Structured archive
Sourced and structured entries for strange reports, historical puzzles, folklore, hoaxes and anomalies.
Historical Mysteries
The crew abandoned Baychimo after it vanished during a 1931 blizzard. The steel steamer survived and was repeatedly sighted or boarded; its final resting place remains unknown.
Disappearances & Unresolved Identities
A Christmas-night fire destroyed the Sodder home in 1945. Five children were missing afterward; uncertain recovery work and disputed clues left death in the fire and removal from the house unresolved.
Scientific Anomalies & Natural Phenomena
N-rays were reported by respected physicists using faint visual changes near the threshold of perception. Failed replication and uncontrolled tests showed that the proposed radiation was not established.
Occult & Psychical Research
Charlotte Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain described an uncanny walk at Versailles in 1901. Their early notes and later research document a developing interpretation, not independent proof of a time slip.
Scientific Anomalies & Natural Phenomena
The Taos Hum became a public problem in the early 1990s when residents described a distant-engine sound. Researchers documented sincere reports but found no common external source.
Folklore & Legends
After a snowy night in February 1855, residents around the Exe estuary reported small, regular tracks in unlikely places. The reports preserve a genuine local mystery, not proof of a single supernatural traveller.
UFOs & Aerial Phenomena
Hessdalen’s recurring lights prompted field campaigns and automatic monitoring after a wave in the early 1980s. The label covers mixed observations, not one proven phenomenon.
Cryptids & Animal Reports
Lethal attacks in Gévaudan prompted royal hunts and national coverage from 1764 to 1767. The deaths are historical; whether one unusual animal caused them is disputed.
UFOs & Aerial Phenomena
Children at Ariel School in Ruwa reported a strange object and figures on 16 September 1994. Drawings and interviews preserve their accounts, while chronology and interview method limit firm conclusions.
Hauntings & Apparitions
From 1931, the Irving family said a talking animal inhabited their Isle of Man farmhouse. Notes, interviews and samples survive, but the claimed mongoose was never independently established.
Folklore & Legends
In the late 12th century, two chroniclers recorded a story about green-skinned children found near Woolpit. The shared core is old; its meaning and literal history remain uncertain.
UFOs & Aerial Phenomena
On 13 March 1997, reports of a moving light formation crossed Arizona before a separate row of lights appeared near Phoenix. One event has a strong military-flare explanation; the other remains disputed.