221 World’s Strange & Unsolved Mysteries

Zona del Silencio, also known as Mapimí Silent Zone, lies in northern Mexico. Legend says that in this area, electromagnetic transmissions cannot be received, radio doesn’t work, compasses do not point to magnetic north, and the flora and fauna have abnormal mutations. The myth started in July, 1970 when the US military fired an Athena […]

Zodiac Killer was directly linked to at least five murders in Northern California in 1968 and 1969. From 1969 to 1974, he made threats through letters to area newspapers and the police. A letter written to two newspapers declared, “I am the killer of the 2 teenagers last Christmas at Lake Herman.” A symbol consisting

Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park is situated in the province of Gansu in China. It was formed by the erosion of red sandstone, forming isolated peaks. Its special geological structure, combined with long-term desert conditions, and wind and water erosion gave its present appearance. Geologists believe that it was formed by the folding of layered

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