Mysteries & the bizarre

The Carnac stones: why did Neolithic people raise thousands of menhirs?

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Around Carnac in Brittany, north-western France, thousands of standing stones form rows running through areas such as Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan. They were erected in the Neolithic, mostly during ..

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The Brown Mountain Lights: ghost lights on the Blue Ridge and the USGS investigation

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - From viewpoints in North Carolina, people describe white, red or yellow points of light appearing near Brown Mountain, rising and then vanishing. After the flood of 1916 cut the power and the railwa ..

05/08/2026
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World Mysteries: The 8 Most Terrifying Lands on Earth

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Our Earth conceals unexplainable mysteries; there are lands so mysteriously terrifying that few dare to set foot there. Here are 8 places associated with mysterious stories that will give you "goose ..

04/08/2026
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The green fireballs of New Mexico: what did Project Twinkle see over the nuclear sky?

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In late 1948, pilots and scientists around Los Alamos and Sandia reported brilliant green fireballs crossing the sky, seemingly low and silent. Because they appeared near nuclear facilities, the mil ..

04/08/2026
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Trans-en-Provence 1981: does a circular ground mark prove a UFO landed?

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On 8 January 1981, Renato Nicolai at Trans-en-Provence heard a whistling sound, saw a small lead-coloured object leave his plot of land, and then found a circular mark. The police took samples and G ..

03/08/2026
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Shag Harbour 1967: a glowing object fell into Canadian waters and vanished

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On the evening of 4 October 1967, residents of Shag Harbour saw a string of lights descend and apparently touch the surface of the water. The RCMP took the report, treated it as a possible aircraft ..

02/08/2026
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The most mysterious places in the world

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - There are many places in the world today that still hold mysteries for humanity. Science keeps advancing, yet researchers have still not found answers to these puzzles of the past, which leave anyon ..

01/08/2026
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12... Most Beautiful Cemeteries in the World

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Not all cemeteries inspire fear. Below are 12 cemeteries that surprise everyone with their stunning scenery that attracts visitors, recommended by travel site Skyscanner Arlington National Cemetery ..

01/08/2026
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Socorro 1964: what did officer Lonnie Zamora see in a New Mexico gully?

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On the afternoon of 24 April 1964, police officer Lonnie Zamora broke off a car chase to check a bang and a flame in a gully. He described a white oval object standing on legs, two small human figur ..

01/08/2026
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The Ghost Town of Kadykchan in Russia with Apocalyptic Artworks

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - You may not know about the ghost town of Kadykchan. This is a town located in Magadan Oblast, in the Russian Far East. Kadykchan was built using the labor of German prisoners of war after World War ..

29/07/2026
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SCP-1000 Bigfoot: the terrifying secret of the apes that hid from humanity

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the darkness of the old-growth forests there is a creature that has watched humanity for tens of thousands of years without ever revealing itself. It is not the dim-witted animal people assume. I ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-3199 Humans, Refuted: the Keter creature that breeds through horror

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the darkest archive of the most secretive organisation on the planet there is a file that makes even the hardest staff shudder when it is mentioned. It is SCP-3199 - nicknamed Humans, Refuted. Th ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-2935 "O, Death": the day every living thing on Earth died at once

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Imagine an ordinary morning, and then, in a single instant, all life on Earth stops. People, animals, insects, bacteria - everything dies at the same moment. But what is more chilling than the death ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-231 Special Personnel Requirements: seven girls, Procedure 110-Montauk and a redacted horror

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the darkest corners of the SCP Foundation archive there are files that even the most hardened staff will not open a second time. SCP-231 - codenamed Special Personnel Requirements - is one of the ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-426: I Am a Toaster – the Euclid object that makes people believe they are an appliance

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Read this sentence slowly: I am an ordinary toaster. Harmless enough, isn't it? But in the classified files of SCP Foundation that is the opening line for one of the oddest and most quietly dangerou ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-1730 What Happened to Site-13: the dread inside a vanished Keter facility

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the thousands of classified SCP Foundation files, few leave a dread as lasting as SCP-1730 — code-named "What Happened to Site-13". This is not the story of a single monster but the chronicle ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-1499 The Gas Mask: the mask that sends its wearer to a deadly planet full of creatures

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the vast archives of SCP Foundation there are objects so harmless-looking that you might glance past them without a second thought. SCP-1499 is one of them: just a worn Soviet-era gas mask. But i ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-343 "God": the all-powerful being who stays in his cell by choice

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the thousands of chilling SCP Foundation files there is one entity that unsettles even the most seasoned researchers in an unusual way: not because it is dangerous, but because it is so utterl ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-457 The Burning Man: the humanoid flame that grows with every fire and every glance

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the dark of a burnt-out warehouse, among churning columns of flame, something stands looking at you. It does not run. It walks towards you. This is SCP-457 — the entity the SCP Foundation nicknam ..

20/06/2026
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SCP-3000 Anantashesha: the vast eel in the Bay of Bengal and the amnestic compound Y-909

World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Deep beneath the black water of the Bay of Bengal, something hundreds of kilometres long lies coiled in the dark. It has no beginning and no end, and one direct look at it leaves your mind forever c ..

20/06/2026
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