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    Bizarre Vanishings in the Wilderness

    Bizarre Vanishings in the Wilderness

    The wilderness seems to beckon people to join it at times. Here we see some of the most mysterious vanishings there are, with people who have just gone off into the trees to evaporate into thin air. These dark places at times have a habit of drawing the unwary in and not letting go, leaving behind vanishings with a wake of strange circumstances and bizarre clues. 

    Our earliest case here brings us back to August of 1934, when 21-year-old Olga Mauger seemed to have things going pretty well for her. She had just married wealthy Wyoming oil magnate Carl Mauger after a two-week whirlwind romance and the two were madly in love. They also had an upcoming elk hunting trip in the scenic wilderness near Dubois, Wyoming, that they saw as a romantic honeymoon. It seemed as if she had her whole future ahead of her, but she was about to become the center of one of Wyoming’s oldest and strangest unsolved mysteries.

    The couple made their way to a place called Floyd Stalnacker camp, at Togwotee Pass up in the remote mountains, just six days after their wedding, and at first, the trip was everything they had hoped it would be. On September 17, 1934, the sixth day of their trip, the couple headed out into the wilderness on a scout expedition for elk. At some point during their hike, Carl told his wife he wanted to go up a small ridge not too far away, but Olga said that she was tired and wanted to take a rest. It was a bit strange because Olga was an avid hunter, athletic, and in incredible shape, to the point that it was usually Carl trying to keep up with her, but at the time, he didn’t think much of it and continued up the ridge as she sat down on a rock to rest. Little did he know that this would be the last time he would ever see her again. 

    When Carl returned to the same spot 20 minutes later, his wife was nowhere to be seen. A quick search around the area turned up nothing else, and his calls out to her remained unanswered. Not long after this, authorities were summoned and they would launch a massive search involving an aircraft and over 300 people, bloodhounds, and even 20 Native American trackers, but they could find no trace of her. The dogs brought in could not find a scent trail; there was nothing. The only thing they managed to turn up was an empty paper sack in which there had been three sandwiches, but no sign of the food. How is it that she could so completely vanish within 20 minutes to the point that not even dogs and expert Native trackers could pick up her trail? No one had a clue, but as night approached and the weather got very cold, it was feared that wherever she had gone, Olga, who had been lightly dressed, might not survive. 

    Nevertheless, the search continued into the coming weeks, and there were some clues that would show up during this time. One was that some local campers would claim to have heard a woman screaming out in the woods of a nearby canyon three days after she had gone missing, but this could not be confirmed to have been her. There was also much excitement when a set of footprints was found at a wooded area known as Turpin Meadows, about 8 miles from where Olga had gone missing. The tracks were first thought to be hers, but it turned out that they were not. There were also some reports of seeing a woman walking along the nearby Togwotee Pass Road, but these could not be verified to have been her. The search went on into October, until a massive snowstorm hit, and it was called off for good. Rather oddly, shortly after the end of the search, a woman was found in Bridgeport, Nebraska, who allegedly looked so much like Olga that she had to be ruled out. 

    At the time, it was seen as a very odd disappearance for several reasons. One was that Olga had been hunting and fishing in that same area since she was a child and was very familiar with the terrain, meaning that it seems unlikely she could have gotten lost, and even if she had, why hadn’t she called out for help or answered calls out to her? Carl had allegedly been gone for only 20 minutes, so wouldn’t she be able to hear him? Also, how could she have managed to so completely elude the dogs and trackers? Why would she have wandered off from her spot on that rock in the first place? No one knew, but there were ideas. 

    One idea was that she had gone down to the road and either hitchhiked a ride or been kidnapped, but why would she have gone there? Another was that she had simply gotten lost and met with misfortune, but with her knowledge of the area, this seemed unlikely, and again, why would she have gone off into the wilderness to begin with? It could also have been a bear attack, but again, this would have made a commotion, and no body or signs of an animal attack had been found. As more information came in, there was also seen the possibility that she had run away to start a new life. It would turn out that her marriage was not as blissful as had been thought when Olga’s sister claimed that the couple had been on the rocks, arguing frequently, and that Olga had been unhappy with the marriage and had regretted having the wedding so soon. In this scenario, Olga had used the elk-hunting trip as a ruse for her escape, knowing that with her outdoor survival skills, no one would be able to follow her. After this, all she had to do was go to the nearby road and hitch a ride to a new life. This might help explain how she was able to evade the search party, and it would also explain the oddity of her wanting her husband to continue on while she took a rest. If she had run away, then it was actually a pretty good plan.

    Another, more ominous possibility was that it had been foul play. It would be found that Carl had been dating a woman by the name of Ella Tchack for five or six years when he met Olga at a dance. It had apparently been serious enough that they had been considering marriage, and Ella was reported as having been very upset about Carl running off with Olga, to the point that it was claimed she had threatened to commit suicide. Yet another witness close to her claimed that Ella and Carl had continued seeing each other after Carl’s marriage to Olga, something that Carl vehemently denied. The idea here is that Carl had perhaps murdered Olga to get out of his marriage and get back with Ella, and there were some sinister clues that supported this. One was that he would later contradict his statement that he had been gone 20 minutes, giving a different figure. Even more damning is that the Native guides made the observation that Carl Mauger's path away from his wife to the spot he claimed to have gone would have kept him in full view of her sitting place from the moment he left her to the moment he claimed he had returned. An excerpt from the Casper Star-Tribune says of this:

    They also pointed out that, although the country is rugged, it is open and that Mauger was in full view of the place, where he claimed he left his wife until he reached a small path where he said he turned around and retraced his steps.”

    If this is true, then she would have never been out of his line of sight at all. It seems pretty ominous, but without any real evidence of wrongdoing, there was nothing to go on, and Carl Mauger was never pursued as a suspect. In a curious aside, he would be arrested not long after and put in jail after being mistaken for a wanted criminal who just happened to be his doppelganger and had the name Carl Mager. Weird. Also, rather odd, or to be expected, depending on your stance, Carl would later remarry, this time with Ella, the one he had been dating when he married Olga. Coincidence or not? We are left to ask ourselves what happened to Olga? Was this a tragic accident or foul play? Where did she go that day, and what became of her? Considering it is one of Wisconsin's oldest cold cases and there have been no new clues in decades, we will probably never know for sure.

    Moving along, Susan Adams, 42, and her husband, Tom, of Austin, Texas, had been looking forward to their next big camping trip for months. Both avid campers, hunters, and birdwatchers, their plan was to take a wilderness tour with a group called Iron Horse Outfitters, their destination being a protected wilderness area near the Idaho/Montana border called the Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness. Lying along the Bitterroot Mountain range, it is a rugged domain of thick forests and alpine parkland that spans 1.3 million acres, making it one of the largest such wilderness areas in the entire country. The couple was very excited about exploring it, they both had experience with the outdoors, and they were going in with a reputable wilderness tour company and seasoned guides in good spirits. There was no reason to suspect this would be anything other than the trip of a lifetime, but this was an excursion that only one of them would return from.

    On September 22 of 1990, the couple arrived in Idaho Falls ready for their adventure and met with the owner of the tour company, Art Griffith, before heading out a few days later to take a long horseback ride through pristine wilderness to the outfitters' camp in the Battle Lake area. There they were greeted by the rest of the crew, consisting of a group of hunters, guides, and the camp’s cook. They then spent about a week leisurely exploring the area, hunting, and engaging in their hobby of birdwatching, before Tom decided to go out on September 29 with some of the camp hunters for an overnight hunting trip. Susan decided she would stay behind at camp, and after escorting her husband by horseback to a ridge, she said her goodbyes and returned to camp. No one at the time realized that this would prove to be their final goodbye.

    The following day at around 9 AM, Susan decided to go do some birdwatching at a nearby meadow. The weather was clear and calm, and so she only had with her light clothing, her binoculars, and her camera. The meadow was nearby and an easy short hike away, so when she told the camp cook that she was headed over there, no one thought anything of it. She walked off, but never came back. No one in the camp seemed to really be all that alarmed, as it was a nice day, the meadow was so close, and Susan had not said anything about when she planned to return. It didn’t even cross anyone’s mind that something was amiss until Tom came back from his hunting trip in the late afternoon, and she had still not returned.

    Tom waited a while, but as darkness began to creep in, he became worried. He went out towards the meadow, where he found footprints that led away down a trail. Oddly, he claims that at some point, the tracks just abruptly ended right in the middle of that dusty trail, with no sign of any leading off anywhere. According to Tom, it was unsettling, as if she had simply vanished right there on the spot, and he would say, “I followed the footprints to a place about 20 yards from the meadow, where the tracks stopped.” He looked everywhere for more footprints, but there were none, and his desperate calls out into the trees were answered by the sounds of the darkening forest. He was then joined by the camp guides and hunters, many of them experienced trackers, but they had no more success, and after some time scouring the area with no sign of Susan, night was finally upon them, forcing them to abandon their efforts and just hope that Susan made her way back.

    The following morning, Susan was still gone, and so authorities were notified of the disappearance. A large-scale search was launched of the entire area for miles around, but nothing whatsoever was found, and the operation had to be suspended due to cold and snowy weather moving in, which was worrying since Susan had not brought any warm clothing or survival gear with her. The search then resumed with renewed efforts to find the woman, as it was thought that every minute lost was dangerous if Susan was still alive at all. Aircraft, dogs, and hundreds of volunteers meticulously combed the area, even walking side by side at arm’s length apart through large stretches of wilderness to leave no stone unturned. Some scattered footprints were found that indicated perhaps someone who was injured, but they were so faded and unclear that it was not positive that they had belonged to Susan Adams at all. The theory that was brewing among law enforcement officials at the time was that she must have gotten injured and died out there, and before the official search was closed for winter, Sheriff Randy Baldwin would say:

    I believe beyond any reasonable doubt that Susan Adams died from injuries or other related causes due to being lost or hurt in the wilderness area near Battle Lake. I also believe that Susan Adams' remains are still in that area, but feel that any future organized search would not be effective in locating her remains.

    The family was so desperate that they even hired a psychic, who rather eerily came to the same conclusion, predicting that Susan had sustained a head injury and perished not far from camp. Yet if this is all correct, then why hadn’t they found any trace of remains or indeed any sign of her at all, despite such a detailed search? Another idea was that a wild animal might have attacked her and dragged her off, but if this were the case, it is thought that she would have screamed out, which would have been heard at the nearby camp, and there was also no sign of blood, shredded clothing, no indication of a struggle, nor any tracks from a dangerous animal. It is hard to believe that a vicious wild animal could have swooped in to take her away completely silently, without any sign of blood or a fight, and without leaving any tracks behind. The idea of foul play was also briefly looked at, but neither Tom Adams nor any of the hunters or guides was found to have any evidence at all that they were linked to the vanishing.

    What happened to Susan Adams? How did she just wander away so close to camp and then evaporate to never be found? Was she attacked by an animal or a nefarious party? Was her attention drawn by something to bring her out and get injured? Or was it something far stranger? Why is it she did not call out, and why was no trace of her remains ever found? Even more eerily, what is the meaning of those tracks that just stopped in the middle of a trail? We will probably never know, and it is another bizarre case to add to the considerable number of those like it.

    Some of the strangest of these wilderness vanishing cases have been written of by missing persons researcher and author on the subject, David Paulides, in his Missing 411 series of books, and these accounts can range from the slightly odd to the full-on bizarre. One very weird case that has been much discussed and speculated upon is that of a seasoned, experienced hunter who went out with a group of friends only to step off the face of the earth and leave strange clues and mysteries that have not been solved to this day.

    The setting for this strange case is the rather ominously named Crazy Mountains, in the northern part of the Rocky Mountains of Montana, in the United States, where, in September of 2014, a 38-year-old elk hunter by the name of Aaron Joseph Hedges was out on a hunting trip with friends Greg Leitner and Joe Depew. The trip started on September 3, when the group headed out from the Cottonwood Lake Trailhead along with two horses and a mule. The men were in good spirits, looking forward to their excursion, and things were going smoothly as they headed towards a place called Campfire Lake, but they hit an obstacle when their mule got spooked and Hedges’ sleeping bag was thrown off the trail and lost.

    It was an unfortunate turn of events, but fortunately, the group kept another hunting camp they had used the previous year and had loaded up with an emergency cache of extra supplies just in case they ever needed it. Among these supplies were extra sleeping bags and so on. On September 5, Aaron decided to make a trek up that way, towards a place called Sunlight Lake. It wasn’t a particularly formidable distance for the experienced outdoorsman, and he had a walkie-talkie, cellphone, and was armed with a firearm and bow, so no one thought much of it, especially since he told his companions that he was just going to grab the supplies and would be back before nightfall. Little did they know that as he stalked off up that trail into the trees, it would be the last time anyone saw him alive.

    Night came and went with no sign of Hedges, and the next day he still did not turn up. The group tried numerous times to call him on his walkie-talkie, but there was no response. A look at the GPS for the walkie-talkie system showed that Hedges had missed the fork in the trail that he was supposed to take to his destination, and it labelled his position as being out at the very edge of the screen. They waited around the area for several more days, hoping that he would find his way back to them, but there was no further word, and Aaron Hedges was finally reported missing on September 8. A search was mounted, and although the effort was somewhat impeded by snow that had hit the area, the surroundings were meticulously scoured using helicopters with infrared equipment, horses, and 20 tracker dog teams, all of which turned up no sign at all of the missing hunter.

    It was not until the second day of the search that a clue was finally found. By a creek just east of Sunlight Lake was found a spot where someone had attempted to start a fire using a pack of cigarettes, and nearby were found the water bladder that Hedges had been carrying, the waist straps of his backpack, and his shoes sat down neatly side by side as if they had been carefully removed and placed there. Oddly, the site was found in an area the search teams had just combed the previous day without finding a thing, and it was also considered puzzling that he would have taken his shoes off and just left them behind, considering the plummeting temperatures and snow. Also unusual was that tracker dogs passing through were unable to pick up a scent trail for the missing man, which was a bit hard to explain.  This was the only trace of Hedges that would be found during the search efforts, and it was as if he had just vanished into thin air, but things would get even weirder still, a full 9 months after the disappearance.

    In June 0f 2015, a hiker by the name of Roger Beslanowitch was staying with relatives at a place called the Rein Anchor Ranch, when he took a walk to the top of a nearby ridge and came across someone’s outdoor gear, including a backpack containing a cellphone, an orange hunting vest, bow, clothes, a hunting license, and some scattered wrappers from granola bars. Bizarrely, at the head of the ridge was also a thermos cup placed upon a rock, along with an open energy drink nearby. Beslanowitch would report that he had been sure there had to be a body somewhere, but he could find none, just those belongings eerily piled up against a tree. When it was found through the hunting and driver’s licenses in the pack that they had belonged to Aaron Hedges, the authorities jumped all over this new lead in their cold case, but they could find no trace of any human remains.

    It would not be until the following summer that remains would finally be discovered about half a mile from where the gear had been found, which was a full 15 miles from where he had last been seen and 6 miles from where his boots had been found, meaning he had somehow traversed that snow swept wilderness without his boots all of that way, along a route that had no major trails. Making it even weirder was that the area the remains were found in was within eyesight of the nearby ranch and right next to a frequently used road, which would have meant safety, but he had never managed to reach it. How could this be? He had obviously stopped to have something to drink on that ridge, from which he would have been able to clearly see the house, so why did he just stop, strip down out of his clothes, and die so close to safety?

    The whole case is permeated by strange details. The fork in the trail that Hedges was originally meant to take up to his destination was clearly delineated and visible, and he was equipped with a GPS, yet he had gone right by it. He had then managed to set up a camp that evaded a complete search of the same area, then taken his boots off in freezing weather and somehow managed to walk 6 miles over rough terrain off-trail through snow, which authorities see as highly unlikely, as it would have been an incredible feat for even the most hardened survivalist. Indeed, why had he taken his shoes off to begin with? Then there is the fact that dogs could not pick up his scent, and all of this is punctuated by the rest of his belongings and his body plopped out there practically right on top of an inhabited ranch. The cause of death could also not be determined, as neither the skull nor any of the bones exhibited any sort of trauma indicating an injury of any kind. What is going on here?

    There have certainly been plenty of theories ranging from the plausible to the far out. The official explanation is that he had probably had hypothermia and disorientation, which had caused him to wander about aimlessly and display his odd behavior. He may have even intentionally avoided search party teams and that ranch to cover the fact that he and his friends may have been hunting in off-limits areas and poaching. Other theories are decidedly more fringe, including the pervasive idea that he somehow passed into another dimension or through a portal. One Reddit user on the Missing 411 forum called “DapperWinner” explains his spin on the theory and how it matches many of the stranger details as follows:

    The turn in the path: Aaron left his hunting buddies to go to a cache that was a hike away, there was a visible path and clear turn for him to ascend up and get to the cache. What I believe happened is somewhere just before that turn or on it he 'passed' over into another dimensional reality. It was getting late and his friends tried to call him over the walkie talkie and they did ping his GPS. Now at this point, somehow I think for a split minute or so he flickered back into this reality in just enough time for the GPS to go off and then flickered back out. I'm no expert on this stuff so forgive the terms.

     The boots: The SAR has been called and they comb the area for him, dogs also cannot get a scent. Now with the dogs i believe the reason why they cannot find one is because he literally is not there, he is in some other dimensional reality overlapping our own. Further in the case they find his boots and other items AFTER they combed a particular area bythe ridgeline. Similar things have happened in other cases, so we came up with a theory that what if his items have somehow re-materialzed back into our reality? Let’s say that in the dimension he is in, whatever bad weather is happening in ours (The snow) Is not happening where he is. So perhaps he has a rest and takes his boots off to rest his feet, somehow those items reappear back in our reality and he loses them. This would explain why his boots were found just set there as if someone had placed them. Because they were.

     The pack: Months pass and the somebody finds Aaron hedges backpack and drinking equipment overlooking a property with human houses and structures visible. Let’s say Aaron did make his way to this place and I think he knew where he was going expecting to find those peoples properties. But here’s the thing: They weren't physically there in that other reality! He made his way to that ridgeline expecting to find houses but did not. And again, his items have somehow re-materialized back into this reality where they were found by a neighbor. Now this is where the speculation gets a little crazy: We theorized that what if the alternate reality he stumbled in, time flows differently. As they found his pack a year or so later I believe? What if wherever he is, it’s only felt like a day or two for him being lost, but in our reality a year had passed? As I said it’s just speculation on our part, but i find it hard to believe a backpack containing food was sitting there perfectly for a year for someone to discover without it being ravaged wildlife.

    What happened to Aaron Hedges? Did he simply get lost and succumb to the stresses of the environment? Is this, as the authorities say, a case of hypothermia-induced psychosis? If so, then what are we to make of all of the weird clues orbiting the whole thing? Or is this, as some of the stranger theories have posited, something altogether more bizarre and past out ability to really grasp? Just about the only thing we really do know about this weird case is that Aaron Hedges disappeared without explanation, his remains reappeared just as mysteriously, and no one truly knows what exactly happened to him except for him and the trees.

    Finally, we come to the case of Terrence Shemel Woods Jr., of Capitol Heights, Maryland, who at the age of 26 years old made a pretty good success of himself as a filmmaker. Educated in England, he had worked on numerous TV programs and documentaries, including several that had taken him out into the rugged outdoors for shoots in such far-flung places as Turkey and Alaska, making him no stranger to roughing it. In 2018, Woods was working for a London-based production company called Raw TV, which specializes in the outdoors and is perhaps best known for the Discovery Channel reality show Gold Rush. In October of that year, he was enlisted to spend a few weeks in the remote wilderness of Montana and Idaho to work on a documentary for a British show called Whitewater, in this episode about the abandoned gold mine called Penman Mine, which lies within a place called the Nez Perce Clearwater National Forest, in the heart of north-central Idaho. Terrence was there with 12 other crew members and was reportedly in good spirits at first, but things were about to take a turn for the strange.

    On October 5, 2018, the crew spent the entire day out at the mine filming. It was fairly isolated, rough and mountainous terrain, but all of them were quite experienced with this sort of shoot, and it was nothing they couldn’t handle. Woods reportedly had been quieter than usual that day, which most just chalked up to tiredness. As the crew began finishing up for the day, something very strange would happen when Woods took off running for no apparent reason and just kept on running right off the face of the earth. The production manager who witnessed it all would later say in a statement to Woods’ father:

    So we were finishing up for the day and your son was talking to one of the miners. I was in one of the vehicles doing some work when your son told the miner that he had to go relieve himself. Something told me, kind of like a gut feeling, to look over near the cliff your son was at, when I looked over there all I saw was the radio lying on the ground. I originally thought your son fell off the cliff so I leaped out of the vehicle and ran over there immediately. To my shock, your son was already 15 feet down the cliff running like a hare. I’ve never seen anyone run that fast. At that point I yelled to the crew to get in a vehicle and go to the main road. I proceeded down the cliff after your son but he kept running. Due to my professional SAR training, I stopped running after him out of fear he’d be further scared. So I went back topside and the crew hadn’t found your son on the main road. At this point we found the first house with a phone and reported your son missing.

    When he made his sudden run into the wilderness, he was carrying his cell phone, but he left behind his two-way radio and a backpack containing his belongings. By the time authorities reached the area, it was getting dark, and after a preliminary patrol of the area with no sign of the missing man, the search was started in earnest the following morning. The search teams used dogs, helicopters, and infrared cameras, but were unable to find a trace of Woods, with even the dogs unable to pick up a scent. A fresh sheen of snow had also fallen, yet no footprints could be found, and it was claimed by a search team member that it was “as if he had never been there at all.” After a week of nothing, the search was called off. In the meantime, some strange clues were turned up.

    It would be discovered that, although he had planned to be in Idaho until mid-November, Woods had texted his father to tell him that he would be returning on October 10th, with no elaboration whatsoever, and it was even odder in that he had never been known to cut an assignment short. Some friends and family would also say that he had been acting uncommonly anxious about this trip in the weeks leading up to the shoot, and that he had expressed his desire not to go. This was all very unusual for him, because Woods had always been very enthusiastic about his work and the adventures it took him on. Not everyone agrees with this, though, and his older sister, Sharnia Tisdale, would say:

    I talked to him before he went out there and he seemed fine. He was going to go out and do a job with the film crew and he was going to come home, nothing abnormal and he wasn't acting different. We talk all the time. He is not the type of person that would just run off or do anything like this, so it seems unusual to me but you know I wasn't there so I can only go by what they are saying. He's traveled around the world he really likes to do tv, he is a loving person and caring and an all around good person.

    Also rather weird is that on the morning of the day of his disappearance, he had sent his father creepy footage of a river flowing through a canyon without any explanation or discernible reason for doing so, and although nothing was thought of it at the time in retrospect it now seems a bit eerie. There also seemed to have been some disagreements between Woods and the production manager, although what connection this could have is unknown.

    Flyers were distributed all around the region, and volunteer searches orchestrated by the family continued, but no trace was found, and with the cold, snowy weather that had moved in, there was little hope that he could have made it out of there alive. It was truly baffling because Woods’ family would insist that he had never done drugs and did not have any mental issues or personal problems, making it all the more unusual that he should just suddenly bolt like that. While it is easy to see how someone could get lost in this treacherous and hostile terrain, what is it that made this normally rational individual just decide to suddenly drop everything and go running over a cliff to keep on going into that remote landscape to vanish into thin air?

    One of the ideas postulated by the family is that he may have been scared of one of the crew members for some reason, to the point that he might have felt his life was in danger, but authorities have said there is no sign at all of foul play. In their opinion, he suffered some sort of mental break and perhaps had even been planning on committing suicide out there, but this is not in keeping with his established character and mental history. Indeed, Woods’ father has accused the police of not properly pursuing the case due to racism. Another rather ominous scenario is that he was possibly murdered by one of the crew members, but there is no evidence of this at all and none of them have ever been considered a suspect. Other, more fringe ideas are that some sort of paranormal force took him after luring him out into the woods, or that he passed through some sort of portal.

    What happened to Terrence Shemel Woods Jr.? Why did he just suddenly decide to run off like that to join the annals of strange vanishings? Was this foul play, suicidal tendencies, a death wish, or something perhaps even stranger? To this day, the case has never been solved, and it continues to haunt family, friends, and those who would seek answers.

    What is it about the wilderness that draws so many mysterious disappearances to it? Is this just a result of the terrain and wilderness itself, or is there something else going on here? Did these people just get lost or succumb to the elements, and if so, how do we explain all of the strange details involved? There is no way to really know what is going on, and at the moment, some wild places have many strange mysteries, indeed, and people still have a habit of coming here never to return.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Mysterious tentacles emerging from a 'meteorite' spark frenzied reaction: 'An Alien growing'

    Mysterious tentacles emerging from a 'meteorite' spark frenzied reaction: 'An Alien growing'

    A man claims to have found an alien-like species within a meteorite, causing a stir on social media.

    The individual, who identifies himself as Kin online, said he discovered a small, silver-colored space rock in a fiery crater in Panama on August 29.

    Since then, he has shared a series of videos on TikTok showing what he described as the meteorite burning leaves on contact and an unruly, tentacled organism sprouting from within it.

    A week after his initial post, he claimed that the crater 'shines at night,' sharing footage of the dark site glowing mysteriously.

    Subsequent videos appeared to show a mass of oily, tentacle-like growths spreading rapidly from the rock's crevices, eventually engulfing the object. 

    The videos have gone viral on social media, with some viewers claiming they show 'an alien growing,' while others dismiss them as a hoax. 

    'There are people who want to believe, but in reality it looks like a potato,' one user shared on X.

    'That metallic sheen smells like paint, and the camera cut before touching it is suspicious. By the way, iron meteorites don't do photosynthesis. It's a potato.'

    Just days after finding the meteorite in Panama, videos on TikTok of the object appearing to grow plant-like tentacles

    Just days after finding the 'meteorite' in Panama, Kin shared videos on TikTok of the object appearing to grow plant-like tentacles

    A rock in one of his videos appeared to burn tree leaves when they came in contact with the rock

    The rock appeared to burn leaves - but some online users claimed it was a hoax

    Kin said the tentacle-covered specimen now must be kept inside a large safe, but some have doubted his story, claiming the organism is a common plant and the meteorite scene was staged. 

    Although his videos have been viewed millions of times, there has been no independent confirmation that the object is a meteorite, nor any verification from scientists regarding the make-up of the organism growing around it.

    Meteorite trackers have also not confirmed that a space rock fell last month in the Pedregal district of Panama.

    Regardless, Kin has claimed to have mailed samples of the tentacles to friends, but no analysis has been publicly reported.

    Skeptics online have pointed out that an image of the supposed crater where Kin pulled the meteorite from appeared to have several matchsticks in it, suggesting the hole had been intentionally set on fire.

    Others have noted that Kin was able to pick up the meteorite with his bare hands without any issues, despite the object just burning through multiple tree leaves.

    Critics have raised concerns about Kin's handling of the specimen, noting that he appeared to touch the strange tentacles with his bare hands, which could have contaminated the samples he claimed to be sending for study. 

    Videos appeared to show a mass of oily, tentacle-like growths spreading rapidly

    Videos appeared to show a mass of oily, tentacle-like growths spreading rapidly 

    Kin added in his videos that some have reached out to him claiming the object he found was not a meteorite at all, but was a plant 'egg' which sprouts an organism called Clathrus archeri, or the Devil's Fingers fungus.

    However, Kin's mystery organism appears to look different from that fungus. The substance has many tentacles that have a black, tar-like shine to them.

    As for the Devil's Fingers fungus, the plant is typically red with much less tar-like slime covering the tentacles.

    Kin claims that the substance has continued to grow, now taking up almost an entire safe

    Kin claims that the substance has continued to grow, now taking up almost an entire safe 

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    The viral sensation grew even more terrifying in the last four days, as Kin even claimed the organism had detached itself from the silver rock and moved to hide itself inside Kin's locked safe.

    'Today I was scared and I felt afraid, I thought it had escaped,' the man said in a TikTok post translated from Spanish on September 11.

    According to his follow-up posts, the organism continued to grow whenever it was exposed to light and was seen pulsing and moving inside Kin's kitchen, which he kept unlit except for shining a flashlight near the object.

    'When the night comes, I feel calm, I know it won't grow. Every time I show it to them, when I light it, it grows and puts me in danger,' Kin wrote in a new video posted Sunday.

    The Panamanian claimed that some individuals have approached him and requested that he hand over the strange substance out of 'concern for his safety'.

    Meanwhile, those on social media have warned Kin that they feared government authorities may try to take the mystery specimen from him and erase the videos from the internet.

    In a post that was translated into multiple languages, Kin pleaded with his followers to: 'Save the videos. They're our evidence. They'll probably all be deleted.'

    While Kin's videos have captivated social media, many have also claimed the entire story is a hoax. 

    If a creature were to grow out of a rock, researcher John Greenewald Jr commented that it could be evidence of panspermia, the concept that life on Earth was deposited here by meteorites from space.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Scientists issue chilling update on the famous 'WOW!' signal first detected in 1977 - and say they can't rule out aliens

    Scientists issue chilling update on the famous 'WOW!' signal first detected in 1977 - and say they can't rule out aliens

    In 1977, scientists discovered a mysterious signal beaming from space that was so powerful it prompted astronomer Jerry Ehman to write 'Wow!' on the telescope's readout.

    For decades, scientists have debated whether this so-called 'Wow! signal' could have been an attempt at communication from a distant alien civilisation.

    Now, a team of experts has re-examined the signal's data with modern techniques and found that it could be even stranger than previously thought.

    According to the new analysis, the Wow! signal was more than four times stronger than earlier estimates suggested.

    The scientists were also able to definitively dismiss a number of natural or human explanations.

    There were no known TV stations at that time which could have created the signal, nor were there any satellites passing overhead.

    And although scientists believe that the Wow! signal is likely to have a natural cause, they say alien sources can't yet be ruled out.

    Co–author Dr Hector Socas-Navarro, director of the European Solar Telescope Foundation, told Daily Mail: 'While aliens aren’t completely off the table, it seems that the signal may have originated by a natural astrophysical source. Our goal now is to find that source.'

    For decades, scientists have struggled to find any natural process capable of producing the 72–second burst which prompted astronomer Jerry Ehman to write 'WOW!' on the telescope's readout

    For decades, scientists have struggled to find any natural process capable of producing the 72–second burst which prompted astronomer Jerry Ehman to write 'WOW!' on the telescope's readout

    Using new data, the scientists also refined the area of the sky from which the signal emerged. This map shows the new refined regions (yellow) compared to the previous estimates (grey)

    Using new data, the scientists also refined the area of the sky from which the signal emerged. This map shows the new refined regions (yellow) compared to the previous estimates (grey)

    The Wow! signal was detected by astronomers at the Big Ear Observatory in Delaware, Ohio, back in 1977. 

    Scientists at the observatory were scanning the sky for radio waves as part of a hunt for extra-terrestrials when the telescope picked up an extraordinary signal.

    The sudden burst of radio waves was not only exceptionally powerful, but it was also abnormally long-lasting – continuing for a full 72 seconds.

    Additionally, scientists noted that the signal's frequency was in the so-called hydrogen line, which is a band of frequencies emitted by atomic hydrogen.

    Since hydrogen is so abundant in the universe, some suggested that advanced civilisations might be using its frequency as a calling card for signalling to other intelligent species.

    Strangely, the signal never repeated, and scientists haven't yet found another burst in the same frequency that is nearly as intense.

    However, further study of the Wow! signal has been made difficult by the fact that all the data from the Big Ear Observatory is on paper printouts.

    In this new paper, a team of researchers and volunteers painstakingly digitised over 75,000 pages of data from the observatory.

    Researchers and volunteers analysed over 750,000 pages of data from the Big Ear Radio Observatory in Ohio, where the Wow! Signal was spotted

    Researchers and volunteers analysed over 750,000 pages of data from the Big Ear Radio Observatory in Ohio, where the Wow! Signal was spotted

    What are the theories to explain the signal?

    There have been many theories over the years for what could have been the source of the short-lived, narrow-band radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal.

    At the time, it was seen as having all the traits of having come from a distant planet, but the inability to pick it up again has frustrated astronomers.

    While some have taken it to be a radio message broadcast by an alien beacon into space, others have looked for other astronomical sources. 

    Theories have included collisions between asteroids and stars, flares from stars, merging white dwarfs and colliding neutron stars. 

    Now, experts suggest that it could have been caused by energy from a neutron star triggering a cloud of atomic hydrogen gas to release a laser burst. 

    For the first time ever, this allowed for the computational analysis of data about the Wow! signal.

    Dr Hector Socas-Navarro says: 'The paper basically rewrites the basic stats of the Wow! signal.'

    In addition to showing that the signal had been stronger than previously thought, the researchers have been able to characterise the burst much more accurately.

    They narrowed the part of the sky that the signal came from to two small regions, each of which produced a different component of the signal.

    The researchers were also able to determine this location with two-thirds greater statistical certainty.

    Additionally, this new data slightly revises the signal's frequency – putting it at 1420.726 MHz rather than 1420.4556 MHz.

    That keeps the signal solidly within the hydrogen line, but that small change suggests that whatever produced the signal must have been spinning a lot faster than previously thought.

    This means the source must be moving at about 46 miles per second (74 km/s), over double the previous estimate of 18 miles per second (30 km/s/).

    The researchers say that the most likely cause of the Wow! signal is an intense beam of energy from a dying star hitting a cloud of cold hydrogen, causing it to produce a laser-like burst which hit Earth

    The researchers say that the most likely cause of the Wow! signal is an intense beam of energy from a dying star hitting a cloud of cold hydrogen, causing it to produce a laser-like burst which hit Earth 

    'This means that when we look for candidates, the ones moving at that speed will stand out, like a very tall person in a large crowd, and it will be easier to identify the emitting source,' says Dr Socas-Navarro.  

    Importantly, this research also rules out some natural phenomena that had been suggested as possible explanations.

    It had been proposed that a man-made signal could have bounced off the moon and been mistakenly picked up by the observatory.

    However, this new analysis clearly shows that the moon would have been on the wrong side of the planet at this time, so nothing could have bounced off it.

    Likewise, the sun was not active enough during the year 1977 to produce anything close to the Wow! signal's intensity.

    That means the Wow! signal really must have come from somewhere outside our solar system.

    However, there are still many questions remaining about the origins of this mysterious radio beam.

    Lead author Professor Abel Mendez, of the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, told Daily Mail: 'We can’t rule out an extraterrestrial communication signal explanation for the Wow! Signal yet, but the evidence points to a natural origin.'

    The dying star could have been a magnetar, which produce the most powerful magnetic fields in the Universe and are rare, explaining why the Wow! Signal has not been repeated

    The dying star could have been a magnetar, which produce the most powerful magnetic fields in the Universe and are rare, explaining why the Wow! Signal has not been repeated

    Professor Méndez suggests the burst was created when the energy from a dying star called a magnetar hit a cloud of cold hydrogen gas floating through the universe.

    If this happened, it would energise the cloud of gas and produce a burst like a giant microwave laser.

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    Previous research has spotted several signals which appeared to be extremely similar to the Wow! signal, albeit considerably fainter.

    Four of those originated from the tiny red dwarf star, Teegarden's Star, which is just 12.5 light-years from Earth, and is surrounded by clouds of pure hydrogen.

    Professor Méndez says: 'The most likely origin of the Wow! Signal is a maser flare or superradiance emission from a neutral hydrogen cloud. 

    'Small clouds emit consistent narrowband signals similar to the Wow! Signal but much weaker, so a cloud became temporarily much brighter due to any of these processes.'

    WHAT IS THE FERMI PARADOX?

    The Fermi Paradox questions why, given the estimated 200-400 billion stars and at least 100 billion planets in our galaxy, there have been no signs of alien life. 

    The contradiction is named after its creator, Italian physicist Enrico Fermi.

    He first posed the question back in 1950.

    Fermi believed it was too extraordinary that a single extra-terrestrial signal or engineering project has yet to be detected in the universe — despite its immense vastness. 

    Fermi concluded there must a barrier that limits the rise of intelligent, self-aware, technologically advanced space-colonising civilisations.

    This barrier is sometimes referred to as the 'Great Filter'.

    Italian physicist Enrico Fermi devised the so-called Fermi Paradox in the 1950s, which explores why there is no sign of alien life, despite the 100 billion planets in our galaxy

    Italian physicist Enrico Fermi devised the so-called Fermi Paradox in the 1950s, which explores why there is no sign of alien life, despite the 100 billion planets in our galaxy

    If the main obstacle preventing the colonisation of other planets is not in our past, then the barrier that will stop humanity's prospects of reaching other worlds must lie in our future, scientists have theorised.  

    Professor Brian Cox believes the advances in science and engineering required by a civilisation to start conquering the stars will ultimately lead to its destruction.

    He said: 'One solution to the Fermi Paradox is that it is not possible to run a world that has the power to destroy itself.

    ‘It may be that the growth of science and engineering inevitably outstrips the development of political expertise, leading to disaster.'

    Other possible explanations for the Fermi Paradox include that intelligent alien species are out there, but lack the necessary technology to communicate with Earth.

    Some believe that the distances between intelligent civilisations are too great to allow any kind of two-way communication.

    If two worlds are separated by several thousand light years, it's possible that one or both civilisations would become extinct before a dialogue can be established. 

    The so-called Zoo hypothesis claims intelligent alien life is out there, but deliberately avoids any contact with life on Earth to allow its natural evolution. 

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Scientist claims to have finally solved mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

    Scientist claims to have finally solved mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

    From vanishing aircraft to sinister ghost ships, the Bermuda Triangle is the location of some of the planet's strangest phenomena.

    Now, a scientist claims to have finally solved the mystery.

    Located between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda, the Bermuda Triangle's long history of deadly wrecks has prompted endless supernatural speculation.

    However, Dr Simon Boxall, an oceanographer from the University of Southampton, says that the real explanation doesn't involve UFOs or interdimensional portals.

    Instead, Dr Boxall says that the Bermuda Triangle's record of disappearances is due to 'rogue waves'.

    Otherwise known as extreme storm waves, these are unpredictable walls of water that can reach twice the height of the surrounding waves.

    Towering up to 100 feet (30 metres) in the air, rogue waves are abnormally steep and can hit unexpectedly from directions other than the prevailing wind.

    According to Dr Boxall, a large ship trapped by one of these killer swells could 'sink in a matter of two or three minutes'.

    The Bermuda Triangle is home to some of the world's most famous shipwrecks, such as that of the SS Sapona (pictured), but a scientist now claims to have solved the mystery of this deadly region

    The Bermuda Triangle is home to some of the world's most famous shipwrecks, such as that of the SS Sapona (pictured), but a scientist now claims to have solved the mystery of this deadly region 

    Theories surrounding the deadly pull of the Bermuda Triangle have spread widely ever since the disappearance of the USS Cyclops in 1918.

    The USS Cyclops was an American coal-carrying ship that had been used to ferry fuel to warships during World War I.

    In March 1918, the ship was passing through the Bermuda Triangle on its way from Salvador, in Brazil, to Baltimore when it vanished without even sending a distress signal.

    Despite an extensive search, no trace of the 542-foot (165-metre) vessel or its 306 crew members has ever been found.

    Due to the sudden nature of the USS Cyclops's disappearance, conspiracy theorists and UFO enthusiasts have suggested dozens of wacky theories to explain the loss.

    However, Dr Boxall says that the USS Cyclops was more likely to have been sunk by a rogue wave.

    Speaking on the Channel 5 documentary series, The Bermuda Triangle Enigma, Dr Boxall says the Bermuda Triangle is a particular hotspot for rogue waves.

    He says: 'There are storms to the south and north, which come together.

    Dr Simon Boxall, an oceanographer from the University of Southampton, says that disappearances of ships like the USS Cyclops (pictured) could be due to 'rogue waves'

    Dr Simon Boxall, an oceanographer from the University of Southampton, says that disappearances of ships like the USS Cyclops (pictured) could be due to 'rogue waves'

    Rogue waves up to 100 feet (30 metres) in height are triggered by the convergence of storms around the tropical region of the Bahamas. These could snap a ship in two if they hit from the wrong angle, potentially explaining some of the mysterious wrecks

    Rogue waves up to 100 feet (30 metres) in height are triggered by the convergence of storms around the tropical region of the Bahamas. These could snap a ship in two if they hit from the wrong angle, potentially explaining some of the mysterious wrecks  

    What are rogue waves?

    Rogue, freak, or killer waves are scientifically known as 'extreme storm waves'.

    These are abnormally steep and large waves, which can be twice the size of the surrounding swells.

    They are very dangerous for ships since they can come from directions other than the prevailing wind.

    Scientists still aren't sure how they form, but they might be triggered by multiple waves combining.

    Storms may also focus wave energy into an unusual direction, joining multiple waves into a single rogue wave.

    'And if there are additional ones from Florida, it can be a potentially deadly formation of rogue waves.'

    Alongside his colleagues from the University of Southampton, Dr Boxall constructed a scale model of the USS Cyclops to see how it might react to a rogue wave.

    This revealed that, due to the ship's flat base and massive size, it would not take long for waves to overwhelm the ship.

    Dr Boxall explains that a rogue wave can be so steep that it can suspend a ship between its peaks, leaving the middle of the ship hanging over the trough.

    If a large ship, which requires water to support itself, becomes suspended in this way, Dr Boxall says it will 'snap in two'.

    'They are steep, they are high - we've measured waves in excess of 30 metres,' says Dr Boxall.

    'If that happens, it can sink in a matter of two or three minutes.'

    If the USS Cyclops - or any of the other vanished vessels - were struck by rogue waves, it would explain why they sank before being able to make a distress call.

    Some scientists say that the number of plane crashes and shipwrecks within the Bermuda Triangle is completely within normal ranges, meaning there is no mystery to solve in the first place

    Some scientists say that the number of plane crashes and shipwrecks within the Bermuda Triangle is completely within normal ranges, meaning there is no mystery to solve in the first place 

    Dr Boxall adds: 'The bigger the ship, the more damage is done.'

    However, not every scientist is convinced that there really is a mystery to explain in the first place.

    In fact, a number of researchers have pointed out that rates of wrecks and plane crashes inside the Bermuda Triangle are well within normal levels.

    According to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): 'There is no evidence that mysterious disappearances occur with any greater frequency in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other large, well-travelled area of the ocean.'

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    Likewise, the insurance specialist Lloyd’s of London's data shows that there are no more losses in the Bermuda Triangle than anywhere else in the world.

    Those losses that do occur can easily be explained by natural forces, such as rogue waves or by the fact that the Caribbean is relatively difficult to navigate.

    The NOAA writes: 'Environmental considerations could explain many, if not most, of the disappearances.

    'The large number of islands in the Caribbean Sea creates many areas of shallow water that can be treacherous to ship navigation.'

    THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE 

    The Bermuda Triangle is a section of the Atlantic Ocean roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico where dozens of ships and airplanes have disappeared. 

    Unexplained circumstances surround some of these accidents.

    Although a range of strange theories have been proposed regarding the Bermuda Triangle, none of them prove that mysterious disappearances occur more frequently there than in other well-travelled sections of the ocean. 

    Many people navigate the area every day without incident.

     
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    Wat is Angel Hair precies? We analyseren en bespreken deze mysterieuze substantie

    In de wereld van het onverklaarbare en bovennatuurlijke bestaat er een fascinerende en vaak voorkomende verschijnsel dat bekendstaat als "angel hair" of "engelenhaar". Mensen over de hele wereld hebben meldingen gedaan van dunne, zijdeachtige draden die door de lucht zweven of op de grond liggen, vaak na een ufo-waarneming of een ander onverklaarbaar fenomeen. Ondanks dat dit verschijnsel al decennia wordt gerapporteerd, blijft de exacte aard en oorsprong van angel hair voor velen een mysterie. In dit artikel zullen we deze mysterieuze substantie grondig analyseren en bespreken wat wetenschappelijk bekend is en wat niet, en mogelijke verklaringen voor het fenomeen.

    Wat is angel hair?

    Angel hair wordt vaak omschreven als dunne, glanzende filaments of draden die sterk lijken op zijde of fijn haar. Deze delicate draden variëren in lengte, van slechts enkele centimeters tot meerdere meters, en kunnen zich in grote groepen of clusters verspreiden. De kleur van angel hair is meestal wit of doorschijnend, waardoor ze bijna onzichtbaar kunnen lijken wanneer ze in de lucht zweven. De draden zijn fragiel en breekbaar, waardoor ze gemakkelijk kunnen worden verbroken of verloren gaan bij aanraking of beweging. Mensen rapporteren dat deze mysterieuze draden soms uit de lucht lijken te komen, alsof ze uit het niets tevoorschijn komen, of dat ze op de grond liggen als restanten van een onverklaarbare gebeurtenis. Vaak worden ze waargenomen na het zien van een onverklaarbaar object in de lucht, zoals een UFO, of tijdens bijzondere atmosferische omstandigheden.

    Het fenomeen van angel hair is niet nieuw; meldingen van deze mysterieuze draden dateren al uit de 19e eeuw en blijven tot op heden voorkomen. Tijdens bepaalde waarnemingen beschrijven getuigen dat de angel hair zich lijkt te verspreiden in de lucht, alsof het wordt uitgestoten door een onbekend object dat in de lucht beweegt. Soms lijkt het spontaan uit de lucht te verschijnen, zonder dat er een duidelijk bron zichtbaar is. Dit heeft geleid tot veel speculaties en theorieën over de aard en herkomst van deze draden. Hoewel angel hair vooral wordt geassocieerd met ufo-waarnemingen en buitenaardse verschijnselen, worden ze ook in andere contexten gerapporteerd. Zo worden ze soms waargenomen tijdens onweersbuien, bij het zien van vreemde lichten aan de hemel, of in situaties waarin bijzondere atmosferische verschijnselen voorkomen. Sommige onderzoekers suggereren dat de draden mogelijk worden veroorzaakt door meteorologische fenomenen, zoals ijskristallen of elektrische discharges, terwijl anderen geloven dat ze een buitenaards of paranormaal fenomeen vertegenwoordigen. Ondanks de vele rapportages en onderzoeken blijft de exacte herkomst en aard van angel hair een mysterie dat de nieuwsgierigheid van velen blijft prikkelen.

    Verschillende benaderingen en verklaringen

    Het ongrijpbare karakter van angel hair heeft geleid tot diverse theorieën over de oorsprong en aard ervan. Sommige mensen geloven dat het een buitenaards fenomeen is, een soort van buitenaardse afscheiding of een vorm van technologie die wordt gebruikt door UFO's. Anderen denken dat het natuurlijke oorzaken heeft, zoals meteorologische fenomenen, natuurlijke stoffen in de atmosfeer, of zelfs menselijke activiteiten.

    Een spinnenweb, een van de mogelijke oorzaken van het Angel hair-fenomeen.

    Natuurlijke verklaringen

    Een van de meest gangbare en wetenschappelijk onderbouwde verklaringen voor het fenomeen angel hair is dat het bestaat uit natuurlijke stoffen die in de atmosfeer voorkomen en zich op bepaalde omstandigheden voortplanten. Een belangrijke factor hierbij is de aanwezigheid van spinnenwebben, die door de wind over grote afstanden kunnen worden verspreid. Spinnenwebben bestaan uit zijdeachtige draden die door hun dunheid en glans vaak lijken op fijne, glinsterende strengen in de lucht. Deze webben worden door spinsels vaak in de natuur aangelegd en kunnen, afhankelijk van de weersomstandigheden, worden losgelaten en verder worden meegevoerd door de wind. Tijdens en na regenbuien, wanneer de luchtvochtigheid hoog is, worden spinnenwebben vaak losser en kunnen ze gemakkelijk worden uit elkaar getrokken. Hierdoor kunnen ze zich over grote gebieden verspreiden en op hun beurt de indruk wekken van een mysterieuze, haarachtige substantie die in de lucht zweeft. Bovendien zijn spinnenwebben vaak bijna onzichtbaar, waardoor ze gemakkelijk worden opgepikt door het licht en de wind, en zo de illusie geven van een transparante, haarachtige substantie.

    Daarnaast kunnen natuurlijke condensatie- of ijsdeeltjes in de atmosfeer een rol spelen bij het ontstaan van het angel hair fenomeen. Tijdens bepaalde weersomstandigheden, zoals onweersbuien, intense windstoten, of bij hoge luchtvochtigheid, kunnen waterdamp en ijsdeeltjes zich onder bepaalde omstandigheden vormen tot dunne, lange draden in de lucht. Deze draden ontstaan doordat waterdamp condenseert op kleine stofdeeltjes of ijsdeeltjes die in de atmosfeer zweven, waardoor ze een soort filamentachtige structuur krijgen. Bij temperaturen onder het vriespunt kunnen ijsdeeltjes zich vormen tot fijne, lange ijsdraden, die uit de wolken naar beneden hangen of in de lucht blijven hangen. Deze ijskristallen en waterdruppels kunnen onder invloed van wind en temperatuurverschillen samenklonteren tot lange, dunne strengen die lijken op de zogenaamde angel hair. Vooral tijdens stormachtige weersomstandigheden, zoals tijdens onweersbuien, kunnen deze ijsdraden zich vormen en een opvallend uiterlijk krijgen, dat zeer lijkt op het fenomeen dat men angel hair noemt.

    Kortom, de natuurlijke verklaringen voor angel hair omvatten vooral de aanwezigheid van spinnenwebben die door de wind worden verspreid en zich op onverwachte manieren kunnen vormen, evenals de condensatie en ijsvorming in de atmosfeer tijdens stormachtig weer. Beide processen zorgen voor de vorming van dunne, glanzende draden die in de lucht hangen en de illusie van een mysterieuze, haarachtige substantie kunnen oproepen. Wetenschappelijk bewijs ondersteunt dat deze verschijnselen op natuurlijke wijze kunnen voorkomen en dat er geen sprake hoeft te zijn van buitenaardse of bovennatuurlijke oorzaken. Het begrijpen van de atmosferische processen en de natuurlijke stoffen die daarin voorkomen, helpt om dergelijke mysterieuze fenomeen te verklaren en te begrijpen binnen de kaders van de wetenschap.

    Meteorologische fenomenen

    Sommige onderzoekers suggereren dat het verschijnsel dat bekend staat als "angel hair" verband zou kunnen houden met een meteorologisch fenomeen dat vaak wordt aangeduid als "fallstreaks" of "mare's tails". Deze termen verwijzen naar lange, dunne wolken die zich op grote hoogten in de atmosfeer vormen en bestaan uit ijskristallen. Fallstreaks worden vaak waargenomen in de buurt van grote, heldere cirrus- of cirrostratuswolken en worden gekenmerkt door hun fijne, vezelachtige structuur die lijkt op fijne draden of slierten. Ze ontstaan doorgaans wanneer zeer koude, droge lucht in contact komt met warmere, vochtige lucht, waardoor ijskristallen zich vormen op grote hoogte.

    Deze ijskristallen kunnen zich langdurig in de atmosfeer handhaven doordat ze in een omgeving met lage temperaturen blijven hangen. Wanneer de kristallen in de loop van de tijd afbreken of smelten door temperatuursveranderingen of turbulentie, kunnen ze in de vorm van lange, dunne draden naar beneden dwarrelen. Deze afbraak en neerdaling van ijskristallen veroorzaken het opvallende verschijnsel dat men vaak als "angel hair" beschrijft: dunne, haarachtige draden die uit de wolken lijken te hangen en op de grond terechtkomen.

    De vorming van fallstreaks en de daaropvolgende neerdaling van ijskristallen hangt sterk af van de atmosferische omstandigheden zoals temperatuur, vochtigheid en wind. Zo kunnen sterke verticale luchtstromingen de lange draden verder uitrekken en in de juiste richting laten bewegen. Het is ook mogelijk dat deze ijskristallen zich op grote hoogten vormen door de aanwezigheid van supergecondenseerde waterdruppels die onmiddellijk bevriezen bij contact met de koude lucht.

    Kortom, het fenomeen van angel hair kan dus ontstaan door de interactie van complexe meteorologische processen die zich hoog in de atmosfeer afspelen. Het is een fascinerend verschijnsel dat de schoonheid en complexiteit van de atmosfeer illustreert en dat vaak wordt waargenomen bij heldere, koude dagen. Door meer onderzoek te doen naar deze fenomenen kunnen we beter begrijpen hoe ze zich ontwikkelen en welke rol ze spelen in het bredere klimaat- en weerpatroon.

    Angel Hair Phenomenon, spider web

    Zou ANGEL HAIR spinnenwebben kunnen zijn?

    Chemische en menselijke oorzaken

    Naast de natuurlijke verklaringen voor de waarneming van "angel hair" zijn er ook verschillende theorieën die wijzen op menselijke activiteiten en chemische processen als mogelijke oorzaken. Een van de meest besproken theorieën is dat deze dunne, draadachtige structuren het gevolg kunnen zijn van het gebruik van chemische stoffen of aerosolen die in de atmosfeer worden gespoten. Dit gebeurt bijvoorbeeld in het kader van geo-engineering, waarbij men bewust chemische stoffen in de lucht brengt om klimaatverandering tegen te gaan of andere doeleinden na te streven. Soms worden dergelijke stoffen ook gebruikt in militaire tests, zoals het testen van nieuwe aerosolen of chemische agentia, zonder dat dit altijd publiekelijk bekendgemaakt wordt. Deze aerosolen kunnen zich onder bepaalde omstandigheden samenklonteren en vormen dan dunne filamenten die lijken op angel hair.

    Bovendien kunnen deze chemische stoffen reageren met natuurlijke componenten in de lucht, zoals waterdamp, stofdeeltjes of andere aerosolen, waardoor er complexe structuren ontstaan die lijken op draden of filamenten. Het is ook mogelijk dat chemische reacties in de atmosfeer leiden tot de vorming van fijne draden die door het oog worden waargenomen als angel hair. Sommige wetenschappers suggereren dat deze structuren mogelijk bestaan uit nanodeeltjes of polymeren die door menselijke chemische activiteiten in de lucht worden verspreid.

    Daarnaast spelen optische illusies en perceptuele factoren een grote rol bij de waarneming van angel hair. Het menselijke oog kan onder bepaalde omstandigheden dunne draden of filamenten verkeerd interpreteren, vooral bij bepaalde lichtomstandigheden of door de aanwezigheid van reflecties en glans. Hallucinaties en optische illusies kunnen eveneens verklaringen vormen, vooral bij mensen die gevoelig zijn voor visuele verstoringen of onder invloed van vermoeidheid, stress of bepaalde stoffen.

    Ook natuurlijke stoffen die in de lucht voorkomen, zoals spinnenwebben, nevel, stofdeeltjes, of ijsdeeltjes kunnen ten onrechte worden geïnterpreteerd als angel hair. Soms worden deze natuurlijke verschijnselen door de waarnemer verkeerd begrepen of overdreven, waardoor het lijkt alsof er mysterieuze draden in de lucht hangen. Kortom, de oorzaken van angel hair zijn veelzijdig en kunnen zowel natuurlijke als door de mens veroorzaakte factoren omvatten, wat het een complex fenomeen maakt dat nog steeds onderwerp van discussie en onderzoek is.

    hair ice Exidiopsis effusa

    Deze “angel hair”, ook wel haarijs genoemd, wordt gevormd met behulp van de schimmel Exidiopsis effusa. Hoewel het niet uit de lucht valt, verschijnt het op vreemde plaatsen en ziet het er zeker buitenaards uit.

    ID 314668189 | Angel Hair © Vitaserendipity | Dreamstime.com

    Wetenschappelijke onderzoeken en waarnemingen

    Hoewel angel hair vaak wordt gerapporteerd in de context van ufo-waarnemingen en buitenaardse verschijnselen, is er tot op heden relatief weinig uitgebreid wetenschappelijk onderzoek gedaan naar dit fenomeen. Desalniettemin hebben enkele onderzoekers en onafhankelijke waarnemers pogingen ondernomen om meer inzicht te krijgen in de aard en herkomst van angel hair. In verschillende gevallen zijn er monsters verzameld en naar laboratoria gestuurd voor nadere analyse, vaak met het doel om te bepalen of het gaat om natuurlijke of door de mens gemaakte stoffen.

    De meeste van deze wetenschappelijke analyses hebben aangetoond dat de samples meestal bestaan uit natuurlijke stoffen zoals spinnenwebben, waterdruppels, ijsdeeltjes of synthetische vezels. Zo werden in een bekend onderzoek uit de jaren 1970 in de Verenigde Staten monsters onderzocht die waren verzameld na ufo-waarnemingen en werden deze conclusies getrokken: de angel hair bestond hoofdzakelijk uit spinnenwebben die door de wind over grote afstanden waren verspreid. Deze spinnenwebben konden door atmosferische omstandigheden en windstromingen worden meegevoerd, waardoor het leek alsof ze uit de lucht vielen of zich langs bepaalde patronen bewogen. Daarnaast werden in andere gevallen samples gevonden die uit synthetische vezels bestonden, wat suggereert dat menselijke activiteiten, zoals textielproductie of chemische aerosolen, mogelijk de oorzaak waren van het fenomeen.

    Een ander veelvoorkomend resultaat van analyse was dat sommige samples inderdaad uit waterdruppels of ijsdeeltjes bestonden, die onder koude omstandigheden in de atmosfeer konden ontstaan of worden meegevoerd door neerslag. Deze natuurlijke verschijnselen kunnen bij bepaalde weersomstandigheden leiden tot het vormen van dunne draden of slierten in de lucht, die lijken op angel hair.

    Ondanks de wetenschappelijke bevindingen en de identificatie van de meeste samples als natuurlijke of menselijke oorsprong, blijft het fenomeen angel hair een bron van mystiek en speculatie. Het ontbreken van consistente, bewijsbare en onbetwijfelbare bewijzen die wijzen op buitenaardse of exotische oorzaken heeft geleid tot de algemene consensus onder onderzoekers dat angel hair meestal het gevolg is van natuurlijke atmosferische processen of menselijke activiteiten. Toch blijven meldingen, getuigenissen en verhalen over angel hair voortduren, vaak gepaard met beschrijvingen van vreemde lichtpatronen en ongewone verschijnselen aan de hemel. Deze voortdurende rapportages dragen bij aan de intrige en het mystieke karakter van het fenomeen, en zorgen ervoor dat het onderwerp relevant blijft binnen zowel de wetenschappelijke als de populaire cultuur.

    Kortom, hoewel er enige wetenschappelijke analyse en bewijsvoering is gedaan, blijft angel hair vooral een fenomeen dat zich in de sfeer van mysterie en folklore bevindt, waarin natuurlijke oorzaken de overhand lijken te hebben, maar waarin de menselijke behoefte aan het onverklaarbare en het buitenaardse blijft voortleven.

    Psychologische en culturele aspecten

    Naast de fysieke verklaringen en waarnemingen speelt de menselijke perceptie een essentiële rol in het fenomeen van angel hair. Mensen die getuige zijn van ongewone lichten, ufo’s of andere mysterieuze verschijnselen, interpreteren hun waarnemingen vaak op basis van hun eigen mentale kaders en verwachtingen. Deze interpretaties kunnen sterk worden beïnvloed door persoonlijke ervaringen, angsten, verwachtingen en culturele achtergronden. Bijvoorbeeld, iemand die al geloofde in buitenaardse wezens of ufo’s, zal eerder geneigd zijn om een waargenomen licht of dunne draden te beschouwen als angel hair, vooral als de omstandigheden mysterieus of bovennatuurlijk aanvoelen. Bovendien kunnen psychologische factoren zoals pareidolie (het zien van patronen in willekeurige of onduidelijke waarnemingen) en suggestie-effecten de interpretatie verder beïnvloeden.

    Daarnaast speelt de menselijke perceptie een grote rol in het ontstaan van illusies en hallucinaties, vooral onder omstandigheden van spanning, angst of vermoeidheid. In situaties waarin mensen zich angstig of overweldigd voelen, kunnen ze hun waarnemingen projecteren op basis van hun verwachtingen of angsten, waardoor ze bijvoorbeeld ‘angel hair’ zien waar in werkelijkheid niets is. Ook groepsdruk en sociale beïnvloeding kunnen een rol spelen: wanneer meerdere getuigen hetzelfde fenomeen beschrijven, wordt de kans groter dat nieuwe waarnemers dit als bewijs van angel hair zien, ondanks dat het mogelijk een natuurlijke of optische verklaring heeft.

    Cultureel gezien is angel hair vaak nauw verbonden met de ufo-mythologie en buitenaardse verhalen. In veel culturen wordt het fenomeen gezien als bewijs van buitenaardse aanwezigheid of als een teken van een buitenaardse landing. Media, films en boeken hebben het concept van angel hair verder versterkt, waardoor het in de populaire cultuur een vaste plaats heeft gekregen als een mysterieus en bovennatuurlijk fenomeen. Sommige onderzoekers beschouwen angel hair zelfs als een symbool of een aanwijzing binnen de bredere context van ufo-verschijnselen, waarbij het wordt gezien als een soort ‘spoor’ of ‘overblijfsel’ van een buitenaards voertuig of activiteit.

    Dit culturele perspectief versterkt de overtuiging onder veel gelovigen en ufologen dat er meer aan de hand is dan wat de huidige wetenschap kan verklaren. Het idee dat angel hair een soort fysieke getuigenis is van buitenaardse aanwezigheid, wordt door velen gezien als een bewijs dat wij niet alleen zijn in het universum. Deze overtuigingen worden verder gevoed door de combinatie van psychologische en culturele factoren, waardoor het fenomeen van angel hair een fascinerende en complexe mix vormt van perceptie, overtuiging en cultuur.

    Conclusie

    Angel hair blijft een intrigerend en mysterieus fenomeen dat wereldwijd wordt gerapporteerd en vaak in verband wordt gebracht met ufo-waarnemingen en buitenaardse verschijnselen. Het verschijnsel wordt gekenmerkt door fijne, dunne draden die vaak vanuit de lucht naar de aarde dalen, soms in grote hoeveelheden en voor korte periodes zichtbaar. Ondanks de vele rapportages en speculaties, is het wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar angel hair complex en beperkt, waardoor er nog veel onduidelijkheid bestaat over de oorsprong en aard ervan.

    Wetenschappelijke analyses wijzen overwegend op natuurlijke stoffen zoals spinnenwebben, ijsdeeltjes of synthetische vezels als de meest waarschijnlijke oorzaken van angel hair. Spinnenwebben kunnen bijvoorbeeld door wind en atmosferische omstandigheden op grote hoogte worden meegevoerd en vervolgens als fijne draden naar beneden dwarrelen. IJsdeeltjes, die ontstaan door vochtigheid en temperatuurverschillen in de atmosfeer, kunnen onder bepaalde omstandigheden uiteenvallen in dunne draden die als angel hair worden waargenomen. Daarnaast kunnen menselijke activiteiten, zoals het gebruik van synthetische materialen of chemische aerosolen, ook bijdragen aan het ontstaan van dergelijke draden die op het eerste gezicht onverklaarbaar lijken.

    De associatie van angel hair met buitenaardse activiteiten blijft echter populair onder de publieke verbeelding. Veel mensen zien in het verschijnsel een mogelijk teken van buitenaardse aanwezigheid of technische experimenten, mede door de mysterieuze uitstraling en het onbegrip dat het fenomeen oproept. Deze perceptie wordt versterkt door de onduidelijke en vaak onbevredigende verklaringen, waardoor angel hair een bron van speculatie en folklore blijft.

    Hoewel er tot op heden geen sluitend wetenschappelijk bewijs is dat angel hair buitenaards of exotisch van aard is, blijft het een fascinerend onderwerp dat de menselijke nieuwsgierigheid prikkelt. Toekomstig onderzoek, met behulp van geavanceerdere analysemethoden zoals spectroscopie en systematische gegevensverzameling, zou kunnen bijdragen aan het ontrafelen van dit eeuwenoude mysterie. Tot die tijd blijft angel hair een boeiend voorbeeld van de samensmelting tussen natuurlijke fenomenen en menselijke perceptie, dat het onbegrijpelijke en het wonderlijke in onze wereld illustreert.

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    3. National UFO Reporting Center. (2023). Angel Hair Reports. [Online] Beschikbaar op: https://www.nuforc.org/angel-hair-reports

    4. National Geographic. (2015). "The Science of Spiders' Webs." National Geographic Magazine, 228(4), 60-70.

    5. Muir, L. (2009). Unexplained Mysteries of the Sky. New York: Sky Publishing.

    6. Clark, D. H. (1988). UFOs: The Search for Truth. London: Routledge.

    7. Allen, G. (2012). "Biological Explanations for Atmospheric Phenomena." Journal of Natural Sciences, 22(1), 10-20.

    8. Smith, K. & Johnson, P. (2018). "Environmental Factors in UFO Sightings." International Journal of Ufology, 34(2), 120-135.

    9. European Space Agency. (2020). Atmospheric Anomalies and Their Potential Origins. ESA Reports.

    10. Adams, S. (2005). Mysteries of the Sky: An Investigation into Unexplained Phenomena. Boston: Celestial Press.

    Samenvatting

    In dit artikel hebben we het fenomeen angel hair onderzocht, de verschillende theorieën besproken, en de wetenschappelijke inzichten samengevat. Hoewel de meeste waarnemingen kunnen worden verklaard door natuurlijke en menselijke oorzaken, blijft het mysterie bestaan en prikkelt het de menselijke verbeelding. Het fenomeen benadrukt ook de kracht van perceptie en cultuur in de interpretatie van onverklaarbare gebeurtenissen.

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    10-09-2025 om 23:32 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Alien face in Algeria, aliens were here millions of years before humans. UFO UAP sighting news. The Face Of A New Species!

    Alien face in Algeria, aliens were here millions of years before humans. UFO UAP sighting news. The Face Of A New Species!



     
    Date of discovery: Aug 28, 2025
    Location of discovery: Algeria desert
    Source: Scott Waring
    Coordinates: 26°29'24"N 4°43'01"E 
     
    I found an alien face, in Algeria near the Sahara Desert 🐪 It’s 500 meters from top of head to bottom of neck. Proof they were here millions of years before us, and will be here long after us.

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    30-08-2025 om 22:45 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Exploring the Potential Link Between Crop Circles, Alien Abductions, and UAPs

    Abduction Hypnosis

    Exploring the Potential Link Between Crop Circles, Alien Abductions, and UAPs

    Over the past several decades, numerous unexplained phenomena have captivated the public and scientific communities alike. Among these are crop circles, reports of alien abductions, and the increasing sightings and investigations of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). While each of these phenomena has been studied independently, an intriguing question persists: could there be a connection linking them? To explore this, we must analyze their characteristics, the evidence supporting their existence, and the potential theoretical frameworks that might unify these phenomena.

    Crop Circles: An Overview

    Crop circles are large geometric patterns that appear mysteriously overnight in fields of cereal crops. First gaining widespread attention in the late 20th century, these formations often feature complex, symmetrical designs. While many crop circles have been revealed as hoaxes—created by human pranksters using simple tools—some remain unexplained due to their intricate patterns, timing, and occasionally, their apparent lack of human origin. Researchers have proposed various theories, ranging from natural phenomena (such as wind patterns) to extraterrestrial activity or even advanced human engineering.

    From a scientific standpoint, the majority of crop circles have been demonstrated as human-made hoaxes. However, a subset remains unexplained, raising questions about their origin. Some researchers suggest that these formations could be a form of communication or art from extraterrestrial sources, or perhaps a manifestation of unknown natural processes. Notably, reports of anomalous electromagnetic effects and localized animal behavior around certain crop circles have fueled speculation about their potential extraterrestrial connection.

    Alien Abductions: An Overview

    Reports of alien abductions involve individuals claiming to have been taken against their will by extraterrestrial beings. These accounts often include descriptions of medical examinations, communication with alien entities, and a sense of missing time. While skeptics attribute such reports to psychological factors such as sleep paralysis, hallucinations, or memory distortions, some researchers argue that the consistency and detail in many accounts point to a genuine phenomenon.

    Psychologically, abduction reports often feature themes of trauma, curiosity, or a desire for understanding of the unknown. From a scientific perspective, there is limited empirical evidence supporting the physical reality of abductions. Nonetheless, the phenomenon persists in cultural consciousness, possibly reflecting deeper societal fears or curiosity about extraterrestrial life.

    UAPs: An Overview

    UAPs, formerly known as UFOs, have garnered renewed attention following recent official disclosures and military reports. UAPs are aerial phenomena that cannot be immediately identified or explained. Modern UAP investigations leverage advanced sensor technology, radar, infrared imaging, and pilot testimonies. Many UAP sightings involve rapid, maneuverable objects exhibiting capabilities beyond current human technology.

    While most UAPs are eventually identified as natural or man-made objects (e.g., aircraft, weather phenomena), a subset remains unexplained. The U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies have acknowledged that some UAPs could pose national security concerns, emphasizing the need for scientific investigation.

    Potential Connections Between the Phenomena

    The question of whether crop circles, alien abductions, and UAPs are interconnected hinges on several considerations: the possibility of a common extraterrestrial origin, shared communication methods, or a broader phenomenon of contact.

    1. Shared Themes of Contact and Communication

    All three phenomena involve interaction—either direct or indirect—with extraterrestrial entities or unknown forces. Crop circles could serve as a form of visual communication or art from alien visitors, perhaps conveying messages or marking landing sites. UAPs might represent the physical manifestation of alien crafts observed during sightings, while abduction reports could be accounts of direct contact or experimentation.

    1. Temporal and Spatial Overlap

    Some researchers have noted temporal overlaps where crop circles appear near UAP sightings, or reports of abductions coincide with increased UAP activity. For instance, certain crop circles have been reported in regions with frequent UAP sightings, leading some to speculate about a coordinated phenomenon or a shared source.

    1. Psychological and Cultural Factors

    The widespread cultural narratives about extraterrestrials could influence the perception and reporting of these phenomena. For example, individuals experiencing abduction phenomena may interpret anomalous aerial sightings as evidence of alien activity, or vice versa. This suggests that cultural frameworks shape how such phenomena are experienced and reported.

    1. Scientific and Theoretical Considerations

    From a scientific perspective, there is currently no empirical evidence directly linking crop circles, abductions, and UAPs as manifestations of a single phenomenon. However, some hypotheses propose that these phenomena could be different expressions of an overarching process, such as:

    • Interdimensional or Multidimensional Hypotheses: Suggesting that extraterrestrial entities operate across multiple dimensions, leading to observable phenomena in our physical realm, including crop circles and UAPs, and influencing human consciousness to produce abduction narratives.

    • Quantum or Electromagnetic Interactions: Proposing that unknown natural forces or advanced technology could produce electromagnetic effects associated with crop circles, UAPs, and psychological phenomena related to abduction reports.

    • Psychophysical or Consciousness-Based Models: Asserting that human consciousness interacts with unknown forces, leading to sightings, crop circle formations, and abduction memories, all interconnected through shared subconscious or collective unconscious processes.

    Critical Evaluation and Scientific Challenges of Crop Circles, UAPs, and Abduction Claims

    The phenomena of crop circles, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), and alleged extraterrestrial abductions have fascinated the public and researchers alike for decades. These phenomena are often intertwined in popular culture, leading to widespread speculation about their origins and implications. However, despite numerous intriguing correlations and hypotheses, establishing rigorous scientific validation remains a significant challenge. This essay aims to critically evaluate these phenomena, explore the scientific obstacles in studying them, and discuss the factors that complicate objective analysis.

    Crop circles, characterized by intricate patterns appearing overnight in fields of crops, have long been a subject of debate. While some posit that these formations are evidence of extraterrestrial activity or other supernatural forces, the majority of scientifically validated evidence indicates that most crop circles are human-made hoaxes. Skilled artists and pranksters have demonstrated the ability to create complex designs using simple tools, such as planks, ropes, and GPS devices. Investigations into these formations often reveal telltale signs of human craftsmanship, including tool marks and deliberate geometric patterns. Despite this, a subset of enthusiasts claims that some crop circles exhibit anomalous features that defy human explanation, such as unusual electromagnetic effects or unexplained energy signatures. Nonetheless, these claims lack consistent, reproducible scientific evidence to substantiate the involvement of non-human agents.

    Unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), formerly known as UFOs, represent another complex area of investigation. Modern technology has allowed for increased documentation of aerial objects that exhibit flight characteristics beyond current human-made aircraft capabilities, such as abrupt accelerations, instantaneous changes in direction, and hypersonic speeds. Military and civilian radar data, along with visual sightings, have contributed to the growing body of UAP reports. In recent years, official government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense, have acknowledged the existence of UAPs and have established task forces to analyze these phenomena. Despite these efforts, conclusive evidence regarding their origins remains elusive. Many UAP observations are attributed to natural atmospheric phenomena, sensor artifacts, or misidentifications of conventional aircraft or drones. The lack of comprehensive, physical evidence—such as recovered materials, high-resolution imagery, or direct scientific measurements—limits the ability to definitively determine whether UAPs are of extraterrestrial origin, advanced human technology, or natural phenomena.

    Claims of extraterrestrial abductions further complicate the scientific landscape. These reports typically involve individuals asserting they have been taken against their will by non-human entities, often with detailed descriptions of encounters and medical examinations. While such claims are emotionally compelling, they lack verifiable physical evidence. Many scientists interpret abduction reports through psychological frameworks, including sleep paralysis, hallucinations, and cognitive biases. Factors such as stress, trauma, and cultural influences can shape individuals’ perceptions and memories, leading to false or distorted accounts. Extensive research into sleep disorders and altered states of consciousness supports the notion that many abduction experiences may be psychological phenomena rather than physical events.

    The phenomena are also subject to cognitive biases that hinder objective analysis. Pareidolia, the tendency to perceive meaningful images in random patterns, can lead observers to interpret crop markings or aerial shapes as deliberate symbols or messages. Confirmation bias influences researchers and enthusiasts to focus on evidence that supports their preconceived notions while dismissing contradictory data. Cultural influences, media portrayals, and societal beliefs about extraterrestrials shape perceptions and interpretations of these phenomena. As a result, objective scientific inquiry is often compromised by subjective interpretations and anecdotal evidence.

    The scientific community emphasizes the importance of reproducible, empirical evidence before establishing causal links or explanations. For phenomena as elusive as crop circles, UAPs, and abduction claims, this requirement poses a significant challenge. Rigorous scientific validation necessitates high-quality data, controlled experiments, and peer-reviewed research—standards that are difficult to meet given the nature of these phenomena. Without tangible physical evidence, such as artifacts, biological samples, or consistent measurement data, the hypotheses remain speculative.

    In conclusion, despite the widespread fascination with crop circles, UAPs, and extraterrestrial abduction claims, the scientific validation of these phenomena remains limited. Many crop circles are demonstrated to be human-made hoaxes, UAPs often lack conclusive physical evidence to confirm extraterrestrial origins, and abduction reports are predominantly explainable through psychological mechanisms. These phenomena are further complicated by cognitive biases and cultural influences, which hinder objective analysis. The scientific community rightly calls for more rigorous, reproducible empirical evidence before drawing definitive conclusions. Until then, these phenomena should be approached with scientific skepticism, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to evidence-based investigation

    Conclusion

    While the phenomena of crop circles, alien abductions, and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) share common thematic elements such as contact, communication, and unexplained activity, current scientific evidence does not definitively establish a direct causal or causal relationship among them. These phenomena have long fascinated both the public and researchers, largely because of their mysterious nature and the potential implications they hold for our understanding of life beyond Earth and the universe’s hidden dimensions. Despite the intriguing overlaps in timing, geographic distribution, and thematic content, the scientific community remains cautious, emphasizing the need for rigorous investigation and empirical validation.

    The recurring appearance of crop circles, often in specific regions and during particular periods, raises questions about their origins—whether they are elaborate hoaxes, artistic expressions, or potentially signals from extraterrestrial sources. Similarly, reports of alien abductions often involve consistent narratives of contact and communication, yet lack conclusive physical evidence. UAPs, meanwhile, have been documented through radar, visual sightings, and increasingly sophisticated sensor technology, which complicates initial assumptions about their nature, whether they are secret military projects, natural atmospheric phenomena, or something else entirely.

    Despite the absence of definitive proof linking these phenomena, their simultaneous occurrence and overlapping themes motivate ongoing multidisciplinary research. Advances in sensor technology, data analysis, and consciousness studies offer promising avenues for future exploration. For instance, improved imaging and tracking systems could better analyze UAPs, while psychological and neuroscientific research might deepen understanding of abduction reports and perceptual phenomena. Additionally, interdisciplinary approaches combining physics, psychology, anthropology, and cultural studies are essential to comprehensively examine the societal and psychological impacts of these mysterious events.

    In conclusion, crop circles, alien abductions, and UAPs continue to be compelling mysteries at the intersection of science, psychology, and cultural perception. While current evidence does not confirm a direct link among them, their shared themes suggest they could be interconnected aspects of a broader, perhaps extraterrestrial or multidimensional, reality. As technology and scientific methodologies advance, future discoveries may illuminate these phenomena’s true nature, potentially transforming our understanding of the universe and our place within it. Until then, they remain intriguing enigmas that challenge our curiosity and scientific rigor.

    References

    • Hynek, J. (1972). The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry. Henry Regnery Company.
    • Maccabee, B. (2000). "Crop Circles: The Scientific Evidence." Journal of Scientific Exploration, 14(3), 319-341.
    • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (2021). "UAPs and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life." NASA Science Briefings.
    • McDonnell, J. A., & Mendez, M. (2019). "UAPs: An Overview of Recent Developments." Journal of Advanced Aerospace Studies.
    • Kean, L. (2010). UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record. Harmony Books.

    Note: This analysis synthesizes current scientific perspectives and hypotheses. The phenomena discussed remain subjects of ongoing investigation and debate.

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    24-08-2025 om 22:40 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Flying object that crashed in Poland was a Russian drone, Polish officials say

    Flying object that crashed in Poland was a Russian drone, Polish officials say

    Poland's defense minister said that a flying object that crashed and exploded in a cornfield in eastern Poland early Wednesday was identified as a Russian drone, calling it a provocation by Russia.

    At a news conference in Warsaw, Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz accused Russia of provoking NATO during a crucial moment, as peace talks over the war in neighboring Ukraine are underway, the country's news agency PAP reported.

    "Russia is provoking us once again," Kosiniak-Kamysz said, just as peace talks have given hope that the war "has a chance of ending." 

    Local police said they received reports of the crash around 2 a.m. and found burned metal and plastic debris at the scene, near the village of Osiny. As a result of the explosion, windows were broken in some houses but nobody was injured, PAP reported.

    Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command said Wednesday on social media that no violations of Polish airspace from neighboring Ukraine or Belarus were recorded overnight

    Officials initially said the explosion may have been caused by a part of an old engine with a propeller.

    Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz later said the object was most likely a drone, adding that an analysis was underway to determine whether it was a military or smuggling one, PAP reported.

    Flying object that crashed in Poland was a Russian drone, Polish ...

    A police officer sets up a police tape, after an unidentified object fell and exploded in a cornfield overnight, according to Polish authorities, in the village of Osiny, eastern Poland, Aug. 20, 2025.
    Kacper Pempel/REUTERS

    "I was sitting in my room at night, around midnight, maybe, and I heard something just bang," local resident Pawel Sudowski told local news website Lukow.tv. "It exploded so loudly that the whole house simply shook."

    Lublin District Prosecutor Grzegorz Trusiewicz told reporters several investigators — both civilian and military — were examining the crash site.

    "We have a lot of manpower, we have the army to help us. I hope that we will be able to finish the operation by the evening," Trusiewicz said.

    Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago, there have been a number of intrusions into Polish airspace, raising alarm in the European Union and NATO member state and reminding people how close the war is.

    In 2023, a Russian missile went through Polish airspace near the Ukrainian border during one of Russia's barrages.

    In 2022, a Ukrainian air defence missile fell on the Polish village of Przewodow, near the border, killing two people.

    Earlier this year, unidentified crashed objects were found on the ground in two locations in Poland. Authorities said it was possible those objects came from a SpaceX rocket after debris entered the atmosphere over Poland. 

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    23-08-2025 om 22:02 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Plane crashed in Grand Canyon phase shifting into other dimensions, caused by UFO, UAP sighting breaking news.

    Plane crashed in Grand Canyon phase shifting into other dimensions, caused by UFO, UAP sighting breaking news.

    Date of discovery: Aug 18, 2025
    Location of discovery: Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
    Coordinates: 36°07'07"N 112°10'37"W 
     
    Hidden in the Grand Canyon in an area the public is not allowed to enter, is a phase shifting plane, never in one reality but always in several in space and time. Caused by UFOs interacting with the plane in flight…never to return again. Sometimes in our reality...and sometimes not...proven by the satellite photos

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    19-08-2025 om 21:16 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.“People From Elsewhere Colonized Earth Many Times” Said Head of Canada UFO Program

    Project Magnet

    People From Elsewhere Colonized Earth Many Times” Said Head of Canada UFO Program

    It all had started a few years before the “Space Race” began between the two rival nations: the USA and Soviets. The world was stunned by the daily UFO sightings, and stories of alien contact flushed newspapers. It was the era of two types of people: the first one was groups of like-minded people, for example, engineers, scientists, and inventors who dismissed any alien contact and flying saucers’ stories, while the second ones were the contactees who also claimed to had been in the UFOs. These groups never aligned with each other, but Wilbert Brockhouse Smith (1910-1962), a Canadian engineer was the only line of connection between these two groups.

    Mr. Smith worked as a senior radio engineer for the Canadian government’s Department of Transport in the late 1940s and 50s. He was the reason behind the radio communication between Canada and the United States at that time. Very few people know that Mr. Smith convinced the Canadian government to establish a program to monitor the UFOs that eventually detects the strange aerial phenomenon which, according to him, was not earthly. While asking Americans about the existence of UFOs, he received a reply from them that the US government had put this subject at their uppermost concern, and it was even more top secret than the atomic bomb.

    One of the most important things I had to realize was that we are not alone. The human race in the form of man extends throughout the universe and is incredibly ancient. Also, its appearance in physical form is but one of its many manifestations along the path of progress. This planet has been colonized many times by people from elsewhere and our present human race are blood brothers of these people. Is it any wonder that they are interested in us,”

    Wilbert Smith said.

    Wilbert Smith
    Wilbert Brockhouse Smith (1910-1962)
    Credit: Grant Cameron

    Besides, according to researcher Grant Cameron, Mr. Smith played a major role in establishing Radio Ottawa used by Canadian spies and also for tracking secret Soviet communications.

    In 1950, the Canadian UFO study program Project Magnet was established by Transport Canada under the supervision of Mr. Smith. The government funded the project for four years, but he received informal funding after. In 1952, he set up an observatory at Shirley’s Bay to study the findings of UFO sightings under Project Magnet. He had a personal interest in geo-magnetism, which made him conclude that the UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin, propelled by magnetic forces, and actually from parallel universes.

    Mr. Smith said: “It is my opinion that the people from elsewhere choose all sorts of methods to make contact with us, and their technology and understanding being much better than ours, they can use methods which we find quite incomprehensible.”

    Interestingly, he believed that the UFOs were controlled through physic powers, and such statements embarrassed the Department of Transport. In 1952, when the great UFO wave hit the media, Mr. Smith claimed that the United States Air Force shot down a UFO near Washington, D.C, recovered its piece and let him borrow it. When asked if he had returned the piece to the USAF, he replied that it went to a much more highly secret group (It was neither FBI nor CIA), which identity he could not disclose.

    Project Magnet ufo
    Credit: Library and Archives Canada

    Surprisingly, Mr. Smith was also a firm believer in aliens. In 1961, he gave a speech at the Vancouver Area UFO Club, where he claimed to had been in contact with aliens, referring to them as “the boys topside.” Furthermore, he said that the aliens had explained to him that the speed of light is not constant, and time works differently in the universe, not chronological ticking that people can imagine on Earth, but a “field function” that changed throughout the universe, and which could be altered. (Source]

    Their ships as he was told, were supported on the Earth’s gravitational field. The fields surrounding their ships, he added, created areas that reduced areas that weakened the strength of objects that came into contact with them, accounting for the destruction of earthly military craft that flew too close to them. This explained, among other phenomena, the May 1956 crash of a military jet into the Villa St. Louis convent in Orleans — the jet, Smith said, flew into a “very strong vortex of reduced binding,” causing it to break apart.

    When nuclear explosions happened, he added, similar unstable vortices were formed. His unnamed friend, who had also been in communication with “these people from outside,” claimed to have spoken with one of them, Tyla, a garbage collector whose duty was to clean up the radioactive messes left by such man-made explosions. Tyla, according to Smith, grabbed the stuff, transported it onboard his ship, rendered it inactive, and then dumped it in a remote location on Earth. Tyla reportedly told a friend in 1948 that he would dump his next load near Ottawa at an appropriate moment so that many people could observe it.

    On November 21, 1950, Mr. Smith wrote a memo that was classified as “Top Secret” but later, it was recovered from the Archives of the University of Ottawa. According to the memo, the Canadian government was serious about UFOs and had been building a secret technology using oceanic radiation, atmospheric radioactivity, and geo-magnetism. He further wrote that his work in geomagnetic and the energy on which flying saucers operate was connected. (Source)

    By summarizing sightings reported in 1952, Mr. Smith reported that UFOs were “a hundred feet or more in diameter; they can travel at speeds of several thousand miles per hour; they can reach altitudes well above those which should support conventional aircraft or balloons, and ample power and force seem to be available for all required maneuvers.”

    Project Magnet was discontinued just a few days afterward. Ottawa Journal reported that scientists insist, “there is no proof flying saucers exist but they honorably admit there is no proof that all the strange and wandering objects reported in the sky are freaks of imagination or atmosphere.”

    Before his death from cancer, Mr. Smith had asked his wife to hide all his research and sensitive files, as he was afraid that they would get into the wrong hands. “They will be coming to ransack all my work,” Smith proclaimed. He died on December 27, 1962, and as he predicted soon after that, the Soviets, Americans, and Canadians approached his wife. (Source)

    References:

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    18-08-2025 om 21:23 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.More Than Just Elusive Beasts! The Bigfoot and Yeti Could Be Crucial in Understanding the Anomalous World!

    More Than Just Elusive Beasts! The Bigfoot and Yeti Could Be Crucial in Understanding the Anomalous World!

    More Than Just Elusive Beasts! The Bigfoot and Yeti Could Be Crucial in Understanding the Anomalous World!

    The Bigfoot and the Yeti (or Abominable Snowman) are known to almost everyone, both inside and outside of the paranormal and anomalous world. Indeed, so well known are these creatures that to many, even those would not class themselves as “believers” in the weird and the wonderful perhaps would not be at all surprised if proof of their existence was discovered, with many people accepting there is a good chance that these creatures are very real and not just the stuff of legends, myths, and folklore.

    These elusive creatures, though, would appear to be far more than an undiscovered primate or even hominid. Those who have researched, studied, and investigated these mysterious creatures suspect that rather than just being another animal waiting to be discovered and catalogued by science, they are perhaps something much more otherworldly, and understanding these creatures could very well help us understand the bigger picture of the paranormal and anomalous world. Indeed, the notion that Bigfoot creatures are simply an undiscovered animal or a possible hominid is very much up for debate. There is good reason to suspect that these creatures, far from being merely flesh-and-blood animals, are something much more, possibly supernatural, perhaps even interdimensional.

    Perhaps one of the first areas of concern (outside of a lack of a recovered body or evidence of a Bigfoot habitat) surrounding an undiscovered flesh-and-blood beast that had eluded detection for seemingly thousands of years was the many accounts that featured these Bigfoot creatures seemingly vanishing into thin air. The highly respected researcher and author, Linda Moulton Howe, for example, recalled an encounter that a rancher had with a Bigfoot creature on his land. She stated that the rancher in question suddenly found himself only several feet from this menacing creature, and after a moment of contemplation, he instinctively raised his weapon and prepared to fire. Before he could, though, the creature simply disappeared in a bizarre flash. This detail can be found in multiple Bigfoot reports and accounts, with many witnesses stressing how the creature was “there one minute and then gone the next!”

    We might ask, then, are these creatures simply making themselves invisible? As bizarre as that might sound, there have been several intriguing pieces of footage circulating on the Internet for several years of what appears – or is at least claimed – to show a “cloaked Bigfoot” creature.

    Or might it be that these creatures quite literally leave our realm of existence to a destination elsewhere, another dimension, perhaps, or even another time? And if that is true, then how do they achieve this? Can they manipulate reality or the environment to create a portal or gateway, and if so, do they achieve this through their own supernatural (to us) abilities, or do they utilize some kind of advanced technological device? Or perhaps they are simply aware of where certain X-points exist, and are sure not to venture too far from them, which might explain why there are certain “cluster areas” throughout the North American continent of Bigfoot hotspot locations?

    Just one Bigfoot researcher who has concluded that these Bigfoot creatures are using some kind of portal or interdimensional gateway to enter our world is Becky Cook, who investigated dozens of Bigfoot encounters throughout the state of Idaho. Cook, though, has also gathered further remarkable data, not least that around 70 percent of people who have had encounters with a Bigfoot creature have also had “at least one near-death experience!” Moreover, rather than just being a strange and fascinating statistic, Cook believes that these near-death experiences have likely opened something within a person’s mind or perception that allowed them to see these elusive creatures in the first place.

    There are ample reasons for us to contemplate that these Bigfoot creatures are not only highly intelligent but also have the ability to alter time and even wipe memories, either due to their unique capabilities or, as strange as it might sound, with access to some kind of advanced technology.

    With this in mind, an encounter that unfolded in New Zealand in the late 1990s is of particular interest to us here. The anonymous witness claimed in his report that he and a friend were hiking in the wilderness and had made camp in a clearing in the forest on the night in question. During the night, the witness woke needing to relieve himself and so left the tent in order to do so. However, while answering the call of nature, he spotted two huge, hairy, beast-like creatures appear, as if from nowhere, out of the trees, approaching the tent where his hiking partner remained asleep. He noticed that they each took exceptionally long strides as they moved. Moreover, he stated that he could almost “feel” each footstep through the ground itself. Then, the two creatures came to a stop right outside the tent’s entrance. The witness remained as quiet and as still as he could, watching as the two creatures seemingly sized up the tent in front of them. After several moments, they simply turned and headed back into the woodland. By the time the witness returned to the tent, he could see from the look of distress on his face that his friend had also witnessed the bizarre event. The following morning, things turned even stranger.

    By 7 am, with daylight bringing a slight sense of calm to the two hikers, they decided to head into the woods in the direction the Bigfoot-type creatures had disappeared. However, almost immediately after heading in that direction, the two witnesses found themselves approaching their camp area. Moreover, it was now sunset. They checked their watches and discovered that 12 hours had passed, 12 hours that they had no memory of whatsoever. Whether this missing time is connected to the strange creatures or not is perhaps open to debate. There are, though, several things for us to consider.

    Firstly, there is a connection between UFO hotspots and areas of regular Bigfoot reports, with an increase in such reports usually coinciding with increases in UFO sightings. With this in mind, then, the two witnesses could have found themselves at the center of a close UFO encounter, perhaps even an alien abduction. Even with this possibility, there are perhaps two main “sub-possibilities” to consider. The first is that the two strange creatures are somehow connected to this speculative UFO, and so facilitated an equally speculative abduction scenario. Or, the second possibility is that, if we assume for one moment that these Bigfoot creatures are arriving in our realm from elsewhere, that whatever mechanism they use for this also allows UFOs access to our world, and so this mechanism, combined with the hikers’ curiosity, placed them in the middle of a close encounter. Indeed, if this were the case, then the location in New Zealand (which, unfortunately, is not known) could be considered a place of High Strangeness. Of course, alien abduction is not the only possibility.

    If not UFOs or alien abduction, then might we consider that the Bigfoot creatures themselves were responsible for the missing time of the two hikers? Some researchers into these elusive creatures suggest that they not only have the ability to come in and out of our realm of existence (making them both supernatural and flesh-and-blood creatures at the same time) but that they are able, using nothing more than the powers of their minds, able to force people to simply not see them (essentially, making themselves invisible) or for a person to forget their encounters altogether. Could that have been the case here? Could the two creatures have encountered the two hikers the following day and simply erased their minds somehow using some kind of invasive form of telepathy? Indeed, telepathy is another trait that several researchers have suggested these creatures are skilled with.

    With this in mind, it is worth exploring another encounter with a Bigfoot creature in the early 2000s in the woodlands of New Hampshire in the United States. According to the report, the anonymous witness was hiking in a remote area, deep in the woods, when he stumbled upon a wounded deer. It was still alive, but it had an arrow sticking out of its body. The witness carefully pulled the arrow out, discarded it, and then tied the deer to a nearby tree so that he could clean the wound. Ultimately, he decided to set up his basecamp next to the deer and continued to tend to it for several days. When it was fully healed and back to good health, he untied the animal, and it headed off back into the woodland. A short time later, the witness began packing up his equipment, ready to move on and explore elsewhere. As he was doing so, however, he suddenly sensed movement behind him. He spun around and was more than shocked to see a Bigfoot creature sitting on a log no more than 20 feet away from him. Then, an already bizarre situation turned even more surreal.

    To his shock, this strange creature spoke to him, although not physically, but directly into his mind. This creature stated that it had been watching him as he had cared for the deer and nursed it back to good health. As the creature was telling him this, the witness thought to himself that this figure was the source behind the many sounds of snapping twigs and rustling of bushes he had heard over the last several days. To his further amazement, the creature then confirmed this to him only moments after he had thought it.

    While there are reports of Bigfoot creatures all around the planet – some of which we will explore shortly – undoubtedly the biggest concentration of reports comes from North America, particularly the United States and Canada. Furthermore, these reports are only continuing today; they appear to be increasing. One particular encounter made international news headlines in January 2019 after a missing child was discovered, safe and well, offering to his mystified parents and searchers that “a bear helped him” to get back home. According to the reports, three-year-old Casey Hathaway went missing from his North Carolina home and remained missing for the next 48 hours, seemingly somewhere in the forests close to his home in freezing conditions. Then, not only was he discovered safe and well, but he also offered his account that the bear had kept him safe and, essentially, brought him home.

    As we might imagine, many experts and people involved with the search put forward that the boy’s claims were simply a coping mechanism, or even a “fantasy” of his creation, not least as not only are there no known similar accounts on record, but most bears would have been deep into hibernation at this time of year. While most people were happy enough to accept this explanation, those in the Bigfoot community believed that the truth of the matter was staring people right in the face. One such commentator stated that:

    ….…there are no reports available of bears coming out of hibernation to tend to lost children. However, also on record, are many reports of Bigfoot helping lost children…So, did Casey Hathaway spend two days with a bear, or did he spend two days with a Bigfoot? Some may doubt such a thing. However, in the light of what we know about bears in winter. And Bigfoot’s documented interaction with other children. I am going with Bigfoot!

    Just what did happen to the young boy in question remains unknown. There are, however, other cases on record of people going missing, particularly young children, who have claimed a “hairy man” fed and looked after them and returned them home, many of which have been documented by David Paullides as part of his Missing 411 research. Moreover, these encounters stretch back well over a century, at least.

    In Northern Michigan in 1868, for example, a three-year-old girl seemingly vanished into thin air while with her father at a lumber camp. He later stated that his daughter was there one moment, and then gone the next. With the help of two local hunters, the three men set out in search of the missing girl in the next woodland. They searched for the remainder of the day until nightfall forced them to stop. Then, the following morning, they returned to the woods to continue the search. To begin with, it appeared their efforts would go unrewarded. Then, much to their surprise and relief, they heard the “muffled or muted” sounds of a young girl’s voice somewhere close by.

    The three men followed the sound of the voice, eventually coming to a river. There, they heard a large splash, and when they turned their focus to where the noise had come from, they could see a “dark shape” that was swimming away from them, towards the opposite riverbank. Before they could take in any further details, however, they noticed the missing girl, standing on a log nearby. She was seemingly in shock, but otherwise unharmed. Eventually, the young girl spoke of the incident to her father, claiming that the large figure – which she called “Mr. Wolf” – had held her prisoner somewhere near the water. What’s more, the creature had “eaten her hat and taken her shoes” (indeed, she was discovered without her hat or shoes). Although she didn’t explain why, she said the wolf-like creature had taken her to the river and left her on the log where she was found. Was the dark figure the three men witnessed Mr. Wolf? And was this strange creature, in fact, a Bigfoot?

    Just short of three decades later, there is another encounter of a child who went missing before being discovered that could also have involved a Bigfoot-like creature. Although there is no direct evidence to suggest this, some of the details in the case are very similar to the missing girl in Michigan 30 years earlier. In August 1897, in Maine, six-year-old Lillian Carney was picking blueberries (a bizarre detail that often shows up in missing persons cases) with her mother she simply vanished. Her panic-stricken mother immediately raised the alarm, and a short time later, no less than 200 volunteers were searching the area for the missing girl. She was eventually discovered two days later, although her discovery brought with it more questions than answers.

    To begin with, she was in a “trance-like state” and several “dazed!” However, she eventually managed to speak to her parents about her ordeal. She claimed that she had suddenly found herself in the middle of the forest “where the sun had shone the entire time!” It has never been made clear what she meant by this, not least as the weather during the time of disappearance was grey and overcast, and she spent at least some of the time she was missing at night. This has led some people to speculate that she was perhaps inside some kind of structure or building deep in the forest, or that she had even been a victim of alien abduction, and the “sun” was, in fact, some kind of artificial light. We might also consider whether she had quite literally vanished into thin air. After all, if we accept the notion that portals could be responsible for at least some of the Bigfoot appearances and disappearances, perhaps this might also explain not only the young girl’s sudden disappearance and reappearance, but also the constantly shining sun.

    Almost exactly a year later, on the afternoon of August 25th, 1898, three-year-old Alice Rachel Peck was picking berries with her mother when she simply disappeared. She was eventually found three days later, no less than five miles away. Much like Lillian and the girl from Michigan, Alice was in a trance-like state, at least to begin with. Then, after several hours, she recalled walking along a strange road and that she was missing her shoes. Perhaps strangest of all, though, an odd creature that she referred to as “the black man” guided her to a safe spot where she was eventually found. Was this “black man” she referred to a Bigfoot creature?

    It is also interesting to note that each of these cases featured the respective witnesses feeling dazed and confused following their discovery. If we accept, for a moment, that these cases did involve Bigfoot creatures, is this an example of their apparent ability to control a person’s mind and make it difficult for them to recall their encounters?

    In more recent times, even if we take only the second half of the twentieth century onwards, there have been multiple reports of Bigfoot – quite literally thousands of sightings and encounters, specifically so in the United States and Canada. And while these reports occur regularly and consistently, some of the strangest and most detailed occur during UFO waves. In 1973, for example, during one of the busiest and most active UFO waves in history in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, a particularly intriguing Bigfoot encounter unfolded.

    According to the account, at around 9 pm on October 25th, multiple witnesses reported seeing a “red spherical object” hovering low over a nearby field. Then, after several moments, the glowing, red orb began to descend, eventually landing in the field in question. Intrigued, several of the witnesses headed over to the landed object. As they approached, they could hear a strange “whirring” sound and could see that the strange object was white and dome-shaped. Most bizarre of all, though, they witnessed two tall figures, each between seven and nine feet tall, emerge from the object. These creatures were covered in thick, shaggy hair, and each had arms that appeared too long for their frames. Most disturbing, however, were the glowing green eyes that each figure sported.

    By now, several of the witnesses had drawn their weapons, and, rightly or wrongly, they opened fire on the two creatures. However, rather than drop to the ground injured or even dead, the two figures turned around, and a moment later, a blinding flash filled the witnesses’ vision. When this flash had cleared, the object was no longer there, and the two figures were almost a speck in the distance near the surrounding woodland.

    A team of local UFO investigators arrived at the location shortly after, and remained there for most of the night. They noticed that the animals that would normally use the field and graze there wouldn’t go anywhere near it, as if they sensed something utterly terrible. Even stranger, they noticed that almost all of these animals paid them no attention whatsoever, but instead, appeared to be focused on the woods where the two creatures had disappeared. Stranger still, at one point during the evening, investigators witnessed a blinding flash – similar to that witnessed by the witnesses in the field they were investigating – come from another local farmhouse a short distance away. Then, an already bizarre and surreal experience turned even stranger.

    Suddenly, one of the witnesses went into a bizarre trance-like state. Stranger still, he began barking and howling like a dog. This continued for several moments, with the witness even pushing investigators to the ground when they tried to restrain him. He ran off into one of the fields, the bizarre, guttural, animalistic sound coming from him as he did so. Then, the sounds stopped for a second or two before an “inhuman scream” came from him. Following this, the man collapsed to the ground, seemingly released from whatever power had overtaken him. As this was happening, investigators noticed the sudden odor of “rotting eggs” – most likely sulfur, an aroma that accompanies a whole host of paranormal phenomena, from ghosts to UFOs, and, of course, Bigfoot encounters. Incidentally, when the man came to, he was able to give a clear description of the events, claiming that while he was in this trance, his mind filled with visions of “the end of the world!”

    If there is a Bigfoot presence on the North American continent, whether a permanent one or a recurring temporary one, they have been there for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. Many Native American legends, for example, not only refer to these Bigfoot-like creatures, referred to by some tribes as Skoocooms, who they believed were a supernatural-type being.

    We might also explore the records of the Norse explorer Leif Erikson, who appears to describe witnessing strange, beastly men during his expedition to the region. Although some researchers put the date of this expedition in the year 986, it appears more likely that the date would have been at some point in the early 1000s. According to the account, as they navigated the New World (North America) they stumbled upon “manlike beasts” who were “horribly ugly, hairy, swarthy, and with great black eyes!” Furthermore, these strange creatures had a “rank odor” and issued a “deafening shriek”, and it was clear that they “towered over” Erikson and his men. According to the record, Erikson and his men had several such encounters with these hairy beasts, and it is perhaps worth noting that Erikson’s men themselves had long hair and thick beards, so, interestingly, they should describe these strange men as “hairy”, perhaps indicating that they were making reference to hair that covered the entire body.

    As we mentioned, it isn’t just in North America where Bigfoot encounters are reported. If we turn our attention to the United Kingdom for a moment, we find the research and investigations of Adam Bird, the co-founder of the British Bigfoot Research Organization, who not only documented a Bigfoot encounter in the woods of Lincolnshire in the 2010s, but also captured a picture of it. After collecting several reports from the area, Bird ventured out to the woodland himself. Not long after arriving, he noticed strange footprints in the ground and began hearing the occasional rustling coming from close by. Then, he spotted a strange, shadowy ape-like figure that appeared to be watching him from the surrounding trees. It was at this point that Bird snapped the picture, although he and several fellow members of the organization remained in the area for several hours, during which time they “felt watched and followed!” Bird offered to the media following the encounter that Bigfoot creatures are spotted all over the UK, with reports seemingly beginning to “spread from Scotland right down to southern England!” Moreover, Bird put forward that the creatures themselves are “something unknown” and that the picture he managed to capture “could be genuine evidence that the British Bigfoot exists!”

    It is also worth our time exploring the Bigfoot sightings recorded in what is today modern-day Germany, with historical, legendary accounts of a creature known as a Wildermann, whose description is almost identical to what most people would recognize as a Bigfoot. The Wildermann is described as being hairy from head to toe, with huge feet that often leave impressions in the ground. Arguably, the first officially documented encounter with a Bigfoot in Germany occurred in 1855 when Johann Georg Schmidt reported encountering a hairy man-like creature while he was walking in the forests of Bavaria.  

    In more recent times, in 1963, several hikers were making their way through the Black Forest when they spotted a Bigfoot-like creature a short distance away. Just short of 20 years later, in 1982, Peter Durr not only spotted a Bigfoot creature on the Bavarian Alps, but managed to capture a photograph of it. Even in the contemporary era, there continue to be sightings and reports. In 2015, for example, a young couple reported seeing such a creature heading towards the Harz Mountains, while in 2018, a man encountered a Bigfoot close to the Rhine River.

    If we venture to the other side of the world, to Australia, we can find legends of the Yowie, said to roam the Australian Outback, and these legends go right back to the indigenous tribes of the region. The Yowie is said to be anywhere from six to 12 feet in height and has a distinct “ape-like” appearance, although, like Bigfoot, it walks upright on two legs. Despite this domineering appearance, the Yowie is said to do its best to avoid human contact, and there have been no known cases of a Yowie showing aggression (although there are reports of “savaged pets” on record).

    In Japan, there are legends of the Hibagon, which is spotted on and around Mount Hiba in Hiroshima and, from descriptions, appears to be almost identical to the typical American Bigfoot, although it seems to be shorter in height, standing around five feet tall. What is particularly strange about the Hibagon, though, is that sightings of it seem to have started from nowhere at some time in the early 1970s. This sudden appearance has led to multiple possible explanations, ranging from the Hibagon being nothing more than an undiscovered breed of monkey to it being possibly one or more residents of the city who were still suffering the aftereffects of the nuclear bomb dropped over the city in 1945 to bring the Second World War to an end.

    In the remote woodlands and mountain regions of Hubei in China, we can find a very similar creature known as the Yeren, sightings of which, similarly, exploded in the second half of the twentieth century. In fact, according to statistics from the Xinhua News Agency, there have been over 400 official reports.

    If we return to the United States for a moment, it is very much worth our time exploring the legends of the Billiwhack Monster that is said to reside in the abandoned Billiwhack Dairy Plant in California. Sightings of this strange and ominous creature began at some point after the Second World War, and while reports continue today, they appeared to reach a peak in the 1950s and 1960s. Those who claim to have encountered this menacing beast claim that it is covered in “dirty white hair” and has razor-sharp claws and “ram-like horns” on its head. Perhaps strangest of all, it is often described as looking half-human and half-sheep.

    Some of the legends behind this beastly creature are as bizarre and intriguing as the monster itself. According to some, the Billiwhack Monster is the result of a top-secret military experiment that took place towards the end of the Second World War. This experiment looked, according to legend, to create a genetically superior super soldier by combining human DNA with that of an “unknown creature!”

    It is interesting to note these claims of a “super soldier” that is a result of human and beastly DNA being combined. While we should treat them with a considerable pinch of salt, much like the claims of the Billiwhack Monster, is that some researchers suggest that the Third Reich were involved in almost identical genetics experiments during the Second World War, with the express purpose of having soldiers who could operate in the freezing conditions of Antarctica (these were, according to the claims, as Polar Men). Could it be possible, perhaps through such post-Second World War programs as Operation Paperclip, that these experiments were carried on, in top-secret, in the United States? It is certainly something worth keeping on the back burner of our minds.

    Perhaps what is most interesting about the Billiwhack Monster is that its description is more akin to a Yeti, a creature often referred to as a Siberian or Russian Bigfoot, or, more widely, as the Abominable Snowman. And it is to the Yeti that we will turn our attention next.

    In truth, it appears the Yeti roams the mountainous regions of Asia, Siberia, as well as the Himalayas, and we should note that for a large part of the twentieth century, many of these regions were under the control, or at the very least, the influence, of the Soviet Union. And while many insist that the Western Bigfoot is more of a supernatural being rather than a flesh-and-blood one, there is perhaps more reason to believe the latter is the case with the Yeti. It is perhaps worth noting the comments of Sir David Attenborough, who offered, following the discovery of fossils with huge molars, that “the Abominable Snowman may be real”, even suggesting that the Himalayas and the “immense rhododendron forest that goes on for hundreds of square miles could hold the Yeti!” He elaborated that “if there are some alive, and you walked by their habitat, you can bet these creatures may be aware of you, but you wouldn’t be aware of them!”

    Sightings of the Yeti would appear to go back thousands of years, at least. One of the earliest apparent documented encounters with this Bigfoot creature of the East is relayed in the book Yeti, Sasquatch, and Hairy Giants by David Hatcher Childress. The account is taken from the ancient writing, Anabasis Alexandri: Book VIII by Arrian, and took place during Alexander the Great’s invasion of India in 326 BC. While making their way to the Indus River, a battle between Alexander’s men and a group of “hairy men” called Tomerus ensued. These Tomerus lived in “stifling cabins” along the banks of the river, and after engaging with Alexander’s men, several of them were captured while the rest fled to the nearby hills.  Upon studying these captives more closely, it was recorded that they “were hairy, not only the heads but the rest of their bodies!” Moreover, they had “nails rather like beasts’ claws!” Interestingly, the account states that these beastly creatures wore “skins of animals” for clothing.

    We can find another account from the ancient world of a Yeti in the writings of Claudius Aelianus in De Natura Animalium (On The Nature Of Animals), who detailed an encounter in India around 200 BC. Aelianus called these creatures Satyrs, and he wrote that they were “covered with shaggy hair!” He continued that these strange creatures, “when left to themselves, stay in the forest and eat tree sprouts!” However, when approached, “they run with incredible speed to hide in mountain caves!” One particularly interesting detail is that these creatures “repel approaching humans by hurling stones down at them!” This, of course, echoes many Bigfoot encounters.  

    We can find further documented encounters with Yetis in more (relatively speaking) recent times, many of which were relayed in the book Bigfoot by Rupert Matthews. One such account unfolded in Nepal in 1825 when hillwalker B.H. Hodgson claimed his porters told him of seeing a “tall creature covered with long, dark hair!” As soon as the strange creature noticed it was being watched, it “bounded off in apparent fear!”

    Just short of 65 years later, in 1889, in Sikkim in northern India, Major L.A. Waddell was on an expedition when he came upon footprints that “seemed to be those of a barefooted man with enormous feet!” Perplexed but amazed, he asked his guide what the footprints belonged to. Without hesitation, he was told that they belonged to “the wild, hairy man!” Moreover, his guides insisted that they all should leave the area immediately.

    Several years later, also in the Sikkim region of India, at some point in the 1890s, William Knight encountered an almost identical creature. Although the incident happened at the end of the nineteenth century, it wasn’t until the 1920s that Knight spoke of the encounter via a letter he sent to The Times newspaper. He stated that he was traveling from Tantok to Sedonchen when he stopped to allow his horse to rest for several moments. Almost as soon as they had come to a stop, he could hear a sound coming from behind him, like something emerging from the woodland. He turned around, and “some 20 paces away,” there was a strange creature. He wrote in the letter that he immediately assumed this was “one of the hairy men that the Tibetans call the Abominable Snowman!” He recalled that despite the “bitter cold”, the creature was completely unclothed and was well over six feet in height.

    Although he stated that this figure had hair all over its body, he noted that he could make out “pale yellow” skin and that the figure had more hair on its head than on the rest of its body. Even stranger, he claimed that this creature was carrying “some form of primitive bow!” Ultimately, he watched the figure for around five minutes. Then, whether it noticed his attention or not, it suddenly took off running at “tremendous speed!”

    A particularly interesting encounter unfolded in the early years of the twentieth century, not least as documentation of it likely resulted in the widely used epithet that this beastly creature would become known by. The encounter involved Mary MacDonald, the daughter of a colonial military officer who was with a team of porters in the mountainous regions close to the Tibetan border. As they made their way along the trail, a sudden piercing cry rang out, causing the group to stop in their tracks. Mary asked her guide what could have made such a sound. However, when she turned to face him, she realized the group was running in the opposite direction in terror. Instinctively, she reached for one of the guns and then set off towards the rest of the group. They all eventually came to a stop, and she was told that the creature who made the shrieking call was a “Metoh Kangmi” – this translated as “Bad Man of the Snow!”

    Now, it would be another two decades before this moniker came up again, only on this occasion, the translation was slightly different, and it was this translation that spread throughout the West. As he was scouting Mount Everest, Colonel Howard-Bury was told of the same creature after they discovered extraordinarily large footprints in the snow. Howard-Bury, however, mistranslated the name as “Abominable Snowman”, which subsequently began appearing in print in English newspapers in various parts of the world.  

    Sightings and encounters with the Yeti have continued across the decades right into the modern age, with some of the most well-known occurring in the 1950s, a time when the wider populations of the West began taking notice of this strange cold-weather creature. Arguably, the most famous of these encounters resulted in one of the most famous photographs ever captured, which showed a clear, large footprint in the snow around Mount Everest. The picture was captured by English mountaineer Eric Shipton, who was on a research mission in the region in 1951. Incidentally, the discovery of the foot impression was at approximately 20,000 feet above sea level.

    Three years later, John Angelo Jackson led an expedition to the same region with the specific goal of finding evidence of the “Abominable Snowman” – as it was now being referred to. The expedition was sponsored by the Daily Mail newspaper (and even billed as the Daily Mail Snowman Expedition) and stretched from Everest to Kanchenjunga. As well as discovering and photographing several footprints impressed into the snow during the expedition, the team also uncovered ancient symbolic depictions of the beast, perhaps confirming that it had been in existence in the region for thousands of years.

    In 1959, American entrepreneur Tom Slick embarked on his expedition of the Himalayan regions in an attempt to locate proof of the Yeti, and his mission was arguably one of the most fruitful yet. He not only discovered a feces sample thought to have come from a Yeti, but when this sample was tested, a parasite was discovered within it that was, and remains, unknown to science. Moreover, declassified documents have since shown just how much of an interest the United States intelligence services took in these Bigfoot and Yeti creatures. This document states that “American resources in the last two years have been concentrated on efforts to capture the Abominable Snowman!”

    One person who has studied the Yeti extensively is Maya Bykova, who conducted decades of research right up until she died in 1996. Perhaps one of the most fascinating details of her research, not least as it would resonate with researchers of the North American Bigfoot, is that these creatures can make themselves “invisible” as an act of defense. Once more, we might ask, is this something these creatures simply can do, or do they utilize some kind of technological device? To answer that question, we continue relaying Bykova’s research, which highlights the beliefs of the Tibetan red-hatted monks. They claim that the Yetis (and, incidentally, Bigfoot creatures) are one of the few remaining creatures on Earth that can control their brain activity to the point where they can make themselves appear invisible.

    At this point, it is worth asking if the Yeti and the Bigfoot are the same creature, even different breeds of the same creature, or whether they are entirely different. Clearly, white hair aside, physical descriptions are very similar, although there are some differences. Their height, for example, is perhaps one of the clearest differences, with the Yeti seeming to be around six feet tall and the Bigfoot being around eight feet in height. Moreover, while Bigfoot is described as specifically ape-like, many descriptions of the Yeti tend to have an appearance more like a bear. Ultimately, these differences aside, it would appear that these creatures are related somehow.

    We might ask, then, if there is a connection between these strange and elusive creatures, how long have they been here, and where did they come from? Are they indigenous to Earth, or were they brought here from elsewhere? Or might, as some researchers have suggested, they have been the result of a genetic experiment deep in antiquity? Although we are straying into ancient astronaut territory here, some researchers have highlighted several verses from ancient Sanskrit texts translated by Zecharia Sitchin that appear to describe just such a genetic experiment. The verses in question feature Enki, one of the leading Anunnaki, who is selecting the “most developed primate” on the planet with which to combine Anunnaki (extraterrestrial) DNA. Describing one of these early attempts, the verse states:

    Shaggy with hair all over was the newborn. His foreparts like of the Earth creatures were. His hind parts to those of the Anunnaki more akin they were.

    Another verse is even more descriptive. This verse describes one of the genetically-altered creatures after it had been given time to grow and develop. Despite this, Enki soon realized that this creation was also not suitable for their needs. The verse states:

    Taller the Earth child grew. In the image of the Anunnaki he was not. His hands for tools were not suited. His speech only grunting sounds was!

    Do these verses describe what we might recognize as a Bigfoot creature? And if Sitchin’s translations are correct (and we should note that many are highly suspicious as to the accuracy of his translations), then do they describe the Bigfoot’s origins on our planet? Is this why they seemingly possess such remarkable abilities as being able to render themselves invisible or even control a person’s mind? Perhaps these Bigfoot creatures were allowed to develop on their own, away from the Anunnaki, and, over the eons and centuries, away from humanity until (relatively speaking) recent years. If we look at another Sanskrit writing – the Epic of Gilgamesh – we might find another telling of Bigfoot and its history on our planet.

    The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest text in the world, dated around 2700 BC, and tells the story of Enkidu, a close friend of Gilgamesh, a “wild man” who resided outside of the main city. Part of that text describes Enkidu as:

    …like an animal, Enkidu’s body had hitherto been covered with hair which is now shaved off. He is anointed with oil and clothed like a man!

    Could Enkidu have been a Bigfoot creature? And is this not only another example of documentation of these creatures in the ancient world, but of their apparent intelligence? While this tale tells of Enkidu wearing clothes and shaving his body hair, we might imagine that other Bigfoot creatures will have existed who remained outside of society.

    As we might imagine, many experts insist that the Epic of Gilgamesh is nothing but a work of fiction. However, we should note that Gilgamesh himself was very real, with many records of his activities and achievements. Moreover, when this particular tale was committed to the official record, writing was much more of an arduous and expensive task, and as such, only the most important information was “written” down. With this in mind, and given that we know Gilgamesh very much existed, we perhaps should take the tales of Enkidu at much more face value.

    Whatever the truth, Bigfoot (and Yetis) remain not only one of the most elusive entities on the planet, but one of the most mysterious and intriguing. Indeed, should we ever manage to establish the true nature and origins of these creatures, it would likely shine a light on many other unsolved and unexplained areas of our collective reality, possibly providing answers to everything from cryptid creatures (as we would understand them) to UFOs and even the potential existence of portals and gateways. In that sense, Bigfoot is so much more than just a wild beast that roams the woodlands and wilderness in an attempt to avoid contact with humanity. It is very likely one of the keys to the mysteries of the Universe and our collective existence within it.

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    De wereld om ons heen zit vol mysteries en onverklaarbare verschijnselen die de grenzen van ons begrip uitdagen. Van spookhuizen en UFO-waarnemingen tot mysterieuze wezens en bovennatuurlijke verschijnselen, de wereld van het paranormale blijft een bron van fascinatie en verwarring. In dit artikel nemen we je mee op een reis door de wereld van “hoge vreemdelingenheid” ofwel high strangeness, waarbij we verschillende fenomenen en theorieën onder de loep nemen die deze mysterieuze wereld kenmerken.

    Wat is High Strangeness?

    De term “high strangeness” wordt veel gebruikt door paranormale onderzoekers, ufologen en liefhebbers van het onverklaarbare om fenomenen te beschrijven die buiten het normale begrip vallen. Het verwijst naar gebeurtenissen die niet alleen onverklaarbaar zijn, maar ook gekenmerkt worden door een hoge mate van complexiteit, ongrijpbaarheid en vaak een reeks bizarre en mysterieuze elementen die samenhangen. Deze verschijnselen gaan verder dan simpele waarnemingen of incidenten; ze vormen vaak een samenloop van meerdere vreemde gebeurtenissen die zich op verschillende manieren manifesteren. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan ongewone ontmoetingen met onbekende wezens, waarnemingen van vreemde lichten aan de hemel, mysterieuze geluiden, tijdsveranderingen of zelfs psychische en lichamelijke anomalieën. High strangeness wordt vaak geassocieerd met verhalen die moeilijk te verklaren zijn binnen de reguliere wetenschap en die vragen oproepen over de aard van werkelijkheid, bewustzijn en het universum. Het benadrukt de complexiteit en de onvoorspelbaarheid van deze fenomenen, waardoor ze een blijvend mysterie vormen dat onderzoekers en enthousiastelingen uitdaagt om verder te zoeken naar antwoorden.

    UFO’s en Buitenaardse Verschijnselen

    Een van de meest intrigerende en mysterieuzere onderwerpen binnen het domein van het onverklaarde fenomeen zijn de waarnemingen van onidentificeerbare vliegende objecten, oftewel UFO’s (Unidentified Flying Objects). Deze verschijnselen hebben door de jaren heen veel aandacht getrokken van zowel het grote publiek als wetenschappers, overheidsinstanties en onderzoeksorganisaties. Hoewel een groot deel van de waarnemingen kunnen worden toegeschreven aan natuurlijke fenomenen zoals weerballonnen, sterren, atmosferische stoffen of menselijke activiteiten zoals militaire oefeningen en luchtvaart, blijven er ook talloze incidenten over die zich niet gemakkelijk laten verklaren.

    Wat deze onverklaarde waarnemingen bijzonder maken, is niet alleen de onduidelijkheid over de herkomst van de objecten, maar ook de bijkomende fenomenen die ermee gepaard gaan. Soms worden meldingen gedaan van mysterieuze geluiden die niet overeenkomen met bekende geluidsbronnen, of van fysieke anomalieën zoals vreemde brandplekken, beschadigingen aan voertuigen of andere onverklaarbare fysieke effecten. In sommige gevallen rapporteren getuigen het zien van vreemde figuren of entiteiten die zich in de buurt van de UFO’s bevinden, wat de waarneming een nog complexere dimensie geeft.

    Een deel van de incidenten suggereert dat deze verschijnselen mogelijk buitenaardse betrokkenheid hebben. Verschillende getuigen en zelfs sommige militaire documenten wijzen op de mogelijkheid dat deze objecten niet van onze planeet afkomstig zijn, en dat ze beschikken over technologie die onze huidige wetenschap te boven gaat. In de afgelopen jaren zijn er bijvoorbeeld herhaalde rapportages van militaire piloten die onverklaarbare objecten op radar en in visuele waarnemingen hebben gezien, vaak met phenomenale manoeuvres die onmogelijk lijken met onze huidige technologie.

    Tegelijkertijd zijn er ook andere theorieën die proberen een bredere en complexere werkelijkheid achter deze verschijnselen te suggereren. Sommige onderzoekers geloven dat we te maken hebben met interdimensionale wezens of entiteiten die uit andere dimensies of alternatieve realiteiten afkomstig zijn. Volgens deze theorieën kunnen deze verschijnselen niet simpelweg worden gereduceerd tot buitenaardse technologie, maar vormen ze een brug naar andere vormen van bestaan die onze zintuigen en wetenschap nog niet kunnen bevatten.

    Daarnaast bestaan er ook theorieën die wijzen op geheime overheidsprojecten en clandestiene experimenten met geavanceerde technologieën, die mogelijk niet publiekelijk bekend zijn. Sommige waarnemingen zouden gerelateerd kunnen zijn aan geheime militaire vliegtuigen of experimenten met nieuwe vormen van transport en energie. Dit alles draagt bij aan de complexiteit en het mysterie rondom UFO’s en buitenaardse verschijnselen.

    Kortom, de wereld van UFO’s en buitenaardse verschijnselen blijft een fascinerend en ongrijpbaar terrein. Hoewel veel incidenten kunnen worden verklaard door natuurlijke en menselijke oorzaken, blijven de meest mysterieuze gevallen voor velen een bron van verwondering en speculatie. Of het nu buitenaardse wezens, interdimensionale entiteiten of geheime technologieën zijn, één ding is zeker: deze verschijnselen blijven ons uitdagen om verder te kijken dan wat we met onze zintuigen kunnen waarnemen en onze wetenschap kunnen begrijpen.

    Spookhuizen en Geestenverschijnselen

    Naast de bekende UFO’s en buitenaardse verschijnselen vormen geesten en spookhuizen een intrigerend onderdeel van wat men vaak de “high strangeness” noemt. Deze fenomenen worden al eeuwenlang beschreven en hebben een diepe wortel in de folklore, volksverhalen en ook in de hedendaagse paranormal onderzoeken. Mensen die geconfronteerd worden met deze verschijnselen, rapporteren vaak een verscheidenheid aan onverklaarbare gebeurtenissen die moeilijk te verklaren zijn binnen de grenzen van de reguliere wetenschap.

    Een van de meest voorkomende tekenen van geestenverschijnselen zijn mysterieuze geluiden. Denk hierbij aan onverklaarbare geklop, gefluit, fluisteringen of andere geluiden die niet te herleiden zijn tot menselijke activiteit of natuurlijke oorzaken. Sommige getuigen melden dat ze stemmen horen die niet van deze wereld lijken te zijn of dat ze opzwepende of spookachtige geluiden waarnemen die onverwacht opduiken. Daarnaast worden mensen vaak geconfronteerd met visuele verschijnselen, zoals het zien van schimmen, doorzichtige figuren of plotselinge bewegingen van onzichtbare entiteiten. Deze verschijnselen worden vaak ervaren in oude, verlaten of bijzonder geladen locaties—de zogenaamde spookhuizen—waar de geschiedenis en de sfeer een rol spelen.

    Wat deze fenomenen extra bijzonder maakt, is dat ze vaak gepaard gaan met fysieke sensaties. Mensen kunnen bijvoorbeeld plotselinge temperatuurwisselingen ervaren, waarbij een ruimte bijvoorbeeld ijskoud wordt zonder duidelijke reden. Sommige getuigen melden dat ze de aanwezigheid van een onzichtbare entiteit voelen door middel van koude rillingen of een gevoel van druk op de borst. Daarnaast worden ook waarnemingen gedaan van bewegende voorwerpen, zoals stoelen die vanzelf verschuiven of voorwerpen die zonder menselijke tussenkomst van plaats veranderen. In sommige gevallen rapporteert men zelfs lichamelijke aanrakingen door onzichtbare entiteiten, wat de ervaring nog intensiever en emotioneler maakt.

    Al deze verschijnselen blijven voor velen een mysterie dat moeilijk te doorgronden is met de huidige wetenschappelijke kennis. Desalniettemin blijven mensen gefascineerd door de mogelijkheid dat er meer is tussen hemel en aarde, en dat geesten en andere onverklaarbare verschijnselen een deel uitmaken van onze realiteit. Of deze fenomenen nu daadwerkelijk bestaan of niet, ze blijven een boeiend onderwerp dat tot de verbeelding spreekt en velen uitdaagt om verder te onderzoeken.

    Mysterieuze Wezens en Creatures

    Een ander fascinerend en intrigerend onderdeel van het fenomeen high strangeness betreft de mysterieuze wezens en creatures die mensen over de hele wereld blijven verbazen en verwonderen. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan de legendarische Bigfoot, een groot, haarbedekt wezen dat in de bossen van Noord-Amerika zou leven. Ondanks talloze waarnemingen, voetafdrukken en zelfs vermeende ontmoetingen, is er nog nooit hard bewijs gevonden dat deze cryptide daadwerkelijk bestaat. Hetzelfde geldt voor de Chupacabra, een bovennatuurlijk wezen dat vooral in Latijns-Amerikaanse folklore wordt beschreven als een bloedzuigende creature die geiten en andere dieren lijkt aan te vallen. Daarnaast zijn er de zogenaamde “Men in Black”, mysterieuze mannen gekleed in zwarte pakken die vaak verschijnen na UFO-waarnemingen en getuigen onder druk zetten of intimidatie toepassen om getuigen te laten zwijgen.

    Deze wezens worden vaak beschreven als ongrijpbaar en onbegrijpelijk, en lijken zich buiten de normale logica en wetenschap te bewegen. Ze worden vaak gekoppeld aan UFO-incidenten en bovennatuurlijke verschijnselen, wat de complexiteit en de onderlinge connectie van deze fenomenen benadrukt. Veel getuigen rapporteren dat ze deze wezens hebben gezien in situaties die niet te verklaren zijn met conventionele wetenschap, zoals spontane verschijnselen in de natuur of onverklaarbare ontmoetingen die lijken te wijzen op het bestaan van een andere realiteit. Soms worden deze wezens ook in verband gebracht met paranormale gebeurtenissen, waardoor ze een belangrijke rol spelen binnen de wereld van high strangeness en het onverklaarbare. Het mysterie rondom deze creatures blijft voortduren, en zij blijven een bron van speculatie en onderzoek voor zowel onderzoekers als liefhebbers van het bovennatuurlijke.

    Theorieën en Uitleg

    Verschillende wetenschappelijke en pseudowetenschappelijke theorieën proberen deze mysterieuze fenomenen te verklaren. Een van de meest fascinerende verklaringen is dat we te maken hebben met buitenaardse technologieën of wezens die ons bestaan kruisen. Volgens deze theorieën zouden ufologen en onderzoekers die zich richten op buitenaardse verschijnselen geloven dat sommige waarnemingen van mysterieuze lichten, vliegende objecten en contacten met vermeende buitenaardse wezens niet anders te verklaren zijn dan ontmoetingen met buitenaardse intelligences. Zij stellen dat deze wezens of technologieën onze wereld al eeuwenlang bezoeken en dat ze soms contact maken met mensen, hoewel dit meestal verborgen blijft voor het grote publiek. Dit zou kunnen wijzen op een geavanceerde technologie die ons begrip te boven gaat en die nog niet door de wetenschap is ontdekt.

    Aan de andere kant zijn er ook psychologische verklaringen voor deze fenomenen. Sommige onderzoekers denken dat wat mensen waarnemen, kan worden toegeschreven aan psychologische processen zoals massahypnose, slaapverlamming of collectieve angst. Bijvoorbeeld, in situaties van stress, angst of slaapstoornissen kunnen mensen hallucinaties of angstaanjankelijke ervaringen hebben die op het eerste gezicht buitenaards of bovennatuurlijk lijken. Slaapverlamming, een fenomeen waarbij je je bewust bent maar niet kunt bewegen, wordt vaak gelinkt aan het zien van schimmen of wezens die niet echt bestaan. Daarnaast kunnen massale paniek of angst, bijvoorbeeld tijdens een mysterieus incident, leiden tot collectieve hallucinaties of misverstanden die het fenomeen versterkingen en langdurige verhalen veroorzaken.

    Bovendien suggereren sommige wetenschappers dat deze verschijnselen onderdeel zijn van een veel groter mysterie dat nog in de kinderschoenen staat van ons begrip. Zij geloven dat we slechts aan de rand staan van een veel dieper en complexer universum of werkelijkheid, waar onze huidige wetenschappelijke kennis nog niet toereikend is om alles te verklaren. Deze theorieën gaan ervan uit dat onze perceptie van de werkelijkheid beperkt is en dat er misschien dimensies of wezens bestaan die buiten ons bereik liggen, maar die zich op mysterieuze wijze aan ons openbaren. Kortom, deze fenomenen kunnen mogelijk wijzen op een veel complexere en intrigerende werkelijkheid die we nog moeten leren begrijpen.

    De Rol van Media en Cultuur

    De rol van media en cultuur bij de popularisering van paranormale verhalen is zeer significant en complex. Media, zoals televisie, films, boeken en internet, spelen een cruciale rol in het toegankelijk maken en verspreiden van verhalen over bovennatuurlijke fenomenen. Door deze verhalen op een meeslepende en vaak sensationele manier te presenteren, ontstaat er een soort “cocktail” van emoties: angst, nieuwsgierigheid, verwondering en soms zelfs fascinatie voor het onbekende. Deze mix zorgt ervoor dat het publiek wordt aangetrokken tot de mysterieuze wereld van de hoge vreemdelingenheid en het paranormale.

    Films en tv-shows zoals “The X-Files” of “Stranger Things” brengen bijvoorbeeld bovennatuurlijke en buitenaardse verschijnselen tot leven, waardoor ze een blijvende indruk achterlaten bij kijkers. Boeken en documentaires dragen bij aan het vormen van een narratief dat vaak een mix is van feit en fictie, waardoor de grenzen tussen wetenschap en fantasie vervagen. Daarnaast zorgen media voor de creatie van een cultuur waarin paranormale ervaringen en theorieën worden gedeeld en besproken, wat de populariteit en geloofwaardigheid ervan versterkt.

    Deze culturele representaties beïnvloeden niet alleen de manier waarop het publiek naar deze fenomenen kijkt, maar ook de houding van onderzoekers en enthousiastelingen. Ze kunnen bijvoorbeeld de zoektocht naar bewijs en verklaring sturen en soms zelfs de perceptie van wat als “realistisch” wordt beschouwd, bepalen. Kortom, media en cultuur spelen een essentiële rol in het vormen van onze collectieve verbeelding en begrip van het paranormale.

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    De wereld van high strangeness blijft een intrigerend en complex terrein dat ons uitdaagt om onze manier van denken en waarnemen uit te breiden. Het omvat een breed scala aan mysterieuze fenomenen, zoals UFO’s, geesten, buitenaardse wezens en andere onverklaarbare ervaringen. Ondanks de vele onderzoeken en theorieën, blijven de bewijzen vaak ambigu, onvolledig en moeilijk te verifiëren. Dit zorgt ervoor dat deze onderwerpen niet alleen een fascinerend onderwerp voor wetenschappers en onderzoekers blijven, maar ook voor een breed publiek dat zich afvraagt of er meer is dan wat wij met onze zintuigen kunnen waarnemen. Wat duidelijk is, is dat deze fenomenen onze nieuwsgierigheid blijven stimuleren en ons aansporen om verder te kijken dan de grenzen van onze normale werkelijkheid. Misschien ligt de sleutel tot het begrijpen van deze mysteries niet uitsluitend in de wetenschappelijke methoden, maar juist in onze bereidheid om vragen te blijven stellen, open te staan voor nieuwe ideeën en de grenzen van onze kennis te blijven verleggen. De wereld van high strangeness biedt een unieke mix van verwondering, mysterie en onzekerheid die ons als mens altijd zal blijven boeien en uitdagen. Het is deze voortdurende zoektocht naar antwoorden die het onderwerp zo fascinerend en relevant maakt, omdat het ons herinnert aan de oneindige rijkdom en complexiteit van het universum waarin wij leven.

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    De Mysteries van de Bermudadriehoek, UFO’s en Verbindingen met Atlantis

    De Bermudadriehoek, ook wel bekend als de “Driehoek van de Verloren Zenders”, is een gebied in de Atlantische Oceaan dat zich uitstrekt tussen Miami, Bermuda en Puerto Rico. Sinds de 20e eeuw hebben talloze verhalen de ronde gedaan over mysterieuze verdwijningen van schepen en vliegtuigen binnen dit gebied. Deze fenomenen hebben de menselijke nieuwsgierigheid gewekt en geleid tot een breed scala aan theorieën, variërend van natuurlijke oorzaken tot bovennatuurlijke en paranormale verklaringen. Recentelijk is ook de connectie met UFO-waarnemingen en de legende van Atlantis in de discussie betrokken, waardoor de mysteries rondom de Bermudadriehoek een complex en intrigerend onderwerp vormen dat wetenschap, mythologie en pseudowetenschap met elkaar verbindt.

    De geschiedenis en waarnemingen

    De eerste berichten over onverklaarbare incidenten in de Bermudadriehoek dateren uit de 19e eeuw, maar de populariteit nam sterk toe na de publicatie van het artikel “The Deadly Bermuda Triangle” in 1964, en de publicatie van het boek “The Bermuda Triangle” door Charles Berlitz in 1974. Volgens deze bronnen zouden honderden schepen en vliegtuigen binnen dit gebied zijn verdwenen zonder duidelijke oorzaak. De bekendste incidenten omvatten de verdwijning van de USS Cyclops in 1918, de vlucht van Flight 19 in 1945, en de verloren Boeing 777 in 2015.

    Wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar deze incidenten heeft echter aangetoond dat veel van de vermeende verdwijningen kunnen worden verklaard door natuurlijke oorzaken. Bijvoorbeeld, snel veranderende weersomstandigheden, onderwaterstromingen, menselijke fouten en technische storingen spelen een significante rol. De regio staat bekend om zijn hete wateren en snel bewegende stormen, wat de navigatie bemoeilijkt. Daarnaast is het gebied een drukke scheepvaartroute, waardoor het statistisch gezien onvermijdelijk is dat er ongevallen plaatsvinden.

    Natuurlijke verklaringen en wetenschappelijke benadering

    Wetenschappers benadrukken dat de vermeende mysterieuze verdwijningen grotendeels kunnen worden verklaard door natuurlijke factoren en menselijke fouten. Onderwatergeologie toont aan dat de regio gekenmerkt wordt door zogeheten “muren” en “snelstromingen”, die schepen kunnen verrassen en doen kapseizen. Bovendien kunnen onderwatergeulen en riffen scheepswrakken veroorzaken. Ook de aanwezigheid van methaanhydraatgaten, waarbij gas uit de zeebodem vrij komt en het water minder dicht maakt, kan leiden tot plotselinge verzakkingen van schepen.

    Wat betreft vliegtuigen, worden storingen vaak toegeschreven aan onvoorspelbare weersomstandigheden, zoals onweersbuien en turbulentie. De menselijke factor speelt eveneens een rol, vooral gezien de hoge verkeersdrukte in het gebied. De combinatie van natuurlijke en menselijke factoren verklaart grotendeels de incidenten, waardoor het idee van een bovennatuurlijk mysterie wordt onderuit gehaald.

    UFO’s en buitenaardse theorieën

    Naast de natuurlijke verklaring bestaan er theorieën die de rol van UFO’s en buitenaardse wezens in de mysteries van de Bermudadriehoek suggereren. Aanvankelijk werden waarnemingen van onverklaarbare vliegende objecten vaak gerelateerd aan de legendes over buitenaardse bezoeken. Sommige onderzoekers beweren dat de anomalieën in het gebied mogelijk het gevolg zijn van buitenaardse activiteit, zoals het observeren of zelfs het kidnappen van mensen en schepen.

    Deze theorieën worden vaak ondersteund door anekdotisch bewijs van getuigen die vreemde lichten en objecten in de lucht hebben gezien. UFO-onderzoekers wijzen op de frequentie van deze waarnemingen in de regio en suggereren dat de anomalieën niet volledig kunnen worden verklaard door natuurlijke oorzaken. Echter, wetenschappelijke consensus blijft sceptisch, omdat er geen concreet bewijs is dat UFO’s daadwerkelijk betrokken zijn bij de verdwij

    ningen in de Bermudadriehoek. Desalniettemin blijven deze theorieën populair onder het grote publiek en dragen ze bij aan de mystiek rondom het gebied. Sommige onderzoekers speculeren dat de regio mogelijk een soort portaal of energetisch knooppunt zou kunnen zijn, waar bovennatuurlijke of buitenaardse krachten zich manifesteren. Hoewel deze ideeën fascinerend zijn, ontbreekt het wetenschappelijke bewijs om deze te ondersteunen en blijven ze binnen het domein van pseudowetenschap en speculatie.

    De connectie met Atlantis en de mythevorming

    Een andere intrigerende dimensie die vaak in verband wordt gebracht met de Bermudadriehoek is de legende van Atlantis. Volgens sommige theorieën zou de ondergang van de mythische beschaving verband kunnen houden met de mysterieuze gebeurtenissen in dit gebied. De veronderstelde verbindingen worden vooral gesuggereerd door de aanwezigheid van onderwaterstructuren en artefacten die mogelijk op het continent Atlantis wijzen.

    De mythe van Atlantis, zoals beschreven door de Griekse filosoof Plato, beschrijft een geavanceerde beschaving die onder water zou zijn verdwenen na een catastrofale gebeurtenis. Sommige onderzoekers en pseudowetenschappers geloven dat deze gebeurtenis mogelijk plaatsvond in de buurt van de Bermudadriehoek, en dat de anomalieën en verdwijningen daar verband mee houden. Ze wijzen op onderwaterstructuren die lijken op restanten van oude beschavingen en beweren dat deze bewijzen zouden kunnen zijn voor een verloren stad of continent.

    Echter, archeologisch bewijs voor het bestaan van Atlantis is uiterst beperkt en wordt door de meeste wetenschappers als niet overtuigend beschouwd. De connectie tussen Atlantis en de Bermudadriehoek blijft dus grotendeels speculatief en onderdeel van de mythische narratieven die de regio omringen. Niettemin blijft de fascineratie voor een mogelijke onderwater- of ondergrondse lost city een krachtig element in de popularisering van de mysteries van de regio.

    Moderne wetenschappelijke inzichten en technologische ontwikkelingen

    In de afgelopen decennia hebben technologische vooruitgang en wetenschappelijk onderzoek geleid tot een beter begrip van de fenomenen in de Bermudadriehoek. Satellietbeelden, sonar en diepzeeonderzoeken hebben aangetoond dat veel van de vermeende mysteries verklaarbaar zijn door natuurlijke processen en geologische kenmerken. Bijvoorbeeld, het zogenaamde “Bermuda Triangle Mystery” wordt nu vaak toegeschreven aan een combinatie van menselijke fouten, weersomstandigheden en natuurlijke geologische structuren.

    Daarnaast heeft de ontwikkeling van navigatiesystemen zoals GPS en radar de veiligheid van scheepvaart en luchtvaart aanzienlijk verbeterd. Hierdoor is het aantal ongevallen in het gebied afgenomen en wordt de regio niet langer beschouwd als bijzonder gevaarlijk. Wetenschappers benadrukken dat de angst voor het onbekende vaak versterkt wordt door sensationalistische media en pseudo-wetenschappelijke publicaties, en dat een rationele, op bewijs gebaseerde benadering de beste manier is om de mysteries te begrijpen.

    De rol van pseudowetenschap en de media

    Ondanks de wetenschappelijke verklaringen blijven pseudowetenschappelijke theorieën en sensationele verhalen de publieke verbeelding voeden. Films, boeken en documentaires over de Bermuda Triangle brengen de mythe levend en versterken het idee dat er onverklaarbare krachten in het spel zijn. Sommige auteurs en onderzoekers maken gebruik van de angst en nieuwsgierigheid van mensen om commerciële belangen te dienen, door bijvoorbeeld onverklaarbare gebeurtenissen te dramatiseren of te overdrijven. Deze sensationalistische benaderingen leiden vaak tot een vervorming van de feiten en een verdeling tussen feit en fictie, wat het begrip van de werkelijke oorzaken bemoeilijkt.

    De media spelen hierbij een grote rol door het creëren van een sensationeel narratief dat niet altijd overeenkomt met de feiten. Door het benadrukken van mysterieuze en onverklaarbare gebeurtenissen wordt de aandacht van het publiek getrokken, vaak zonder kritische reflectie op de betrouwbaarheid van de bronnen. Sensatiejournalistiek en populaire documentaires laten zelden ruimte voor wetenschappelijke nuance en verklaringen gebaseerd op empirisch bewijs. Hierdoor worden complottheorieën en pseudowetenschappelijke ideeën als plausibele alternatieven gepresenteerd, wat de verwarring en scepsis onder de bevolking versterkt.

    Deze tendens heeft geleid tot een cultuur waarin het mysterieuze en het onverklaarbare aantrekkelijker lijken dan de wetenschappelijke verklaringen. Het bevordert een wereldbeeld waarin de Bermuda Triangle niet slechts een gebied is waar natuurlijke en technische oorzaken kunnen worden gevonden, maar een plek vol verborgen krachten en buitenaardse invloeden. Dit versterkt de mythe en maakt het moeilijk voor het publiek om onderscheid te maken tussen feit en fictie. Het gevaar hiervan is dat het geloof in pseudowetenschap en complottheorieën kan leiden tot desinformatie en het ondermijnen van wetenschappelijke kennis.

    Het is daarom essentieel dat wetenschappers en journalisten samenwerken om correcte informatie te verspreiden en kritisch denken te stimuleren. Educatie over de wetenschappelijke methode en het belang van bewijs kan helpen om de invloed van sensationele verhalen te beperken. Door transparant te zijn over de beperkingen en onzekerheden binnen de wetenschap, kunnen we het vertrouwen in empirisch onderzoek behouden en voorkomen dat pseudowetenschap een dominante rol krijgt in de publieke perceptie. Alleen door kritisch te blijven en bewust te zijn van de rol die media en pseudowetenschap spelen, kunnen we een meer geïnformeerde en realistische kijk op de mysteries van de Bermuda Driehoek en gerelateerde onderwerpen ontwikkelen.

    BESLUIT

    De verkenning van de mysteries rondom de Bermudadriehoek, UFO-waarnemingen en de mogelijke connecties met de legendarische beschaving van Atlantis biedt een fascinerend inzicht in de complexiteit en het mysterie dat deze onderwerpen omringt. Hoewel veel van de verhalen en theorieën aanvankelijk op speculatie en anekdotisch bewijs leunen, ontstaat er door grondig onderzoek en kritische analyse een genuanceerder beeld. De Bermudadriehoek wordt vaak geassocieerd met mysterieuze verdwijningen van schepen en vliegtuigen, maar wetenschappelijke verklaringen zoals weersomstandigheden, menselijke fouten en elektromagnetische fenomenen bieden vaak voldoende uitleg. Toch blijven er vragen bestaan die niet volledig beantwoord kunnen worden, wat bijdraagt aan de aura van mysterie.

    Wat UFO’s betreft, tonen de vele waarnemingen en rapportages dat deze verschijnselen de verbeelding blijven prikkelen en vaak aanleiding geven tot speculaties over buitenaardse betrokkenheid. Hoewel er geen definitief bewijs is voor buitenaardse visitaties, blijven deze fenomenen een interessant onderzoeksgebied dat onze perceptie van de werkelijkheid uitdaagt.

    De mogelijke verbindingen met Atlantis voegen een extra dimensie toe aan de discussie. Atlantis fungeert als symbool voor een geavanceerde beschaving die mogelijk verbonden is met onderwater- en aardse mysteries. Sommige theorieën suggereren dat de kennis en technologie van Atlantis een rol kunnen spelen bij de verklaringen voor de onverklaarbare verschijnselen in de Bermudadriehoek en de UFO-waarnemingen.

    Kortom, de dissertatie benadrukt dat hoewel veel mysteries onopgelost blijven, het belang ligt in het blijven onderzoeken en kritisch evalueren van de beschikbare bewijzen. Het zoeken naar antwoorden op deze intrigerende vragen stimuleert niet alleen onze nieuwsgierigheid, maar draagt ook bij aan een dieper begrip van de wereld en haar verborgen geheimen. De mysteries rondom de Bermudadriehoek, UFO’s en Atlantis blijven een bron van inspiratie en onderzoek, en wellicht ligt de sleutel tot hun oplossing in de combinatie van wetenschap, openheid en creatieve verbeelding.

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    Why Are Pyramids Everywhere? A Global Pattern or Universal Logic?

    Why are pyramids everywhere? This is a beautiful photo of the Great Pyramid at sunset.

    Pyramids have captivated human imagination for centuries, appearing in a broad spectrum of cultures across every continent—Egypt, Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Africa, Asia, and regions where direct contact between civilizations seems unlikely. Their widespread occurrence prompts profound questions about their origins, functions, and possible underlying principles. Are these structures coincidental, products of convergent evolution driven by similar practical needs, or do they hint at a deeper, perhaps lost, global connection? This comprehensive analysis aims to explore the phenomenon of pyramids worldwide, examining their origins, cultural significance, and the potential universal architectural logic that underpins their recurrence.

    Why are pyramids everywhere? In the Egyptian desert, the pyramids stand still under a shifting sky. Their limestone blocks, weathered and pale, still hold their lines after more than four thousand years. The shape is deliberate: wide at the base, narrowing as it climbs, ending in a point that once caught the sun.

    Half a world away, the jungle presses against broken stone. In Guatemala, temple steps rise above the trees, stacked high by Maya masons who built for ceremony, not burial. Their pyramids were climbed, not sealed. The shape is familiar, but the meaning was different.

    The most well-known of these is the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, which remains sealed beneath a massive earthen pyramid surrounded by a buried army of terracotta soldiers.

    These structures have no shared blueprint. Their builders never met, never traded, never wrote of one another. They spoke different languages and worshipped different gods. Still, the shape repeats. From the Andes to the Nile, from the Sahara to the Yangtze, the pyramid keeps showing up, always rising, always reaching.

    The Ubiquity of Pyramids: A Global Phenomenon

    Architectural forms resembling pyramids have been discovered on every inhabited continent, underscoring their status as a truly global phenomenon. The Egyptian pyramids, especially the Great Pyramid of Giza, dating back to approximately 2580–2560 BCE, are among the most iconic symbols of ancient architecture. Meanwhile, civilizations in Mesoamerica, including the Maya and Aztecs, constructed step pyramids such as El Castillo at Chichen Itza and the Templo Mayor, serving religious and ceremonial purposes. In Africa, the Nubian pyramids of Sudan, built between circa 800 BCE and 1500 CE, feature steep-sided structures that differ from their Egyptian counterparts but share the pyramidal form. Southeast Asia boasts structures like Borobudur in Indonesia, a massive stepped pyramid that functions as a Buddhist pilgrimage site, while the ancient Mesopotamians built ziggurats—terraced platforms with pyramidal outlines serving as temples. Even in China, the mausoleum of Emperor Jing of Han exhibits pyramidal features.

    This extensive distribution raises critical questions: Is this mere coincidence, or does it reflect some universal principle or shared human instinct? The widespread nature of pyramids across cultures and epochs suggests an underlying pattern that warrants scientific and cultural inquiry.

    The shape that touches the sky

    The pyramid is not just a symbol. It’s a shape grounded in physics and built from the simplest logic of weight and balance. A wide base. Sloping sides. As the structure rises, it narrows. That design doesn’t happen by accident. When you stack stone or mudbrick and let gravity do the rest, the most reliable shape you get is a pyramid. The weight holds itself together. It pushes down, not out. And because of that, pyramids can stand for thousands of years without columns or internal framing. They’re not easy to build, but we are told and reassured by mainstream experts that they don’t require complex tools, just labor, patience, and a plan.

    In Egypt, the earliest pyramid-like structures are believed to have begun as mastabas: rectangular tombs with flat tops and sloped sides. Around 2600 BCE, that changed. Djoser, a king of Egypt’s Third Dynasty, commissioned his architect, Imhotep, to stack mastabas into tiers. That experiment became the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the first pyramid in Egypt. Later builders and architects are believed to have refined the idea, smoothing the angles and expanding the scale. By the time of Khufu, the shape had reached its peak: the Great Pyramid at Giza, aligned almost perfectly to the cardinal points, built from more than two million blocks of stone.

    Step pyramid of Djoser. Credit: Jumpstory
    Step pyramid of Djoser.
    Credit: Jumpstory

    Some of those blocks are still difficult to explain. The core limestone came from quarries nearby, but the smooth outer casing, now mostly gone, came from Tura, across the river. The granite beams above the King’s Chamber, some weighing more than 50 tons, were transported from Aswan, over 800 kilometers to the south. No records explain how they were moved. Ramps are the leading theory, but no ramp system found so far fully accounts for the scale, precision, and elevation involved. For all the study and excavation, the logistics behind the Great Pyramid remain one of archaeology’s most persistent puzzles. And one of my favorite mysteries about the pyramids.

    In Central America, the pyramid took on a different role. The Maya, Aztec, and earlier cultures like the Olmec built stepped pyramids not as tombs but as stages. These were sites of ceremony, processions, and offerings to the gods. Temples sat at the top. Staircases ran down the middle. Unlike the sealed pyramids of Egypt, these were designed to be climbed. Many were built over earlier structures, layer by layer, as each new ruler added their mark to the past. One of the largest pyramids on Earth is located in North America, in the city of Puebla. It is called the Great Pyramid of Cholula.

    How the Pyramid of Cholula supposedly looked like.
    How the Pyramid of Cholula supposedly looked like.

    Back to Africa and Egypt. To the south of Egypt, in what is now Sudan, the Nubian pyramids rose after Egypt’s golden age had faded. The Kingdom of Kush built hundreds of small, narrow pyramids in the desert near Meroë and Napata. They were sharper in angle, often just 6 to 30 meters tall, but their purpose was similar, to honor and bury kings, queens, and elites. They reflected Egypt’s influence, but with distinct local style.

    In China, the shape appears again. The burial mound of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor to unite China, was built in the 3rd century BCE and shaped like a low, flat pyramid. It’s still sealed. Remote sensing suggests a vast complex beneath the soil, rivers of mercury, miniature palaces, walls — but the tomb itself remains untouched. Other imperial mausoleums in the region follow the same form: wide at the base, rising to a flat point, then covered in earth and left to blend into the hills.

    A rare view of the summit of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

    A rare view of the summit of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

    Coincidence or Convergent Evolution?

    The question of whether pyramids are the result of coincidence or convergent evolution is central to understanding their ubiquity. Coincidence implies that different cultures independently arrived at similar architectural solutions due to common needs or constraints. Convergent evolution in architecture suggests that similar forms develop independently in response to analogous environmental factors, societal functions, or symbolic needs.

    Several factors strongly support the idea of convergent evolution:

    • Practicality and Structural Stability: Pyramids are inherently stable structures. Their broad bases and tapering apex facilitate weight distribution and resistance to environmental stressors such as earthquakes and erosion. This stability makes them ideal for tombs, religious temples, or ceremonial platforms—functions that require durability.

    • Resource Availability: The materials used for pyramid construction—stone, mud brick—were accessible in numerous regions. For example, limestone in Egypt, volcanic stone in Mesoamerica, and mud bricks in Mesopotamia were locally abundant, enabling the independent development of pyramid structures.

    • Symbolic Significance: The pyramid shape often symbolizes a connection between earth and the divine, with the apex representing the heavens or spiritual ascent. Such symbolism appears to be universally appealing, possibly rooted in innate human cognition or shared spiritual concepts.

    • Functional Utility: Pyramids serve similar societal functions across cultures—marking tombs, serving as temples, or acting as territorial symbols. Their monumental nature elevates their societal importance, which may naturally lead to the adoption of similar forms.

    The convergence of these factors suggests that the recurrence of pyramids can largely be explained by convergent evolution driven by shared environmental constraints, resource availability, and symbolic universals rather than direct contact or shared origins across civilizations.

    Independent invention or shared idea?

    As much as some would like to believe otherwise, there’s no evidence that ancient Egypt and the civilizations of the Americas ever made contact. The oceans were too wide, the timelines too far apart. They didn’t share a language, trade goods, or leave behind anything that connects them. And yet, both built pyramids. Large, angular, enduring. The resemblance has confused and intrigued scholars for over a century. It still does. But most experts agree: it’s coincidence.

    Archaeologists call it convergent design. The pyramid solves practical problems. If you’re stacking stone or mudbrick and want the structure to last, gravity does most of the planning for you. Build up, and the shape naturally tapers. It’s stable. It’s strong. And if the base is wide enough, it will stand for a very long time. Just look at the pyramids in Egypt.

    The pyramid is what happens when you stack stone long enough, said one archaeologist when I was living in Mexico (Yup, I lived there for over 15 years). He argued that it is the most efficient way to build tall without needing much engineering.

    That’s true in theory maybe. The shape is efficient. But in practice, building a pyramid wasn’t easy. It took organization, manpower, and long-term planning. Moving heavy stone, lifting it into place, and keeping the structure aligned over dozens of vertical meters demanded far more than instinct. So we have to remember that these weren’t casual constructions. Some pyramids, like for example Cholula, took several generations to build.

    And also, practicality wasn’t the only reason pyramids were built, either. In many places, height carried symbolic weight. Mountains were often seen as sacred, places where gods lived or where the living could reach toward the sky. By building upward, people recreated that connection. A pyramid placed the dead, the divine, or the ceremonial high above the ground. That elevation wasn’t just by chance or just because a king back in the day wanted something pointy.

    The shape also served power. A pyramid stands out. It can be seen from far away. It doesn’t need decoration to feel important. It can be built over time, layer by layer, each generation adding to the one before (just like cholula). It doesn’t crack or lean, well at least not if it was built right. For rulers who wanted to mark the land, or be remembered long after they were gone, it was a shape that worked.

    Cultural and Religious Significance

    Despite their similar forms, pyramids often have distinct cultural meanings. Egyptian pyramids are primarily designed as royal tombs, facilitating the pharaoh’s journey to the afterlife. Mesoamerican pyramids, such as those at Chichen Itza, served as temples for religious rituals and sacrifices. Ziggurats in Mesopotamia functioned as terraced platforms dedicated to gods, reflecting a different religious worldview. In Nubia, the pyramids served as tombs for kings and queens, emphasizing their role in funerary practices. In Asia, structures like Borobudur symbolize spiritual enlightenment and the journey toward nirvana. While the architectural form remains similar—a stepped or smooth-sided pyramid—their purposes are deeply embedded in specific cultural, religious, and societal contexts.

    This diversity underscores an important point: although the shape of pyramids appears across cultures, their symbolic meanings are often context-dependent. Nonetheless, the recurring use of a pyramid shape in sacred and funerary architecture suggests a shared human tendency to use monumental forms to mark significance, transcendence, and the divine. This universality in symbolic gesture might be rooted in innate cognitive patterns, such as the human tendency to recognize and emulate hierarchical, ascending forms as expressions of spiritual or societal hierarchy.

    The Universal Architectural Logic Given the widespread occurrence and similar structural features, it is worth exploring whether there exists a universal architectural logic underlying pyramid construction. Several scientific and geometrical principles support this idea:

    Geometric Efficiency and Structural Stability: The pyramid’s shape distributes weight evenly downward, minimizing stress on the structure and enabling it to reach impressive heights without complex support systems. The broad base provides stability, while the tapering apex reduces material use and enhances strength.

    Material Optimization: The pyramid form allows builders to use locally available materials efficiently, stacking stones or bricks in a way that maximizes the strength-to-weight ratio. This principle of material efficiency is consistent with engineering practices observed across various civilizations.

    Environmental Adaptation: Pyramids are well-suited to diverse climates and geographies. Their shape offers resistance to weathering and erosion, and their thermal properties—such as the ability to maintain stable internal temperatures—are advantageous in hot, dry environments.

    Symbolic Geometry: The pyramid’s shape can be associated with fundamental geometric principles, such as the concept of the monumental triangle, which is aesthetically and symbolically powerful. The pyramid’s form can be linked to the idea of a mountain—a universal symbol of stability, permanence, and spiritual ascent.

    Cognitive and Cultural Universals Research in cognitive science and anthropology suggests that humans have innate tendencies toward certain geometric forms and symbolic representations. For instance, studies indicate that humans across cultures tend to attribute sacredness to pyramidal shapes, possibly because they resemble natural features like mountains or celestial bodies. The universality of such forms could be rooted in shared neurocognitive mechanisms, such as pattern recognition, hierarchical structuring, and the human tendency to associate upward movement with spiritual elevation.

    Moreover, the pyramid’s form facilitates ritualistic functions. Its geometric simplicity and visual prominence make it an effective focal point for collective ceremonies and social cohesion. This aligns with theories of cognitive archetypes—universal symbols embedded in the human psyche, as proposed by Carl Jung and others—where certain shapes and motifs recur across different cultures because they resonate with deep-seated psychological patterns.

    A pattern across continents

    Each region built its own kind of pyramid, shaped by the materials they had, the way their societies worked, and what they believed. In Egypt, mainstream experts maintain that the pyramids were tombs (I kind of disagree). In Mesoamerica, they were said to have been used as temples. In China, they sealed emperors underground. In Sudan, they marked the graves of royalty. The designs varied, but the basic form stayed the same, wide at the base, rising to a point.

    In Egypt, pyramid construction reached its height during the Old Kingdom. As political power and resources declined, it is believed that the building slowed and eventually stopped. In Mesoamerica, the tradition lasted much longer. The Maya were still building pyramids into the 15th century, often adding new layers on top of older ones. In Sudan, the Napatan and Meroitic kingdoms revived the form long after Egypt had moved on. Their pyramids were smaller and steeper, but just as symbolic.

    The Chinese pyramids are harder to spot. Most are covered in earth and blend into the landscape. The largest belongs to Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China. His tomb has never been opened, but surveys suggest there’s a vast underground complex beneath it, palaces, walls, and rivers made of mercury.

    A screengrab showing an aerial view of the Pyramid of El Cerrito. Image Credit: Video Master Producciones / Youtube.

    A screengrab showing an aerial view of the Pyramid of El Cerrito. Image Credit:
    Video Master Producciones / Youtube.

    Why the pyramid worked

    If you asked me to reply logically, I would probably say that a pyramid holds its own weight. That’s the simplest reason it shows up in so many ancient cultures. The wider the base, the more weight it can carry above. When people were building with stone, without mortar or steel, this mattered. You could stack layer after layer, and the shape would stay intact. It didn’t need columns or supports. It stayed up because of the way it was built.
    The question remains, however, how some of the supermassive stones were transported in ancient Egyp, and stacked to the height the stones were stacked. But then again…The structure wasn’t the only reason. Height made a difference. A pyramid could rise above everything around it. In open landscapes, it became a fixed point on the horizon. For rulers, that visibility meant power. It gave their cities a center. It reminded people who was buried there, or who held the land.

    In many places, height also carried spiritual meaning. Mountains were seen as sacred. They stood between the world of people and the world of gods. By building upward, ancient cultures brought that idea into daily life. A pyramid wasn’t a mountain, but it borrowed the shape. It gave form to beliefs that were otherwise invisible.

    There are other ideas, too. Some people believe that different pyramid-building cultures inherited the design from a lost civilization. Others say there was contact between continents long before recorded history. A few suggest more unusual explanations. Archaeologists don’t accept these theories, because they aren’t supported by evidence. But their persistence shows how much mystery the pyramid still holds. For something made of stone, it remains hard to pin down.

    The Role of Contact and Cultural Diffusion in the Development of Pyramid Structures: A Comparative and Scientific Perspective

    The emergence of pyramid-shaped structures across different ancient civilizations has long intrigued scholars, prompting debates about whether these architectural feats resulted from independent innovation (convergent evolution) or through intercultural contact facilitating the dissemination of ideas. While convergent evolution offers a compelling explanation—highlighting how similar environmental and societal pressures can lead to analogous architectures—consideration of trade routes, technological exchange, and archaeological evidence suggests that cultural diffusion may have played a significant role in some instances.

    Historical trade networks such as the Silk Road, which connected East Asia with Central Asia and the Middle East, and maritime routes in the Indian Ocean, facilitated not only the exchange of goods but also the transmission of technological knowledge and architectural concepts. For example, the spread of Buddhist stupas across Asia and Southeast Asia demonstrates how religious and cultural ideas traveled along these networks, potentially influencing local architectural styles, including pyramid-like structures. Maritime exploration and trade might have similarly enabled the transfer of construction techniques, stone-working methods, and symbolic motifs associated with pyramids, thereby fostering their adoption or adaptation in distant regions.

    Nevertheless, the considerable temporal and geographic disparities among pyramid-building civilizations suggest that many of these structures arose independently rather than through direct influence. The Egyptian pyramids, notably the Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, date to the 26th century BCE, significantly predating Mesoamerican pyramids such as the Pyramid of Kukulcán at Chichen Itza, which was constructed around the 12th century CE. Furthermore, Chinese and Southeast Asian civilizations developed their own pyramid-like edifices—such as the Chinese burial mounds (tombs) from the Han Dynasty and the stepped pyramids of Southeast Asia—without definitive archaeological evidence linking these structures to external influences. These patterns support the hypothesis that environmental factors, societal organization, religious beliefs, and technological capabilities independently led to the emergence of pyramids across different regions.

    One of the most curious ancient Egyptian megastructures - the Bent Pyramid. Credit: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

    One of the most curious ancient Egyptian megastructures – the Bent Pyramid.

    Credit: Yann Arthus-Bertrand

    Modern archaeological and engineering studies have shed light on the complexity of pyramid construction and the advanced knowledge systems employed. For instance, the Great Pyramid of Giza exemplifies precise astronomical alignment, with its sides oriented almost perfectly along the cardinal points, indicating sophisticated understanding of geometry and celestial phenomena. Analysis of the core and casing stones reveals advanced quarrying and transportation techniques, reflecting complex logistical organization. Similarly, in Mesoamerica, the construction of pyramids involved specific astronomical alignments and ritual significance, emphasizing the role of cultural symbolism alongside engineering prowess.

    Contemporary scientific methods, such as radiocarbon dating, remote sensing, and material analysis, continue to refine our understanding of these structures' origins and development. These techniques often reveal independent timelines and technological innovations, reinforcing the notion of independent evolution. Moreover, digital reconstructions and structural analyses demonstrate how different civilizations tackled common architectural challenges—such as stability, durability, and symbolic representation—using locally available materials and indigenous engineering techniques.

    In conclusion, while intercultural contact and trade networks undoubtedly facilitated the exchange of ideas and techniques, the independent emergence of pyramid structures in diverse civilizations appears to be primarily driven by convergent evolution—where similar environmental and societal pressures fostered analogous architectural solutions. The integration of archaeological evidence, scientific analyses, and historical context underscores the multifaceted nature of pyramid development, highlighting humanity’s universal tendencies to seek monumental expression of cultural, religious, and societal values through similar architectural forms across different regions and epochs.

    CONCLUSION

    The widespread presence of pyramids across various cultures and regions suggests a fascinating phenomenon: are pyramids a manifestation of a global pattern or do they emerge from a universal logic rooted in human psychology and environmental factors? To understand this, it is essential to consider both the cultural significance and the structural advantages of pyramids.

    Historically, pyramids appear independently in diverse civilizations, from ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica to Mesopotamia and China. This parallel development indicates that pyramids are not simply cultural exports but rather a recurring solution to comparable societal needs and environmental challenges. The pyramid's shape symbolizes stability and durability—an enduring monument that withstands the test of time. Its broad base provides a sturdy foundation, while the tapering apex signifies ascent and spiritual elevation, often reflecting religious or cosmological beliefs.

    From a practical perspective, the pyramid's geometric structure offers remarkable stability, making it suitable for monumental construction. Its inclined sides effectively distribute weight, reducing the risk of collapse, which was crucial in ancient engineering. Additionally, pyramids served as tombs or sacred sites, emphasizing their role as physical embodiments of spiritual beliefs and social hierarchy. Their prominent visibility also reinforced political power and religious authority, serving as symbols of divine legitimacy.

    Culturally, the universal human tendency to seek immortality and to honor the dead may underpin the pyramid form. Many pyramids functioned as elaborate tombs or spiritual gateways, connecting the earthly realm with the divine. This shared human inclination to create enduring monuments to the dead and to express cosmological ideas suggests a universal logic rooted in human psychology.

    Furthermore, environmental factors influenced pyramid design. In regions with abundant stone resources, such as Egypt and Central America, the material dictated the construction style. The pyramid's form was adaptable to local conditions, reinforcing the idea that its prevalence is driven by both cultural symbolism and practical considerations.

    In conclusion, the widespread occurrence of pyramids across civilizations reflects a blend of universal human aspirations, psychological needs, and environmental influences. While cultural nuances shape specific interpretations, the underlying logic—stability, spirituality, and social cohesion—appears to be a common thread. This pattern underscores the universality of human creativity and the shared quest to leave a lasting legacy, making pyramids a compelling symbol of our collective history and aspirations

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Is the Buga Sphere part of a hidden planetary network?

    Is the Buga Sphere part of a hidden planetary network?

    In March 2025, a perfectly smooth metallic sphere crashed near the city of Buga, Colombia, setting in motion a chain of revelations that could rewrite the story of human history. Weighing just 4.5 pounds, the object has no visible seams, joints, or welds. It remains icy cold to the touch and shows no sign of conventional propulsion or manufacturing methods known to science. 
    Buga Sphere
    Its surface is etched with intricate markings eerily similar to symbols from ancient Mesopotamia, as well as other civilizations separated by oceans and thousands of years. AI-assisted analysis suggests the glyphs carry profound themes—unity, transformation, and the origins of consciousness, concepts that cannot easily be reconciled within the framework of standard physics. 
    Advanced scans have revealed hidden internal structures and an unusually dense core. Even more unsettling, researchers have detected the sphere emitting very low frequency (VLF) and low frequency (LFradio waves—signals capable of traveling hundreds of kilometers over terrain and far beyond the horizon, often used in navigation, communications, and precise timing synchronization. 
    Whispers are now spreading about the discovery of a second, even older sphere, quietly stored in a forgotten museum collection. Meanwhile, the glyphs on the Buga sphere appear to be slowly evolving, forming what some believe are coordinates pointing toward remote and mysterious sites: deep within the Amazon, along the shores of Lake Titicaca, and in the highlands of Peru
    This has led to a question, is it just an elaborate hoax or are these spheres fragments of a hidden planetary network, and if so… what happens when it awakens?
      

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    08-08-2025 om 21:59 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Twisted Timelines and Crashing Dimensions: Fascinating Tales of Time and Reality!

    Twisted Timelines and Crashing Dimensions: Fascinating Tales of Time and Reality!

    Twisted Timelines and Crashing Dimensions: Fascinating Tales of Time and Reality!

    Time and reality are concepts that are so mind-bending that our perception of them can run wild, while at the same time, we are left grappling for answers as to the construct and nature of both. The fact is, for all our collective understanding of time and reality, both individually and how they relate to each other, is limited at best. When did time begin, for example, and if there is a starting point that marks the beginning of time, what came before that? Similarly, when will time end, and again, what comes after that? Ultimately, what is time? The same questions could be asked of our reality. Is the world how we perceive it to be, actually how it is? What about the many things that are simply not visible to us because of our limitations regarding the visible spectrum (with the same being said for our hearing ability)? Might there be many different realities all around us, invisible for the most part, aside from those rare occasions when they seemingly crash into one another and intersect.  

    In an article on the subject of time and reality, I wrote several years ago:

    Many researchers into the notion of alternative dimensions and realities suggest that there is a fantastic array of alternative histories and futures. And according to the Many Interacting Worlds theory, these alternative realities regularly interact with our own. At least “on the quantum level”.

    What is perhaps interesting here is that many researchers in the paranormal fields also look to quantum physics to reach entities from “the other side”. Perhaps that other side is actually many other sides – or realities. The fact is, there are many accounts of strange encounters involving anomalies with time and apparent instant journeys into other dimensions. What makes these journeys possible is not known. Perhaps there are vortexes or portals (sometimes referred to as X-points) that allow this transference to another time or location, or perhaps certain convergences of energies are responsible. There are as many possibilities as there are strange cases on record.

    Without a doubt, one of the most fascinating accounts involving time and reality is one, generally speaking, that is known as The Man From Taured case, not least as it is not entirely certain if the encounter is a genuine incident or nothing but an urban legend. Most researchers agree that the account first entered the public arena in the book The Directory of Possibilities by Colin Wilson and John Grant. There were, however, no sources referenced for the account, and there have been no known discoveries of newspaper articles detailing the incident. That said, the legend persists, especially with the arrival of the Internet.

    According to most versions of the account, one morning in the summer of 1954, a man entered Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, and made his way to the customs desk along with the rest of the arriving passengers. The man stated he was in Japan on business and had traveled from Europe, something he had done many times before. Although he could speak good Japanese, it appeared his native language was French. When he produced his passport, however, things turned strange. He claimed he was from a country called Taured, a small nation that sat between France and Spain. Moreover, he produced further paperwork that attested to this, including a driving license, bank statements, and official business papers. He continued that Taured had a history that stretched back over a thousand years and was genuinely confused as to what the problem was.

    Equally confused were the customs officials, who, despite their best efforts, couldn’t locate Taured anywhere on any of their maps. Fortunately, the man was more than cooperative and agreed to stay in a hotel close to the airport in their custody while they got to the bottom of this strange affair. The customs officials kept hold of the man’s passport and papers so they could investigate further, and with a guard constantly outside of his hotel room door, the man was checked into a hotel.  The following morning, however, things took an even stranger turn.

    When customs officials arrived at the hotel to take the man for further questioning, they were shocked to discover the room was empty. The room had only a single window with no balcony or ledge, and was several floors up from the ground, meaning he couldn’t have left via this route without risking almost certain death. Moreover, the guard outside the room was more than certain that the man hadn’t left through the door. He had, essentially, disappeared into thin air. Customs officials had planned to inform the man that the phone numbers on his passport and business papers didn’t appear to be real, with no connection being made when officials had dialed those numbers. Now, though, those papers and passport were also missing, despite being kept in a secure evidence room.

    At this point, customs officials contacted the Tokyo police department and reported the situation to them. They conducted an extensive search of the area around the hotel and the airport – there was no sign at all of the mysterious man. Here is where the story differs a little, depending on the source. Some insist that these searches went on for days, perhaps even longer, while others suggest that they were called off relatively quickly. Whatever the truth, no one saw the Man from Taured ever again. The account, though, leaves us with a plethora of questions.

    Was this a case of a man attempting to enter Japan with false papers who then disappeared in the most inexplicable and unexplained way? It has to be said that it appears unlikely. Even if we take away the bizarre disappearance of the man, we would have to ask why he would choose to use a country that was unknown to the Japanese customs, and not simply France, Spain, Italy, or any other European country, which surely would have improved the chances of the ruse working? Or perhaps the man in question was from another dimension, one that crossed into ours, if only temporarily. This, though, brings up its own questions, not least, when did this dimension switch occur, and why, as far as we know, did it only affect this particular gentleman? If this speculative dimension shift occurred while the plane bringing the mystery man to Tokyo was in the air, then we expect all passengers on that plane to have been affected. Perhaps they were, and the man in question was the only person in this other dimension who was from a country that didn’t exist in his own. Or perhaps this dimension shift occurred at some point after the mystery man left the plane and entered the airport. There is also the possibility, however remote, that the man in question was a time traveler. Perhaps he had somehow switched timelines, or even altered the timeline, resulting in a world where Taured no longer existed.

    We should also consider that the explanation resides somewhere between these different suggestions, perhaps due to the changes in the story as it was retold and circulated over many years, and perhaps, in part, due to the desire of the authorities to quash the account, not least as they had seemingly allowed a man with no official country to escape, his whereabouts unknown, somewhere in Japan, whether he was a conman with a tall story or a gentleman from another realm of existence. At the very least, it showed the authorities had been outwitted; at worst, it displayed their incompetence. This might also explain why there are no official newspaper reports or customs or police records of the incident. Of course, we should be clear, this is pure speculation, with no evidence to back it up. The story of the man from Taured, though, continues to fascinate researchers today. Perhaps one day, proof might surface as to its authenticity. For now, it remains circling in the many urban legends of our modern world.  

    A similar case involving different times or dimensions occurred in the early 1970s, and is also one that many researchers insist is more urban legend than actual account. However, this account did have some limited local newspaper coverage at the time, and the witnesses are named. The account in question unfolded in the Gadianton Canyon in southeastern Utah, a place that has many legends of strange disappearances and other strange goings-on taking place, with some local Mormon legends even stating that the location is home to “bad, evil spirits!

    On the night in question, late one evening in May 1972, four Southern Utah University students – Janna North, who was driving, Carol Abbott, Bethany Gordon, and Lisa Rochefort – were making their way back to the university dormitories after spending the evening at a rodeo, and were eager to get back on campus before the housemaster locked the doors for the night. This desire to get back as quickly as possible led the girls to make a decision that would change their lives forever – they decided to take a shortcut through the Gadianton Canyon.

    Although it was a dark, moonless night, the road along the canyon seemed normal enough, and certainly not scary or intimidating. Then, however, things changed. Suddenly, the road they were driving on came to an end, a huge rock wall in front of them. With no other option, Janna turned the car around and began back the way they had come. When they came to the end of the canyon, though, only several minutes later, their surroundings were different. Gone was the sagebrush and sand that had lined the road previously – now large fields of wheat lined one side of the road while ponderosa pine trees lined the other. Even stranger, even though there had been no (visible) moon that evening, now, the Moon was full and bright. With an increasing sense of confusion and more than a little fear, the girls continued along the road, hopeful that they had simply made a wrong turn. Eventually, streetlamps along the road brought a sense of relief, suggesting that they were heading back into the main town. That relief, however, was only temporary.

    Several moments later, the girls spotted a neon sign ahead of them, a sign that appeared to be attached to what looked like a diner. As they arrived outside the building, the girls noticed that the neon sign contained letters or symbols that none of them had even seen before, and while they couldn’t quite place their finger on it, there was something a little disturbing about this place. Regardless, Janna pulled the car into the diner’s parking lot and swung it around, preparing to bring the vehicle to a stop. As she was doing so, a group of men walked out of the doorway of the building, and Lisa began winding down the window so she could shout over to the men and ask for directions. However, only a second later, Lisa let out a terrified scream and urged Janna to “get them out of there” immediately. Janna immediately pressed her foot on the gas and sped towards the parking lot exit. As the car turned, Carol also got a close-up of the men, and immediately called out that they “were not human!”

    Janna set off back down the road they had traveled down only moments earlier, increasing her speed as she did so. She glanced into her rearview mirror, seeing the men were climbing onto strange egg-shaped vehicles, each with three wheels, two at the front and one at the back. Then, even from this distance away, she could hear a “loud, whirring sound” that reminded her of an angry nest of wasps or hornets as the strange egg-shaped vehicles set off in their direction, an extremely bright light shining from the front of each of them. It was clear to Janna that not only were the men in pursuit of them, but they were quickly getting closer. Moments later, with the strange vehicles still in pursuit, Janna could see the opening to the canyon ahead of them. She increased her speed to in excess of 80 miles per hour and headed straight for it. Several seconds later, they entered the canyon, the car’s tires sending a cloud of dust up around them, which blocked their view of their pursuers. Janna kept the gas pedal pressed down. Then, their surroundings changed. Gone were the fields of wheat and ponderosa pine trees, and in their place were the sagebrush and sandy terrain. This sudden change shocked Janna so much that she temporarily lost control of the car. As it veered off the road, however, she managed to regain control, bringing it to a stop in the sagebrush a short distance from the road.

    The four young women simply sat in the motionless vehicle, each attempting to gather their thoughts and process the bizarre experience they had just shared. Although they had no idea who the men were, they were definitely not human. Perhaps uncertain as to whether these strange men might appear again, the four girls decided to remain in the car with the doors locked until sunrise. The next morning, with daylight seeming to allay the girls’ fears somewhat, Janna finally got out of the car and went to inspect any potential damage to it. Not only were three of the tires flat, but one of the hubcaps was missing entirely. Moreover, there were several significant dents in the bodywork of the vehicle, likely sustained when they left the road. They locked the car and headed for the main road a short distance away.

    Not long after reaching the road, a police patrol car passed them, and the girls managed to flag it down. The officer driving the vehicle was Trooper Vic Lundquist, who was immediately confronted by the four girls and their bizarre account. Lundquist performed some initial examinations of the scene at the time. One of the strangest of his discoveries was that the tire marks began around 200 yards from where the girls’ car had come to a stop, with no tire marks at all leading from the main road, as if the car had suddenly appeared in the middle of the desert-like terrain. Moreover, neither Lundquist or the girls could locate the missing hubcap, perhaps suggesting it had come off long before they had reached the point where the car had come to a stop. Ultimately, while he found the account strange, to say the least, he was positive that something out of the ordinary had happened to the four college students, even if he didn’t know what.

    Just what might have happened that night along the Gadianton Canyon remains a complete mystery. Some researchers suggest there are electromagnetic anomalies along the route that somehow open mysterious gateways (sometimes referred to as X-points) that take those who happen to pass through them while they are open to other dimensions and/or timelines (and we should note that mainstream science has studied these X-points for a considerable time). Could this have been what happened that May evening in 1972? And if so, where were they taken – to another time, perhaps somewhere in the future, or maybe to another dimension, one that is inhabited by non-human intelligences? We might even consider, however unlikely it might be, that the four young women were somehow transported to another planet in another part of the universe. Wherever they went, we might consider that their missing hubcap remains in this other dimension or time, perhaps recovered and displayed as evidence of visitors from elsewhere. Of course, if the four college students did somehow travel to another world or dimension and then travel back again, then we might conclude that there is nothing to stop the inhabitants of these other realms of existence from traveling into our world.

    A similar encounter, at least according to the post by the witness on a paranormal forum on Reddit, occurred in much more recent times in the early 2000s. The location is unknown, but it is likely somewhere in the United States. According to the online post, the witness was driving in their car, with their dog with them, on their way to a local McDonald’s restaurant. As he was making his way along one particular road, he noticed that the streetlights seemed to flicker off momentarily, before coming back on again. This happened several times before he came to the point where he was about to turn off the road. When he did so, everything became suddenly blurry, and he heard a noise like a feedback sound in his head. At the same time, he had a feeling like he was going through an intense static electricity field. Then, after several seconds, everything came back into focus, and the strange noise and electrical sensation stopped.  

    By the time he had refocused, he realized his car had stalled. He reached down for the keys, restarted it, and put the vehicle in motion. He continued along the road, realizing almost immediately that something wasn’t right. He noticed that there were suddenly fewer streetlights along the road. Furthermore, there were several rows of trees at the roadside that he was certain were not there before. He eventually arrived at the complex that housed the McDonald’s restaurant. However, as he searched for the drive-thru, he realized it was now in a different part of the building. He used the restaurant often, and couldn’t recall any such relocation of it. Regardless, he guided his vehicle towards the drive-thru entrance. As he did so, though, he noticed further anomalies.

    Many of the other cars, for example, had designs that he had never seen before. Moreover, many of the names and logos were also ones that he was not at all familiar with. When he reached the menu board, the strangeness continued. Every item on the menu was much more expensive than it had been previously, much more than a natural price increase. Even so, as hungry as he was, he placed his order and, upon arriving at the payment window, handed over his card to pay. Moments later, however, the cashier handed back the card and informed him it had been declined. The cashier then produced a strange red device, telling the witness to place his finger on it to pay. Unwilling to do this, the witness handed over cash, despite it being a large amount. The cashier accepted this, but instead of giving him change, he handed over a small piece of paper, claiming it was a “cash voucher!”

    At this point, the cashier’s movements suddenly became “sticky” and static-like, as if he was stopping and starting, like a stickman in a book where the pages were being flicked through slightly too slowly. As this was happening, the witness felt the strange buildup of electric pressure, as well as hearing the strange feedback noise in his head. This culminated in a sudden bright flash of light before the witness came to, sitting in his car, with the McDonald's restaurant now back in its usual place.  

    It is also worth our time exploring the case of 41-year-old Lerina Garcia, who didn’t travel to another reality, but claims she woke up in the wrong one – ours! According to her online report in 2008, she claims that what she can remember from her past does not match the world history of this reality. She elaborated that she awoke one morning in this reality in her home in Spain, likely having crossed over into this realm during her sleep, and she remains stuck here (we should note there was no explanation for the mechanics of this crossing over of realms).

    She stated that she began to notice little differences at first. The date was the same as it was in “her reality”, for example, but it was things such as different bedsheets that she had never seen before that began to cause her to question that something wasn’t right. That morning, she had gone to work as usual. However, when she arrived at her office, she was shocked and confused to find a different name on the office door. She tried to rationalize that she had come to the wrong floor. She returned to the main entrance, now feeling stranger than ever, and looked at the names on the employee list at the front of the building. She found her name; however, she was listed as working in a department she hadn’t worked in previously. Now, more confused than ever, she marked herself as having arrived at work, but then claimed she had felt suddenly unwell and had to return home, which she duly did.

    She returned to work the next day, contemplating that she had imagined the changes and she would find her office where it had been previously. It wasn’t. She went to the department she now seemingly worked at, and was even more perplexed by the number of other employees whom she had never seen before but who very much seemed to know her. It was clear to all of them that there was something “not right” with Lerina. She brushed off these concerns as best she could, insisting that she was just a little “out of sorts” and that she was otherwise fine. It was at this point that she decided to keep the bizarre experiences to herself, at least until she learned more about what was happening. There were, though, more complex differences that came to light over the coming days.

    One of these revealed itself to Lerina when she went to visit her boyfriend, Augustine. However, not only did someone else live in his apartment, but it appeared, in this reality, he didn’t exist at all. She attempted to find town records of him, and even searched online for posts she knew he had made. There was, though, no trace of him at all. What made all of this even worse was that she discovered not long after that, in this reality, she was still in a relationship with her previous boyfriend, whom she had, in her reality, broken up with six months previously.

    Further differences also presented themselves to Lerina. During a visit with her family, for example, she asked how her sister was recovering after her operation (a major operation, incidentally) several months earlier. Both her parents and her sister were completely bemused, unable to recall any such operation. Although she was certain that it had taken place, Lerina dropped the subject, not wanting her family to think she was suffering from some kind of mental breakdown. Ultimately, the more she discovered about her life in this new reality, the more confused she became. It is not known where Lerina is now and if she is still “trapped” in this reality. We might contemplate whether the Lerina from this reality is also trapped in the one that the Lerina who posted in 2008 claimed to have come from.

    As well as reports of journeys into other dimensions or realities, there are many accounts of traveling briefly to other times – events usually referred to as timeslips. Without a doubt, one of the strangest locations where there are several of these time-slip events is Bold Street in Liverpool in England.

    One of the most thought-provoking of these occurred in 2006 when a self-confessed shoplifter suddenly found himself thrust four decades into the past. According to an article on the Liverpool Echo platform, the man in question – “Sean” – was running from a security guard along the infamous street when he felt a sudden tightness in his chest. He feared he might be having a heart attack and turned down a side street named Brooks Alley. It was then that he realized his surroundings had completely changed. People were going about their business as they had been moments earlier, only now, the clothes they wore were decades older than the contemporary era. As he wandered around these new surroundings, he spotted a newspaper kiosk near Central Station. He walked over to it as quickly as he could, seeing copies of the Daily Post stacked neatly inside. He took a look at the date – Thursday, May 18th, 1967. Now, as bizarre as it seemed to him, it made sense why the clothes and even the cars looked decades old – because they were.

    At this point, feeling more than unsettled, Sean turned and headed back to Brooks Alley. As he did so, his surroundings changed back to 2006 once more. He turned and looked back towards the newspaper kiosk, and although he was standing in his own time (2006), he could see 1967 through what appeared to be some kind of invisible gateway or portal. Unsettled and confused, Sean made his way straight home.

    Incidentally, the journalist from the Liverpool Echo who spoke with Sean claimed he met with him on four separate occasions. Not once during those meetings did he alter his version of events, despite the journalist discreetly attempting to trip him up. Moreover, the same journalist also managed to track down the security guard who had been chasing Sean on the day in question. He stated that Sean simply “vanished into the air” the moment he turned down Brooks Alley. Just what happened that day on Bold Street remains a complete mystery. This timeslip encounter, though, is just one of many.

    Another article from the Liverpool Echo by Tom Slemen, titled Timeslip Redemption, is also worth exploring here. The account unfolded on Renshaw Street, around a five-minute walk from Bold Street. Although Slemen changed the names of those involved, according to the article, in March 2002, not long after being released after serving six years of an eight-year prison sentence for armed robbery, 39-year-old John Kent, despite his girlfriend Alison’s pleas not to, was looking for vengeance against the man who had “grassed him up” – Harry King. Matter-of-factly, as if he was saying he was going to pick up a pint of milk, he told Alison that, “I’ll just give him a good hiding, then I’ll come straight back and we can go out for a drink and some scran!”

    Less than half an hour later, John was on Renshaw Street, his knuckleduster at the ready, waiting for Harry King. Moments later, John clocked a policeman heading in his direction, and he discreetly tucked the weapon in his pocket. The policeman glanced toward John, and although he was largely uninterested in him, he smirked a little. This didn’t sit well with John, who suddenly called out to the policeman, challenging him.  He then began walking towards him, causing the policeman to pull out a whistle and blow hard on it. The next thing John realized, several other policemen came running over, and within moments, he was pinned against a wall under restraint. He noticed a group of shoppers had gathered round, eager to see what the fuss was about. Of more concern to John, however, he could hear the sound of trams in the distance – old trams. He managed to steal a glance at the crowd. Instead of them wearing clothing typical of the early 2000s, they were wearing a combination of reserved dresses with long coats, suits, ties, and trilby hats. He suddenly recalled the policeman blowing on his whistle, and came to the startling conclusion that he had somehow walked back in time to the 1920s or 1930s. He also realized that was why the policeman smiled to himself, not out of any malice, but because his twenty-first-century clothing must have appeared like fancy dress to him. The story, though, has one last twist.

    Suddenly, John’s surroundings changed once more, and he came to his senses, leaning against a shop window. It was now dark, and when he checked his watch, four hours had passed. He immediately returned home to find Allison waiting for him. She told him that Harry King had been waiting for him with a gun and that the police had arrested him. Had the bizarre event not happened, John would likely have been killed. With all of this in mind, John finally decided he was going straight and convinced Allison that he had finally turned a corner. They married a short time later.

    Another account unfolded on Bold Street around half a decade earlier in 1996. On the day in question, “Frank” and his wife “Carol” were enjoying a Saturday afternoon shopping. Frank was looking to purchase some new CDs, and Carol intended to buy some new books. They agreed to meet at the bookshop that Carol planned on visiting a short time later. The couple went their separate ways, with Frank’s route taking him past the Lyceum Building. As he passed it, however, he noticed a sudden eerie silence. He stopped momentarily and looked around. Then, the sound of a car horn brought him back to his senses. He stepped aside and realized he had been standing in the middle of the road, a van only just missing him. Even stranger, the van appeared as though it was a vintage model, straight out of the 1950s. He managed to make the name “Caplan’s” or “Caplin’s” in old-style, vintage lettering. At this point, Frank felt beyond confused and decided to make his way straight to the bookshop, “Dillon’s”, where he had arranged to meet his wife.

    When he arrived there, however, he was further perplexed to find the name “Cripps” above the doorway instead of “Dillon’s”, and instead of books, the windows showed ladies’ clothing and handbags. He looked around him and realized that the people walking along the streets were dressed in clothing more akin to the Second World War era than the mid-1990s. As he was looking around, a woman walked past him and into the shop where he was standing outside. Frank hesitated for a moment before following her inside. As soon as he did so, the ladies’ clothing and accessories disappeared, and in their place were rows of books. Stranger still, the woman he had followed looked as confused as he did. He asked her if she had noticed anything strange, and she replied that she had thought this was a new clothes shop, which was why she had walked into it in the first place.

    He eventually met up with his wife, but he decided to keep the strange encounter to himself. When he returned home, though, later that afternoon, he began researching the street. He found out that the bookshop had once indeed been a ladies’ clothing shop. Moreover, a shop by the name of “Caplan’s” had operated on the street in the 1950s.

    It is also worth our time exploring an incident that occurred in more recent times – some time in the 2000s – when a 17-year-old girl – “Imogen” – experienced a bizarre timeslip episode while visiting a new branch of Mothercare on Bold Street. She was shopping for her older sister’s new baby, and was surprised at how low the prices were for items, putting it down to being some kind of opening day promotion. However, when she attempted to pay for the items using her card, she was informed bluntly that the shop “didn’t take those!” As she only had a small amount of cash on her, she left the goods and headed back home. Later that day, she was speaking with her mother, and she mentioned the bizarre episode. Her mother was a little shocked, informing her that this Mothercare had not been a Mothercare for some time, and had been a bank for several years. When Imogen returned to the same building the following day, it was indeed now a bank.

    It isn’t just on Bold Street – or indeed in Liverpool – where these strange time anomalies take place. One of these encounters is detailed in the book Real Time Travel Stories From A Psychic Engineer by Martin Ettington, which details the bizarre experience of 12-year-old Mel Riley in the early 1950s. On the day in question, Mel was exploring the woodlands and countryside close to his home in Racine, Wisconsin. As he was making his way across a field, however, he suddenly felt the environment change around him. Suddenly, the smells of the countryside flowers and vegetation were replaced by the aroma of burning wood and cooked meats. He could also suddenly hear voices coming from somewhere nearby. He looked up and, for the first time, realized that the freshly plowed field he had been walking through a moment earlier was now a vast field that stretched for miles. Moreover, multiple Native American settlements stretched across this vast field. The awestruck child watched the scene in front of him for several moments, seeing several Native American warriors going about their daily duties. Then, without warning, the scene faded away, and the freshly ploughed field returned. When the incident was investigated, the land Mel had been on when the scenery changed had once been home to Native American tribes, tribes, incidentally, that had lived there since the Stone Age.

    These encounters don’t always detail a person slipping back in time; however, some of them feature a person or an object coming from the past. According to an account from “LC”, late in the afternoon of October 20th, 1969, he and his friend, Charlie, were driving along Highway 167 on his way to Lafayette. Although their vehicle had been the only car on the road for some time, they soon found themselves behind an “old turtle-type car” that would have seemed more at home in the early twentieth century. Moreover, when LC was close enough to read the number plate, he could see that the date on it was “1940” (something illegal under US law). Eventually, LC passed the vehicle. As he did, though, he was more than shocked to see the driver, a young woman, and her passenger, a young child, dressed in clothing that was straight out of the 1940s. At this point, LC looked at Charlie, who was seemingly equally as confused.

    LC looked into the passenger window, attempting to get the woman’s attention. As he did, he could see a look of concern and panic on her face. He then called out, mouthing the words more than anything, asking the woman if she needed help. She motioned that she did, and LC pulled in front of her car and pulled to the side of the road. When he got out, however, and turned to face the oncoming vehicle, it was nowhere to be seen. It had vanished into thin air. We might ask if the car and the woman and her child had gone back to their own time two or three decades earlier.

    It is perhaps also worth considering just some of the many bizarre events involving time that have taken place in the air. One of the strangest and perhaps one of the most significant accounts in what it tells us about our reality is that of Bruce Gernon, an experienced pilot who flew over the Bahamas regularly. On the afternoon of December 4th, 1970, at around 3 pm, Gerney, along with his father and an associate, Chuck Lafayette, left Andros Airport from Andros Island on their way to Miami, Florida. To begin with, the flight proceeded as normal. However, not long after they left the runway, they noticed a bizarre “elliptical cloud” around a mile ahead of them, approximately 500 feet above the surface of the water. Uncertain what the cloud was, they immediately contacted the control tower in Miami to ask if there were any adverse weather conditions on their route. The response was that their route was clear.

    They continued onwards, ascending to around 3000 feet. All the while, the cloud continued to grow larger and larger. Eventually, at an altitude of 11,500 feet, the Beechcraft Bonanza A36 aircraft emerged from the fog and finally into clear, blue skies. As Gernon looked back, however, he could see that the cloud was beginning to form a strange semi-circle around them. Their plane, though, which was traveling at around 195 miles per hour, outran the strange cloud and left it behind them. As they approached the Bimini Islands, they saw another strange cloud ahead of them, only this one was much larger, at least 60,000 feet across. Even stranger, the cloud, according to Gernon’s recollections, seemed to emanate directly from the Earth’s surface.

    At this point, Gernon believed they were about to be engulfed by a huge storm, and when he spotted a “tunnel” in the clouds, he aimed his aircraft straight for it. As he entered the tunnel, he immediately noticed that strange lines formed around their aircraft, and the cloud appeared to swirl around them. As their plane continued through this strange tunnel, they noticed several ”bright white flashes,” and these flashes became brighter and more intense the further into the tunnel they went. Stranger still, Gernon recalled feeling something close to “zero gravity” for a very short period while inside the tunnel. As this was happening, incidentally, the control tower at Miami Airport lost Gernon’s plane from their monitors.  

    Gernon later recalled that he suspected the tunnel they had entered was somehow connected to the strange cloud formation they had seen shortly after take-off. After continuing into the tunnel, Gernon suddenly noticed a U-shaped opening ahead. He immediately headed for this opening, believing this could be his only chance to get out of this strange cloud. A moment later, the plane once more emerged into clear, blue skies. As Gernon looked back, he could see the tunnel and the cloud formation “contracting” until it eventually disappeared. Gernon then attempted to establish his location, reasoning that after spending around 30 minutes in the air and then 20 to 30 seconds in the strange cloud tunnel, they should be able to see the coast of Bimini below them. With this in mind, Gernon and the other two people onboard were more than shocked to see the beaches of Miami slightly ahead of them. As confirmation of their position, the control tower at Miami Airport confirmed they were off the coast of Miami on their radar screens. From this confirmation, Gernon realized that he had, essentially, traveled nearly 100 miles in only 20 seconds, and, in total, since leaving Andros Airport, according to the time and the data, he had traveled almost 250 miles in only 47 minutes, something that everything Gernon knew about aviation told him was impossible.

    Without a doubt, one of the strangest aviation encounters involving time anomalies also occurred off the coast of Miami, also at some point during the early 1970s, in an encounter that has “never been satisfactorily explained!”. According to an article in the March 24th, 1975 edition of The Desert News, on the morning in question, National Airlines 727 was approaching Miami Airport and preparing to land. The control tower was tracking the plane as they normally would be when it simply vanished from their radar screens. Emergency communications were immediately sent out to all other aircraft in the region, calling on them to be vigilant in the event they might spot the aircraft, or even the wreckage of it. However, there were no visible signs of either. Then, without warning, the plane reappeared on the radar screens in the control tower. Moreover, it was in the same place as it had been when it had vanished, and not a considerable distance away if it had merely disappeared from radar. What made the surreal situation even more so was that several planes had traveled through the exact airspace the aircraft was now in during the 10 minutes it was missing.

    It soon became apparent that the pilots – and so, in turn, most likely, the crew and passengers – were completely unaware that anything strange had taken place. At this point, the captain of National Airlines 727 was instructed to land on an isolated runway reserved for “security risks and special situations!” As perplexed as he was at these orders, he did as instructed. Almost as soon as the plane had come to a stop, security forces boarded the aircraft and ushered off the passengers and crew, guiding them to a part of the airport separate from the rest. Writing in the book Ghosts of the Air: True Stories of Aerial Hauntings, Martin Caidin stated that “Federal investigators and officials couldn’t get into that jetliner fast enough” after it landed. We will return to why this might have been shortly.

    It was clear to those who had been onboard the plane by the sheer number of emergency vehicles and airport police that something out of the ordinary and concerning had taken place. A short time later, with both the crew and passengers together in a large enclosure of the airport, the head of airport security made the rather candid and bizarre admission that they (their plane) had “disappeared into thin air for 10 minutes!” After being met with confused stares, the head of airport security suggested they “take a look at your watches!” They noticed that the airport clock said 9:30 am – their respective watches, however, declared the time was 9:20 am. Needless to say, a quiet wave of disbelief and shock quickly swept across the room.

    Just what happened after this is not really known, as despite the initial story of the incident (itself several years later), the case then all but disappeared, revived following the global rollout of the Internet. And if we recall the statement in Martin Caidin’s book that investigators “couldn’t get onto that jetliner fast enough”, that could have been a very purposeful move on the part of the authorities.

    As speculative as this is, we might ask if the reason investigators were eager to get onto the plane (as well as get all passengers and crew off) was because they – or at least those are issued the orders – were aware that there was something on the plane, something that had to be retrieved in secret and away from prying eyes. Could it be that some kind of device was onboard the plane that, as bizarre and outlandish as this might sound, literally took the plane out of existence for 10 minutes? Or, put another way, did this device send the plane forward 10 minutes into the future? Perhaps this device contained valuable data, and it would go without saying that it would need to be secured away from all manner of potentially interested parties, perhaps not least the Cold War nemesis of the era, the Soviet Union. If any of this is true – and once more, this is purely wild speculation – then we might also contemplate whether the location is of importance. Did those behind this speculative experiment somehow tap into the potential power of this infamous part of the Atlantic Ocean - the Bermuda Triangle?

    Whatever the truth, if this was some kind of bizarre experiment, this might explain why only one story ever appeared in print about the incident. In the years that have followed, many researchers have made legitimate efforts to reveal details about the encounter (which should tell us something in itself as to its potential credibility), but no information has ever been found – no flight numbers, official flight records, or any witness testimony. Does this indicate that all information – including, it is presumed, the control tower data – was quickly confiscated by investigators? It is certainly a possibility. One thing that is harder to explain away, however, is why not one person in all the years that have followed has come forward to confirm they were on the aircraft that day? And while this certainly isn’t a smoking gun for the skeptics – after all, there could be many reasons for this – it is much more difficult to pass off as “something that was covered up!”

    Ultimately, we will most likely find that the truth of the National Airlines 727 encounter will be found somewhere between the two extremes (that it was a completely made-up account on one side and some kind of secret time travel experiment on the other). One thing to note here is that there appears to be debate as to whether only the crew was made aware of the time anomaly or whether the passengers were also told. If the former is more accurate, then it would, of course, be much easier to maintain a secret over many decades, not least as the pilots and crew members would have undoubtedly feared for their careers if they spoke of the incident. Add to that a still-lingering, if diluted by comparison to previous decades, sense of patriotism in the face of the Cold War, and it is even easier to see how such secrecy could be maintained. Whatever the truth, the case still fascinates investigators and enthusiasts of the weird and the wonderful today.

    These are, then, just a small collection of hand-picked accounts of time and reality anomalies. There are many, many more on record in various forms and on various platforms and mediums, including official records. Indeed, we just might return with a “More Fascinating Tales of…” article on such matters in the near future. One thing that is clear, though, is that time, as we understand it, is almost certainly incorrect, as is the nature of our reality. Time, for example, is likely not linear and almost certainly more curved or rounded in nature, and maybe this curved or round construct (for want of a better word) sometimes causes such things as timeslips. Our reality is likely made up of multiple different dimensions that perhaps occasionally crash into each other, and so causing, in theory, some of the anomalies we have examined here. There are many suggestions to explain these inexplicable events. For now, though, the questions remain, and such encounters remain as unexplained and still ripe for investigation.  

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    06-08-2025 om 23:57 geschreven door peter  

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    What ancient myths have in common and why it matters

    The question is, why? Why do so many ancient myths, told by cultures that never met, sound like variations of the same story? And if the similarities are more than coincidence, what are they trying to tell us?

    What ancient myths have in common and why it matters. An illustration of different myths.

    Before history was written down, it was remembered. Ancient myths were more than stories, they were cultural memory. Told by firelight, preserved in chants, carved into walls, and passed down by generations who had no books, no archives, and no way to record the past beyond their words.

    Across time and across the world, many of these stories contain the same themes. Floods that erase civilizations. Gods who arrive from the sky. Sacred mountains where heaven touches Earth. A golden age that ends in loss. These themes are not limited to one place or one people. They repeat in Mesopotamia, in Mesoamerica, in the Vedic texts of India, in the oral traditions of Aboriginal Australia, and in the myths of ancient Greece and Egypt.

    The question is, why? Why do so many ancient myths, told by cultures that never met, sound like variations of the same story? And if the similarities are more than coincidence, what are they trying to tell us?

    Myths of the flood and the memory of a lost world

    Among the most common ancient myths is the story of a world-ending flood. It is told with striking emotional weight across multiple civilizations. In Mesopotamia, the Epic of Gilgamesh describes how Utnapishtim survives a divine flood sent to wipe out humanity. In the Book of Genesis, Noah receives a warning to build an ark. In India, the figure of Manu escapes destruction after being guided by a talking fish. Greek myths recall Deucalion and Pyrrha, the only survivors of a deluge sent by the gods.

    The same theme appears in Aztec and Inca tradition, as well as in the Pacific Islands and Indigenous Australian stories. These are not watered-down copies of the same tale. They are culturally unique but carry the same structure: a flood, a warning, a survivor, and a world reset.

    Many researchers now believe that such stories may contain real memories. After the last Ice Age, around 12,000 years ago, the planet went through a dramatic climate shift. Melting glaciers caused sea levels to rise by more than one hundred meters. Entire coastlines disappeared. Settlements were flooded and landscapes transformed.

    Some scientists point to the Black Sea flood theory, which suggests that around 5600 BCE, the Mediterranean breached into the Black Sea basin, causing a sudden and devastating rise in water levels. If true, such an event could have left a powerful impression, passed on through oral tradition for thousands of years.

    These flood myths may not be symbolic at all. They may be the only surviving record of a prehistoric global disaster.

    Sky gods, fire from above, and celestial memory

    This is a representation of Viracocha from the site of Tiahuanaco in Bolivia. Although it it not an Inca creation but one of the Tiwanaku culture, it proves how significant Viracocha was for this entire Andean region. Credit: Melting Plots
    This is a representation of Viracocha from the site of Tiahuanaco in Bolivia. Although it it not an Inca creation but one of the Tiwanaku culture, it proves how significant Viracocha was for this entire Andean region.
    Credit: Melting Plots

    Another powerful pattern in ancient myths is the sky god, a divine figure who controls thunder, lightning, sunlight, or fire. In Greece, Zeus ruled the skies and hurled bolts of lightning. In Norse myth, Thor struck enemies with his hammer. In India, Indra was the lord of storms. In the Andes, Viracocha came from the heavens. The Aztecs worshipped Tlaloc, who brought both rain and destruction.

    This consistency raises the question: why were so many early gods associated with the sky, with storms, or with fire from above?

    One possibility is that ancient people witnessed real events in the sky they could not explain. Comets, solar flares, meteor impacts, and auroras would have appeared mysterious and terrifying. They may have inspired myths of gods who descended with power and wrath.

    The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, for example, suggests that around 12,800 years ago, a comet or fragments of one struck the Earth, sparking fires and climate disruption. While still debated, this theory has gained attention in recent years. If true, the fear of the sky may not have been metaphorical. It may have been remembered.

    In that context, the fire-bringing gods and celestial battles could reflect a prehistoric trauma, retold through myth, or reimagined through divine figures.

    Sacred mountains as portals to the divine

    Across mythologies, mountains are more than geographical features. They are places of revelation, refuge, or power. Mount Meru in Hindu and Buddhist tradition is said to be the center of the universe. Mount Olympus in Greek myth is home to the gods. In the Bible, Mount Sinai is where Moses receives divine law. In ancient Persia, Mount Alborz holds cosmological significance.

    High places appear again and again as bridges between heaven and Earth. In Sumer, the earliest ziggurats were built to mimic sacred mountains. In Mesoamerica, pyramids aligned with celestial events served similar spiritual functions.

    Why this fascination with heights? In some cases, mountains may have served as real-world refuges from floods or chaos. Their permanence and elevation made them powerful symbols of protection. In others, they may have simply represented a place closer to the heavens, where divine encounters felt possible.

    The connection between elevation and revelation is more than poetic. It reflects how early societies tried to locate the divine in the physical world, often by reaching upward.

    Creation from chaos and the shape of ancient thought

    Another theme that appears in ancient myths is the idea of creation emerging from chaos. In Egypt, the primordial waters of Nun precede all existence. In Mesopotamia, the goddess Tiamat gives birth to the first gods before being slain by Marduk. In China, Pangu breaks free from a cosmic egg and separates heaven from Earth. Greek myths tell of Chaos giving rise to Gaia and Uranus.

    These myths are not just origin stories. They reflect an early attempt to understand structure, transformation, and time. They begin with a void, water, darkness, formlessness, and then describe how form, order, and life emerged.

    What is remarkable is how widespread this framework is. The idea of a structured cosmos emerging from a primal state appears across continents and civilizations. Long before science, these myths were the first tools used to explain existence.

    They also reflect the ancient belief that order is fragile. What was once whole can break. What exists now once did not. And what seems permanent can vanish.

    Could these shared stories point to a forgotten connection?

    The academic view has long been that myths developed in isolation, shaped by environment and psychology. But this view is now under pressure. The repeating structures found in myths across the globe are too specific and too numerous to dismiss.

    Some scholars explain the patterns as universal archetypes,mental frameworks shared by all humans. Others point to similar challenges faced by early societies that led to similar storytelling.

    But there is another possibility. Before written history, humans may have traveled and shared more than we think. Oral knowledge, navigation, and memory may have connected cultures long before global trade or formal writing.

    If so, ancient myths may be the final trace of a forgotten chapter in human history, one that predates all records and all maps.

    Across Sumer, Egypt, India, China, the Americas, and Oceania, the same motifs appear. Floods, sky gods, lost worlds, sacred mountains. These stories are not identical, but they rhyme. And in that rhyme, there may be memory.

    Myths were never just stories

    It is easy to treat myth as fiction, especially in a world shaped by science. But myths were never just stories. I see them as vehicles for knowledge, warnings, and cultural identity.

    What ancient myths have in common and why it matters today is not about fantasy. It is about understanding how human beings remember. These stories tell us how early civilizations faced environmental shifts, unexplained events, and loss. They show how people coped with fear, disaster, and awe.

    As the modern world faces rising seas, extreme weather, and social upheaval, the old stories feel newly relevant. Not as prophecies, but as reflections of what humans have endured before. They remind us that beneath the facts and data, we are still meaning-makers.

    The myths of the past may not be literal. But they hold something real. They carried truths across time without paper, without language as we know it. And in that survival, they still speak. If we are willing to listen, they may tell us what we have forgotten, and what we still need to remember.

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    28-07-2025 om 11:52 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.What lies beneath: Scientists make shocking discovery in Antarctica

    What lies beneath: Scientists make shocking discovery in Antarctica

    It is the least explored continent in the world, famous for its harsh and remote environment.

    Now, scientists have made a shocking discovery lurking beneath the waters of Antarctica.

    Researchers have discovered 332 hidden trenches known as submarine canyon networks carved deep into the ocean floor - five times more than previously thought.

    Some of these underwater trenches reach staggering depths of up to 13,000 feet (4,000m) - roughly as deep as Mont Blanc is tall.

    Scientists have found roughly 10,000 submarine canyons all over the world.

    And with just 27 per cent of the sea floor mapped in detail, there are likely to be many more waiting to be found.

    However, the researchers say those beneath Antarctica's ice are the largest and most impressive anywhere on the planet.

    David Amblas, of the University of Barcelona, says: 'The most spectacular of these are in East Antarctica, which is characterized by complex, branching canyon systems.'

    Researchers have discovered 332 hidden submarine canyon networks - interconnected trenches carved deep into the ocean floor. That is five times more than previously expected

    Researchers have discovered 332 hidden submarine canyon networks - interconnected trenches carved deep into the ocean floor. That is five times more than previously expected 

    Scientists have made a shocking discovery lurking beneath Antarctica's Ice Sheet (pictured), and it could have big implications for global sea level increases

    Scientists have made a shocking discovery lurking beneath Antarctica's Ice Sheet (pictured), and it could have big implications for global sea level increases 

    The submarine canyons around Antarctica are so large because they are carved by a phenomenon known as turbidity currents.

    These are underwater avalanches of sediment and water, which flow at speeds up to 45 miles per hour down the steep slopes of the continental shelf, digging out deep channels as they pass.

    Dr Amblas says: 'Like those in the Arctic, Antarctic submarine canyons resemble canyons in other parts of the world.

    'But they tend to be larger and deeper because of the prolonged action of polar ice and the immense volumes of sediment transported by glaciers to the continental shelf.'

    These vast canyons play a vital role in a number of important ocean processes.

    They transport nutrient-rich sediment from the coast to wider ocean, connect shallow and deep waters, and create habitats rich in biodiversity.

    However, despite being so important, these unique environments remain profoundly understudied - especially in remote, hard-to-reach locations like the Antarctic.

    In their paper, published in the journal Marine Geology, Dr Amblas and his co-author used the most complete and detailed map of the Antarctic to hunt for previously unnoticed canyons.

    These canyons had previously been hidden until the researchers used a new method to sort through maps of the area and identify canyons. These pictures illustrate how the semi-automatic method converts topographical information (A) into an analysed catalogue of canyons (D)

    These canyons had previously been hidden until the researchers used a new method to sort through maps of the area and identify canyons. These pictures illustrate how the semi-automatic method converts topographical information (A) into an analysed catalogue of canyons (D) 

    The researchers say that Antarctica's canyons are much deeper than those elsewhere in the world because of the massive volume of sediment pushed into the ocean by glaciers. This sediment carves out deep grooves as it slides down the continental shelf

    The researchers say that Antarctica's canyons are much deeper than those elsewhere in the world because of the massive volume of sediment pushed into the ocean by glaciers. This sediment carves out deep grooves as it slides down the continental shelf 

    By analysing the map with a semi-automated method for identifying canyons, the researchers found far more canyons beneath the ice than had previously been expected.

    Interestingly, these new maps revealed that there is a big difference between the canyons in different parts of the continent.

    Co-author Dr Riccardo Arosio, a marine geologist from University College Cork, told MailOnline: 'It has been very interesting to discover a striking difference between East and West Antarctic canyons, which had not been observed before.'

    Dr Arosio says that those in the East form 'long canyon-channel systems, and have more frequent U-shaped profiles'.

    Meanwhile, canyons in the West of the continent are 'shorter, steeper, and V-shaped'.

    This is likely because the canyons in the West have been carved by the water released by relatively recent melting of the ice sheet while those in the East are the product of a much longer process of glacial activity.

    The researchers say this discovery could have much wider implications for how we predict the impacts of climate change.

    The Antarctic canyons help exchange water between the deep ocean and the continental shelf.

    These canyons transport warm water from the open ocean up to the floating sea ice, speeding up ice melt. This map shows sea ice extent for February 25 as well as the average ice extent for February (marked by the red line)

    These canyons transport warm water from the open ocean up to the floating sea ice, speeding up ice melt. This map shows sea ice extent for February 25 as well as the average ice extent for February (marked by the red line)

    This allows cold, dense water formed near the ice sheet to sink into the deep ocean, and drive global ocean circulation currents that help keep the climate stable. 

    At the same time, these canyons also bring warmer waters in from the open sea up to meet the floating ice shelves - driving the ice melt, which is weakening Antarctica's inland glaciers.

    By affecting how quickly water from the ice sheet enters the ocean, these channels have a direct impact on global sea level increases.

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    However, the ocean models used by organisations such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) don't take the effects of these hidden canyons into account.

    Dr Arosio says: 'Omitting these local mechanisms limits the ability that models must predict changes in ocean and climate dynamics.'

    In the future, by gathering more high-resolution data in unmapped areas, the researchers expect to find even more submarine canyons beneath the ice.

    Properly understanding these canyons and how they affect the circulation of water around the poles could be key to accurately predicting the impacts of climate change.

    Antarctica's ice sheets contain 70% of world's fresh water - and sea levels would rise by 180ft if it melts

    Antarctica holds a huge amount of water.

    The three ice sheets that cover the continent contain around 70 per cent of our planet’s fresh water - and these are all to warming air and oceans. 

    If all the ice sheets were to melt due to global warming, Antarctica would raise global sea levels by at least 183ft (56m).

    Given their size, even small losses in the ice sheets could have global consequences. 

    In addition to rising sea levels, meltwater would slow down the world’s ocean circulation, while changing wind belts may affect the climate in the southern hemisphere. 

    In February 2018, Nasa revealed El Niño events cause the Antarctic ice shelf to melt by up to ten inches (25 centimetres) every year.

    El Niño and La Niña are separate events that alter the water temperature of the Pacific ocean.

    The ocean periodically oscillates between warmer than average during El Niños and cooler than average during La Niñas.

    Using Nasa satellite imaging, researchers found that the oceanic phenomena cause Antarctic ice shelves to melt while also increasing snowfall. 

    In March 2018, it was revealed that more of a giant France-sized glacier in Antarctica is floating on the ocean than previously thought.

    This has raised fears it could melt faster as the climate warms and have a dramatic impact on rising sea-levels.

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    24-07-2025 om 21:55 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Nessie, ben je daar? Mensen die het monster van Loch Ness hebben gezien

    Nessie, ben je daar? Mensen die het monster van Loch Ness hebben gezien

    Het monster van Loch Ness

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    Het monster van Loch Ness
    Het mythische monster van Loch Ness wordt steeds minder vaak gezien. Misschien heeft de massale aanwezigheid van toeristen het iconische wezen weggejaagd of... misschien heeft het nooit bestaan.

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    "Enorme donkere vorm" in het water van het meer
    Op 16 juni 2023 (toevallig of niet, net voor het hoogseizoen) kopte The Telegraph dat een Franse toerist een "enorme donkere vorm" had waargenomen in het water van het meer. Iets van ongeveer 15 meter lang dat onder water bewoog.

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    "Ik ben een man van de wetenschap"
    De toerist die de vreemde vorm in het water zag, heet Etienne Camel en is apotheker. Volgens The Mirror zei hij: "Het was heel vreemd. Ik ben een man van de wetenschap, dus ik heb nooit geloofd dat het monster van Loch Ness een prehistorisch dier is. Maar toen ik een foto nam zag ik een heel lange schaduw."

    De Franse apotheker en zijn vrouw zagen het

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    De Franse apotheker en zijn vrouw zagen het
    De Franse apotheker en zijn vrouw waren getuige van de vreemde grote schaduw. Beiden waren verbaasd en zo dook mythe voor weer een nieuwe zomer op in het nieuws.

    Nessie in de Schotse folklore

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    Nessie in de Schotse folklore
    Nessie maakt al eeuwenlang deel uit van de Schotse folklore. Volgens Wikipedia duikt er in de 7e eeuw een verwijzing op in de tekst 'Vita Columbae' (een heilige redt iemand van een monster uit het meer), maar pas in 1868 wordt er in een artikel in de Inverness Courier gesproken over "een enorme vis of ander soort wezen" in Loch Ness.

    Vermeende beelden van Nessie

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    Vermeende beelden van Nessie
    In de loop der jaren zijn er talloze foto's openbaar gemaakt waarop onduidelijk iets te zien was dat leek op een monster met prehistorische kenmerken.

    Misschien zijn het schaduwen, boomstammen... en verbeelding

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    Misschien zijn het schaduwen, boomstammen... en verbeelding
    Sommige kiekjes die Nessi zogenaamd hebben vastgelegd (zoals deze foto) zijn misschien gewoon schaduwen of boomstammen die op het oppervlak van het meer drijven.

    Maar waarom zouden we niet fantaseren?

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    Maar waarom zouden we niet fantaseren?
    Toch heeft de legende van Loch Ness iets moois en poëtisch. En een schot in de roos voor de roddelpers die in de jaren 1930 van dit verhaal een massaverschijnsel maakte. Foto's als deze werden gepubliceerd in de Londense media en gingen al snel de hele wereld over.

    20.000 pond voor degene die het monster zou vangen

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    20.000 pond voor degene die het monster zou vangen
    Het was ook in de jaren 1930 toen Bertram Mills, een circuseigenaar, 20.000 pond beloofde aan degene die Nessie zou vangen. Deze beloning leidde uiteraard tot de komst van avonturiers, reizigers en gelukszoekers van allerlei pluimage.

    Maar is er een wetenschappelijke verklaring voor deze legende?

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    Foto: Steve Douglas / Unsplash

    Maar is er een wetenschappelijke verklaring voor deze legende?
    Naast verbeelding en legende zijn er mensen die wetenschappelijke (of pseudowetenschappelijke) verklaringen hebben gezocht voor de vermeende waarnemingen van een monster in Loch Ness. De meest wijdverspreide verklaring is de theorie die het heeft over het overleven van een antediluviaans wezen in dit meer.

    A plesiosaur that survived extinction

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    A plesiosaur that survived extinction
    Het prehistorische dier dat het dichtst in de buurt komt van de beschrijvingen van het monster van Loch Ness zou de plesiosaurus zijn, een soort waterdinosaurus. Maar de wetenschap gelooft dat het bijna onmogelijk is voor deze soort om geïsoleerd te overleven in de wateren van Loch Ness.

    Een olifant?

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    Een olifant?
    Het zou ook kunnen dat mensen in de jaren 1930 een olifant hadden zien baden in het water van het meer. Het zou een olifant zijn geweest van een circus dat zich in het gebied bevond, volgens MSNBC, gebaseerd op het proefschrift van paleontoloog Neil Clarck, conservator van het Hunterian Museum in Glasgow.

    Een steur?

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    Foto: Cacophony / Wikimedia

    Een steur?
    Er is ook gespeculeerd dat Nessie een steur was, een reusachtige vis met een monsterlijk uiterlijk. De steur komt voor in nabijgelegen rivieren, maar in principe zou deze soort niet in het meer leven.

    Koudwaterhaai

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    Foto: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program / Wikimedia

    Koudwaterhaai
    Er is ook sprake van een soort koudwaterhaai die voor de Schotse kust is gesignaleerd: de zogenaamde Groenlandse haai. Maar hoe zou die in Loch Ness terecht zijn gekomen?

    Misschien gewoon wat simpele alen

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    Misschien gewoon wat simpele alen
    Een onderzoek van de Nieuw-Zeelandse University of Otago (waarover The Guardian berichtte) wees echter in een andere richting. Een onderzoeker verzamelde biologische monsters van het meer en vond geen sporen van prehistorische monsters, haaien, steuren... Maar ze vonden wel alen, en volgens professor Neil Gemmell, die het onderzoek leidde, zagen de duikers alen van enorme afmetingen (groter dan normaal), wat hun verwarring met een mythologisch wezen zou verklaren.

    Een personage uit de populaire cultuur

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    Een personage uit de populaire cultuur
    De rationele verklaring doet er eigenlijk niet toe. Nessie is vandaag de dag een belangrijk onderdeel van de populaire cultuur en een toeristische attractie voor de Schotse Hooglanden. En mensen houden van mysteries, dus het is beter om het raadsel in leven te houden. En dus ook de zogenaamde waarnemingen.

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    22-07-2025 om 21:57 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Trippy liquid 'fireworks' appear when scientists try to mix unmixable fluids

    Trippy liquid 'fireworks' appear when scientists try to mix unmixable fluids

    Patterns on a black background.

    Computer simulations showing how two immiscible fluids with different viscosities interact. 
    (Image credit: Chi-Chian Chou, Yuka F. Deki, Ryuta X. Suzuki, Yuichiro Nagatsu, and Ching-Yao Chen)

    These mysterious "fireworks" aren't lighting up the night sky — they're computer simulations from a recent paper on mixing fluids that don't want to mix.

    Researchers mapped out how two immiscible fluids (two fluids that do not mix, like oil and water) with different viscosities can create "fingers" when they interact. They created different patterns by alternately injecting the fluids at the center of each "firework," allowing the fluids to spread out.

    Studying this phenomenon is important for storing carbon from the atmosphere in the ground, a strategy for tackling climate change. Carbon dioxide is responsible for about 80% of all heating from human-caused greenhouse gases since 1990. Removing large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is possible, but it still has to go somewhere. Storing it in the ground is one option — and understanding fluid interactions can help us figure out how to do that.


    What happens after a stroke?

    In this case, the word "fluid" can refer to both gases and liquids, including gaseous carbon dioxide. Viscosity is a measure of how easily a fluid moves. Fluids with high viscosity move sluggishly, like molasses or tar, while low-viscosity fluids move faster and can spread out more, like water or air.

    The fluid "fireworks" are caused by Saffman-Taylor instability — a phenomenon that occurs when two immiscible fluids with different viscosities are confined in a small space. When a less viscous fluid is added to the system, there aren't a lot of places for it to go, so it pushes against the thicker fluid instead — forming the distinctive patterns.

    An example of Saffman-Taylor instability causing complex patterns in a thin film.

    An example of Saffman-Taylor instability causing complex patterns in a thin film. 
    (Image credit: Claire Trease)

    If you've ever put a drop of glue between two flat surfaces, then changed your mind and pulled them apart, you might have noticed the wet glue forming strange ridges and channels. This is Saffman-Taylor instability in action. When you pulled the pieces apart, air tried to go where the more viscous glue was and left those patterns behind.

    Related: 

    Storing carbon dioxide in the ground involves "injecting" carbon dioxide gas into a more viscous liquid (water) in confined spaces underground, leading to Saffman-Taylor instability. The "fireworks" from the paper show that the number and extent of the fingers can be changed depending on when and how the fluid is injected into the system. Increasing the fingering effect helps keep the gas from escaping back into the atmosphere.

    People across the globe are already working on carbon sequestration (storage) projects — as of 2024, there were 50 facilities in operation, 44 being built, and an additional 534 in development according to the Global CCS (carbon capture and storage) Institute. Developing this technology further gives us more tools to rein in global heating caused by the presence of too much carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.

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    Mijn favorieten
  • Verhalen TINNY * SF
  • IFO-databank van Belgisch UFO meldpunt
  • Belgisch UFO meldpunt
  • The Black Vault
  • Terry's Theories UFO Sightings. Its a Youtube Channel thats really overlooked, but has a lot of great and recent sightings on it.
  • . UFO Institute: A cool guy who works hard
  • YOUTUBE kanaal van het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt
  • LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS

  • DES LIENS AVEC LE RESEAU FRANCOPHONE DE MUFON ET MUFONEUROP
  • BELGISCH UFO-NETWERK BUFON
  • RFacebook BUFON
  • MUFONFRANCE
  • MUFON RHÔNE-ALPES
  • MUFON MIDI-PYRÉNNÉES
  • MUFON HAUTE-NORMANDIE
  • MUFON MAROC
  • MUFON ALSACE LORRAINE
  • MUFON USA
  • Site du REUB ASBL

    Other links with friends / bloggers # not always UFOs
  • PANGRadio MarcSima
  • Blog 2 Bernward
  • Nederlandse UFO-groep
  • Ufologie Liège
  • NIBURU
  • Disclose TV
  • UFO- Sightings - HOTSPOT
  • Website van BUFON ( Belgisch UFO-Netwerk)
  • The Ciizen Hearing on Disclosure
  • Exopolitics Finland: LINKS

    LINKS OF THE BLOGS OF MY FACEBOOK-FRIENDS
  • ufologie -Guillaume Perrot
  • UFOMOTION
  • CENTRE DE RECHERCHE OVNI PARASPYCHOLOGIE SCIENCE - CROPS -
  • SOCIAL PARANORMAL Magazine
  • TJ Morris ACO Associations, Clubs, Organizations - TJ Morris ACO Social Service Club for...
  • C.E.R.P.I. BELGIQUE
  • Attaqued'un Autre Monde - Christian Macé
  • UFOSPOTTINGNEDERLAND
  • homepage UFOSPOTTINGNEDERLAND
  • PARANORMAL JOURNEY GUIDE

    WELCOME TO THIS BLOG! I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE LECTURE OF ALL ISSUES. If you did see a UFO, you can always mail it to us. Best wishes.

    Beste bezoeker,
    Heb je zelf al ooit een vreemde waarneming gedaan, laat dit dan even weten via email aan Frederick Delaere op
     www.ufomeldpunt.be. Deze onderzoekers behandelen jouw melding in volledige anonimiteit en met alle respect voor jouw privacy. Ze zijn kritisch, objectief  maar open minded aangelegd en zullen jou steeds een verklaring geven voor jouw waarneming!
    DUS AARZEL NIET, ALS JE EEN ANTWOORD OP JOUW VRAGEN WENST, CONTACTEER FREDERICK.
    BIJ VOORBAAT DANK...


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    Over mijzelf
    Ik ben Pieter, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam Peter2011.
    Ik ben een man en woon in Linter (België) en mijn beroep is Ik ben op rust..
    Ik ben geboren op 18/10/1950 en ben nu dus 74 jaar jong.
    Mijn hobby's zijn: Ufologie en andere esoterische onderwerpen.
    Op deze blog vind je onder artikels, werk van mezelf. Mijn dank gaat ook naar André, Ingrid, Oliver, Paul, Vincent, Georges Filer en MUFON voor de bijdragen voor de verschillende categorieën... Veel leesplezier en geef je mening over deze blog.
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    LINKS NAAR BEKENDE UFO-VERENIGINGEN - DEEL 1
  • http://www.ufonieuws.nl/
  • http://www.grenswetenschap.nl/
  • http://www.beamsinvestigations.org.uk/
  • http://www.mufon.com/
  • http://www.ufomeldpunt.be/
  • http://www.ufowijzer.nl/
  • http://www.ufoplaza.nl/
  • http://www.ufowereld.nl/
  • http://www.stantonfriedman.com/
  • http://ufo.start.be/

    LINKS NAAR BEKENDE UFO-VERENIGINGEN - DEEL 2
  • www.ufo.be
  • www.caelestia.be
  • ufo.startpagina.nl.
  • www.wszechocean.blogspot.com.
  • AsocCivil Unifa
  • UFO DISCLOSURE PROJECT

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