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The Devil's Footprints of Devon
After a heavy snowfall on the night of 8 to 9 February 1855, lines of hoof-like prints were reported at over 30 places across Devon. Explanations offered since include birds, mice, hares, and an escaped kangaroo.
Something SeenObscurity 2 of 7
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The Dyatlov Pass incident
Nine experienced ski hikers lost their lives in the northern Ural Mountains in early February 1959. In 2020 a Russian prosecutor announced that an avalanche caused the deaths, though Kommersant reported that his statements had not been agreed with the Prosecutor General's Office.
Somewhere You Can GoObscurity 7 of 7
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The Great Amherst Mystery
Knocks, thunder-like bangs and flying bedclothes centred on Esther Cox, 18, and her family's house. Walter Hubbell's account dates the start to late August 1878.
Someone Who Was ThereObscurity 1 of 7
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The Muhnochwa
In 2002 a rumoured face-scratching prowler caused panic in northern India. Doctors called it mass hysteria, and riots and lynchings followed.
Before you read on. More than a dozen people were killed in the riots and lynchings that followed the attacks, according to Outside magazine.
Something SeenObscurity 6 of 7
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The Naga fireballs of the Mekong
The Naga fireballs are glowing balls said to rise from the Mekong River, between Thailand and Laos, on the night Buddhist Lent ends. Many believers hold them sacred, and they draw tourists every year.
Somewhere You Can GoObscurity 5 of 7
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The Seaford poltergeist
From 3 February 1958, a family in Seaford, Long Island, reported broken objects and bottles opening and spilling in their home. Police, reporters and parapsychologists looked into it.
Someone Who Was ThereObscurity 5 of 7
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The Silver Bridge collapse and Mothman
On 15 December 1967 the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapsed into the Ohio River in rush-hour traffic and 46 people died. Author John Keel later tied the collapse to the Mothman sightings.
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The Syderstone Parsonage knockings
Knocking in the dead of night at Syderstone Parsonage, home of the Rev. Mr. Stewart, grew so violent over six weeks that one servant left in terror.
Somewhere You Can GoObscurity 4 of 7
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The Tarbes worked stone disk
A small disk of shaped stone fell at Tarbes, France, on 20 June 1887. The French Academy's examiners found it was gypsum and had without doubt been worked.
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The War of the Worlds broadcast
On 30 October 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre aired a radio drama about a Martian invasion of New Jersey, followed by long-running reports of panic.
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The Wem farm disturbances
At the Woods, a farm near Wem in Shropshire, in November 1883, a pan of eggs leapt off the fire, crockery smashed and clothes caught fire.
Somewhere You Can GoObscurity 3 of 7
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The burning of Jacques de Molay
Jacques de Molay, final Grand Master of the Templar order, was burnt in Paris on 18 March 1314. A curse on the king is said to have come from his pyre.
Something ToldObscurity 7 of 7
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The death of Charles Fort
Charles Fort, the American writer who collected reports of anomalous phenomena, died on 3 May 1932 in the Bronx, New York, hours after entering the Royal Hospital.
Something ToldObscurity 1 of 7
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The death of Daniel Dunglas Home
Medium Daniel Dunglas Home died at Auteuil, France, on 21 June 1886, aged 53, after years of tuberculosis.
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