.
Karst wells of Yamal
In July 2014, an inexplicable explosion was heard in Yamal, as a result of which a huge well appeared in the ground, the width and height of which reached 40 meters! Yamal is not the most populated place on the planet, so no one was injured from the explosion and the appearance of a sinkhole. However, such a strange and potentially dangerous phenomenon required an explanation, and a scientific expedition went to Yamal. It included everyone who could be useful in studying the strange phenomenon - from geographers to experienced mountain climbers. However, upon arrival, they were unable to understand the reasons and nature of what had happened. Moreover, while the expedition was working, two more similar failures appeared in Yamal in exactly the same way! Until now, scientists have been able to come up with only one version - about periodic explosions of natural gas coming to the surface from underground. However, experts consider it unconvincing. The Yamal failures remain a mystery.
Antikythera Mechanism
Discovered by treasure hunters on a sunken ancient Greek ship at the beginning of the twentieth century, this device, which at first seemed like just another artifact, turned out to be, no less, the first analog computer in history! A complex system of bronze disks, made with precision and accuracy unimaginable in those distant times, made it possible to calculate the position of stars and luminaries in the sky, time in accordance with different calendars and the dates of the Olympic Games. According to the results of the analyses, the device was made at the turn of the millennium - about a century before the birth of Christ, 1600 years before the discoveries of Galileo and 1700 before the birth of Isaac Newton. This device was more than a thousand years ahead of its time and still amazes scientists.
Sea people
The Bronze Age, which lasted approximately from the 35th to the 10th centuries BC, was the heyday of several European and Middle Eastern civilizations - Greek, Cretan, and Cananese. People developed metallurgy, created impressive architectural monuments, tools became more complex. It seemed that humanity was moving by leaps and bounds towards prosperity. But everything collapsed within a few years. The civilized peoples of Europe and Asia were attacked by a horde of “people of the sea” - barbarians on countless ships. They burned and destroyed cities and villages, burned food, killed and took people into slavery. After their invasion, ruins remained everywhere. Civilization was thrown back at least a thousand years ago. In once powerful and educated countries, writing disappeared, and many secrets of construction and working with metals were lost. The most mysterious thing is that after the invasion, the “sea people” disappeared as mysteriously as they appeared. Scientists are still wondering who and where this people came from and what their future fate was. But there is no clear answer to this question yet.
Murder of the Black Dahlia
Books were written and films were made about this legendary murder, but it was never solved. On January 15, 1947, 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short was found brutally murdered in Los Angeles. Her naked body was subjected to cruel abuse: it was practically cut in half and bore traces of many injuries. At the same time, the body was washed clean and completely devoid of blood. This story of one of the oldest unsolved murders was widely circulated by journalists, giving Short the nickname “black dahlia.” Despite an active search, the police were unable to find the killer. The Black Dahlia case is considered one of the oldest unsolved murders in Los Angeles.
Motor ship "Ourang Medan"
In early 1948, the Dutch ship Ourang Medan sent an SOS signal while in the Strait of Mallaka off the coast of Sumatra and Malaysia. According to eyewitnesses, the radio message said that the captain and the entire crew were dead, and it ended with the chilling words: “And I am dying.” The captain of the Silver Star, having heard the distress signal, went in search of the Ourang Medan. Having discovered the ship in the Strait of Malacca, the sailors from the Silver Star boarded and saw that it was indeed full of corpses, and the cause of death was not visible on the bodies. Soon the rescuers noticed suspicious smoke coming from the hold and, just in case, chose to return to their ship. And they did the right thing, because soon the Ourang Medan spontaneously exploded and sank. Of course, because of this, the possibility of an investigation became zero. Why the crew died and the ship exploded is still a mystery.
Baghdad battery
Until recently, it was believed that humanity mastered the production and use of electric current only at the end of the 18th century. However, an artifact found by archaeologists in the region of ancient Mesopotamia in 1936 casts doubt on this conclusion. The device consists of a clay pot in which the battery itself is hidden: an iron core wrapped in copper, which is believed to have been filled with some kind of acid, after which it began to generate electricity. For many years, archaeologists debated whether the devices were actually related to the generation of electricity. In the end, they collected the same primitive products - and managed to generate electric current with their help! So, did they really know how to install electric lighting in ancient Mesopotamia? Since written sources from that era have not survived, this mystery will now probably forever excite scientists.