President John F. Kennedy riding in the presidential motorcade near Dealey Plaza in Dallas just before he was shot. (Image credit: Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) They found a glowing metal object, which darted off through the trees when they tried to approach it. Sensitive period of language acquisition, Phineas Gage, child prodigy, acquired savant syndrome, psychopathic brains, remote viewing, Stargate Project, mind uploading, universal consciousness, false memory implantation So instead of seeing an attentive spirit, you’d be witnessing the Earth doing a glow-in-the-dark fart. You’re welcome.

The universe is full of unexplained mysteries, and in the words of Aristotle, “The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.” Mysteries drive us to explore, to search, to think and experiment. Humankind has been to the moon, explored our solar system and beyond; we’ve created computers smarter than people, and we can store huge amount of data in tiny spaces. It is always intriguing when we solve mysteries, but in this category you will only find the unsolved variety. A digital rendering of the Ark of the Covenant. The bible has detailed descriptions of this holy object, but it was lost millennia ago and will likely never be recovered. (Image credit: jgroup via Getty Images)

This illustration, "Captain William Kidd in New York Harbour, 1696," by Jean Leone Gerome Ferris, shows the infamous Scottish privateer charming women onboard his ship, the Adventure Galley. (Image credit: PhotoQuest/Getty) Although new research will provide more insight, scholars think it's unlikely they will ever fully know what Jesus was really like.

The Holy Grail is a chalice that Jesus and his disciples supposedly drank from at the Last Supper. Interest in this cup only emerged during the Middle Ages, at which point various legends about its powers emerged. (Image credit: zemarinho via Getty Images)Tornado, ball lightning, blood rain, rain of animals, weather modification, St. Louis Arch, HAARP, Eero Saarinen Not all mysteries stem from our tendency for secrecy, however. Some phenomena in the world aren’t easy to explain with our current technology or body of knowledge. It's possible that some of these unsolved mysteries will become clearer with further scientific advancements, but certainly, other unsolved mysteries grow murkier with time as vital information has been long lost or buried with the ones who once knew. Some mysteries defy all explanation and seem to exist independent of what might have once been known or what technology might yet be discovered. We're both uncomfortable with the loose ends, yet at the same time in love—maybe even obsessed. Here are 25 Unsolved Mysteries The World Has Forgotten About. 25 Ancient technology - Antikythera Computes A Mystery To investigate some of the biggest mysteries in science, you have to venture to some pretty far-out places: the bottom of the oceans, inside the human brain, the tops of mountains, and even the end of time. In 1977, Peggy Hodgson of Enfield, North London, reported that she and her two daughters were being terrorised by a ghost. There were claims of furniture moving on its own, disembodied voices and unseen forces causing the two girls to levitate. For 18 months, the ‘hauntings’ became a national story, covered extensively in newspapers. Even at the time there were many doubters, who suspected the two daughters of being behind the incidents. The doubts have continued ever since, but the incident so caught the public imagination that that it’s been the basis for a number of films and TV series. 8. The Loch Ness Monster

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This one’s the basis for The Whisperer In Darkness. On Boxing Day, December 1980, a number of servicemen at RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, reported some strange lights descending into nearby Rendlesham Forest. When they went to investigate, they claimed they found a glowing metal object, which darted off through the trees when they tried to approach it. A second sighting occurred two nights later. There have been various claims of a hoax in the decades since, but it remains probably the most famous UFO ‘sighting’ in the UK. 2. The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor Nine experienced hikers died on the slopes of the Ural Mountains in Russia, in 1959. Their bodies were found under mysterious circumstances, the hikers’ tents were torn from the inside, their bones were broken, shattered and crushed. They aged rapidly and tongues were removed. No other footprints or animal prints other than their own barefooted footprints were found in the snow, trailing off into the woods. Two of their corpses were found only in their undergarments. A massive investigation was conducted but the investigators still have no idea what happened to them. Read More 10 | Severed feet keep washing up on British Columbia shores Image Credit: Pixabay Vijan, Natasha (July 8, 2022). " 'Stranger Things' Fans Already Have a Show Lined Up in the Netflix Top 10 to Stream Next". Netflix Junkie . Retrieved July 20, 2022. Tunstall, Thomas (March 19, 2020). "DVD Review: William Shatner Serves Up A Cornucopia Of Mysteries In "The UnXplained: Season 1" ". Irish Film Critic. Irish Film Critic . Retrieved April 13, 2022.

Welcome to the current top 100 strange and unexplained mysteries – please use the category menu above to discover thousands of other unexplained mysteries. Discover new cool, interesting stuff – We have the biggest collection of strange stories – find an unexplained mystery! Aokigahara forest, Dyatlov Pass incident, Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, Willow's Weep haunted house ( Cayuga, Indiana), La Ciudad Blanca Jason Colavito criticized the show, calling it "recycled material from Prometheus Entertainment’s other nonsense fake science shows" where the host "goes hunting for lost continents and sunken civilizations". According to Colavito, "Not a word is spoken about the many hoaxes and frauds that undergird the show’s claims". [16] Popular culture [ edit ] Cryptids, Thylacine, Chupacabra, Mexican Coywolf, Goatman, Vladimir Demikhov, Mothman, Thunderbird, Teratorns, Coelacanths, Mongolian death worm Freeze, Kellie (July 18, 2019). "William Shatner Looks for Answers to Inexplicable Mysteries on 'The UnXplained' ". TV Insider . Retrieved July 20, 2022.

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Notable Cast: David Ono, George Noory, Travis S. Taylor, Loyd Auerbach, Douglas Preston, Steve Elkins Have you ever been so angry that you feel like you’re going to burst into flames? Well, these people look very much as if they did. Spontaneous human combustion was first described in the 1600s: someone would burn to death without an obvious source, the head and trunk being reduced to ash. All that would remain would be the leg or legs, poking out from the remains. Quite horrific.