There are many unsolved mysteries even though science has come a very long way. Although there are logical explanations for these mysterious things, but many times there are only speculations.
1. The Taos Hum:
Taos, a small town in New Mexico, there is a certain sound of a distant diesel engine which is clearly heard by the naked ear; but various sound detection devices cannot detect the source or the sound. . This is known as the Taos Hum.
2. Voynich Manuscript:
The Voynich manuscript was written in some obscure language that men through the centuries couldn’t decode. The only idea anyone has of its origin are the drawings found on various pages.
3. Jack Ripper:
The name Jack the Ripper has crawled into many shows and movies, pertaining to the serial killer who murdered 11 prostitutes, whose bodies were mutilated beyond recognition in London’s east end in the late 1800′s but was never identified.
4. The Bermuda Triangle:
Known as the Bermuda Triangle, this legendary expanse is found between the points of Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Pilots often tell of their instruments going haywire and numerous ships have been lost at sea. With explanations ranging from gas bubbles to aliens to more scientific ones like the highest magnetic force , no one is sure what is behind the strange phenomena.
5. Kryptos:
Outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, there is a statue that has coded encryptions on its surface. This sculpture was created by Jim Sanborn to show that everything can be resolved and decoded with the use of patterns and clues. Of the four inscription sections that were included, only the first three have been cracked with the fourth inscription still a mystery to the most brilliant minds in CIA
6. Shepherd’s Monument :
In Staffordshire, England, there is a Shepherd’s monumentthat has an inscription reading DOUOSVAVVM. Although the Shepherd’s Monument was constructed back in the 18th century, the letters found therein were never solved, even 250 years after it was completed.
7. Georgia Guidestones:
Erected in 1979, written on the walls of the guidestones are 10 “new commandments” written in English, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, China, Russia, and Spanish although no one is sure why or for whom they were meant.
8. Rongorongo:
In the mysterious Easter Islands, there stands a moaicontaining a set of glyphs called the Rongorongo, which have not yet been deciphered although they may contain clues concerning the huge heads found scattered around the island.
9. Loch Ness Monster:
People have been reporting about the Loch Ness monster and there have been many sightings over the years and photos and videos of actual footage have been checked and looked at time and time again, confirming if it could be some kind of sea serpent or a descendant of the dinosaurs. Even up today, as some are claiming, it still exists and swims under the waters.
10. Big Foot:
Bigfoot is a creature that lives in the snowy mountainous and may be mistaken as a gorilla at first, however, its walking posture can be compared to that of a man’s.
11. Shroud of Turin:
The shroud containing an imprint of a human face, believed to be that of Jesus Christ has been one of the main focuses of Christian research.
12. Stonehenge:
Although a very fascinating structure; The biggest mystery is why it was created.
13. Wow! Signal:
When Jerry R. Ehman worked under the SETI Project of the Ohio Wesleyan University’s Perkins Observatory, he picked up a radio frequency of a 72 second signal supposedly coming from deep space, specifically from constellation Sagittarius and was never able to get it again. Up to this day no one is sure about the origin of the signal. It derived its name, however, from the “wow!” that Jerry wrote in the margin of the printout.
14. Nazca Geoglyphs:
The Nazca civilization has some of the most fascinating geoglyphsincluding spiders, monkeys, sharks, orcas, and flowers, the precision of which is incredible given that the Nazca had no way of examining their work from above.
15. Aluminum Wenge:
In 1974, a group of workers in Romania discovered three different objects 10 meters deep in a sand trench – 2 were prehistoric elephant bones that have been dated as old as 2.5 million years ago but the third object however, is an aluminum wedge that was found together with the ancient bones. This discovery dumbfounded most researchers, as aluminum was difficult to create. While some call it evidence of extraterrestrials, others are calling it a hoax. Whatever it is, we may never know.
By: Archa Dave
