Adventure, Bouvet Island, Ghost Ship, Inspiration, Mystery
The Mystery of Bouvet Island
Often people like to use the expression, ‘in the middle of nowhere’ to describe a location that is hard to reach or not near anything of significance. While there are a few places in the world that easily meet this definition, one place that is so remote and so isolated that it’s never been inhabited by humans is the small Bouvet Island. The word desolation barely begins to describe this small island yet Bouvet Island holds a mystery that has haunted researchers to this very day.
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Adventure, Inspiration, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Technology, Teleportation
Teleportation
Teleportation is the act of making a person or object disappear from one location and having it reappear in a completely different location. Teleportation has been a favorite devise of Science Fiction writers for years, making a huge impact in the Star Trek television series. What most people don’t know is that the term, ‘teleportation’ and the concept behind it was brought into the mainstream consciousness in 1931 by Charles Fort.
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Adventure, Ancient Flying Machines, Inspiration, Mystery, Technology
Ancient Flying Machines
Almost everyone is familiar with the Wright Brothers. Orville and Wilbur Wright were avid aviation pioneers who are credited with making the first, controlled, sustained, heavier-than-air human powered flight on December 17th, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Could their discoveries and successes been merely a rediscovering of technologies that the ancients knew about long before we did? Is there any evidence to suggest that early humans developed the technologies needed to fly? Amazingly, there is more evidence to suggest that the ancients of the past knew more than we give them credit for. From paintings, to written accounts, to models of planes, the past is ripe with evidence that suggested that early civilization had at least a partial knowledge of flight.
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Inspiration, Mystery, Nature, Tunguska
Tunguska
At 7:17am local time, Russian settlers noticed a column of bluish light as bright as the sun moving across the sky. Near the banks of the Podkamennaya River the first rays of the suns light were warming the pine forests when the sky exploded. On June 30th, 1908 a shock wave 1000 times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb devastated over 2000 square kilometers of forest, destroying an estimated 80 million trees. Bears, wolves, foxes, Reindeer, and thousands of other animals were wiped out along with the vegetation in an area, that, 100 years later, still hasn’t recovered.
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Adventure, Ghost Town, Hidden Trails, Hiking, Inspiration, Motivation, Mystery, Nature, Sica Hollow
Sica Hollow
Traveling along narrow paved roads, passing quaint farmhouses with yard full of old farm machinery, the Hollow is an amazing sight as you descend towards the rivers. Densely wooded with tall maple and linden trees along with an abundance of forest-floor plants, the Hollow is a magical sight. Name Sica, meaning bad or evil, by the Dakota Tribes of the area, Sica Hollow is a place that captures the imagination of anyone who sets foot inside.
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Adventure, Hiking, Hoia Baciu Forest, Inspiration, Mystery, Nature, Supernatural
Hoia Baciu Forest
Set near the proximity of Cluj-Napoca near the northern border of Romania, the local superstition is that the forest is cursed and has become the home of the devil. Debate in paranormal circles rage as if the forest should be classified as haunted, UFO grounds, or a dimensional portal not unlike the Bermuda Triangle. All three activities, from ghosts and apparitions appearing, UFO sightings, and disappearances and unexplained missing time have occurred within the confines of the Hoia Baciu Forest. Since the first documented photographs of strange objects in the sky and bright lights with no apparent source, Hoia Baciu has been a place of speculation and mystery.
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