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,
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
What happened to the ten people who had sailed aboard the Mary Celeste on November 7, 1872. Theories have ranged from mutiny to pirates to sea monsters to killer waterspouts. The ship had set sail with seven crewmen. On December 5, the crew of the British Brig Dei Gratia spotted Mary Celeste. On a search,
Images from the Microscopic Imager on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity show unusual cookie-dough-looking clump of Martian soil, which hints at a watery past or a major crater-causing impact. Each individual spherule is up to about 3 mm in diameter. Scientists are not sure exactly what the spherules are. One idea is that these represent
The Lusca and St. Augustine Phenomena are vicious, half-shark, half-octopus man-eaters believed to have inspired terror amongst fishermen and scuba divers in the blue holes of the Bahamas for decades. These ferocious octo-sharks have been described as being 75-200 ft in length, with razor sharp teeth and an array of octopus-like multi-suckered tentacles. Oceanographers suggest
In May 1955, an unknown businessman claimed to have witnessed three, bipedal, quasi-reptilian entities congregating by the side of the road. The strange being stood between 3-4 ft tall, with leathery skin, and webbed hands and feet. Its most distinguishing characteristic was its frog-like head, which the man claimed bore deep wrinkles in place of
There was an island called Ferdinandea between Sicily and Tunisia in 1831. It was formed of volcanic material. It was in a strategical position for any naval power. When the tug-of-war for sovereignty between four powerful nations began, the island had sunk back into the sea, unable to withstand the ocean waves. Since 1863, Ferdinandea
Atlantis is a legendary ‘Lost Island’ subcontinent often idealised as an advanced, utopian society holding wisdom that could bring world peace. It was thought of as a fictional place mentioned in a fable by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. In 1881, Ignatius Donnelly first propagated the theory that most of the accomplishments of the ancient