Your favourite unsolved mystery?

Capt'n Midnight

dlofnep wrote: »

Yup - I used to get sleep paralysis for years.

for years :eek:

Randy Anders

This is a quality thread

Heres one I always found very interesting, happend in Iran in 1976:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Iran

tommyboy2222

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvmvxAcT_Yc

stimpson

Just read the whole thread over 5 days. Mad stuff. I'm pretty sure the Antikythera Mechanism hasn't been mentioned:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism

The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical computer[1][2] designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera wreck.[3] Its significance and complexity were not understood until decades later. The construction has been dated to the early 1st century BC. Technological artifacts of similar complexity and workmanship did not reappear until the 14th century, when mechanical astronomical clocks were built in Europe

dlofnep

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

for years :eek:

On and off obviously :P

It's horrible. I think it happened when I used to have really poor sleeping patterns.

DesperateDan

5 great disappearance stories not been mentioned before I think. On cracked.com.

DesperateDan

Wikipedia article on unsolved physics problems, for physicists an stoners

Capt'n Midnight

Why the people on the Titanic didn't take refuge on the iceberg.

The Sparrow

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Why the people on the Titanic didn't take refuge on the iceberg.

I'm pretty sure it was a sheer cliff type iceberg so it would have been impossible to scale it. Plus it was dark so nobody would have been able to see it even if they could take refuge on it.

cade

Why the inside of my motorbike helmet reeked of crispy bacon one morning after it'd been locked in the bikes carrier box all night.

al28283

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Why the people on the Titanic didn't take refuge on the iceberg.

doesn't really seem big enough to hold that many people, plus they were already well past it by the time they realised how bad the situation was. Not sure how the'd get onto it if they had tried

funnights74

IvaBigWun wrote: »

There's a theory that there was/is a few serial killers at large in Ireland but unlike UK media with this sort of thing the Irish media just brush it under the carpet.

Behavioral experts from the FBI looked into those cases and were convinced that a serial killer was responsible, but our gardai never went public with the "serial killer" theory in the fear it would cause public panic.
Where no one can hear you scream by Sarah McInerney is an excellent book that deals with these disappearences.

sunflower27

The Sparrow wrote: »

I'm pretty sure it was a sheer cliff type iceberg so it would have been impossible to scale it. Plus it was dark so nobody would have been able to see it even if they could take refuge on it.

Yes, and the boat didn't just hit the iceberg and stop moving... it was adrift for hours before it actually went down.

Even if people were able to locate the icebeg, it would not have been easy to climb up onto it from the ocean.

Solved/

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icarus86

Possibly the best thread ever! Some great stuff being posted on here

gnfnrhead

icarus86 wrote: »

Possibly the best thread ever! Some great stuff being posted on here

I have a love/hate relationship with this thread. Whenever someone posts a link to a site like Wikipedia or whatever, I click it and suddenly my day is wasted from constantly clicking on other links in that link. It's a vicious cycle!

44leto

I read something about human artefacts found in coal seams which if true and I doubt it is would push humans back 300+million years.

But googling looking for a link all I am getting back is creationist sites.:(:(

Deki

44leto wrote: »

I read something about human artefacts found in coal seams which if true and I doubt it is would push humans back 300+million years.

But googling looking for a link all I am getting back is creationist sites.:(:(

I don't think this a creationist sight- haven't really looked that far into it. It calls the sort of thing you're talking about Ooparts. It seems to be an interesting site. http://byerly.org/whatifo.htm you might have a look if you like.:)

44leto

Deki wrote: »

I don't think this a creationist sight- haven't really looked that far into it. It calls the sort of thing you're talking about Ooparts. It seems to be an interesting site. http://byerly.org/whatifo.htm you might have a look if you like.:)

Yes that is what I am looking for. Definitely weird if true.

Deki

I will have to take a better look later - the list on the homepage seemed worth a glance too.

Capt'n Midnight

al28283 wrote: »

doesn't really seem big enough to hold that many people, plus they were already well past it by the time they realised how bad the situation was. Not sure how the'd get onto it if they had tried

row the life boats over to it, drop some peoples off and go back for more

boot hook or ropes to climb up it,

they only needed to stay for a few hours



actually if the titanic had chased the iceberg they could have anchored her to it ?

El Weirdo

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

row the life boats over to it, drop some peoples off and go back for more

boot hook or ropes to climb up it,

they only needed to stay for a few hours



actually if the titanic had chased the iceberg they could have anchored her to it ?

Hmmmmm... I'm beginning to doubt that you're a real captain...

The Sparrow

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

actually if the titanic had chased the iceberg they could have anchored her to it ?

If they had of been able to see the iceberg they wouldn't have crashed into it!!

It was pitch black in the middle of the Atlantic ocean... the lifeboats couldn't see anything and there was no light whatsoever once the liner sank. Not to mention the dynamics of trying to turn the world's biggest ship to go looking for an iceberg it just crashed into and passed!!

The Sparrow

El Weirdo wrote: »

Hmmmmm... I'm beginning to doubt that you're a real captain...

:D

Ginger adam

It sank because the 15 lookouts 2 of them had binoculars

The Sparrow

Ginger adam wrote: »

It sank because the 15 lookouts 2 of them had binoculars

It was in the middle of the night... binoculars would have been useless. They only light was coming from the ship so they couldn't see anything around them.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Ginger adam wrote: »

It sank because the 15 lookouts 2 of them had binoculars

Balderdash I say my fellow boardsie, Titanic had two in the nest and her officers on the bridge all of whom did not possess bionoculars, this 15 number confuses me I say.

gnfnrhead

The Sparrow wrote: »

It was in the middle of the night... binoculars would have been useless. They only light was coming from the ship so they couldn't see anything around them.

Arent Icebergs normally pretty damn big? Enough lookouts with binoculars and someone would have seen it earlier than they did.

Your eyes also adjust to the light. I've been on ships during the night and after a while you can make out shapes in the distance.

The Sparrow

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Arent Icebergs normally pretty damn big? Enough lookouts with binoculars and someone would have seen it earlier than they did.

How can you see something if there is no light? And icebergs are often enormous but the majority of the structure tends to be under water.

gnfnrhead

The Sparrow wrote: »

How can you see something if there is no light? And icebergs are often enormous but the majority of the structure tends to be under water.

I edited my post, but not quickly enough.

Your eyes adjust to the light. It's not as dark as you may think. It's by no means easy to see, but this is what the lookouts are paid to do. I think it takes about 15 minutes for your eyes to adjust enough to be useful. Unless it happened right at a change over of lookouts, if there were more pairs of binoculars goings around, I reckon at least one person would have seen a shape in the distance and point it out to someone before it was too late.

DEFTLEFTHAND

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Arent Icebergs normally pretty damn big? Enough lookouts with binoculars and someone would have seen it earlier than they did.

Your eyes also adjust to the light. I've been on ships during the night and after a while you can make out shapes in the distance.

Your right they can be quite big but the sad reality is you can't maneuver a ship like Titanic in the time they had. The correct call from the bridge should have been 'Full Stop' and let her hit, instead they panicked and the chief officer called for the port around.