20 Seemingly Unsolvable Mysteries

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20 Seemingly Unsolvable Mysteries

Whether you're a Sherlock Holmes fan or not, there's no doubt that humans are inherently inquisitive. Mysteries fascinate us all, but we're always enthusiastic about solving riddles whenever we come through them.

That's one of the major reasons why companies of all eras are becoming much more interested in escape games.

They allow you to put your investigator skills into practice while going to enjoy just one mystery-solving experience.

So what are the most vexing mysteries that no one has already become capable of solving so far?

There is much other stuff that has perplexed people for centuries, ranging from the Bermuda Triangle to Dark Matter to Jack the Ripper and the Dancing Plague of 1518, and many others.

We believe we have a good understanding of history. We also like to think we're pretty good at deducing clues. But when you combine the two, things get dicey. It turns out that history is full of creepy mysteries that will most likely never be solved.

As an example..

Ray Gricar was the district attorney of Centre County, PA. Until the day he just disappeared. In April of 2005, Gricar phoned his girlfriend to say he
The Antikythera Mechanism is a sophisticated calculator. It's 000 years ahead of its time. The mechanism consists of a complex gearwheel system to dis
Hundreds of tile messages have turned up in the U.S. and South America. TOYNTEEDD 200 INMOVIE DEND IRESURRET PLONETSVPTER TAPS WHCR T'HANK Nobody know
In 1971, D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane and demanded a parachute. He jumped off and was never seen again. Cooper released the passengers in exchange f
Kalachi is experiencing a narcolepsy epidemic. And doctors can't figure out why. Some speculate that residents of the Kazakhstan city are falling asle
Louis Le Prince invented the first true moving picture. One day he got on a train and vanished. Le Prince boarded a Paris-bound train, checked his lug
The Namibian desert is pocked with circles where nothing grows. And none of the explanations hold up. The strip of giant dots runs for 1, .100 miles,
We are pretty sure we get why humans spontaneously combust. n But we don't know how they catch fire. Combustion has been explained by something called
Three caves with triangular openings sit atop a mountain in China. And they're filled with pipes of unknown origin. Some of the Baigong pipes go deep
Jim Thompson was a fashion designer known as the Thai Silk King. He went for a walk and never came back. One Easter, when Thompson was vacationing wit
We assume ancient Egyptians looked Middle Eastern. But we don't know what they looked like. Egyptians have looked Middle Eastern since the Persian con
Every now and then, fish or frogs or something fall from the sky. We don't know why it's gO specific. Scientists more or less agree that tornadic wate
In 1992, a Chinese villager siphoned the water from a pond. He discovered a network of caves nobody can explain. There are no documents whatsoever tha
In 1966, two men were found lying on a hill in Brazil, uninjured but dead. And they were wearing lead masks. The men, who were identified as electroni
The MV Joyita was found adrift in the South Pacific. Its pagsengers and crew were just gone. The Joyita's logbook and navigational equipment were miss
Strange lights appear in the sky over Hessdalen, Norwvay. And science can't figure out why. For decades, locals of the Hessdalen Valley in Norway have
The Olmecs left behind some magnificent artwork in Central America. And nobody knows how or why they did it. The Olmecs, who went extinct in the year
Next time there's an earthquake, look up at the sky. You might spot gome earthquake lights. They're an unexplained prismatic phenomenon that people ha
Jean Spangler was an up-and-coming Hollywood starlet. Until the day she digappeared. Spangler had just finished filming a bit part in the movie Young
A man was found dead with just a scrap of paper in his pocket. Tamam Shud We still haven't figured out who he was. The man was found in Australia in 1

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