221 World’s Strange & Unsolved Mysteries

Yangsi, in Sichuan Province, China, is known as the Village of Dwarfs. According to village elders, their peaceful, happy life was ruined, when a vile disease affected young children between the ages of 5 and 7. These children just stopped growing. Scientists and experts visited Yangsi to study the water, soil and grain in the […]

Château Miranda or Château de Noisy, is a 19th century Neo-Gothic castle in Celles, province of Namur, Belgium, in the region of the Ardennes. Château Miranda is a beautiful castle in the open lands of Belgium. It was built by French aristocrats fleeing the guillotine. The Château Miranda was taken over in World War II

In 1702, the convicted murderer Thomas Busby was on his way to the gallows in Thirsk when he desired a drink at his favourite pub in his favourite chair as his last request. When he finished, he said, “May sudden death come to anyone who dare sit in my chair!” Later, people noticed that the

Built between 1513 and 1733, the Gothic Cathedral of Salamanca underwent restoration work in 1992. It is generally a tradition of restorers to add details or new carvings to the facade as a sort of signature. After conferring with the cathedral, quarry man Jeronimo added a few modern images to the facade including an astronaut

The Bukit Timah area is now a biodiverse Nature reserve. During World War II, the Japanese soldiers stationed in Singapore glimpsed a strange version of Bigfoot there. Many reported seeing a primate-like creature covered in grey hair and standing up to 2 metres tall in the Bukit Timah rain forest. There are also a few

The existence of Brinicles was discovered in 1960. Brinicles are underwater icicles, or ice stalactites. These spindly, ice fingers form in the extremely cold ocean environments of Antarctica and the Arctic. When this sea stalactite reaches the seabed, a web of ice forms freezing everything it touches including any sea life it encounters, such as

The inland Bridgewater Triangle is one of the world’s most concentrated areas of diverse paranormal reports. Located just 30 miles south of Boston, the town of Bridgewater is located nearly dead centre within the Triangle. In May, 1760, a ‘Sphere of fire’ was reported to hover over New England and emit a bright light that

Dominica’s Boiling Lake, the second-largest hot lake in the world, is actually an opening or a hole in the earth’s crust; it is around 76 metres across. It is filled with bubbling greyish-blue water at temperatures of around 90°C. The lake is fed by rainfall and two small streams which drain into the area. The

No UFOs or strange flying objects, but there is supposedly a portal on the earth through which aliens access the earth. The Blowing Cave in Cushman, Arkansas, not only produces gushing water sounds without any water, but also has a secret crevice inside. According to expeditions, the crevice leads to a tunnel which in turn

According to UFO theorists, the Black Knight Satellite is an alien satellite which has orbited the earth for approximately 13,000 years; however, the mythical object is most likely a conflation of several disconnected stories. A 1998 NASA photo believed by some to show the Black Knight Satellite is thought by experts to be of a

‘The Black Dahlia’ was a nickname given to Elizabeth Short, an American woman who was the victim of a much-publicized murder in 1947. ‘The Black Dahlia’ nickname may have been derived from a film murder mystery, ‘The Blue Dahlia’ released in April 1946. Elizabeth Short was found mutilated, her body sliced in half at the

The Bimini Road is an underwater rock formation near North Bimini Island in the Bahamas. The road consists of a 0.8 km-long composed limestone blocks. It could have been either a wall, road, pier, breakwater or other man-made structure. However, there is no credible evidence or arguments. Having rounded corners, the blocks resemble giant loaves

Bigfoot is described as a large, hairy, muscular, bipedal ape-like creature, roughly 6 inches to 9 inches tall. The top of its head is similar to the male gorilla, with a strong, unpleasant smell. The creature’s footprint is claimed to be as large as 24 inches long and 8 inches wide. Some footprint casts have

Robert T. Bigelow bought this Ranch from Terry & Gwen Sherman, after the strange reports of paranormal activity on the property had been reported. The former owners of the ranch experienced events from the first day they moved in: cattle mutilations and disappearances, UFOs & their occupants and floating balls of light. Other creatures and

The Devil’s Triangle or more popularly known as the Bermuda Triangle, is an area in the Atlantic Ocean where planes and ships have mysteriously disappeared. The three points that make the triangle are the Bermuda Islands, Florida and Puerto Rico. It covers 4,40,000 sq.miles of the sea. The disappearances in the infamous region have repeatedly