From the monolith mystery on the Compton beach of the Isle of Wight by beach-goers after the mysterious disappearance from the Utah desert and a Romanian mountainside to the Bermuda Triangle and Area 51, this list of the world’s most mysterious things is sure to pique interest.
Enjoy our list of the most mysterious places in the world.
1. The Monolith Mystery
After making appearances in the American states of Utah and California, and Romania, the mysterious monolith was spotted on the Isle of Wight. Several of these tall, shiny pillars have now been found at sites around the globe without warning or explanation since mid-November.
According to the Collins Dictionary, a monolith is a “very large, upright piece of stone, especially one that was put in place in ancient times”. Stonehenge can be called the most famous example of a collection of monoliths on earth. The first one was discovered in the US, in a remote part of the Utah desert on November 18.
2. When Indian Army said they spotted a Yeti’s footprints in the Himalayas
The Indian Army tweeted something very unusual in April 2019, claiming it had chanced upon the footprints of a ‘Yeti’ in the Himalayas. Sharing four pictures, the official Twitter handle of the Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADGPI) of the Indian Army had tweeted that an Indian Army mountaineering expedition team ‘cited the mysterious footprints’ of a Yeti, measuring 32×15 inches near the Makalu Base Camp.
What is a Yeti?
According to Wikipedia, in Himalayan folklore, the Yeti is a monstrous creature also referred to as the Abominable Snowman in western popular culture. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region and are part of their folk beliefs. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of Western popular culture in the 19th century. The scientific community has generally regarded the Yeti as the result of a complex of intricate folk beliefs rather than a large, ape-like creature.
3. Crooked Forest in Poland
Just south of the city of Szczecin on Poland’s extreme eastern side, a small clutch of just over 400 pine trees has been garnering the attention of travelers for years. The entire forest appears to be bent over almost 90 degrees at the trunk, before twisting back straight again and growing vertically into the Slavic sky.
A debate has raged as to what caused the unusual wood to come to look like it has, with theories as wide-ranging as torrential snowstorms and lumberjack growing techniques
4. Bermuda Triangle
Who hasn’t heard about the Bermuda Triangle? Tales of lost mariners and disappeared ships, crashed aircraft, and even vanishing humans, have been emerging from the waters of the Bermuda Triangle for centuries.
The vast area of more than half a million square miles is also known as the Devil’s Triangle.
Some say there are magnetic anomalies that throw compasses off course, others that tropical cyclones are to blame, and some say there’s simply no mystery at all.
5. Area 51
A magnet for conspiracy theorists like no other place is Area 51 that has inspired UFO hunters and extra-terrestrial buffs for years. Located amid the Nevadan desert, the site has been kept top secret by the United States government since it began developing reconnaissance and spy planes back in the 50s.
Today, speculators think it could be anything from a public surveillance hub to a weather control station to a time travel station.