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[FnG]magnolia

[FnG]magnolia

[FnG]magnolia

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I'm certainly not one for tin-foil hats, conspiracies, Lizard Men or the NWO. Having said that, there are some bizarre, unsolved mysteries that really raise an eyebrow.

What happened in the Dyatlov Pass incident, for example?

wikipedia said:
The Dyatlov Pass incident refers to an event that resulted in the deaths of nine ski hikers in the northern Ural mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. It happened on the east shoulder of the mountain Kholat Syakhl (Холат Сяхл) (a Mansi name, meaning Mountain of the Dead). The mountain pass where the incident occurred has since been named Dyatlov Pass (Перевал Дятлова) after the group's leader, Igor Dyatlov (Игорь Дятлов).

The lack of eyewitnesses and subsequent investigations into the hikers' deaths have inspired much speculation. Investigators at the time determined that the hikers tore open their tent from within, departing barefoot in heavy snow. Though the corpses showed no signs of struggle, two victims had fractured skulls, two had broken ribs, and one was missing her tongue.[1] According to sources, four of the victims' clothing contained substantial levels of radiation. There is no mention of this in contemporary documentation; it only appears in later documents.[1] Soviet investigators determined only that "a compelling unknown force" had caused the deaths. Access to the area was barred for skiers and other adventurers for three years after the incident.[1] The chronology of the incident remains unclear due to the lack of survivors.[2][3]
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Likewise, the Bloop does not appear to be a man-made sound and was picked up by sensors 5,000km away from its underwater source. Several times louder than the world's loudest animal, the source is still not known.

wikipedia said:
The sound, traced to somewhere around 50° S 100° W (a remote point in the south Pacific Ocean west of the southern tip of South America), was detected several times by the Equatorial Pacific Ocean autonomous hydrophone array,[1] which uses U.S. Navy equipment originally designed to detect Soviet submarines.

According to the NOAA description, it "rises rapidly in frequency over about one minute and was of sufficient amplitude to be heard on multiple sensors, at a range of over 5,000 km." The NOAA's Dr. Christopher Fox does not believe its origin is man-made, such as a submarine or bomb, or familiar geological events such as volcanoes or earthquakes. While the audio profile of the Bloop does resemble that of a living creature, the source is a mystery both because it is different from known sounds and because it was several times louder than the loudest known animal, the blue whale.[2] Five other significant unexplained sounds have been named by NOAA: Julia, Train, Slow Down, Whistle and Upsweep.[3][4][5]

Dr. Christopher Fox of the NOAA speculated that the Bloop may be ice calving in Antarctica.[6] A year later Dr. Fox was paraphrased speculating it was likely animal in origin.[7]
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The Mary Celeste is an old mystery but one that is still not solved.

wikipedia said:
The fate of her crew has been the subject of much speculation. Theories range from alcoholic fumes, to underwater earthquakes, to waterspouts, to paranormal explanations involving extraterrestrial life, unidentified flying objects (UFOs), sea monsters, and the phenomenon of the Bermuda Triangle, although the Mary Celeste is not known to have sailed through the Bermuda Triangle area. The Mary Celeste is often described as the archetypal ghost ship, since she was discovered derelict without any apparent explanation, and her name has become a synonym for similar occurrences.
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Anyone have any other mysteries they find interesting?
 
I love stuff like this.

The Tunguska Incident is one that always interested me. Another one from Russia is the bore hole they drilled down into the earth that contained spookyness (mwahahahah).
 
Wow.

I'd not heard of the first two, or the exact details of the last.

Eagerly await more!


Post the moon landings!
 
The Mary Celeste is likely to be due to them thinking it was exploding due to the popping of the alcohol cargo AFAIK, nothing particularly special.:p What's the scary borehole all about, haven't heard about that before !

doofer said:
Rock Frogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entombed_animal
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That's normally toads not frogs, they hide in cool dark places when younger and then eat stuff that goes past, eventually becoming too fat to get out of tbe hole they got in.
 
Amp34 said:
The Mary Celeste is likely to be due to them thinking it was exploding due to the popping of the alcohol cargo AFAIK, nothing particularly special.:p
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It wouldn't be an unsolved mystery if it was no longer a mystery and no longer unsolved, would it? That's why it's interesting. You might be right but no one really knows.
 
[FnG]magnolia;18269794 said:
It wouldn't be an unsolved mystery if it was no longer a mystery and no longer unsolved, would it? That's why it's interesting. You might be right but no one really knows.
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There is a difference between completely unknown and well educated guess. The Mary Celeste is the latter of those two, much like what I had for breakfast a week ago... :p
 
i remember reading about a japanese trawler ship that pulled up what could only be decided as something prehistoric. there was a photo of it and they chucked it back in the sea. why did they not save it?!
 
Welp, a mystery that has confounded experts for a very long time has just been solved by a student on a computer forum! We can all go home happy now.

The money pit posted above is really interesting as well. Here's a pic :

money_pit_diagram.jpg
 
cm1179 said:
i remember reading about a japanese trawler ship that pulled up what could only be decided as something prehistoric. there was a photo of it and they chucked it back in the sea. why did they not save it?!
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They'd probably already reached their prehistoric monster quota.
 
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