The 10 greatest mysteries of the world
Some of these puzzles have occupied mankind for centuries. Will we ever find the solution?
1. The Voynich Manuscript
Mysterious
Book: Voynich Manuscript
This book
was made in the 15th century and was in the possession of Rudolf II, Holy Roman
Emperor. It was written in a previously unidentified script and language. To
date, the mystery has not been unraveled. The book contains various mysterious
drawings that were made with great care. They show unknown plants,
constellations and various naked women sitting in basins. Nobody knows exactly
what the unknown author wanted to say. Since it was extremely expensive to
produce such a book, a prank is unlikely. Today, the mysterious manuscript is
at Yale University, where research into the meaning of the mysterious tome
continues.
2. The Wow! signal
Mysterious
Signal: Wow!
In 1977,
astrophysicist Jerry Ehman observed a strong radio signal from space using the
Big Ear radio telescope. It came from the direction of the constellation
Sagittarius. Since it was so strong and narrow-banded, he wrote
"Wow!" to the side edge. The signal corresponded exactly to what an
attempt at interstellar communication should look like. Scientists first
explained the phenomenon as a signal sent by the earth and reflected back.
However, the theory has been disproved. Over 50 attempts have been made to find
the signal again without success. The chance that the signal was actually sent
by an intelligent species is not out of the question to this day. Mysterious:
It came from a stellar sector with no known stars or planets.
3. Cicada 3301
Reason for
conspiracy theories: Cicada 3301
This unknown
organization has been publishing several extremely complex puzzles since 2012.
It started on an internet forum where it announced that it was looking for
highly intelligent individuals. There are other clues hidden in the picture
posted with the announcement, they said. Anyone who finds the clues will be
taken to the street in the direction of the organization. Two new puzzles
followed in 2013 and 2014. Solving them requires knowledge of encryption,
steganography, the occult, literature, runes and using darknets. You also had
to travel because the clues were hidden all over the world. Among others in
Poland, Hawaii, Spain, Australia, Korea and the USA. The originators of the
puzzle are not yet known. A prank is unlikely, the effort and resources
required are too expensive. According to conspiracy theories, they include a
recruitment test by state or criminal organizations. FBI and MI6 are mentioned
again and again. British Intelligence used similar methods to find personnel.
4. The Dyatlov Pass accident
Busy
conspiracy theorists: tents at Dyatlov Pass
In 1959, ten
students were on a ski tour in the northern Urals. They were on their way to
climb Mount Otorten, but one member of the group had to turn back for health
reasons. The young Juri was lucky, days later all his friends were dead. The
search for the ski group lasted more than two months and raised various
questions. The victims' skin was mysteriously deeply tanned, their hair
completely gray. One victim was missing eyes and tongue. High levels of
radiation were measured and a group of hikers walking near the scene of the
accident saw mysterious orange balls in the sky. Since the government had the
area closed for three years after the accident and did not disclose any further
information about the accident, conspiracy theorists suspect
5. The Pollock Twins
Mysterious
Reincarnation: Pollock Twins
John and
Florence Pollock lost their two daughters Jacqueline († 11) and Joanna († 6) in
a car accident. After this stroke of fate, the believing couple asked God for
more children. Your prayers have been answered. A year after the accident,
Florence was pregnant again. Contrary to the doctor's predictions, John was
certain that his wife was carrying twins, reincarnations of the deceased
sisters. And indeed, on April 4, 1958, two female twins were born. The uncanny:
The family moved to another city after the accident. When they moved back five
years later, the twins "recognized" places they'd never been before.
They insisted on seeing "their" school. But her deceased sisters went
to this school. Following this experience, the parents took Jacqueline and
Joanna's old toys and showed them to the twins. They knew all the nicknames of
the animals. Why it is like that? The riddle was not solved.
6. The Beale Cipher
Mysterious:
The mystery of the pot of gold has not been solved.
It is one of
the most well-known encrypted messages in the world. Anyone who decodes it is
said to find a huge treasure trove of gold that Thomas J. Baele is said to have
buried around 1820. So far only one of the three-sided cipher has been
decrypted, the second. The American Declaration of Independence served as the
key. It describes that a treasure is located in Bedford County, Virginia.
Treasure hunters are still digging for the mysterious chest in the hills of the
US state to this day. Without success.
7. The 1962 Alcatraz Eruption
Mysterious
escape: The occupants were never found.
What is
probably the only successful escape from what is probably the best-known US
prison has never been solved. Three inmates, Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and
Frank Morris, dug holes behind the ventilation shaft of their cells. The holes
led to an unused corridor, this to the roof of their cell block, inside the
prison. There they set up a small workshop where they built an inflatable boat
out of rain jackets over a year. So that their absence would not be noticed
during their "craft hours," they made cardboard replicas of their
heads and decorated them with their own hair. They put these masks in their
beds. On the night of June 11, 1962, they escaped down the corridor, slid down
a drainpipe, and inflated the boat. Despite an intensive search by the FBI,
there is no trace of them. In 1979, the FBI officially declared them to have
died on the run, but a look at the classified case file showed that the three
are still wanted. Conspiracy theories suggest the FBI may have been involved in
the escape.
8. The Green Children of Woolpit
Puzzling
Appearance: The Woolpit Children
In the 12th
century, the English village of Woolpit was visited by two mysterious children.
They had green skin, spoke an unknown language, and only wanted to eat beans.
The village took them in, taught them to eat other foods and taught them
English. The children said they came from a mysterious underground world called
St. Martin's Land, where everything is green. One of the children died shortly
thereafter, the other, a girl, married an officer. The most plausible
explanation for this puzzling incident is that the children were Flemish
orphans. Flemish emigrants were persecuted under King Henry II, and they may
have invented the children's fairy tale to protect themselves.
9. Rongorongo
Unexplored
Language: Rongorongo
Easter
Island not only fascinates with its large sculptures. Since the island was
completely isolated from the outside world, its inhabitants developed one of
the only completely independent scripts in the world. It has not been
deciphered to this day. It probably served primarily religious purposes and
recorded mystical texts. The characters were written on wooden tablets, using
shark teeth and obsidian splinters as writing tools. The writing consists of
about 600 incomprehensible symbols. However, since most of the documents were
burned by Christian missionaries, Rongorongo will probably remain a mystery for
a long time to come.
10. Jack the Ripper
Drawing of
the mysterious killer.
One of the
most famous serial killers in history. He murdered at least five prostitutes in
London in 1888. His identity remains unclear to this day. The facts surrounding
Jack the Ripper have become more and more of a myth through narrative, research
and media reports. Letters were sent to the police, allegedly from Jack. He
killed his victims in an extremely brutal and macabre way. What they all have
in common, however, is that Jack cut the women's throats.
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