Hidden away on the tiny island of Flores off the west coast of Spain, this unbelievable system was built in 1955. The Covão dos Conchos, a giant mystical water hole 1519 metres long, spanning 15 ft with a staggering drop of almost 5,000 ft to the bottom, belongs to a hydroelectric dam. Though the water […]
Strange, cryptic messages painted in rectangular linoleum tiles have been appearing in dozens of cities in the United States and South America. These tiles are referred to as ‘Toynbee Tiles’ because most of them refer to the historian Arnold J. Toynbee. Other texts are political statements and tirades against society and culture. The identity of
On August 18, 1227, Mongol leader Ghenghis Khan died of unknown causes while leading a military campaign in China. Khan’s corpse was then placed in an unmarked grave to ensure his rest would be undisturbed. The location of Khan’s tomb has remained unknown for almost 900 years. Since 2008, the Valley of the Khan’s Project
The Uffington White Horse is designed on an escarpment of the Berkshire Downs. It is cut on a shallow slope near the top, and can be viewed well only from above. The lines of the horse are made up of trenches dug and filled with chalk. OSL (Optically Stimulated Luminescence) testing of soil beneath the
A hum of unknown origin seems to have first been reported in the early 1990s in the town of Taos, in North-central New Mexico. This is the so-called ‘Taos Hum’. The hum is invariably described as low in frequency and reminiscent of a distant pump, an idling diesel truck, or perhaps someone’s high-powered audio bass
A conventional-looking young man arrived at Tokyo airport in July 1954. He had a genuine passport and claimed that he came from Taured, shocking officials because there was no Taured in the globe. When asked to indicate his country on the map, he appeared confused as to why his homeland was not in it. His
The Skunk Ape is allegedly a large, bipedal mammal that is said to inhabit the US states of Florida, North Carolina, and Arkansas. The reports of the Skunk Ape were particularly common in the 1960s and the 1970s. In 1974, the sightings of a large, foul-smelling, hairy, ape-like creature, which ran upright on two legs
The Plain of Jars is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos and is dated to the Iron Age (500 BC to 500 AD) and is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Southeast Asia. More than 90 jar sites with 3,000 jars lying around have been identified. Local legend says that it was created
Candelabra of the Andes is found in Paracas peninsula at Pisco Bay, Peru. Etched deep into the seaside hill, it has been dated back to around 200 BCE. The design is of a three-pronged fork, etched a good 2 ft into the petrified sand of the hill and runs almost 600 ft. Its purpose and
Okanagan Lake in British Columbia is said to be the home of a world-famous lake monster named Ogopogo. This sea serpent is said to be 40-50 ft long and described as dark and multi-humped, with green, black, brown or grey skin. The head is said to look like that of a snake, sheep, horse, seal
A curious geological feature on the coast stretching from southern New Jersey to northern Florida is the presence of thousands of strange elliptical depressions like craters on the Moon, all aligned in the same direction. It is estimated that there were once as many as half a million Carolina Bays along the Atlantic coast, but
The legendary Deathworm is, said to resemble a large fat worm, up to 3 feet long and dark red in colour, with spike-like projections at both ends. It lies hidden beneath the desert sands, and scrupulously avoided by the locals. It can kill in several fearsome ways, including spitting a stream of corrosive lethal venom,
Cecilia went to a school that stood close to a dense forest. If one walked 10 minutes into the forest, they could see a log cabin. Many children in the school claimed that it was haunted. Cecilia, however, did not believe in the rumour and laughed at her friends when they mentioned the cabin. “If
This world’s most-famous painting was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, by the Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect and engineer Leonardo da Vinci. The sitter’s mysterious smile and her unproven identity have made the painting a source of ongoing investigation and fascination. Much speculation and debate regarding the identity of the portrait’s sitter led to
The Moai Statues of Easter Island lies 2,300 miles west of South America. The first settlement happened during AD 800 to 1200. The Rapa Nui carved and erected some 900 Moai Statues across the island. The stone blocks were carved into head-and-torso figures, averaging 13 ft, weighing 14 tons. The island’s ecosystem was wrecked mainly