The Yonaguni Monument is an underwater mystery off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, discovered in 1986 by Masaaki Kimura. The massive underwater rock formation is speculated to have existed for more than 10,000 years. Yonaguni is composed of sandstone and mudstone that dates back 20 million years. Kimura claims that the site was […]
The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like creature who carries a large stone as a weapon and makes a whistling sound, taller than an average human, and is said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. The scientific community has generally regarded the Yeti as a legend, given the lack of
Lower Pecos River, an archaeological region on the borders of Texas and Mexico, houses the most famous White Shaman Cave. It has a stunning pictograph dating back 4,000 years in the Pecos River style, and is the most impressive rock painting in the world. They are realistic presentations of human figures and animals, including canines,
White Rainbow, also known as a Fog Bow, is just like a regular rainbow. It occurs when sunlight shines through water droplets. But because fog droplets are smaller than rain droplets, a lot of colour is lost. When we stand with the sun behind us and look into a bank of fog, the sunlight is
Sitting on top of Temple Mount in the old city of Jerusalem is the Golden Mosque. Inside the shrine is a huge stone with a hole. Under the stone lies a cave called the ‘Well of Souls’. It is believed that the souls of the dead wait for judgement day beneath this cave. You can
A rock on display at the US state of West Virginia has a regular waffle-like geometric pattern across its surface resembling a Waffle maker. Tectonic plate shifts made folds in the sandstone, creating cracks. Iron oxide from percolating water mixed with sand grains formed a material, resistant to weathering. As the sandstone rock eroded away,
This medieval text was discovered by an antique book dealer in 1912, and has eluded interpretation for a century. The book of 250 pages is filled with writings in an unknown alphabet and elaborate drawings depicting a range of subjects from female nudes to medicinal herbs to Zodiac symbols. The Voynich Manuscript now sits in
Ominous lightning flashes above erupting volcanoes which light up the sky are called Volcanic Lightning. Colliding ice crystals, near the stratosphere, high above the Earth’s surface generate enough of an electric charge to trigger normal lightning. But Volcanic Lightning is static electricity from particles rubbing together in dense ash clouds near the ground. Scientists recorded
Virga is rain that evaporates before it hits the ground. It is more likely when precipitation is falling from a relatively high cloud base. It appears as the streaks of hydrometeors falling. Microbursts that occur with Virga are aptly called dry microbursts, even though a spattering of raindrops may reach the surface. When the air
The twelve geographic locations arranged in a pattern, equally divided between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer are called Vile Vortices. The term was coined by Ivan T. Sanderson in his article entitled ‘The Twelve Devil’s Graveyards around the World’. These are the sites of unexplained disappearances and other mysterious phenomena areas
Valley Hill Fields is located on Bloomfield Road near Springfield, Kentucky. There was an unusual happening in April 1995. Seven young girls and their Catholic education teacher reported seeing the spots of gold all over one another and even getting the pictures of angels and the Virgin Mary. Many of the believers who were present
The Unfinished Obelisk unearthed at Aswan, Egypt, is 42 metres long with a pyramidal shape on top, weighing 1100 tons. Attempts to carve it out of the bedrock of granite, had to be abandoned when few cracks were noticed in the granite. The Unfinished Obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone-working techniques. The means
A small human figure excavated in July 1889, while workers were digging a well in Nampa, Idaho sparked scientific interest. The small doll was found at a depth of 320 inches, composed of clay and quartz. It appeared to be significantly older than the agreed-upon origin date of Homo sapiens. This would mean it was
These are intricate circles, reminiscent of the elaborate crop circles that sometimes turn up in farmers’ fields. In 1995, divers noticed a beautiful, strange circular pattern on the seafloor off Japan. It was found that the male puffer fish, only 5 inches long, laboriously flap their fins as they swim along the seafloor, resulting in
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles. Not heeding the prohibition laws, 11 miles of service tunnels became passageways to the basement. King Eddy Saloon is an establishment that has been alive and kicking since the 1900s, in the guise of a piano store. Patrons were able