The Mysterious Condition Impairing Astronauts’ Eyesight
All astronauts have perfect eyesight before traveling to outer space, but some years ago medical tests revealed that their vision is severely impaired when they return. The exact cause of this problem is yet to be determined. In 2005, about halfway through his mission working on the International Space Station, astronaut John Phillips looked out the window at […]
Dog Circling Hindu Temple Every Day Has Everyone Scratching Their Heads
For the past week or so, the Mahalakshmi temple in Puttenahalli, India, has become the scene of a most peculiar sight – a mongrel living near a bakery opposite the temple wakes up early in the morning and starts circling the holy building, sometimes well into the evening. Nobody can explain the canine’s bizarre behavior, but his […]
Two Average Guys from Boston Just Found the Black Box of a Plane That Crashed in Bolivia 31 Years Ago
Dan Futrell and Isaac Stoner, two average guys from Boston, recently set out on an expedition to find the black box of Eastern Flight 980, which crashed into the Andes Mountains killing everyone on board, 31 years ago. Believe it or not, they actually did it! A year ago, while researching the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight […]
Ukraine’s ‘Land of the Twins’ – Unique Village Boasts 61 Sets of Twins
Velikaya Kopanya village is better known as Ukraine’s ‘Land of the Twins’ because of its record-breaking 61 pairs of twins among the less than 4,000 inhabitants. The village is soon expected to be included in the Guinness Book of World Records, having already made its way into Ukraine’s record book. According to locals, the number of twins […]
Krishna’s Butter Ball – A Precariously Perched 250-Ton Boulder Defying the Laws of Physics
For over 1,300 years, this large rock has been confounding the locals of Mahabalipuram, a beach town near Chennai, in Southern India. The mysterious landmark is perched on hill at a 45-degree angle, balancing off an extremely small surface area without slipping or even budging an inch. Men and even elephants have tried moving it from […]
Mysterious Boiling River in Peru is So Hot It Boils Animals Alive
There is a mysterious river flowing deep through the Amazon rainforest in Mayantuyacu, Peru, that can literally boil small animals almost instantly. While water temperatures along the 6.4-km-long river range between 50 and 90 degrees Celsius, in some parts almost reaching the boiling point of 100 degrees. That’s hot enough to cause third-degree burns in a matter of […]
The Mysterious Giant Craters of Siberia
Something bizarre is happening to Siberia and it’s got experts all over the world worried. It seems that the vast Russian province is simply cleaving into unexplained giant craters that are so huge they can be viewed from outer space! It all started in 2013, when helicopter pilots spotted a mysterious hole in the permafrost […]
Creepy Cloaked Figure Dropping Raw Meat on North Carolina Playgrounds Has Locals Spooked
The appearance of a cloaked person outside an apartment complex in North Carolina has spooked not just local residents, but the whole internet as well. Pictures of the pale figure dressed in a black hooded cloak surfaced online earlier this week, creating panic among social media users. The ‘creepy’ figure was photographed outside a building […]
Deep Springs College – An Exclusive All-Male College in the Middle of a California Desert
One of the most exclusive colleges in the world is located bang in the middle of the remote high California desert. The institution accepts only 12 male students a year, and believe it or not, it consistently tops Harvard’s yield rate! Deep Springs College, founded in 1917, is unusual in every imaginable way. It has […]
Owners Forced Out of Newly-Bought Million-Dollar Home by Creepy Letters from “The Watcher”
The otherwise quiet town of Westfield, New Jersey, has become the focus of international media attention, after a family was reportedly forced out of their home by a series of bone-chilling letters from a stalker who calls himself “The Watcher”. Derek and Maria Broaddus bought the six-bedroom, 4,000-square-foot turn-of-the century home for $1.3 million, in June […]
Cicada 3301 – The Internet’s Most Baffling Mystery
Cicada 3301 is often referred to as the internet’s most elaborate and mysterious puzzle, one that often leaves cryptoanalysts and hackers scratching their heads. A sort of cross between a contest, job interview and highly complex puzzle, Cicada 3301 recurs each year, but no one knows who is behind it or what prize awaits the person who solves it. The […]
Inexplicably Green Cat Turns Heads in Bulgaria
A purring feline in the Bulgarian seaside resort town of Varna has been making headlines because of its unusually emerald green fur. Although several theories have tried to explain the radioactive color of the stray animal, the true cause of its coloration remains a mystery. The ‘green cat of Bulgaria’, as the brightly colored feline […]
Italian Village Plagued by Mysterious Fires Has Been Puzzling Scientists for Years
For 10 years, the residents of the Sicilian village of Canneto di Caronia have been utterly spooked by hundreds of mysterious, unexplained fires that seem to erupt out of nowhere. The bizarre phenomenon, which has seen a sudden surge this year, includes spontaneous combustion of mattresses, beds, cars, and devices like fridges and mobile phones, […]
Australian Car-Crash Victim Wakes Up from Coma Speaking Fluent Mandarin
When 22-year-old Australian car-crash victim Ben McMahon woke up from a week-long coma, the only language he could speak was fluent Mandarin. So fluent, in fact, that he is now a popular TV star in China! The incident took place in early 2012 – Ben was in a terrible car crash in Melbourne that left […]
The Ringing Rocks of Pennsylvania – A Famous Geological Oddity
If you strike a rock, you’d expect to hear a dull ‘thud’. Or maybe a ‘chink’. Definitely not a ringing sound. So you’d be surprised to know that ringing rocks actually do exist. Nestled in the midst of the 128-acre Ringing Rocks County Park in Pennsylvania, is a field of unique boulders. Spread out across […]