Comments on: 10 More Mysteries of the Unexplained http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:48:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jaryuki http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-217449 Jaryuki Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:55:27 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-217449 #9 - I say they were owls. In dark they can look pretty freaky and with shadows skewing the whole body proportions the legs might actually look like hands. Horned owls and eagle owls have tufts on the sides of their heads and they got ghostly eyes too. Owls can get agressive too and are not afraid to approach a human. #9 – I say they were owls. In dark they can look pretty freaky and with shadows skewing the whole body proportions the legs might actually look like hands. Horned owls and eagle owls have tufts on the sides of their heads and they got ghostly eyes too.

Owls can get agressive too and are not afraid to approach a human.

]]> By: Mike http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-205759 Mike Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:26:44 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-205759 @ 132: spontaneous combustion is not a scientific phenomenon. It is a myth. There are perfectly rational explanations for every case (cigarettes, wick effect...). These things are interesting to read, but for Christ sake we live in 21st century, let's not act like superstitious hags. @ 132: spontaneous combustion is not a scientific phenomenon. It is a myth. There are perfectly rational explanations for every case (cigarettes, wick effect…).

These things are interesting to read, but for Christ sake we live in 21st century, let’s not act like superstitious hags.

]]> By: Moody http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-204026 Moody Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:08:40 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-204026 The Amityville house was admitted hoax by the owners, they needed the money so they invented this story, a shame cause it was awesome The Amityville house was admitted hoax by the owners, they needed the money so they invented this story, a shame cause it was awesome

]]> By: adam http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-197205 adam Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:21:26 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-197205 You do know that George and Kathy Lutz have admitted that Amityville was a sham right? also, is it a coincedence that most of these are in the USA? You do know that George and Kathy Lutz have admitted that Amityville was a sham right? also, is it a coincedence that most of these are in the USA?

]]> By: Sam http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-192276 Sam Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:14:36 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-192276 About the devils footprints one, I actually read about it in a book ("Stranger than Science" by Frank Edwards) just a few days ago. It too places the events in February 1855, in the same place, at the same time (the article above says Febryart 8, the book says the night of February 7. Po-tay-toe po-tah-toe). Here's what the book said (quoted, except for text within the parenthesis): "The good citizens of Canvey Island had never seen anything like it and they were disturbed, so they dragged the creature out of the shallow water along the beach, covered it with seaweed and ran for the authorities." "The authorities sent for help, too, and the British government assigned the task to a pair of competent zoologists. These gentlemen examined the fantastic creature at length, photographed it, and finally admitted that it looked like nothing they had ever seen before." "It appeared to be some sort of marine creature--but it had feet and legs arranged so that it could walk if it chose. In an upright stance it would have been about two-and-a-half feet tall, with a thick, brownish-red skin, (and) a pulpy head with two protruding eyes. The scientists measured and photographed...and gave up. They had the thing cremated and left without making any public conclusions." "If these learned gentlemen thought they were ending the enigma of Canvey Island once and for all by that simple procedure, they reckoned without the facts--for the case did not end there." "On August 11, 1954, the Reverend Joseph Overs was strolling along the beach of Canvey Island, a couple of miles from the scene of the earlier monster, when he, too, came upon a grotesque carcass wallowing in a small tidal pool. The good man took one look and sent one of his youngsters for the police. The Bobbies (slang for police, I'm guessing) pulled the carcass ashore and sent for the experts again." "The creature which had been found in the preceding November had been about two-and-a-half feet tall. This later one was slightly more than four feet in length, weighed about twenty-five pounds, and was in good condition for examination. The report which the perplexed scientists submitted to the British government shows that the thing had two large eyes, nostril holes, and a gaping mouth with strong sharp teeth." "It also had gills--but instead of scales it was covered with a pink skin which the experts reported was as tough as the hide of a healthy pig. Perhaps most remarkable of all, this creature, like that of the preceding November, had two short legs with perfect feet, which ended in five tiny toes aranged in a U-shape, with a concave center arch." "If science was able to identify these monstrosities, the report was never disclosed,,,but to many the things brought back memories of that incredible night in February of 1855 when the English countryside around Devonshire had a most remarkable visitor...which may or may not have been akin to the strange creatures found a hundred years later on the shores of Canvey Island." "The story was written in the form of little footprints in the smooth blanket of snow that covered the countryside during the night of February 7--a snowfall that ended around eleven o'clock at night. Sometime between the end of the snowfall and the break of the day on February 8th (about 12 hours, assuming sunrise was at 5), Devonshire had played host to a mysterious visitor...something that had scampered, or pranced, or slithered over fences and fields, over walls and housetops...leaving an unbroken line of thousands of footprints to mark its passing." "What was it...this thing that could travel nimbly up the walls and over rooftops of decent God-fearing folks ("decent God-fearing folks" lolz) while they slept? Where did it come from--and where did it go? Where it came from remains a mystery...but where it went was written in the snow...from Topsham and Bicton in the north--to Dawels and Totnes in the south...a trail more than a hundred miles long (between 11 at night and dawn. holy shit could that thing run!)." "A baker in Topsham seems to have been the first to take notice of the trail. He saw the strange marks that preceded him to the door of his little shop--but from a point about three feet short of his door the tracks turned sharply right to a five-foot-high brick wall. The baker noticed that the soft curl of the snow atop the wall was disturbed...with the same little footprints. He was not diesturbed by this oddity...that remained for the other residents of the community." "By nightfall the countryside was up in arms...for there were many who attributed the tracks to the devil himself. Tiny hoof-shaped marks exactly eight inches apart...from Exmouth...across fields and hosetops...to the bay near Powderham Castle...only to reappear on the other side of the bay and on to the end of the trail at Totnes, many miles to the south." "The London Times and other newspapers devoted many columns to reporting the strange story of the Devonshire footprints. There were various explanations ascribing the marks to kangaroos, birds, and even a wolf. None of these was acceptable because none of hem fitted the facts." "Perplexed experts nervously advanced the theory that two or three unknown creatures had been involved...a theory that was convenient but not convincing unless you were willing to agree that three unknown creatures were possessed of the same irresistable urge at the same time at three different spots on the coast of Devonshire on the same night...and that after romping over the housetops they fled back into the water, never to be seen again." "Unless, by some strange chance, the monstrosities washed up on the coast of Canvey Island in 1953 and '54 were a clue. Did these creatures point to a solution to the riddle of the Devonshire footprints of a century before...or did they merely add new questions to compound the mystery?" As far as the creatures he described being the ones to cause the mischeif, he describes them as having toes, while the footprints in the snow were clearly made by hooves. Also, the hoof-prints covered nearly 100 miles over walls and houses, and were made between 11 at night and dawn in fresh snow, so how this could be hoaxed (especially without leaving prints by the hoaxees) is beyond me, since the only way it could have been hoaxed would be several people running around with hoof-shaped attachments to their boots, which is unlikely since I don't know anyone who can scale walls and roofs whithout touching it with their hands, and without a single person slipping and leaving some kind of print anyways is HIGHLY unlikely. but maybe the story is fake... About the devils footprints one, I actually read about it in a book (“Stranger than Science” by Frank Edwards) just a few days ago. It too places the events in February 1855, in the same place, at the same time (the article above says Febryart 8, the book says the night of February 7. Po-tay-toe po-tah-toe). Here’s what the book said (quoted, except for text within the parenthesis):
“The good citizens of Canvey Island had never seen anything like it and they were disturbed, so they dragged the creature out of the shallow water along the beach, covered it with seaweed and ran for the authorities.”
“The authorities sent for help, too, and the British government assigned the task to a pair of competent zoologists. These gentlemen examined the fantastic creature at length, photographed it, and finally admitted that it looked like nothing they had ever seen before.”
“It appeared to be some sort of marine creature–but it had feet and legs arranged so that it could walk if it chose. In an upright stance it would have been about two-and-a-half feet tall, with a thick, brownish-red skin, (and) a pulpy head with two protruding eyes. The scientists measured and photographed…and gave up. They had the thing cremated and left without making any public conclusions.”
“If these learned gentlemen thought they were ending the enigma of Canvey Island once and for all by that simple procedure, they reckoned without the facts–for the case did not end there.”
“On August 11, 1954, the Reverend Joseph Overs was strolling along the beach of Canvey Island, a couple of miles from the scene of the earlier monster, when he, too, came upon a grotesque carcass wallowing in a small tidal pool. The good man took one look and sent one of his youngsters for the police. The Bobbies (slang for police, I’m guessing) pulled the carcass ashore and sent for the experts again.”
“The creature which had been found in the preceding November had been about two-and-a-half feet tall. This later one was slightly more than four feet in length, weighed about twenty-five pounds, and was in good condition for examination. The report which the perplexed scientists submitted to the British government shows that the thing had two large eyes, nostril holes, and a gaping mouth with strong sharp teeth.”
“It also had gills–but instead of scales it was covered with a pink skin which the experts reported was as tough as the hide of a healthy pig. Perhaps most remarkable of all, this creature, like that of the preceding November, had two short legs with perfect feet, which ended in five tiny toes aranged in a U-shape, with a concave center arch.”
“If science was able to identify these monstrosities, the report was never disclosed,,,but to many the things brought back memories of that incredible night in February of 1855 when the English countryside around Devonshire had a most remarkable visitor…which may or may not have been akin to the strange creatures found a hundred years later on the shores of Canvey Island.”
“The story was written in the form of little footprints in the smooth blanket of snow that covered the countryside during the night of February 7–a snowfall that ended around eleven o’clock at night. Sometime between the end of the snowfall and the break of the day on February 8th (about 12 hours, assuming sunrise was at 5), Devonshire had played host to a mysterious visitor…something that had scampered, or pranced, or slithered over fences and fields, over walls and housetops…leaving an unbroken line of thousands of footprints to mark its passing.”
“What was it…this thing that could travel nimbly up the walls and over rooftops of decent God-fearing folks (“decent God-fearing folks” lolz) while they slept? Where did it come from–and where did it go? Where it came from remains a mystery…but where it went was written in the snow…from Topsham and Bicton in the north–to Dawels and Totnes in the south…a trail more than a hundred miles long (between 11 at night and dawn. holy shit could that thing run!).”
“A baker in Topsham seems to have been the first to take notice of the trail. He saw the strange marks that preceded him to the door of his little shop–but from a point about three feet short of his door the tracks turned sharply right to a five-foot-high brick wall. The baker noticed that the soft curl of the snow atop the wall was disturbed…with the same little footprints. He was not diesturbed by this oddity…that remained for the other residents of the community.”
“By nightfall the countryside was up in arms…for there were many who attributed the tracks to the devil himself. Tiny hoof-shaped marks exactly eight inches apart…from Exmouth…across fields and hosetops…to the bay near Powderham Castle…only to reappear on the other side of the bay and on to the end of the trail at Totnes, many miles to the south.”
“The London Times and other newspapers devoted many columns to reporting the strange story of the Devonshire footprints. There were various explanations ascribing the marks to kangaroos, birds, and even a wolf. None of these was acceptable because none of hem fitted the facts.”
“Perplexed experts nervously advanced the theory that two or three unknown creatures had been involved…a theory that was convenient but not convincing unless you were willing to agree that three unknown creatures were possessed of the same irresistable urge at the same time at three different spots on the coast of Devonshire on the same night…and that after romping over the housetops they fled back into the water, never to be seen again.”
“Unless, by some strange chance, the monstrosities washed up on the coast of Canvey Island in 1953 and ‘54 were a clue. Did these creatures point to a solution to the riddle of the Devonshire footprints of a century before…or did they merely add new questions to compound the mystery?”

As far as the creatures he described being the ones to cause the mischeif, he describes them as having toes, while the footprints in the snow were clearly made by hooves. Also, the hoof-prints covered nearly 100 miles over walls and houses, and were made between 11 at night and dawn in fresh snow, so how this could be hoaxed (especially without leaving prints by the hoaxees) is beyond me, since the only way it could have been hoaxed would be several people running around with hoof-shaped attachments to their boots, which is unlikely since I don’t know anyone who can scale walls and roofs whithout touching it with their hands, and without a single person slipping and leaving some kind of print anyways is HIGHLY unlikely. but maybe the story is fake…

]]> By: rattenjungfer http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-190126 rattenjungfer Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:43:48 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-190126 "The amityville horror" has long since been debunked as a silly story by George and Kathy, read Dr. steve Kaplans book about it. “The amityville horror” has long since been debunked as a silly story by George and Kathy, read Dr. steve Kaplans book about it.

]]> By: inapropriate http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-187758 inapropriate Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:33:08 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-187758 The goblin grabbed his ass!! bad naughty goblin!!! bad naughty goblin!! ha ha ha ... I love this kind of lists... I don't remember where I read the Amatyville case to be a HOAX... I could be mistaken... The goblin grabbed his ass!! bad naughty goblin!!! bad naughty goblin!! ha ha ha … I love this kind of lists… I don’t remember where I read the Amatyville case to be a HOAX… I could be mistaken…

]]> By: ted http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-187680 ted Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:00:06 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-187680 two words for #2 spontaneous combustion! when you spontaneously combust your legs will sometimes be left unscathed because your body temp is comsiderablly smaller there two words for #2 spontaneous combustion!
when you spontaneously combust your legs will sometimes be left unscathed because your body temp is comsiderablly smaller there

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]]> By: Liz http://listverse.com/2008/11/17/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-169776 Liz Thu, 07 May 2009 09:41:55 +0000 http://listverse.com/bizarre/10-more-mysteries-of-the-unexplained/#comment-169776 Its pretty freakin weird when your reading lists of bizarre mysteries, and as your scrolling down, the name of your own town pops up. Out of all the places to name! lol. Well ive lived in bridgewater for 19 years and i have seen no such things. Then again i havent ventured into the hockomock swamp, yet. Its pretty freakin weird when your reading lists of bizarre mysteries, and as your scrolling down, the name of your own town pops up. Out of all the places to name! lol. Well ive lived in bridgewater for 19 years and i have seen no such things. Then again i havent ventured into the hockomock swamp, yet.

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