10 mysterious places, incidents in which scientists still can not really explain

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In our world there are many places that both attract and scare their mystery. There people disappear, ghosts appear, animals behave strangely. Scientists are voicing a variety of theories, but none of them claim 100% certainty.

1. The Valley of Headless, Canada

Its terrible name was given to this place because of a whole series of tragic incidents. At the end of the XIX century, gold was discovered here, and lucky hunters were drawn into the valley. In 1898, a group of 6 gold prospectors disappeared without a trace. 7 years later, in the same valley, two brothers MacLeod and their friend Robert Vir disappeared. After 3 years, 9 decapitated corpses were accidentally discovered.
Mysterious disappearances of people continue in the valley to this day.

The local residents themselves are sure that all deaths are the work of the mongrels. Creatures similar to hairy giants were seen here often, even more often found their tracks.

In fact, most likely, this is the work of a gang of thugs in the valley who are hunting for gold miners and their prey. However, the police do not confirm this conjecture.

2. The Valley of Falling Birds, India

In the last days of the summer, unusual phenomena occur in the Indian state of Assam in the mountain valley of Jating. At night, closer to midnight, flocks of birds arrive in an almost unconscious state.

Birds circling low - locals even beat them with sticks, and then cook at the stake. Many birds fall to the ground and do not even try to escape from the hands of the person raising them.

The inhabitants of the valley are sure: these are the gods who reward them for their righteous life, sending easy prey.

Scientists have established that the hypnotic behavior of birds (lack of instinct for self-preservation and reactions of the body to external stimuli) is formed only with the obligatory combination of such factors as a new moon, wind and dark time of the day.

Proceeding from this, it is possible to sound a hypothesis about the presence in the given locality of a short-term geomagnetic anomaly, which, when all the listed natural factors coincide, has such an unusual effect on the birds inhabiting the area.

3. Death Valley, USA

Contrary to popular legends, this place is not associated with the disappearance of people and the death of livestock - its name was given to the valley at the time of the California gold rush. Here you can observe unusual creeping stones - they were seen by many, but the camera was fixed only 2 years ago.

Traces stretching behind many-kilogram blocks, reach several tens of meters.

Scientists led by the paleobiologist Richard Norris (Richard Norris) reported that they uncovered the mystery of moving stones in the Valley of Death.

According to them, the movement of stones is affected by diurnal temperature changes in winter, coastal wind, the nature of the soil at the bottom of the nearby lake and even climate change. In their opinion, because of general warming, such movements began to occur less often.

4. Drossolides, Greece

Near the castle of Franca-Castello on the Greek island of Crete, many locals and tourists encountered an amazing chronomirage (an event from the past) called "drossoleides", which means "droplets of moisture".

According to them, in the early summer morning over the sea, enveloped in fog, the strange outlines of warriors appear and sometimes the sound of battle is clearly heard. After a while, the chronomir disappears near the castle walls. At this point in the middle of the XIX century a fierce battle took place between the Turks and the Greeks. All who have observed this mystical phenomenon, say that phantoms of these warriors appear at the castle.

Researcher Andrei Perepelitsyn believes that elementary particles with sufficiently high energies, moving in a water-saturated air, leave a trace of water droplets. They may be able to ionize the air and "manifest" in foggy images before the dew drops out. And the rest is a matter of human imagination.

Maybe the chronomirges cause magnetic storms or geomagnetic disturbances on some small part of the terrain. To find this out, further research is needed, taking into account the possible impact of these factors.

5. Lake Dead, Kazakhstan

This small lake in the Taldykorgan region of Kazakhstan from the outside seems quite normal, but even in the hottest summer it remains terribly cold. In the lake there is absolutely no life: here is not found the fish, not even live water insects.

And in the lake people are always drowning. It is also frightening that the Dead Lake drowners do not float to the surface, but, on the contrary, they sink to the bottom and stand straight as candles. Even professional divers with equipment can not stay in the water of this lake for more than 5 minutes. For some inexplicable reason, they suddenly start to choke, although their cylinders are still full of air.

According to one version, mystical rumors are associated with the phenomenon of hypersolarization of water and the purple bacteria living there that secrete hydrogen sulphide, Even in small doses, it actively acts on the human psyche.

There is also a suggestion that there is a cleft on the bottom of the lake, from which a toxic gas is released, which kills all life. However, separate scientific studies of the Dead Lake in Kazakhstan are not yet going to.

6. A ditch of black bamboo, Haizhu, China

Hundreds of people go to these bamboo jungles every year and stay there forever. And everything disappears completely without a trace - no traces, no bodies, no personal belongings. Documented cases of missing people here have their origin from the middle of the last century.

In 1950, for an unknown reason, the plane crashed here. Interestingly, there were no technical problems on board, the crew did not give distress signals and did not report any oddities. The plane with all people just disappeared.

Of course, local people talk about portals in parallel worlds and temporary paradoxes that carry people from the ravine to some other reality.

But scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed a completely unique structure of geological rocks in this place, and also recorded the release of deadly poisonous vapors, which turned out to be a product of the rotting of some tree species, of which there is plenty. Also, the researchers noted a complex local climate with unexpectedly and rapidly changing weather, and strong geomagnetic radiations.

7. Village of Pluckley, England

Residents of the English village of Plakli claim about the existence of as many as 12 ghosts in their village. The Plaklians tell us that all the ghosts once lived in this village, but they died or died long ago.

Skeptics, however, are sure that the population of the village is simply flattered by the attention of tourists, who constantly come to gaze at the ghosts.

However, when in 2011 a group of researchers came to the village, something inexplicable happened. Hordes of flies have fallen on Plakli, and this is at almost zero temperature at the beginning of winter. The researchers had to return with nothing.

8. Palmyra Island, Pacific Ocean

The ship of the American captain Edmund Fanning in 1798 crashed off the coast of Palmyra - a small uninhabited atoll with an area of only 12 square kilometers. km. Many of those who tried to get to the island drowned or were eaten by sharks. Saved 10 people, and for 2 months on the island only three remained alive. The survivors claimed that the others had killed the island.

During the Second World War, Palmyra was used by US Air Force planes for landing. However, everyone who was on the island at different times, insisted that he awakened in them fear, depression, anger and hatred. Some unexpectedly took scores with life for no apparent reason, others, on the contrary, suddenly went crazy and killed their friends and colleagues. Almost everyone says that the island was scared all the time.

Some people speculate about the existence of a certain religious sect on the island. Scientist Mershan Marin believes that there is some unknown on the atoll, a creature hostile to man. Many support this idea and are trying to prove that the island itself is alive. Luring his beauty in a trap, he kills his unwary guests. And there are exotic versions, for example that the atoll has a gate to another dimension.

Be that as it may, there are few people who would like to visit Palmyra, especially after 1986, when an American burial of radioactive waste appeared on the island.

9. Overton Bridge, Scotland

In 1951, a dog for no apparent reason jumped off this 15-meter bridge. It would Seem, simply an accident. But by 1955 there were already more than 50 such suicide dogs. It is noteworthy that all dogs for jumping always chose the same place - between the last two spans on the right side of the bridge.

So far, an average of 1 dog per month is jumping from this bridge. Surprisingly, some animals that managed to survive after this suicide attempt, recovered and again went to the bridge to jump.

An animal behavior expert, David Sexton, found that the ground just below the site of the fall of the dogs is simply filled with traces of the presence of mice and mink. The urine of males of these animals acts very strongly on dogs and cats. Further experiment only confirmed the theory of ethology. He spread the smell of animals living under the bridge, and watched the behavior of ordinary dogs. As a result, only 2 out of 30 dogs - with short snouts and small noses - remained in peace. The rest of them thoughtlessly ran to the source of the smell, almost without looking around, like enchanted.

10. The forest of Aokigahara, Japan

Translated from the Japanese name of this place sounds like "plain of blue trees". But most often it is called a "forest of suicides". They say that in the Middle Ages local poor people brought to despair by the lack of food brought their elderly relatives here and left to die in this forest. Since then, unyielding souls have been wandering through the forest, waiting for lonely travelers, wishing to avenge them for all their suffering.

Until now, 70 to 100 bodies of people who have decided to commit suicide are found in the forest every year. Many specially come to this forest to settle scores with life, but there are rumors that some woods themselves "persuade" it. It would be like the one who turned off the paved footpaths aside, immediately embracing the strongest anguish and depression. So strong that the poor man immediately puts his hands on himself.

So far, only the fact that the compass is not working at the foot of Mount Fuji in the "forest of suicides" is reliably known. There is a strong magnetic anomaly, which, apparently, has a huge impact on humans.

Just before entering the territory of Aokigahara, there hangs a sign saying: "Your life is the most priceless gift you have received from your parents. Think about your family. Do not suffer alone, call us on 0555-22-0110. "