Elderly Lioness Grows Mane, Baffles Zookeepers
An 18-year-old lioness has baffled staff at a zoo in Kansas after growing an “awkward teenage mane” after the pride’s last male lion passed away. Looking at Zuri, you’d think she was a young lion growing his mane for the first time, but she is actually an 18-year-old female. That makes the mane around her […]
The Gresham Lumberjack – Oregon’s Mysterious ‘Tree Serial Killer’
Authorities in Gresham, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, are trying to catch the infamous “Gresham Lumberjack”, a person who is suspected to have cut down around 700 trees in the area for no apparent reason. A special task force put together by Gresham Police and the Parks & Recreations has been scouring thousands of photos […]
Shocking Video Shows Flock of Birds Crashing Into Pavement
A viral video showing a flock of hundreds of yellow-headed blackbirds flying straight into the pavement in the Mexican town of Cuauhtémoc has left a lot of people scratching their heads about the cause. Footage from a security camera shows a large flock of yellow-headed blackbirds descending upon on a house before brutally crashing into the […]
Swiss Man Hit by “Ghost Gunshot” No One Even Heard
A Swiss man has found himself at the core of a modern mystery after discovering that he had been by a bullet that seemingly came out of nowhere. Last Thursday, the unnamed 38-year-old man was walking with his two children and an acquaintance in Frauenfeld, a town around 45 kilometers northeast of Zurich, when he […]
No One Has Been Able to Locate the Source of This Mysterious Spring
For centuries, people have been asking themselves what the source of the underground spring known as Fosse Dionne spring in France’s Burgundy region might be, but they never got to the bottom of it, because they literally couldn’t get to the bottom of it. The Fosse Dionne is a huge upsurge of water around which […]
How Did a Van Wind Up on Top of a Bus Station in France?
This week, the people of Plounéventer, a town in France’s Brittany region, woke up to a very bizarre sight – a white van perched on top of a bus station. Imagine waking up early in the morning to take the bus to work and finding a car on top of the bus station? It’s still […]
Rat King – Russian Farmer Finds Five Rats With Their Tails Mysteriously Knotted Together
Reports of the bizarre rat king phenomenon date back to the 16th century, but the recent discovery of a Russian farmer who found five small rats with their tails tied in a giant knot is once again causing scientists to scratch their heads. A rat king occurs when the tails of multiple rodents become so […]
Ram Kand Mool – The Mysterious Plant Snack That Has Intrigued Scientists For Decades
Ram Kand Mool, a drum-shaped tuber that has been sold as a hearty snack on Indian street corners for at least several decades remains a mystery to scientists, as no one can figure out what plant produces it. Indian botanists developed an interest in ram kand mool in the 1980s, after trying and failing to […]
For Some Reason This Tree Species Leans Sideways When Planted Outside Its Natural Habitat
Araucaria columnaris, also known as the coral reef araucaria, Cook pine or New Caledonia pine, is a species of conifer native to New Caledonia that tends to tilt sideways when planted outside its natural habitat. First classified by Johann Reinhold Forster, a botanist accompanying Captain James Cook on his second voyage to circumnavigate the globe as far south […]
This Turkish Street Has a Mysterious Grave in the Middle of It
One of the last thing you expect to see in the middle of an urban paved street is a grave complete with a large tombstone, but that’s exactly what you’re treated to when driving through the Turkish city of Sivas. Yeni Mahalle Hamzaoğlu is one of the several streets that traverse the relatively new Şarkışla […]
Abandoned Building Mysteriously Shows Up on El Salvador Beach
A mysterious ruined villa was recently discovered on a beach in Costa del Sol, El Salvador, leaving tourists scratching their heads at how it got there. One of the last things you would expect to find washed up on a tropical beach is a concrete villa, and yet that’s exactly the kind of bizarre attraction […]
The Well of Barhout – Yemen’s Mysterious Well of Hell
In the arid wastes of eastern Yemen lies a fascinating natural wonder called the Well of Barhout. Shrouded in mystery and folklore, this large hole in the ground said to be the most hated spot on Earth to God. Located in the eponymous valley, Barhout Well is 30 meters wide and thought to be anywhere […]
Japan’s Mesmerizing Tree Circles Are the Result of a 50-Year Experiment
A cedar forest in Japan’s Miyazaki Prefecture is home to a couple of unusual crop circle-like patterns that are clearly not random in nature. Photos of the bizarre patterns, which are visible only from above, made their way on the internet about three years ago and fueled all kinds of conspiracy theories that involved everything […]
California’s “Dark Watchers” Have Been Spooking Hikers for Centuries
For at lest 300 years, hikers in California’s Santa Lucia Mountains have been reporting sightings of shadowy, mysterious silhouettes popularly known as “dark watchers”. The first reports of giant figures ominously perched on mountaintops date back to the 1700s, when the Spanish first came to California. They were actually the first to dub these mysterious […]
Hundreds of Sinkholes Appear Across Croatian Region After December Earthquake
Thousands of people are living fear of being swallowed up by the Earth after hundreds of sinkholes appear in an area that was shaken by strong earthquake just over two months ago. On December 29, 2020, Croatia recorded its strongest earthquake ever. Measured at 6.4 points on the Richter magnitude scale, the quake directly affected […]