What a mysterious phenomenon exists. The most inexplicable mystical stories

This article brings to your attention several paranormal phenomena over which scientists and skeptics have been racking their brains for many years and cannot come to an unambiguous conclusion.

Taos rumble

Taos hum is a low frequency noise of unknown nature. This phenomenon got its name due to the city in which it was registered - Taos, New Mexico. In fact, similar phenomena characteristic not only for this small town: the appearance of inexplicable noises was noticed in different countries all over the world.

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Often, industrial origins are attributed to these sounds. And yet, the situation in Taos is somewhat different: only 2% of the local population hear the noise. In addition, people who have heard the Taos rumble note that it is amplified inside buildings, and in the case of ordinary noises of industrial origin, it would be the other way around.

Basically, the nature of this phenomenon is explained in different ways:
1. Ordinary industrial or other noise produced by machines, acoustic systems, etc.
2. Infrasound, which may be of a geological or tectonic nature.
3. Pulsed microwaves
4. Electromagnetic waves
5. sound waves from low frequency communication systems (e.g. communications on submarines)
6. Radiation in the ionosphere, including that produced within the framework of HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program)
It is important to note that the source of the noises has not been definitively established despite numerous studies by local universities as well as individuals.

Near death experiences

Near death experiences are common name for the personal experiences of people at the time of their clinical death. The following phenomenon may provide an answer to questions about the possibility of life after death. Many people who have survived clinical death claim that such life exists.

NDEs include physiological, psychological, and transcendental aspects. Despite the fact that different people describe the events that happen to them after clinical death in different ways, many elements are common to all:

• The first sensory impression is a very unpleasant sound (noise);
• Understanding what is dead;
• Pleasant emotions: calmness and tranquility;
• Feeling out of body, floating above own body and observation of others;
• Feeling of moving upward through a bright tunnel of light or a narrow passage;
• Meeting with deceased relatives or clerics;
• An encounter with a being of light (often interpreted as a deity);
• Consideration of episodes of the past life;
• Reaching a boundary or boundaries;
• Feeling unwilling to return to the body;
• Feeling warm despite not wearing clothes.

It is also known that in individual cases the experiences following the seventh stage, on the contrary, are extremely unpleasant.
Communities of people who experience or study the paranormal are more open to interpreting near-death experiences as evidence for the existence of an afterlife. In turn, scientists often interpret this phenomenon as hallucinations or fiction.
In 2008, a study was launched in the UK that will study 1,500 near-death patients. The study will involve 25 hospitals in the UK and the US.

Doppelgänger - ghostly doppelgangers

In literature, doppelgangers (German doppelganger - "double") are the demonic counterparts of people, the opposite of a guardian angel. The appearance of a doppelgänger often heralds the hero's death. Although they are considered to be literary characters, there are several historical sources, indirectly proving the existence of these creatures.
One of these is the testimony of Queen Elizabeth I, recorded by the chronicler shortly before her death. According to the queen, she saw herself lying on the bed of her bedroom, more precisely, her double, who, according to her, was very pale.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe saw his own double, dressed in a gray suit trimmed with gold, while riding a horse in the direction of Drusenheim (Drusenheim). At the same time, the double went to reverse direction. Eight years later, while traveling from Drusenheim along the same road, Goethe noticed that he was wearing the exact same suit as he had seen on the double.
It is known that Catherine II also saw her copy moving in her direction. Frightened, she ordered the soldiers to shoot her.
An unusual case of a similar nature also happened to Abraham Lincoln: the reflection he saw in the mirror had two faces. Being a superstitious person, Lincoln remembered what he saw for a long time.

Sudarius from Oviedo is a piece of cloth measuring 84 x 53 cm. with blood stains. Some people are inclined to believe that this sudari was wrapped around the head of Christ after his death, as mentioned in the Gospel of John (20:6-7). It is believed that both the sudarius and the shroud were used in the funeral ritual. In the course of the study, the purpose of which was to confirm or refute the authenticity of the sudarium, blood stains remaining on the fabric were examined. As it turned out, the blood on the king and the shroud belongs to the fourth group. In addition, most of the spots on the sudaria come from fluid from the lungs. This is explained by the fact that often people who were crucified did not die from blood loss, but from suffocation.

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Scientists have classified the most unusual and mysterious phenomena on Earth. What our ancestors once called "devilry", modern scientists refer to the area of ​​​​the unknown. However, they still cannot explain the reason for this very unknown.

"Taos noise"

Have you heard how an engine or a drilling rig works? It is such an unpleasant noise that disturbs the peace of the inhabitants of the American city of Taos. An incomprehensible mysterious buzz coming from the direction of the desert first appeared almost 18 years ago, and has been regularly reappearing since then. When the residents of the city asked the authorities to investigate, it turned out that the noise seemed to come from the bowels of the earth, it could not be registered by location devices, and only 2% of the urban population heard it. A similar phenomenon is observed in other regions of the planet. It occurs especially often in Europe. As in the case of the Taoist rumble, its causes and source have not yet been discovered.

Ghost doppelgangers

Unusual cases when people meet their doppelgangers are not uncommon. Stories about doppelgangers (this is so as not to write “doubles” twice in a row) are present both in medical practice (which is just not at all surprising), and in historical documents and literary works. Guy de Maupassant told his friends about meeting his double. Mathematician Descartes, French writer George Sand, English poets and writers Shelley, Byron, Walter Scott also encountered their copies. We will not even mention Dostoevsky's story "The Double".
However, doppelgangers also visit people of prosaic professions. Here are the stories compiled by Dr. Edward Podolsky. One woman saw her doppelgänger while putting on makeup in front of a mirror. A man working in the garden noticed his exact copy next to him, repeating all his movements.
Scientists suggest that the secret of the mysterious doubles may be hidden in the brain. Processing information, our nervous system creates the so-called spatial scheme of the body, which, due to reasons unknown to science, is divided into real and astral images. Alas, this is just a hypothesis.

Life after death

The light at the end of a dark tunnel, an unusual luminous creature, a calling voice, the ghosts of already deceased loved ones - this is what awaits a person in the next world, according to the "resurrected". In other words, people who have undergone clinical death.
One proof of reality afterlife was the study of William James, which he conducted with the participation of the medium Leonora Piper. For about ten years, the doctor organized séances, during which Leonora spoke either on behalf of the Indian girl Chlorin, or Commander Vanderbilt, or Longfellow, or Johann Sebastian Bach, or the actress Sidsons. The doctor invited viewers to his sessions: journalists, scientists, and other mediums, so that they could confirm that communication with the world of the dead was really happening.
Unfortunately, no scientific facts on this account does not yet exist. However, maybe it's for the best?

noisy spirit

The poltergeist is an inexplicable mysterious phenomenon and at the same time a constant hero of the yellow press. “The barabashka stole the salary of the family from Kapotnya and wrote a swear word on the wall”, “Poltergeist became the father of three children”, - these and similar headings are still regularly followed by the audience.

For the first time, the poltergeist was mentioned almost two thousand years ago by the historian Titus Livy, who described how someone invisible threw stones at Roman soldiers. After this unusual occurrence of a poltergeist, many more times have been described. Mentions of this phenomenon are present even in the annals of a French monastery. According to the chronicler, on September 16, 1612, something incredible happened in the house of the Huguenot priest Francois Perrault. It all started with the fact that at midnight the curtains began to draw by themselves, and someone pulled the bed linen from the beds. An unusually loud noise was heard in various parts at home, and in the kitchen someone was throwing dishes. The poltergeist not only methodically demolished the house, but also cursed desperately. The church decided that the devil had taken up residence in the house of the sinner Huguenot, and Martin Luther later proposed calling the "obscene spirit" a poltergeist. After 375 years in the USSR it will be called a barabashka.

heavenly signs

According to history, clouds are not only white-maned horses. From time immemorial, eyewitness accounts have been preserved, telling about whole pictures, meaningful signs and numbers that suddenly appeared in the sky. According to legend, one of these heavenly visions predicted the victory of Julius Caesar, and another - a blood-red flag with a white cross - gave strength to the retreating Danish troops and helped them defeat the pagan Estonians.
Scientists are skeptical about such pictures in the sky and name several reasons for their appearance. Today, various figures in the sky can form aircraft exhausts. After the aircraft fuel burns out, water vapor enters the atmosphere, immediately turning into ice crystals. Picked up by air whirlwinds, they behave very unpredictably and can create various shapes. Aerosols sprayed during weather experiments based on carbon dioxide and barium salts can also be the cause of similar mysterious phenomena. In addition, air, due to its specific properties, sometimes acquires the ability to reflect what is happening on Earth.

The phenomenon of wandering graves

In 1928, all the Scottish newspapers were full of news about the grave that had disappeared from the cemetery of the small town of Glenysville. Relatives who came to visit the deceased found an empty place instead of a stone gravestone. The grave was never found.
In 1989, on a farm in Kansas, right in the middle barnyard in one night a grave mound grew up with a rickety and cracked tombstone. Due to the poor condition of the plate, it was not possible to read the name on it. But when the grave was dug up, a coffin with human remains was found in it.
All this mysterious devilry is considered commonplace in some African and Polynesian tribes. There is a tradition to douse a fresh grave with tree sap and cover it with shells. This is done, according to the priests, so that the grave "does not leave."

pyrokinesis

Cases when people engulfed in flames of unknown origin turned into a handful of ashes in just a few minutes have been known for a very long time. Although this phenomenon occurs infrequently: for the entire last century Only 19 cases of pyrokinesis have been recorded in the world. Why this happens, and most importantly, why the flame often does not spread to surrounding objects, scientists cannot explain.
In 1969, a dead man was found in his car. His face and hands were burned, but for some reason the fire did not touch his hair and eyebrows. Quite a fantastic incident occurred in the Canadian province of Alberta. The two sisters flared up at the same instant, being in different parts cities, at a distance of a kilometer from each other.
Versions of the origin of the mysterious pyrokinesis are increasingly fantastic. Some doctors are trying to connect spontaneous combustion of people with their internal state, since most of the victims are known to have been depressed for a long time. Others believe that mainly alcoholics fall under the influence of pyrokinesis. Their body is so saturated with alcohol that it can flare up from the slightest spark, especially if the dead smoked. There is a version that the flame arises under the influence of either ball lightning, which happened to be nearby, or energy beams unknown to science. And recently it was put forward at all incredible theory. Allegedly, the source of energy in a living cell is a thermonuclear reaction, that is, under the action of unknown force inexplicable energy processes begin to occur in the cell, similar topics what happens when an atomic bomb explodes.

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Many anomalies that researchers have been tracking for years are only now becoming known.

Every year, scientists are increasingly confronted with phenomena on our planet that they cannot explain.

In the United States, not far from the city of Santa Cruz (California), there is one of the most mysterious places on our planet - the Praser zone. It occupies only a few acres, but scientists believe that this is an anomalous zone. After all, the laws of physics do not apply here. So, for example, people of the same height, standing on absolutely flat surface one will appear higher and the other lower. Blame the anomalous zone. Researchers discovered it back in 1940. But in 70 years of studying this place, they have not been able to understand why this is happening.

In the center of the anomalous zone, George Preiser built a house in the early 1940s. However, a few years after the construction, the house tilted. Although it shouldn't have happened. After all, it was built in compliance with all the rules. It stands on a solid foundation, all angles inside the house are 90 degrees, and the two sides of its roof are absolutely symmetrical to each other. Several times this house was tried to level. They changed the foundation, put iron supports, even rebuilt the walls. But the house returned to its original position each time. Scientists explain this by the fact that in the place where the house is built, the earth's magnetic field is disturbed. After all, even the compass here shows absolutely opposite information. Instead of north, it indicates south, and instead of west, it indicates east.

One more curious property of this place: people cannot stay here for long. Already after 40 minutes of being in the Prazer zone, a person experiences an inexplicable feeling of heaviness, legs become cottony, dizzy, pulse quickens. Long stay can cause a sudden heart attack. Scientists cannot yet explain this anomaly, one thing is known that such an area can have a beneficial effect on a person, endowing him with strength and life energy and destroy him.

Explorers of the mysterious places of our planet, in last years came to a paradoxical conclusion. Anomalous zones exist not only on Earth, but also in space. And it is possible that they are related. Moreover, some scientists believe that our entire solar system is a kind of anomaly in the universe.

After studying 146 star systems that are similar to our solar system, the researchers found that the larger the planet, the closer it is to its star. Closer to the luminary is the most big planet, then smaller ones, and so on.

However, in our solar system, everything is just the opposite: the most major planets- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptupe are on the outskirts, and the smallest are located closest to the Sun. Some researchers even explain this anomaly by the fact that supposedly our system was artificially created by someone. And this someone deliberately arranged the planets in such an order to make sure that nothing happened to the Earth and its inhabitants.

For example, the fifth planet from the Sun - Jupiter - is a real shield of the planet Earth. gas giant located in an atypical orbit for such a planet. So, as if specially located so as to serve as a kind of space umbrella for the Earth. Jupiter plays the role of a kind of "trap", intercepting objects that would otherwise fall on our planet. Suffice it to recall July 1994, when fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy great speed crashed into Jupiter, the area of ​​the explosions was then comparable to the diameter of our planet.

In any case, science now takes the issue of finding and studying anomalies, as well as trying to meet other intelligent beings, already seriously. And this is bearing fruit. So, suddenly, scientists made an incredible discovery - there are two more planets in the solar system.

An international team of astronomers recently published even more sensational research results. It turns out that in ancient times our Earth was illuminated by two suns at once. It happened about 70 thousand years ago. On the outskirts solar system a star appeared. And our distant ancestors, who lived in the Stone Age, could observe the radiance of two heavenly bodies at once: the Sun and a foreign guest. This star, which tours alien planetary systems, is called the Scholz star by astronomers. Named after the discoverers Ralf-Dieter Scholz. In 2013, he first identified it as a star closest to the Sun.

The size of a star is one tenth of our sun. How long the celestial body stayed visiting the solar system is not exactly known. But in this moment Scholz's star, according to astronomers, is located at a distance of 20 light years from Earth, and continues to move away from us.

Astronauts talk about many anomalous phenomena. However, often their memories are hidden for many years. People who have been in space are reluctant to reveal the mysteries they have witnessed. But sometimes astronauts make statements that become sensational.

Buzz Aldrin is the second person after Neil Armstrong to walk on the moon. Aldrin claims that he observed space objects of unknown origin long before his famous flight to the moon. Back in 1966. Aldrin then made an exit in outer space, and his colleagues saw some unusual object next to him - a luminous figure of two ellipses, which almost instantly moved from one point in space to another.

If strange light only one astronaut Buzz Aldrin saw the rising ellipse, then this could be attributed to physical and psychological overload. But the luminous object was spotted by the dispatchers of the command post

The American Space Agency officially admitted in July 1966 that the objects that the astronauts saw could not be classified. They cannot be attributed to the category of phenomena explainable by science.

The most amazing thing is that all the astronauts and astronauts who have visited the Earth's orbit have mentioned strange phenomena in space. Yuri Gagarin has repeatedly said in interviews that he heard beautiful music in orbit. Cosmonaut Alexander Volkov, who has been in space three times, said that he distinctly heard a dog barking and a child crying.

Some scientists believe that for millions of years the entire space of the solar system has been under the close supervision of extraterrestrial civilizations. All the planets of the system are under their hood. And these cosmic forces are not only observers. They save us from space threats and sometimes from self-destruction.

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake measuring 9 on the Richter scale occurs 70 kilometers off the east coast of the Japanese island of Honshu - the strongest in the history of Japan.

The center of this destructive earthquake was in the Pacific Ocean, at a depth of 32 kilometers below sea level, so it caused a powerful tsunami. It took only 10 minutes for a huge wave to reach the largest island of Honshu in the archipelago. Many Japanese coastal cities were simply washed away from the face of the Earth.

But the worst thing happened the next day - March 12. In the morning, at 6 hours 36 minutes, the first reactor exploded nuclear power plant Fukushima. The radiation leak has begun. Already on that day, at the epicenter of the explosion, the maximum permissible level of pollution was exceeded 100,000 times.

The next day, the second block explodes. Biologists and radiologists are sure that after such huge leaks, almost the entire Earth. After all, already on March 19 - just a week after the first explosion - the first wave of radiation reached the shores of the United States. And according to forecasts, the radiation clouds should have then moved on ...

However, this did not happen. Many at that moment believed that a catastrophe on a worldwide scale was avoided only thanks to the intervention of some kind of inhuman, or rather, extraterrestrial, forces.

This version sounds like fantasy, like a fairy tale. But if we trace the number anomalous phenomena, which in those days was observed by the inhabitants of Japan, one can draw a striking conclusion: the number of UFOs seen was more than in the last six months around the world! Hundreds of Japanese photographed and filmed unidentified glowing objects in the sky.

The researchers are absolutely sure that the radiation cloud, which is not unexpected for environmentalists, and contrary to weather forecasts, dissipated only due to the activity of these strange objects in the sky. And there were many such amazing situations.

In 2010, scientists experienced a real shock. They decided that the long-awaited answer had been received from the brothers in mind. Contact with aliens could become American apparatus Voyager. It was launched to Neptune on September 5, 1977. On board were both research equipment and a message for extraterrestrial civilization. Scientists hoped that the probe would pass near the planet and then leave the solar system.

This carrier plate contained general information about human civilization in the form of simple drawings and audio recordings: greetings in fifty-five languages ​​of the world, children's laughter, sounds of wildlife, classical music. At the same time, the current American president, Jimmy Carter, personally participated in the recording: he turned to extraterrestrial intelligence with a call for peace.

For more than thirty years, the device broadcast simple signals: evidence of the normal functioning of all systems. But in 2010, the Voyager signals changed, and now decrypt information from space traveler it was not the aliens who needed it, but the creators of the probe themselves. First, communication with the probe was suddenly severed. Scientists decided that, after thirty-three years of continuous operation, the apparatus simply failed. But just a few hours later, Voyager came to life and began to broadcast very strange signals to Earth, much more complex than they were before. At the moment, the signals have not been deciphered.

Many scientists are sure that the anomalies that lurk in every corner of the universe are, in fact, just a sign that humanity is just beginning its long journey to understanding the world.

It's hard to believe, but there are natural phenomena that scientists still cannot explain. Such as, balls of electricity appearing in the sky, or the random movement of rocks without the help of a person or animal. Will we ever know the answers to these enigmatic ? May be! But, now, these 25 unusual natural phenomena remain a mystery to science.

solar corona

Millions of kilometers in space belong to the corona, which acts as an aura of plasma and surrounds the Sun. This is something that scientists cannot explain. And why solar corona has a higher temperature than visible surface Sun. While average temperature The surface of the Sun is about 5800 Kelvin, the corona reaches a combustion temperature of one to three million Kelvin.

Animal migration

Animal migration occurs in virtually all large animal groups, including birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and insects. Scientists are puzzled by the fact that these animals dare to such amazing travel and don't go astray? There have been many theories about this natural phenomenon, but the true cause remains unknown.

Sound anomalies or abnormal sound phenomena in nature

There are several places known for hum, a phenomenon described as a persistent and invasive low-frequency hum, rumbling, noise, or buzz from an unknown source. One of them in the city of Taos, New Mexico is probably the most famous. Even more puzzling is the fact that only 2% of local residents Taos can hear him. Regardless of the origin of the strange sound, for those who can hear it, it is extremely disturbing.

Jellyfish disappeared from Jellyfish Lake

Located on the island of Eil Malk in Palau, Jellyfish Lake is a marine lake that connects to the ocean through a network of cracks and tunnels. Every day, millions of jellyfish migrate across the lake, and between 1998 and 2000, all golden jellyfish disappeared from the lake. There are many theories regarding this phenomenon, but scientists are still not sure of the exact cause.

ice circles

Also known as ice disks, ice circles are very rare. a natural phenomenon, which occurs in slow-moving waters at freezing temperatures. Scientists don't know exactly how ice circles form, but they are thought to form in eddy currents where the plates rotate. thin ice and gradually freeze together. The diameter of the circles can vary greatly from a few centimeters to 15 meters or more.

Big Foot

For decades, people have been watching the large human-type hairy creature known as the Yeti or Bigfoot. While the vast majority of scientists are skeptical of its existence, there are a few experts who believe Bigfoot really exists. Proponents speculate that it may be a relic population of Gigantopithecus, a giant ape that lived 9 million years ago.

Hurricane on Saturn

In 2013, a huge hurricane was spotted on Saturn using spacecraft NASA in orbit around the planet. The eye of the storm was about 2000 kilometers in diameter and crossed the clouds at a speed of 530 kilometers per hour. On Earth, hurricanes feed warm oceans, but there are no oceans on Saturn that could create such a giant storm.

Monarch butterflies migration

We have already talked about the miracle of animal migrations, but there is one animal whose annual migration is especially impressive. The monarch butterfly lives only half a year, which means that the butterflies that return are the children of those who made the first migration. Never migrating, how can they know where to fly? Researchers have proposed many theories, and a group of researchers have identified the butterfly's antenna as a vital body part for successful migration. However, the accuracy of this theory remains to be determined.

Animal Rain

In history, several strange cases have been recorded of animals falling from the sky. For example, in the summer of 2000 in Ethiopia, it rained millions of fish, some of which were dead, while others were still moving with all their might. Most of these "animal" rains occur in tornadoes or other types of violent storms capable of lifting and carrying objects and water, but there is one amazing fact- it usually rains from one type of animal. It can be rain only from herring or a special kind of frog.

Fireballs Naga

Like ball lightning, Naga fireballs are an unusual natural phenomenon. According to an unconfirmed source, they were seen on the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos, where glowing reddish balls allegedly rose from the water. There have been several attempts to scientifically explain Naga fireballs, but so far, there is no definitive explanation for this phenomenon.

Zone of Silence

The Mapimi "Zone of Silence" refers to a desert patch in Durango, Mexico, and is extremely quiet place where strange things happen. In 1970, a test rocket launched from military base USA near Green River, Utah lost control and crashed in this area. Parts of the booster used for the Apollo project also disintegrated and landed in the same area, as well as the world's largest carbon chondrites. Or maybe this is a coincidence?

Flashes of light during an earthquake

For centuries, people have observed strange, mostly white or bluish flashes that preceded major earthquakes. The lights were typically only a few seconds long. The first photos of this phenomenon were recorded after the 1960s. Since then, scientists have begun to take this phenomenon seriously and have created many theories about the origin of light flashes, involving piezoelectricity, frictional heating, and electrokinetics.

volcanic light

Scientists have found that similar volcanic light is observed before an earthquake and occurs in areas where it should occur. big eruption volcano. Recent research suggests that light can be caused by elements that evoke the natural electric charge rocks, making them sparkle and glow.

moon illusion

We have all noticed that when the Moon is on the horizon, it seems to be much larger than when it is high in the sky. But try a small experiment (like with a coin) at arm's length with one eye closed, place it next to a high moon, and then a big moon on the horizon, and you will see that the size of the moon relative to the coin will be the same in both cases. .

Synchronous blinking fireflies

Living in the Great Smoky Mountains ( national park) synchronous fireflies are the only fireflies in America that can synchronize their blinking. Fireflies glow in sync for several weeks each year, but the reason for this behavior remains unknown.

Cat purring

Did you know that a cat's purr is one of the most mysterious sounds in the animal kingdom? Scientists study not only the origin of sound, but also its causes. Cats often purr when being petted or while resting, but they also purr when eating and sometimes even during childbirth. Thus, the main reason why cats purr remains unknown.

Singing humpback whales

Male humpback whales can produce long and very complex "sounds" that were once thought necessary to attract females, but studies have shown that the sound often attracts other males. In addition, individuals can recognize each other's songs and distribute them to other populations. So the singing of humpback whales remains a mystery.

Origin of the Universe

In today's world, the Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model for the birth of the universe. She claims that about 14 billion years ago, all of space was contained in a single point from which the universe emerged. However, the theory does not provide any explanation initial conditions universe - it only describes and explains general evolution The universe that started from this moment. But what was there before that? We do not know.

Bermuda Triangle

If there is a place known for the emergence mysterious phenomena and strange events that scientists cannot figure out is Bermuda Triangle. In this region in the western North Atlantic, a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared during mysterious circumstances. Scientists tend to attribute the disappearances to several coincidences, such as terrible weather, ocean currents, human error, and even methane bubbles.

Loch Ness monster

The Loch Ness Monster is a mystery somewhat similar to Sasquatch. There were many sightings of the creature, but most of them were found to be false. However, there is some speculation that a Scottish lake may be home to a relic plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile believed to have died around 66 million years ago. Plesiosaurs were once abundant in the area where Britain is today, but the likelihood that some individuals secretly survived is close to zero.

witch circles

Found in the arid grasslands of the western part South Africa, witch circles are round patches of barren land. Usually found with monospecific herbaceous vegetation, circles vary in diameter from 2 to 15 m. The origin and history of fairy circles has long been a puzzle, and even today, scientists do not know exactly how they appeared. One favorite assumption is that termites are responsible for the circles, but the area of ​​the phenomenon is much wider than that of termites.

moving stones

Also known as sliding or crawling rocks, they refer to an amazing geological phenomenon in which rocks move and create long paths along a smooth valley without human or animal intervention. There have even been instances of stones flipping over, turning side and changing direction. The origin of this phenomenon has not been determined, but scientists suggest that the movement may be caused by strong wind, which pushes the stone over a thin layer of clay.

Whales aground

Every year, up to 2,000 whales throw themselves onto the beach, and in most cases they die. It is also known that they have used this strange method of "suicide" for at least thousands of years. Numerous theories have been proposed as to why they do this, but none of them have been convincing enough to be true.

Fireball

Fireball is probably the most famous unexplained electrical phenomenon. The term refers to glowing, spherical objects that range in diameter from a pea to several meters in diameter. Ball lightning is commonly associated with thunderstorms, but lasts much longer than regular lightning. The phenomenon has been the subject of research since 1834, the English physician and explorer William Snow Harris introduced the concept to the scientific field, but even now there is no generally accepted explanation for ball lightning.

The lights of the Hessdalen valley

Since the 1940s or even earlier, a strange light has been recorded in the Hessdalen Valley, Norway. This is a natural phenomenon of white or yellow color and is of unknown origin. Between 1981 and 1984, the lights were observed up to 20 times a week, but since then, the activity has decreased and now the lights are observed about 10-20 times a year. Despite ongoing research and numerous working hypotheses, there is no conclusive explanation for the origin of these lights.

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10 Skunk Monkey

The skunk monkey is a cryptid creature believed to be native to Florida. The skunk monkey is most often described as a bipedal primate with long, dark hair that smells very bad. He was allegedly seen many times in swamps near Florida. In 2000 unknown woman anonymously sent two photographs to the Sarasota Sheriff's Department. The letter attached to the photo claimed that the pictures were taken in the backyard of the woman's house, and this creature intended to steal apples from her. Skeptics claim that this is just a man in disguise or an escaped orangutan. But, in truth, it is worth noting that there are many more witnesses who allegedly saw a skunk monkey than people who saw an apple thief dressed as a monkey or an escaped orangutan.

9. Faces of Belmes


In 1979, members of the Pereira family living in the city of Belmes began to see strange faces in their house that mysteriously appeared and disappeared. They appeared in different places and in different time. According to legend, one day in August, Maria Gomez told her husband that she saw a face right on the kitchen floor. Her husband immediately broke the floor in this place with a pick, but the same face reappeared in another place some time later. The mayor of the city after their story told them not to touch their faces next time, but to leave them for study. Faces appeared over the next 30 years, these were the faces of both men and women, which expressed various emotions. It was later established that this house was built in a cemetery, and buried bodies were found under the house. Despite the fact that the floor in the house was changed several times, the faces were constantly washed with various means, they all continued and continued to appear. Skeptics claim that the faces were artificial, painted with oxidizers.

8 Fresno Stranger

This is a video from two surveillance cameras in the city of Fresno, which captured a strange figure walking along the frame. Nothing is known about this recording, and no one can explain what is happening on it. The creature in the frame moves in a strange way, as if on stilts. The quality of the recording is not very high, so it is not possible to understand exactly who is depicted on it.
It is alleged that there are allegedly other records that filmed the movement of such creatures.

7 Paulding Lights


According to one legend, Paulding's lights appeared when a train hit a switchman at night, who was trying to signal something to a sleeping driver. According to another legend, this is the ghost of a man who, with a lantern, was looking for his missing son in the forest at night and was hit by a train. Be that as it may, this mysterious ball of light has been emerging for 40 years. They show up almost every night. University of Michigan students claim to have debunked that myth, and these lights are just the headlights of cars driving on the freeway nearby. But many do not believe them. According to eyewitnesses, the lights are white, green and red. The city even installed special signs indicating where it is best to observe this phenomenon.

6. Ghostly railways in San Antonio

These train tracks in San Antonio became known as ghost tracks because of what happened to the cars that stopped on them. According to legend, once a school bus with children stalled right on the rails, and ... you can already guess what happened. The train hit the bus and all the children died. Since then, whoever stops on these rails, the ghosts of children are sure to push a car off them. In addition to moving the car, people say that the car is shaking and children's voices and whispers are heard. To make it even more creepy, people claim to find children's handprints on cars after they drive down these tracks. Skeptics believe that cars simply roll down due to the fact that this section of the road is located on a hill, but they do not find an explanation for the prints of children's hands.

5 Beckenham Gargoyle


The video, filmed in the British city of Beckenham (video not found on YouTube), shows a gargoyle jumping off a building. Many people later looked for her in the area and said that they then had the feeling that they were being watched. But no other evidence of the existence of the gargoyle has been found. Skeptics deny the existence of the gargoyle, claiming that this video is just a montage. This creature had brightly glowing eyes, and it moved very strangely and quickly.

4. Room 428


This room at Ohio University is inaccessible to students. It was sealed due to numerous reports of paranormal activity occurring in it. A poltergeist allegedly lives in it: people saw objects flying, doors opened and closed on their own, inexplicable shadows were visible. The most eerie event associated with this room is the appearance of a demonic face on the door. The door was changed several times, but the face appeared again and again. They say that the ghost of a student who once committed suicide lives in the room. Imagine superstitious students who have to live and study on the same floor as a ghost!

3. Zone of Silence in Mapimi


In Mexico, near the city of Mapini, there is a desert in which there is one place that is a zone of anomalous radio wave activity. In July 1970, a test launch of a rocket was made from the US military base in Utah, which went off course and fell right in this place. A team was sent to search for the wreckage, which was supposed to deliver them back. The rocket allegedly carried a radioactive charge, due to which the upper layers of the soil were contaminated with radiation.

And since then, neither radio, nor television, nor shortwave, nor microwave, nor satellite signals can pass through this zone. Strange lights, UFOs and pale humanoid creatures have also been seen in this area. Some people claim to have seen and talked to these creatures. They asked people for water, and when asked where they came from, they answered: "From above." Perhaps this is all fiction, but it has been scientifically proven that in this area it is unusual high level the content of magnetite in the soil. This may be evidence that a lot of meteorites used to fall here. Either way, something is wrong with this place.

2. Hand of Pangboche


This hand was kept in a Buddhist monastery in Tibet, and some claim it belongs to Bigfoot. Some believe that it is a fake, but many tourists came here to look at it. The monks considered this hand sacred and did not allow its scientific study. It is alleged that one day a man named Peter Byrne stole it and took it to University of London for studying. William Hill studied the hand and came to the following conclusion: the hand does indeed belong to a hominid, but rather a Neanderthal than modern man. Then the hand was stolen again, and it is not known where it is now. It is believed that most likely it is in some private collection, and the owner bought it on the black market.

1. Battle for Los Angeles


On February 24, 1942, an air raid alert was raised in Los Angeles. Many believed that this was another Japanese attack. The 37th Artillery Brigade opened barrage fire and fired 1,400 anti-aircraft rounds at a mysterious object hovering in the night sky. The shelling continued for a whole hour and was stopped at 7:21 am.

The media went crazy over the incident, front-page stories about the incident. What kind of object is this, which for an hour withstood the fire of anti-aircraft shells? Of course the weather balloon! That is what the government said when commenting on the incident. During this event, three people died of heart attacks due to stress. The target at which the fire was fired is described by some eyewitnesses as one huge object, and by some as a cluster of several small objects. Be that as it may, something strange happened in Los Angeles that night, and to this day people do not know the real reason for these events.

Oleg "Solid" Bulygin