Unsolved mysteries of science. Damn questions of modern science
Incredible facts
This project was started two years ago, when several hundred scientists were interviewed, who were asked one question: what do you consider the greatest secret of nature and science?
Here's what they answered.
What drives evolution?
You have probably heard the answer to this question: natural selection is accepted by scientists as the main engine of the vital functions of organisms and their very functioning. This is one of the most well-proven theories in science. But is evolution by natural selection the only explanation for the complexity of organisms?
"I believe that one of the greatest mysteries of biology today is whether natural selection is the only explanation for the evolutionary process, and therefore the only way to generate the complexity of organisms, or are there other properties of matter that also play important role"says Massimo Pigliucci, a specialist in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University in New York.
What happens inside an earthquake?
In fact, it is very strange that we do not know the processes that take place on our planet right under our feet. Experts can tell exactly about the epicenter of an earthquake, what type of earthquake belongs to, and how long the tremors will last. But they are completely unsure of what is happening inside the planet during this natural disaster. The nature and nature of the forces involved in this process is not yet fully understood.
"The issue of plate displacement during earthquakes is not yet fully understood and is one of the fundamental problems in all of earth science," says geophysicist Tom Heaton. "To this day, the nature of earthquakes remains a big mystery for physicists around the world."
Who you are?
The nature of consciousness has long puzzled psychologists and cognitive scientists. Part of the answer to this question, however, is surprisingly simple: most of our actions depend on the functioning of neural circuits. This is the opinion of Joseph LeDoux, a neurologist at New York University.
"The intuitive idea of the banality of what is happening, like 'I control my own behavior' is just as erroneous as the idea that the earth is flat," explains Ledoux. While we often think of ourselves as independent beings, this is actually not the case. Everything we do is influenced by unconscious environmental processes.
How did life come about on Earth?
The earliest evidence of microbial life on Earth dates back to 3 billion years ago. How it came about, no one knows. Ideas range from development chemical reactions that occurred on the seabed prior to the occurrence of the corresponding reactions in the rock formations.
"There are many theories of the origin of life on Earth, but since none of them can neither be confirmed nor refuted, there is no officially accepted theory," summed up biologist Diana Northup.
How does our brain work?
Of course, we know much more about brain activity today than we did a few decades ago. But, nevertheless, billions of neurons, each with thousands of connections, this is a very complex topic. “We all think that we understand the brain, at least our own, through experience. But our own subjective experience serves us very badly in questions of how our brain works,” said Scott Huettel, specialist Center for Cognitive Neurology at Duke University.
"We still don't have good way studying how groups of neurons form functional networks when we learn, remember, or do anything else, including watching movies, listening to music, and so on, "says University of California neurologist Norman Weinberger." If we fully understand our brain, we can understand both its potential and the boundaries for thinking, emotion, reasoning, love and everything else. "
Where is the rest of the universe?
"I call it dark side Universe, "says University of Chicago cosmologist Michael Turner, referring to the great mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
In fact, only 4 percent of the matter and energy in the universe was discovered. The remaining 96 percent remain elusive, but scientists continue to search in the most remote corners and in deepest bowels Lands for solving two dark puzzles.
Why does gravity exist?
You might think that this concept has long been understood, because Newton explained it many years ago. But in reality, everything is much more complicated. Gravity is the least studied force in the Universe, and it cannot be explained using standard laws of physics.
Theorists believe it's all about tiny, massless particles called gravitons, which are the brainchild of gravitational fields. "Gravity is completely different from other forces that are standardized because when you do some small calculations of gravitational interactions, you get stupid answers because the math just doesn't work in that case," says theoretical physicist Mark Jackson).
Is there a "theory of everything"?
There is a good "standard model" in physics that divides the universe as we know it into particles in order to describe every detail, from magnetism to describing what atoms are made of and how they stay stable. The Standard Model views particles as small points that perform specific functions, and some of which carry specific forces.
But the standard model has two serious flaws: it does not explain the process of gravity and all information loses its relevance when it comes O high levels energy.
If, nevertheless, it is possible to develop a theory (many scientists say that this will never happen), which explains gravity and can withstand the incredible energetic forces of the early universe, then a universal theory of physics will become reality.
Does alien life exist?
Life is everywhere, at least on this planet. Therefore, it is logical to assume that it exists in the entire Universe. But so far we have only managed to thoroughly study one world.
We know that outside there are solar systems like ours. "We are here made from stardust... Thus, it is likely that there are other life forms in the universe, "says Jill Tarter, director of the space research center in California.
Moreover, it is very likely that life forms outside our planet are very intelligent. "Humanity has made scientific and technological progress in only the last 200 years of the roughly 4.5 billion years of life on Earth," said Frank Wilczek, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who received nobel prize... "Therefore, it is likely that there are many scientific and technological civilizations that have existed and developed for many millions or even billions of years."
How did the universe begin?
This question is perhaps the most exciting. Simply put, all other secrets lie below this question, because it is paramount. Yes, the theory says it all started with the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. In the blink of an eye, the explosion expanded to cosmic proportions. The idea, it would seem, is not a bad one, but one thing is bad: this statement cannot be believed in any way.
"The big bang theory is an extremely powerful idea, but it is still not clear which phenomenon triggered this explosion," says Eric Agol, an astrophysicist at the University of Washington.
There are so many unsolved mysteries and secrets that even get a little uncomfortable! Someone is constantly trying to comprehend these secrets of the higher worlds, but once again they fail. Ciphers, coded messages, mysterious marginal signs, cryptograms, and so on - all this intrigues not only scientists, but also ordinary people. Each of us at least once in our life, but think about one of the many mysteries of our universe. Or maybe someone else has to solve it?
Secrets are all around us.
How many films have been shot and books written about how to unravel these secrets, but all these films are just fantasy. In fact, neither the manuscripts known in the world, nor the complex messages to descendants from ancestors, have been fully solved.
The Voynich Mystery
It was not possible to unravel the unknown language in which the manuscript was written. In 1912, Wilfrid Voynich, an antique book dealer, acquired a very strange book. All of its 240 pages contained completely new letters and numbers (if at all these were exactly these signs). In addition to words in an incomprehensible language, the book also contained diagrams, illustrations that demonstrated incomprehensible events, and also depicted unthinkable plants. Mystery? Also what! It was not possible to establish who the author of the manuscript was. But scientists were able to determine the time period in which the book was created - 1404-1438.
The Voynich Mystery Manuscript A handwritten manuscript who just did not try to unravel, and all in vain. But it does not seem that the author of the text simply decided to make fun of his descendants and draw scribbles to mislead everyone. Today there are a large number of theories in which the great scientists of the world are trying to uncover the secret of the book. Some think that this is a textbook on alchemy, others - a pharmacopoeia, and still others see the intervention of other worlds in the creation of the manuscript and assign the book the status of an extraterrestrial manuscript. But whoever the author of the manuscript was, he certainly did not regret his personal time, effort and money on its creation!
Secrets of the higher worlds! A difficult to understand, encrypted and not completely solved riddle on a sculpture located near the CIA in the United States - this is the sensational Kryptos! The sculpture was created by the master Sanborn and four ciphers on its surface have not been fully solved (despite such a "neighborhood" with the CIA). Scientists managed to solve the first three riddles, but with the last one (despite the artist's hints that the answer to it is encrypted in the first cipher) they are still tormented. In 2010, the most persistent researchers were still able to guess one word in the code - Berlin, but what other words are nearby is still unknown.
Finding Bale's Treasures
Thomas Bale at the beginning of the 19th century was able to get the treasure in the process of developing gold deposits in Colorado. It is not known what moved this person, but the location of this wealth from a large number precious metals and he decided to encrypt the stones. For this he used a set of three ciphers. Of these, only the second was decoded, and the key to it was America's Declaration of Independence. This code pointed to the area where the treasure is, but the exact location of the cache is still unknown. Many seekers of adventure and mysterious treasures hunt for untold wealth to this day.
How to find the Holy Grail?
In Great Britain, there is the famous Shepherd's Monument, created in the 18th century in Staffordshire. Many people think that this is a message from the ancients to our contemporaries regarding the place where the Holy Grail is kept. The letters of the code have a certain sequence, but no one can decipher it. The author of the code is unknown, and this is another mystery of the surrounding world. Scientists suggest that the Templars encrypted the secret of finding the Grail in this way. Many celebrities tried to decode this code, including Charles Dickens and Darwin.
Writing system or Rongorongo
On Easter Island, mysterious signs depicted on artifacts and named Rongorongo were found. Scientists believe that these may be writing systems invented by different branches of humanity. It has not yet been possible to decipher the secrets of the ancient words, but there is an opinion that the encrypted messages contain some information about the civilization that built the statues on this island.
Message from Space
In 1977, as part of a program to search for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence, Jerry Eman recorded an incomprehensible signal, and it really did not come from Earth. Only 72 seconds lasted human communication with an extraterrestrial civilization, which was presumably located in the constellation Sagittarius, which is 120 light years distant from our planet. On his transcript, the young man wrote the word "Wow" as an expression of delight at communicating with aliens. Perhaps the younger generation uses this word for a reason, but at the suggestion of other worlds!
Secrets of the Phaistos disc
This is the most difficult riddle that would have been beyond the power of Indiana Jones himself, if he really existed, and not only on the TV screen. The disc was found at the beginning of the last century by an archaeologist from Italy named Luigi Pernier. There are some incomprehensible symbols on this disc. Their similarity with the hieroglyphs of ancient Chinese written languages is seen. Assume the secrets the ancient world contained in this message, because it is at least three thousand years old, it was made in the second millennium BC. The Phaistos disc is the most important of all the mysteries of archeology.
Mysterious underwater world
Mysteries underwater world interesting to scientists and common people on all continents. Learn about the ancient civilizations that lived before the Flood, uncover the secrets of Atlantis that went under the water and solve other most challenging tasks related to Hydrocosmos - it is important to understand our history. And if earlier they devoted a lot of time to studying the underwater world, now they have switched to to a greater extent for the exploration of the Cosmos. But in the depths there are also many secrets that have not yet been comprehended!
Who are NZOs?
Incomprehensible noises are recorded using modern acoustic devices (hydrophones). For the first time, they were used by the American military services to track the movement of enemy submarines - the USSR. With the help of the instruments, it was possible to listen not only to the songs of the whales, but also to something more interesting. The secrets of the underwater world were not fully disclosed from this to scientists, but they concluded that in the ocean someone is sending purposeful, conscious signals. received the name NZO - unidentified sound object. And who emits these signals to this day has not been established. Maybe they are the messengers of the ancient world, aliens, sea monsters or someone else?
"Quakers" of the World Ocean
Great scientists have tried to answer the question of who makes interesting sounds "kva-kva" under water. Could it be a huge sea frog? Doubtful! It all started with the interest in this phenomenon of sailors who served on submarines. They picked up incomprehensible signals with the help of hydroacoustic devices and called them Quakers. This name is even mentioned in the official documentation.
The sound came from objects circling the boats. This is what was established thanks to direction finding. Incomprehensible creatures that could not be detected, as if they were trying to establish contact with the submarines, because they willingly responded to the signals of the submarine itself. And there was no aggression from the "Quakers". The submarine was accompanied by the creatures to a specific area and then they left it, saying goodbye their usual "kva-kva". What it was is still a mystery. So far, scientists have stopped working on it (or they are doing it imperceptibly for large masses of people, so as not to sow panic), but the sounds have not disappeared and still instill fear in sailors.
This anomalous zone does not reveal an iota of the secrets of the underwater world, but only confuses the researchers even more. Complex calculations, great research - and the mystery has not been solved yet. Since 1492, this place has been considered at least strange and frightening. The glow of water and sky, tongues of flame, the enraged compass needle - all this is noted in the notes of the expedition of Columbus himself. In 1840, the place located near Bermuda was given the unofficial name of the triangle. A self-propelled vessel was then found in this area, which was completely without a command. Where the crew and thousands of other people who disappeared in the area after the strange find went is unknown to modern science.
In this place, not only ships, but also aircraft disappeared and are disappearing. Moreover, it has never been possible to find at least some debris and remains. But scientists who studied the seabed in the Bermuda region came across a huge pyramid, several times larger than the famous pyramid of Cheops. The walls of this structure are absolutely smooth - there is no plaque, no shells or algae on them, but they are made of a material that resembles glass ceramics. The secrets of the underwater world, even with this discovery, have not been fully explored. To this day, the ocean is a mystery for us, which interested ancient scientists and our contemporaries. Many studies of great scientists are classified. But sooner or later, all the secret becomes apparent, so let's wait!
Atlantis disappeared from sight
The world only after millennia learned that there was another continent. And it will take the same amount of time to find and research it. The secrets of the underwater world are revealed only to the persistent! Among the representatives of the ancient world, Aristotle mentioned Atlantis. But words are words, but evidence of the existence of the continent in the form of the remains of civilization has not yet been found. They say that not all of the Atlanteans perished and founded their own city in Tibet. And Mount Kailash is nothing more than one of the pyramids built by these giants. But where they lived before and what actually happened to their homeland is known only from myths. And believe them or not - it's up to you!
The secrets of the ancient world, the depths of the sea, some generations to others - this has always aroused and arouses people's interest. Great scientists have not been able to solve many more mysteries. Suddenly it’s you who will be able to do it, write in the comments!
Science has already opened many doors for humanity, providing millions of important answers. But today there are still secrets, the key to understanding which, it would seem, is about to be found. But he is not yet. A popular scientific resource tried to figure out what the TOP-10 undisclosed ones might look like, but very interesting secrets... Both eminent scientists and ordinary people who have heard about the issues facing science took part in compiling the list. So, the ten main secrets are ...
10. What factor drives evolution?
On the one hand, this question was answered long ago by stating: natural selection. This is one of the most popular theories. Note - theories, not axioms. Many experts are inclined to believe that everything is not so simple, and evolution cannot do with this factor alone.
“I think one of the biggest mysteries in biology today is the question of whether natural selection is really the only determining process responsible for generating the complexity of organisms, or if there are other factors that also play a role. I suspect the latter will turn out to be correct, ”says Massimo Pigliucci, a specialist in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at New York University's Stony Brook.
9. What happens in the "heart" of an earthquake?
They know a lot about earthquakes: thousands of graphs of seismological activity have been compiled different regions Earth. And it would seem that this question does not belong on the list. Nevertheless, the accumulated knowledge cannot be called complete. Scientists can predict on what territory the cataclysm will fall, how long it will last, how significant its consequences will be ... But seismologists are not able to explain exactly what happens during an earthquake inside the planet. "The problem of frictional sliding during earthquakes is one of the fundamental problems in earth science," says geophysicist Tom Heaton. And he adds that scientists have been painstakingly working over the past 30 years to try to understand the basic "physics" of earthquakes.
8. Who are you?
The nature of consciousness fascinates psychologists and philosophers as well as other scientists. Part of the answer is already there, and it is surprisingly simple: most of our impulses for one or another action are "written" in nerve connections, to which conscious thought does not always have access. And is he really needed? Be that as it may, today not only the unconscious, but also quite conscious decisions are largely unexplored areas: how are they formed? Where do they come from? Well and all that ...
The idea that consciousness has complete control over behavior is as wrong as the idea that the earth is flat, scientists say. And although it seems to us that we are in charge of ourselves, this is due to a lack of knowledge about subconscious motives.
7. How did life appear on Earth?
On the one hand, you can talk about this topic for hours and never repeat it. On the other hand ... Theories, theories. No one can really say how, billions of years ago, microbial life appeared on the planet. The range of assumptions is wide: from chemical reactions in water to reactions in stones.
“Many theories have been proposed, but since it is very difficult to confirm or disprove them, in fact, none of them has not been fully approved,” says University of New Mexico biologist Diana Northup.
6. How does the brain work?
Someone might say that this question was undeservedly included in the list of mysterious, because a lot is known about the brain. Fact. Much is known. But if we compare what we know with what we have no idea about, then, as they say, it becomes excruciatingly painful. Billions of neurons, each of which has thousands of connections ... Scientists, however, say that. Well, wait and see.
“We all think we understand the brain. At least your own: through experience. But our subjective experience is a very poor guide to how the brain works, ”says Scott Huettel of the Center for Cognitive Neurology at Duke University.
5. Where is the rest of the universe?
Imagine that you have only a crumb from a huge cake. Somewhere this is how scientists who study the secrets of the Universe feel. It is said that today cosmologists have located 4% of the matter and energy of what is in general. The remaining 96% is a kind of missing cake ...
“I call it the dark side of the universe,” says cosmologist Michael Turner of the University of Chicago, reflecting on dark matter and energy. In short, a riddle with many unknowns.
4. Where does gravity come from?
Wait, like Newton said a long time ago that ... Yes, he did say a lot of the right things, but that doesn't make the mystery of gravity any less interesting.
Gravity is one of the least studied forces that act on us. "Gravity is completely different from other forces described by the standard models," says Mark Jackson, a theoretical physicist at Fermi Laboratory in Illinois.
- When you try to calculate any minor gravitational relationships, you get a stupid answer. The math just doesn't work. " Some theorists are inclined to assume that the answer lies in tiny, weightless particles, gravitons, which "emit" gravitational fields. However, this is not even an answer, but only the beginning of an answer.
3. Are there overarching theories?
Physicists have a "standard model" that "decomposes" a known part of the universe into particles and explains most of the phenomena. But this model turns out to be powerless when it comes to gravity, and inconsistent when applied to high energy. Whether it is possible to deduce a theory "for all occasions" is still unknown. Some scientists believe that this will never happen.
2. Does extraterrestrial life exist?
If life is possible on Earth, why shouldn't it be possible on other planets as well? The answer “yes” seems much more logical than the categorical “no”.
“Here they are - we who came from stardust. So at the very least it is possible that there are others out there somewhere, ”says Fox Mulder ... oh, sorry, Jill Tarter: head of research center in California.
“Humanity has reached the level of scientific and technical civilization in just the last 200 years out of those 4.5 billion that there is life on the planet. So we can well expect that somewhere there are many scientific and technological civilizations that have had millions, if not billions of years to develop, "- agrees with a colleague Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek (Frank Wilczek).
1. How did the universe begin?
This question topped the list of the most mysterious. Well, that's natural. "All other mysteries spring from this one," says writer and astronomer Carl Sagan's widow Ann Druyan.
Based on the generally accepted point of view, everything happened after that thundered almost 14 billion years ago. It all started with a size smaller than the dot at the end of this sentence. But in the blink of an eye, the scale has increased significantly (oh, how much!) ... This is "an unusually powerful theory, but we still have no idea what led to the" swelling "- explains astrophysicist at the University of Washington Eric Agol (Eric Agol) ...
Well, here it is - the top ten secrets of the Universe according to experts and readers of LiveScience. Do you think all the worthy riddles make it to this list?
Guys, we put our soul into the site. Thank you for
that you discover this beauty. Thanks for the inspiration and the goosebumps.
Join us at Facebook and In contact with
It would seem that our world has been studied up and down and science certainly has an answer to any question that interests us. However, it’s not so. Until now, there are many mysterious things and phenomena that do not have a rational explanation.
site collected for you 10 questions that scientists are not able to answer.
Cat purr
Everyone knows that cats always purr when they feel good. However, how they do it, no one knows. There is no special organ in the throat of cats to make such sounds. Interestingly, while purring, you cannot listen to the heart or lungs of cats, and the purr itself is continuous, on inhalation and exhalation.
Scientists believe that cats use their vocal cords to make vibrating sounds that we hear like purring. Also, in the course of research, it turned out that the frequency of purring is in the range necessary to accelerate regeneration and healing of wounds. Therefore, your cat is probably a great doctor.
Species coming out of nowhere
Scientists have been struggling with this mystery for many years. The fact is that many species of animals and plants on our planet simply appeared out of nowhere. They did not have ancestors from which they could evolve, and this confuses science.
This was the case, for example, with amphibians: the stage at which fish gave birth to amphibians is not exactly known. And the very first land animals appeared already with developed limbs and a well-defined head. And dozens of different types... Then, after the alleged cataclysm (about 65 million years ago), which led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, several different groups mammals.
Magnetic compass in cows
You probably haven't even thought about it. In general, no one thought about it before the advent of Google Earth. It was this service that allowed us to study thousands of images of grazing cows (don't ask why) and discover one strange pattern. About 70% of cows, when eating or drinking, turn their heads strictly north or south. Moreover, this is observed on all continents, regardless of the terrain, weather and other factors.
What is dark matter made of?
About 27% of the entire universe is dark matter. It is such a thing that does not emit electromagnetic radiation and does not directly interact with it. That is, dark matter does not emit light at all. This property makes it impossible to observe it directly.
The first theories about dark matter appeared about 60 years ago, but scientists still cannot provide direct evidence of its existence, although everything indicates that it exists.
How many planets are in our solar system?
Since scientists officially excluded Pluto from the club of planets, it is believed that there are 8 of them left in our solar system. But no matter how it is. Most of our Solar system has not yet been explored. The area between Mercury and the Sun is too bright, and the area beyond Uranus is too dark.
By the way, right on the outskirts of our solar system, beyond Pluto, is the so-called Kuiper belt, which consists of icy objects. There, scientists every day discover hundreds of thousands of objects, the size of the same as Pluto, or even larger.
By the way, they noticed a large gap in the Kuiper belt. This suggests that there is another planet the size of Earth or Mars, which has attracted all these stones around it. So scientists will have to rewrite textbooks many times to explain how many planets are in our solar system.
Why are people divided into left-handers and right-handers?
Scientists have studied well why most people use right hand more often than the left. However, they still cannot understand what mechanisms are working in this case.
It is believed that the majority (70 to 95%) are right-handed, the minority (5 to 30%) are left-handed. And there is also the percentage of ambidextrous people in whom both arms are equally developed. Although scientists here differ in opinion.
It has been proven that genes influence left-handedness and right-handedness, but the exact "left-handed gene" has not yet been identified. There is also evidence that the environment can also influence the choice of the dominant hand. For example, teachers retrained children to use their right rather than their left hand.
Extinction of megafauna
The common name for the giant animals that once walked the Earth is megafauna. The megafauna disappeared about 10 thousand years ago. And scientists have not been able to figure out why.
Some believe that the megafauna became extinct due to climate change, but there is little hard evidence for this. Another theory is that they simply did not have enough food. However, not everything is so simple here either. Scientists in Alaska sometimes find perfectly preserved, undigested greens in their stomachs and even in the mouth. This suggests that the animals died literally for dining table, and all at once. Why this happened, scientists do not know.
Why do we dream
Some people believe that dreams are just random images and brain impulses, while others believe that they carry deep meaning, these are subconscious desires, problems and experiences. But one way or another, no one will give you an exact answer.
Incredible facts
These mysteries still raise questions among scientists and researchers.
1. Holes in the ground on Yamal in Siberia
In July 2015, a 100-meter crater appeared on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia. Despite the fact that a team of researchers was sent there in November 2015, the reason remained unknown. Since then, two more funnels have opened in the Tazovsky District and the Taimyr Peninsula.
There is an assumption that the formation of sinkholes in the ground is associated with a gas explosion or an eruption from within the permafrost.
2. Walrus in St. Pancras burial ground
The St. Pancras walrus was discovered by archaeologists in the old St. Pancras church in 2003. This site was used for mass graves due to a number of epidemics in the early 19th century.
One of the graves contained the remains of eight people, along with the bones of a Pacific walrus.
Scientists have not been able to find an explanation for how the walrus remains got there.
3.D.B. Cooper
In 1971, a man known only by the name of D.B. Cooper boarded a Boeing 727-100 at Portland International Airport. The flight, which took place on Thanksgiving Day, was bound for Seattle. During the flight, Cooper handed the flight attendant a note and said that he had a bomb, demanding $ 200,000 and four parachutes.
The flight was delayed two hours to give the FBI time to collect ransom and parachutes.
The plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, and once all Cooper's requirements were met, passengers were released, except for one flight attendant. Cooper ordered the pilots to take off again and head towards Mexico City. On the way, he jumped out and disappeared.
4. Invasion of the ether by Max Headrum
During the airing of the TV series "Doctor Who", the signal of the television station was interrupted and a man wearing a mask of Max Headrum appeared on the screen, making inarticulate sounds.
The reason for this and the identity of the masked man remains unknown, although there are several theories on this.
The broadcast stopped for just over 90 seconds and occurred on November 22, 1987, which some associate with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on the same day in 1963.
Earlier that day in 1987, the same person silently interrupted a news program on another television station.
5. Meat rain in Kentucky
In the spring of 1876, chunks of meat fell from the sky in Bath County, Kentucky, within minutes, as reported in several major media outlets. According to some eyewitnesses to the event, the meat tasted like lamb.
There is speculation that the phenomenon is related to nostok, a type of cyanobacteria found in the ground that swells into a jelly mass when it rains.
6. The Man in the Iron Mask
You may have heard of this story in the book and movies, however historical truth about this person may seem even stranger.
For more than three centuries, people are still trying to figure out the identity of a man who is mysteriously imprisoned and forced to wear a mask to hide his identity.
7. Incident at the Hinterkaifeck farm
This incident has it all distinctive features horror film: a strange house in the village, complaints about ghosts, the sounds of footsteps in the attic and, finally, the brutal murder of the whole family by an unknown person.
This crime remains one of the most mysterious in German history.
8. A real night hunter
The unidentified serial killer, also known as the "golden state hitman" and "rapist from the east", has committed a series of crimes in Sacramento County over a decade, including robbing more than 120 homes, raping 45 people and killing 12.
It is known that he called the victims in advance, and sometimes after, mocking them.
The culprit is believed to be still alive, and the FBI recently launched a campaign hoping to find a man who has escaped justice for so long.
9. The hum
We really appreciate the silence when it disappears, especially when it comes to some incomprehensible sounds.
Hum is a constant low frequency noise that people hear in different parts light from Great Britain to New Zealand. At the same time, the source of the sound cannot be explained.
10. Ship "Maria Celeste"
The Maria Celeste is one of the most famous examples of ghost ships - a ship with a crew that disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
The ship was found abandoned off the coast of Portugal, leading to many speculations about what happened to its crew.
11. Signal "Wow!" 1977 year
The signal "Wow!" Is a radio signal that gets its name from astronomer Jerry Eiman, who discovered it by writing "Wow!" on its printout.
An unexplained radio signal is believed to indicate the existence of extraterrestrial beings. Despite many attempts, the signal was never received again.
12. Tarrar
Tarrare was an 18th century Frenchman famous for his strange eating habits and insatiable appetite.
During the performances, he ate stones, live animals and a whole basket of apples, but he never satisfied his appetite. Despite his gluttony, he was average weight.
13. Silent twins
Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons were born in Wales in the 60s and did not communicate with other people, talking only to each other and sometimes in a way that was incomprehensible to everyone else.
The story became even stranger when the twins grew up and fell into mental asylum... They had an agreement that if one of them dies, the other should start talking to the rest of the people. Soon, Jennifer died suddenly from acute myocarditis, but doctors were unable to detect signs of poison or drugs in her body, and her death remains a mystery.
After June's death, as agreed, she began to communicate with others.
14. Tunguska meteorite
On June 30, 1908, a large explosion occurred in the Podkamennaya Tunguska area. The nearest town was 60 km away, but still felt the consequences. The explosion produced 85 times more energy than atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and razed about 80 million trees.
Although the destruction is believed to have been the result of a meteorite impact, no impact crater was found, which has prompted many hypotheses.
15. Cicada 3301
Every year since 2012, a secret organization has puzzled the Internet by anonymously posting challenging puzzles online. It is still not known whether this is some kind of tactics of the special services or hackers, or the tricks of some kind of cult.
16. Green Children of Woolpit
This event took place in 12th century England when two green-skinned children visited the village of Woolpit. They spoke in a strange language and claimed to have come from the underworld where other green people live.
17. Voynich manuscript
The Voynich Manuscript is a manuscript written in an unknown language with an unknown alphabet, containing diagrams and drawings, dating from about the 15th century. Researchers have tried to decipher the strange book for centuries, but they never succeeded.
18. The Taman Shud case
The Taman Shud case involves the discovery of a dead man on the coast of Australia. He did not have a passport and could not be identified. An autopsy showed that he was poisoned, but there was no trace of the poison.
The case became even more confusing when, 4 months after his death, an expert examined the man's body. In his pocket he found a small piece of paper with the words "Taman Shud" written on it.
These were the last words in the collection of poems "Rubayat" by Omar Khayyam, which translates as "completed". A piece of paper was torn from a book that was in the car near the beach. The book contained the nurse's phone numbers and a coded message that the police could not decipher.
The nurse said that she had given the book to a man named Albert Boxall. However, after a while Boxall appeared alive, and he had the same book with the last words.
19. Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
One of the unsolved mysteries remains Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014. The international flight from Malaysia to Beijing carried 277 passengers and 12 crew members. The last contact with ground services took place less than an hour after takeoff, and the plane itself disappeared from the radar screens a few minutes later.
Military radar tracked the plane for an hour after the incident, observing it deviate from its flight path until it disappeared into the Andaman Sea.
There were no distress calls, bad weather warnings, or reports of technical problems... It is believed that the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean, but the wreckage has never been found. Theories about extinction range from black holes to alien abduction.
20. Serial Killer Zodiac
The Zodiac is one of the most famous unsolved murders in history. In 1969, he killed at least five people in San Francisco.
Zodiac himself sent coded letters to newspapers and confessed to several murders, but he was never found. Several suspects have been interviewed, but the crime remains unsolved.
