The Pisco Band of Holes are mysterious man-sized holes carved into the barren rock near Pisco Valley, Peru. There are about 6900 holes which date back to ancient times. Holes vary between 6-7 ft deep though some are merely shallow indents arranged in arches or staggered lines. Air and satellite imagery gives a clearer picture […]
On March 13, 1997, thousands of people reported a UFO sighting ‘Phoenix Lights’. Though descriptions varied yet two distinct events are involved in the incident: a triangular formation of lights seen to pass over the state, and a series of stationary lights seen in the Phoenix area. Four videos show a footage of a series
Penitentes are spiky snow formations in the Andes, consisting of tall thin blades of closely spaced hardened snow; their blades point towards the sun. Their height ranges from a few centimetres to even 5 metres. These pinnacles of snow or ice grow in the Dry Andes above 4,000 metres. Penitentes are a common sight in
Patomskiy Crater is a huge convex cone with a funnel-shaped recess and a rounded hill in the middle, discovered in 1949 in Irkutsk, Siberia. Several theories ranging from a nuclear blast to a secret gulag mine and even a meteorite strike did the rounds. The cone is 80 metres tall, 10 metres deep and has
Jindo Island is the third largest island in Korea; the Jindo County is an archipelago of 250 islands. Extreme low tide at the end of February and again in mid-June every year, causes a walkway between the main Jindo Island and a small Modo Island to the south of Jindo. This is a natural land
The picturesque Overtoun Bridge in Milton, near Dumbarton, Scotland, saw bizarre happenings. In the past half-century, some 50 dogs have leapt to their deaths from the same historic bridge. All of the deaths have occurred at the same spot, on the right-hand side of the bridge, on clear, sunny days. Some supernatural force was propelling
Gelatinous and translucent Blobs started falling off from the sky in 1994 at Oakville, Washington. Washington’s State Department of Health studied the Blobs and concluded that the Blobs had white blood cells found in human bodies and also had bacteria that are usually found in the digestive system of human beings. Each Blob was the
This so-called Money Pit off the shores of Nova Scotia, along Canada’s Atlantic coast is one of the most incredible self-perpetuating treasure hunts in the world. Among the biggest discoveries were a set of stone inscriptions found 90 ft below the earth. Symbols on the stones were translated as ‘Forty feet below lie two million
Non-aqueous Rain is an erratic meteorological phenomenon when animals literally rain from the sky. Such incidents have been reported in many countries all through history. Non-aqueous Rain consists of everything else, but water. Reported cases reveal the falling of jellyfish, spiders, birds, fish, toads and even parts of cows from the sky. Scientists told strong
In 1872, in the town of Meredith, New Hampshire, construction workers unearthed a mysterious, dark egg-shaped stone. The stone measures 4 inches in length and 2.5 inches wide, bearing a variety of carved symbols. Carvings on one side of the stone show an ear of corn and several other figures. The other side is more
The Nazca Lines (Geoglyphs) are an enigma that span the Peruvian desert. There is no clue as to its function. There have been fantastic explanations-from ancient gods, a landing strip for returning aliens, a celestial calendar and even as a map of underground water supplies. The Nazca Lines are located in the Nazca Desert. Etched
Hundreds of naturally-forming Ice Balls were washed ashore along Lake Michigan shoreline in Ottawa country. The phenomenon is an awesome work of Nature which occurs when the small pieces of ice break off in the water and are smoothened by the waves. The small chunk of ice grows by thin measures as it tumbles in
Mysterious Cavern structures were found deep inside a French cave in the 1990. According to scientists the walls date back to at least 1,75,000 years ago and are the work of Neanderthal builders. Neanderthals lived in Eurasia from about 4,00,000 to 40,000 years ago and died out just as modern humans arrived. Extraordinary constructions are
A Mud Volcano is a formation that was created by geo-excreted gases and liquids. The main gas it emits is usually methane, but it might also emit incombustible gases such as helium, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. This volcano is found all over the world but mostly in Eastern Azerbaijan. Scientists think there may even be
Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima mountain chain and lies on the southeastern corner of Venezuela. It is one of the world’s most extraordinary natural geological formations defined by 400-metre tall cliffs on all sides and includes the borders of Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana. It is about 14 km long and 2,772 metres