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Image of the Tollund Man, the most well-preserved bog body What is a Bog Body? This mystery is more of a creepy one and involves human corpses and mummies. A bog body is a human corpse that has been mummified in a peat bog through natural and environmental elements present in the bog. It is caused by the unique physical and biochemical composition of the bogs. While it's difficult to exactly say how many bog bodies there are, the number is surely in the hundreds. These bodies, sometimes known as bog people, have been found all over the world as well as dating back to different periods, for example, some have been dated to around 8000 BCE while some near the Second World War. While there is such a level of differentiation between these bog bodies, the unifying factor among them is that they have all been found in peat bogs and preserved to a decent extent. Due to the effect of peat, these bog bodies are preserved in a very unique and different way, they often maintain their...

Stock Photo of a Ship The Mary Celeste This tale of an abandoned ghost ship has been told and dramatized many times in books, documentaries, films, etc. and the name of the ship has become one known by enthusiasts as a famous and unnerving tale. Before the actual mystery, here is a summary of the actual ship and its history. The Mary Celeste was a two-masted sailing vessel that was built in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1861 and served under the name Amazon for 6 years. In 1868, the ship was transferred to American Ownership and was subsequently given its name, "The Mary Celeste." The ship remained in American ownership until 1885 when her captain deliberately wrecked her near the coast of Haiti in an attempt to claim the Insurance claim money and after that, the ship's story ends. Now, this was all basic stuff but the real mystery related to this ship begins in a voyage in 1872 that made it a mystery unsolved till this date.  The 1872 Voyage On November 7th, 187...

This is not Bouvet Island but just a cool island stock image. Bouvet Island & The Lifeboat Before the actual mystery, I'll start off by giving a summary of the Island. Bouvet Island is the most secluded and remote island in the world with nothing for more than a thousand kilometres around it. It is a volcanic island with no inhabitants and is one of the three dependent territories of Norway. The island has an area of 49 square kilometres and it is located in the Atlantic ocean. 93 percent of the island is covered by a large glacier and the centre is filled with ice and an inactive volcano. The closest landmass is Antarctica which is 1700 km away, while the closest inhabited location is Tristan da Cunha island which is a whopping 2,250 kilometres northwest of Bouvet Island. The island was discovered on 1 January 1739 by a set of French ships but at that time mapping wasn't what it is now and nobody set foot on the island until 1927 by a Norwegian expedition. Now to th...

Stock Image of a UFO in a Breaking Bad RV Meth Lab worthy location What is Majestic 12? Many of you must've heard of some or the other conspiracy theory about aliens and government involvement in their existence such as "Area 51" and today I'll be talking about another one of the most popular ones related to this. Majestic 12 (a.k.a "M-12) is claimed to be a government organization formed in 1974 headed by 12 men with the sole purpose of facilitating UFO and extraterrestrial investigations while maintaining an absolute level of secrecy in their existence. This organization was supposedly created by U.S. President Harry Truman after an alien space an alien spacecraft that crashed on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. The group is said to consist of senior advisors from the military, intelligence, and scientific communities and is thus at the top of the government's hierarchy. This organization came to be known in the public eye mainly ...

What is the SS Ourang Medan? This theory/legend is not as popular as the others I've covered so far but is very mysterious and ranks high on my list of favourites. The SS Ourang Medan was a Dutch ship that was passing through the Strait of Malacca sometime between June of 1940 and 1948. It suddenly ran into mysterious problems and sent a horrifying distress call to nearby ships. The distress call was as follows, “All officers including captain dead, lying in chartroom and on bridge, probably whole crew dead,” after which there were some lines of unintelligible morse code followed finally by “I die.” This distress call was heard by an American ship, "The Silver Star" which tracked the location of the Medan with the help of British and Dutch listening posts. When they reached the Medan, they found that its engines were off and when communication was attempted, the Medan gave no reply. The crew of The Silver Star then proceeded to board the Medan only to be greeted by...