Each of these mysterious incidents can be called a fantastic detective story. However, in detective stories, as we know, all mysteries are revealed on the last page. These stories still leave many questions. Will the veil of secrecy never be lifted?

In 1970, a project to search for extraterrestrial civilizations was launched in America. For this, a radio telescope was used, which scanned various parts of the sky. Researchers used it to try to receive signals from other civilizations. In 1977, a signal was recorded from the constellation Sagittarius.

It lasted almost a minute. Its source is still unknown to this day.

In August 1994, residents of the small town of Oakville (Washington State) saw jelly falling from the sky, instead of the usual rain. After this, many people experienced flu-like symptoms that lasted up to 2 months.

A sample of the substance falling from the sky was sent for research, the results of which shocked all scientists. It turns out that the drops of viscous rain contained human white blood cells.

For further research, a sample of the substance was brought to the State Department of Health. It was discovered here that jelly rain also contains two types of bacteria that are present in the human body. No one was able to identify what could have provoked such a natural phenomenon, which engulfed the entire city with a mysterious disease.

In 1996, in the village of Kaolinovy ​​near Kyshtym, an unusual creature was discovered in a cemetery. It ate human food and emitted a strange smell. The creature's body length was only 30 cm. The main characteristic his head had a high frontal lobe.

The pensioner who discovered this creature called it by her childhood name - “Alyoshenka”. The Kyshtym dwarf lived with her for about a month and then died.

The creature's mummy was supposed to be transferred for research, but under mysterious circumstances it disappeared.

The sensational incident happened in 1959 on the territory Soviet Union, namely at the pass, which was later named in honor of Dyatlov, the leader of the deceased tourist group.

During the overnight stay, for unknown reasons, members of the squad left the tent. They fled in whatever clothes they had: without warm clothes or shoes. People walked 1.5 km, where they died.

Members of the group suffered severe internal injuries, but their skin was not damaged. There are many theories about what happened, but none of them fit the evidence.

At the beginning of the 16th century in Strasbourg, a woman suddenly began to dance right in the middle of the central square, then she collapsed from fatigue and died. After 10 days, there were already about 30 such dancers in the city, and a month later - 400.

Many died from heart attacks and overwork.

Doctors did not know what the cause was, and the church tried to cast out demons. Gradually the fever stopped, but no one knew what caused it.

In 1908, a fiery cosmic body flew over Siberia, making thunderous sounds. It then exploded, causing trees to fall and windows in houses to be broken within a radius of more than two kilometers.

The explosion was so powerful that it was recorded by observatories around the world. After it, a magnetic storm began that lasted 5 hours.

An interesting fact is that the remains of the meteorite were never discovered.

One of the most shocking and mysterious events of the 21st century is the disappearance of a Malaysian Boeing during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014. The aircraft's detection systems suddenly turned off, but it was still beeping for 6 hours afterward.

In addition, the wreckage of the plane was never found. In March 2017, Malaysia announced that there was some evidence that sheds light on the story, but it could not yet be made public.

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, an English settlement was created in America - the Roanoke Colony. There were 87 men, 19 women and 8 children.

A few months later, the colony disappeared without a trace, and at the site of the settlement only the word “Croatan”, the name of one of the Indian tribes, was scratched on a tree.

The most popular theory is that the colonists met the natives and decided to join them, but there is no significant evidence for this.

Petrozavodsk miracle

In September 1977, a UFO in the form of a shining star, from which pulsating red rays emanated, was spotted over Petrozavodsk. Later it flew north, and on the upper floors of the houses holes with very sharp melted edges were found in the windows.

Also, simultaneously with the UFO in Petrozavodsk, other mysterious phenomena were recorded.

The first mention of huge crop circles dates back to the 17th century, but they aroused the greatest interest in 1972. Then, in the south of Britain, two eyewitnesses saw at night how the grass lay down, forming a perfectly even circle.

This phenomenon is explained in different ways: some believe that this is the work of a UFO, while others claim that these are some kind of tornadoes.

The disappearance of Frederick Valentich 1978, the coast of Australia, excellent weather, bright sun, ocean - in general, beauty and excellent flying conditions. 19-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich also thought so, so without any doubt he set off 235 kilometers from home in a small Cessna 182L plane. As the official purpose of the flight, Valentich indicated the need to pick up passengers on King Island, although he told everyone close to him that he would actually pick up a cargo of lobsters. Frederick took off from Marrabeen Airport on a very ordinary flight. After some time, Valentich contacted the dispatcher and asked him if there was any traffic below 5,000 feet. The controller responded in the negative, to which the pilot stated that he was observing some large aircraft at this altitude, which he could not identify - only four bright dots, similar to landing lights, and no other clues. Controller: We are not aware of any aircraft within visual range. Valentich: Melbourne, now it's approaching me from the east. Valentich: It seems to me that he is playing some kind of game with me, he flew over me two... three times at speeds that I cannot determine. Valentich's side altitude at that time was 4,500 feet. He still could not determine the type of aircraft. Valentich: When it flies, it seems long... I can't say more, it's at such speed... It's in front of me right now. Melbourne? Dispatcher: Do you understand, and how big is this object? Valentich: Melbourne, it looks like he's following me. What I'm doing now is moving in a circle, and this object is also circling above me. It has a green light and something like a metal surface, it's all shiny.

A few seconds later, Frederick reported that the object had disappeared, but a moment later it reappeared, but now approaching from the southwest. Dispatcher: I understand you, what are your intentions? Valentich: My intentions? (Cough.) Fly to King. (Cough.) Melbourne? This strange plane is hovering above me again. It hangs, and... it's not a plane. Valentich's microphone remains on for another 17 seconds, after which the connection is cut off forever. The entire conversation with the dispatcher from the moment the strange object was detected until the connection was lost lasted about six minutes. A little more than a minute after Valentich reported that he was flying in a circle, his plane began having engine problems, and a minute later the connection was lost. So far, no evidence of the plane crash has been found. Researchers and ufologists who found out the reasons for the incident established several interesting facts. For example, there are more than 20 eyewitness accounts who observed chaotic green lights in the sky during Valentich’s flight. Three people saw a small plane and a large object above it. The photograph that was taken by Roy Manifold on the coast 20 minutes before the incident with Valentich also deserves special attention. After developing the photographs, they showed a strange object above the sea, surrounded by steam. Experts conducted several examinations and found that the photographs were genuine, and that the object in them was moving at a speed of 200 m/h. But this did not lead to solving the mystery. Over the years, many versions of what happened have been expressed: suicide, loss of orientation, inexperience of the young pilot, or simply escape to another country. And, paradoxically, the UFO version seems the most plausible. By the way, there were no passengers or lobsters on King Island.

Mary Celeste If the captain of a ship dies during the first voyage, then nothing good can be expected from the ship in the future. All this happened to the brigantine Mary Celeste, but it forever entered the annals of history as a ghost ship. Under the leadership of another captain, Benjamin Briggs, the Mary Celeste sailed from the port of Staten Island, New York, USA, to the port of Genoa, Italy, on November 5, 1872. On board were seven crew members, the captain, his wife and daughter. However, already on December 4, the ship was discovered 400 miles from Gibraltar. There was not a single person on it. There was in the hold sea ​​water at the level of 1 meter, the hatch covers were removed, otherwise the Mary Celeste looked intact. Only the compass was destroyed, the sextant and chronometer were missing, and in the captain’s cabin there was a jewelry box and two bundles of money. There were no papers except the ship's log. From the state of things it became clear that the ship was not caught in a storm.

None of those on the ship could be found, although later several impostors tried to impersonate crew members of the Mary Celeste. None of the hypotheses could reliably explain why the crew members and passengers had to leave the ship, which was suitable for further navigation. The most adequate version was expressed by a certain Cobb, who was a distant relative of the captain. He suggested that the reason for the escape was the ignition of alcohol vapors in the holds that the ship was carrying. After several small explosions, the crew abandoned the ship on a lifeboat to wait out other possible explosions, but the vapors escaped through open hatches. When the crew began to return to the Mary Celeste, the wind rose, and the ship simply left the overloaded boat, and the storm killed everyone in it. Link 19 If in the case of Frederic Valentich only one plane disappeared, then here we will talk about the whole link. As always, the standard training flight on December 5, 1945 did not promise anything unusual. Four pilots undergoing a retraining program on the Avenger torpedo bomber, and an instructor on the same aircraft, had to complete a simple task - fly to a certain place over the Atlantic Ocean, carry out training bombing and return to base. The weather conditions were favorable, and the route was standard - it was used throughout the Second World War.

Flight 19 took off for a training mission at 14:10, but already at 15:40 the first problems appeared. From radio communications it became clear that the link had gotten lost. This became known at the base in Fort Lauderdale, from where the planes took off, as well as the rescue unit at the Port Everglades base, which managed to contact the pilots. It also became clear from radio communications that instructor Taylor, who accompanied the flight, changed the flight course several times, but could not find the correct one - no matter where the pilots sent their planes, they could not see land. At 19:04, dispatchers heard the last conversations between the group members - one of the pilots called Taylor. Nothing more is known about the fate of the link. The planes were expected to run out of fuel around 20:00. The pilot, who flew out to search for the missing on the Mariner rescue seaplane, reported that he had reached the location of the Avengers' direction finding, but after some time he also disappeared without a trace. Despite the testimony of the captain of one of the tankers that he saw a plane explode in the sky, no debris or oil stains were found, and the search led to nothing. All pilots are still considered missing. According to the official version, the human factor and inexperience of the pilots, including the instructor, who was unable to determine the location of the flight, are to blame for the disappearance of the planes. Nevertheless, versions were also expressed about aliens, as well as anomalies in the Bermuda Triangle, which disabled the Avengers’ instruments. Also, some researchers believed that the military hid behind a “training flight” a test of a new type of weapon, and the real flight route was hidden, so no debris could be found at the search site. Hill Spouses Abduction One of the most famous cases of possible alien abduction. It all happened in September 1961 in the American state of New Hampshire. Barney and Betty Hill were driving home along the interurban highway and noticed a light in the sky, and then a disk-shaped object that was hanging above the ground. A reasonable idea came to the Hills' heads - to drive away from this strange place, but the object suddenly began to emit signals and chase the car. When the couple came to their senses, the events of the last two hours were erased from their memory. After this, Barney and Betty began to have nightmares, and they decided to go to a psychiatric clinic. During regressive hypnosis, they said that that night they were abducted by small men with large heads, who experimented on them in their own way. aircraft: they put objects to the genitals and stuck needles into the stomach. In addition, Betty said that she was shown a certain “star map” and was asked if she knew where the Sun was. Later she was able to draw this map. The humanoid allegedly told Betty that the solid lines were their trade routes, and the dotted lines were places they rarely visited.

The world, as always, is divided into skeptics and fanatics. The former claimed that the Hills had invented everything and that regressive hypnosis was a very dubious method, while the latter saw throughout history a confirmation of the hypothesis of the existence of extraterrestrial life. One way or another, the case of the Hill couple still has no explanation. The YOGTZE case German paranoid Gunter Stoll is the author of one of the biggest mysteries in the history of post-war Germany. Many Germans, and not only them, are still wondering what really happened to him. The story, which gave rise to many theories, began like this: 34-year-old Stoll worked as an engineer Food Industry and periodically frightened his wife with paranoia - he claimed that he was being watched by some people who wanted to kill him. At approximately 23:00 on October 25, 1984, he again told his wife about these strange people, then suddenly shouted: “Now everything is clear to me!” – I wrote the letters YOGTZE on a piece of paper and immediately crossed them out. Immediately after this, Stoll went to a bar, ordered a glass of beer, suddenly lost consciousness and smashed his face on the floor, without being drunk. Having come to his senses, Stoll got into his Volkswagen Golf and drove to the city of Haiger, where at about one in the morning he began to break into the house of his old friend Erna Hellfritz. The woman was not happy about such a late visit and asked Stoll to go home, to which Gunther said that something terrible was going to happen that night and left.

At 3:00, two truck drivers, independently of each other, reported to the police that 100 kilometers from Haiger they saw a broken Golf and a wounded man standing nearby. When the police arrived at the scene, they found Stoll completely naked inside the car. He said that he was beaten by four men who were in the car with him. He didn't know them. The police took Gunther to the hospital, but he died on the way. The story already looks strange, but the case took a new turn after the conclusion of the experts: Stoll did not die as a result of beatings, but was hit by another car in a different place, after which he was put in the passenger seat of his car. More than 1,200 suspects were investigated in the case, but they could not solve it, nor could they find witnesses to what happened to Stoll that night. Another mystery is what this mysterious YOGTZE meant. This was attributed to Gunther's mental disorders, but some enthusiasts still believe that the code is some kind of key to unraveling the events of that night. However, it was not possible to understand him.

Nowadays, it is quite difficult to completely hide information about yourself, because all you have to do is type a few words into a search engine - and secrets are revealed and secrets come to the surface. With the development of science and the improvement of technology, the game of hide and seek becomes more and more difficult. It was, of course, easier before. And there are many examples in history when it was impossible to find out what kind of person he was and where he came from. Here are a few such mysterious cases.

15. Kaspar Hauser

May 26, Nuremberg, Germany. 1828 A teenager of about seventeen wanders aimlessly through the streets, clutching a letter addressed to Commander von Wessenig. The letter states that the boy was taken in for training in 1812, taught to read and write, but was never allowed to "take one step out of the door." It was also said that the boy should become a "cavalryman like his father" and the commander could either accept him or hang him.

After meticulous questioning, we were able to find out that his name was Kaspar Hauser and he spent his entire life in a “darkened cage” 2 meters long, 1 meter wide and 1.5 meters high, in which there were only an armful of straw and three toys carved from wood (two horses and dog). A hole was made in the floor of the cell so he could relieve himself. The foundling hardly spoke, could not eat anything except water and black bread, called all people boys, and all animals horses. The police tried to find out where he came from and who the criminal was that made a savage out of the boy, but they could not find out. For the next few years, he was cared for by one person or another, taking him into their home and caring for him. Until on December 14, 1833, Kaspar was found with a stab wound to the chest. A purple silk wallet was found nearby, and inside it was a note made in such a way that it could only be read in a mirror image. It read:

“Hauser will be able to describe to you exactly what I look like and where I came from. In order not to bother Hauser, I want to tell you myself where I come from _ _ I came from _ _ the Bavarian border _ _ on the river _ _ I’ll even tell you my name: M . L. O."

14. Green children of Woolpit

Imagine that you live in the 12th century in the small village of Woolpit in the English county of Suffolk. While harvesting in a field, you find two children huddled in an empty wolf's hole. The children speak an incomprehensible language, are dressed in indescribable clothes, but the most interesting thing is that their skin is green. You take them to your home where they refuse to eat anything other than green beans.

After a while, these children - brother and sister - begin to speak a little English, eat more than just beans, and their skin gradually loses its green tint. The boy gets sick and dies. The surviving girl explains that they came from the "Land of St. Martin", an underground "world of darkness", where they looked after their father's cattle, and then heard a noise and found themselves in a wolf's den. The inhabitants of the underworld are green and dark all the time. There were two versions: either it was a fairy tale, or the children escaped from the copper mines.

13. The Man from Somerton

On December 1, 1948, police discovered the body of a man on Somerton Beach in Glenelg (a suburb of Adelaide) in Australia. All the labels on his clothes were cut off, he had no documents or wallet on him, and his face was clean shaven. Even the teeth could not be identified. That is, there was not a single clue at all.
After the autopsy, the pathologist concluded that “death could not have occurred due to natural causes” and assumed poisoning, although no traces of toxic substances were found in the body. Apart from this hypothesis, the doctor could not guess anything more about the cause of death. Perhaps the most mysterious thing in this whole story was that a piece of paper was found on the deceased, torn from a very rare edition of Omar Khayyam, on which only two words were written - Tamam Shud (“Tamam Shud”). These words are translated from Persian as “finished” or “completed”. The victim remained unidentified.

12. The Man from Taured

In 1954, in Japan, at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, thousands of passengers were rushing about their business. However, one passenger seemed to be taking no part in it. For some reason this one looks absolutely normal man in a business suit attracted the attention of airport security, they stopped him and started asking questions. The man answered in French, but was also fluent in several other languages. His passport had stamps from many countries, including Japan. But this man claimed to come from a country called Taured, located between France and Spain. The problem was that none of the maps offered to him showed any Taured in this place - Andorra was located there. This fact greatly saddened the man. He said that his country had existed for centuries and that he even had its stamps in his passport.

Discouraged, airport officials left the man in a hotel room with two armed guards outside the door while they tried to find more information about the man. They didn't find anything. When they returned to the hotel for him, it turned out that the man had disappeared without a trace. The door did not open, the guards did not hear any noise or movement in the room, and he could not leave through the window - it was too high. Moreover, all of this passenger’s belongings disappeared from the airport security premises.

The man, simply put, dived into the abyss and did not return.

11. Lady Grandmother

The 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy has given rise to many conspiracy theories, and one of the most mystical details of this event is the presence in photographs of a certain woman who was dubbed Lady Granny. This woman is wearing a coat and sunglasses got caught in a bunch of pictures, moreover, they show that she had a camera and was filming what was happening.

The FBI tried to find her and establish her identity, but to no avail. The FBI later called on her to turn over her videotape as evidence, but no one ever came. Just think: this woman, in daylight, in full view of at least 32 witnesses (photographed and videoed by her), witnessed and videotaped a murder, and yet no one, not even the FBI, could identify her. It remained a secret.

10. D.B. Cooper

It happened on November 24, 1971 at Portland International Airport, where a man who had bought a ticket using documents in the name of Dan Cooper boarded a plane bound for Seattle, clutching a black briefcase in his hands. After takeoff, Cooper gave the flight attendant a note saying that he had a bomb in his briefcase and his demands were $200,000 and four parachutes. The flight attendant notified the pilot, who contacted authorities.

After landing at Seattle Airport, all passengers were released, Cooper's demands were met and the exchange was made, after which the plane took off again. As he flew over Reno, Nevada, the calm Cooper ordered all personnel on board to remain seated as he opened the passenger door and jumped into the night sky. Despite the large number of witnesses who could identify him, "Cooper" was never found. Only a small portion of the money was found in a river in Vancouver, Washington.

9. 21-faced monster

In May 1984, a Japanese food corporation called Ezaki Glico faced a problem. Its president, Katsuhiza Yezaki, was kidnapped for ransom from his home and held for some time in an abandoned warehouse, but then managed to escape. A little later, the company received a letter stating that the products were poisoned with potassium cyanide and there would be casualties if all products were not immediately recalled from food warehouses and stores. The company's losses amounted to $21 million, 450 people lost their jobs. The Unknowns - a group of people who took the name "21-faced monster" - sent mocking letters to the police, who could not find them, and even gave hints. The next message said that they had “forgiven” Glico, and the persecution had stopped.

Not content with playing with one large corporation, the Monster organization has its eyes on others: Morinaga and several other food companies. They acted according to the same scenario - they threatened to poison the food, but this time they demanded money. During a botched money exchange operation, a police officer almost managed to capture one of the criminals, but still let him go. Superintendent Yamamoto, who was responsible for investigating this case, could not bear the shame and committed suicide by self-immolation.

Shortly after, "The Monster" sent his final message to the media, ridiculing the death of a police officer and ending with the words: "We are the bad guys. That means we have better things to do than harass companies. Being bad is fun. Monster with 21 faces." . And nothing more was heard about them.

8. The Man in the Iron Mask

The "man in the iron mask" had the number 64389000, as follows from prison archives. In 1669, the minister of Louis XIV sent a letter to the governor of the prison in the French city of Pignerol, in which he announced the imminent arrival of a special prisoner. The minister ordered the construction of a cell with several doors to prevent eavesdropping, to provide for this prisoner's every basic need, and finally, if the prisoner ever spoke of anything other than this, to kill him without hesitation.

This prison was known for incarcerating "black sheep" from noble families and the government. It is noteworthy that the "mask" received special treatment: his cell was well furnished, unlike the rest of the prison cells, and two soldiers were on duty at the door of his cell, who were ordered to kill the prisoner if he removed his iron mask. The imprisonment lasted until the prisoner's death in 1703. The same fate befell the things he used: the furniture and clothes were destroyed, the walls of the cell were scraped and washed, and the iron mask was melted down.

Many historians have since fiercely debated the identity of the prisoner in an attempt to find out whether he was a relative of Louis XIV and for what reasons he was destined for such an unenviable fate.

7. Jack the Ripper

Perhaps the most famous and mysterious Serial killer in a story London first heard about in 1888, when five women were murdered (although it is sometimes said there were eleven victims). All the victims were connected by the fact that they were prostitutes, and also by the fact that all of them had their throats cut (in one of the cases, the cut went right up to the spine). All victims had at least one organ cut out of their bodies, and their faces and body parts were mutilated almost beyond recognition.

What's most suspicious is that these women were clearly not killed by a novice or amateur. The killer knew exactly how and where to cut, and he knew the anatomy perfectly, so many immediately decided that the killer was a doctor. The police received hundreds of letters in which people accused the police of incompetence, and there appeared to be letters from the Ripper himself, signed “From Hell.”

None of the many suspects and none of the countless conspiracy theories have been able to shed any light on the case.

6. Agent 355

One of the first spies in US history, and a female spy, was Agent 355, who worked for George Washington during the American Revolution and was part of the Culper Ring spy organization. This woman provided vital important information about the British army and its tactics, including plans for sabotage and ambushes, and if not for her, the outcome of the war might have been different.

Supposedly in 1780, she was arrested and sent aboard a prison ship, where she gave birth to a boy, who was named Robert Townsend Jr. She died a little later. However, historians are suspicious of this story, stating that women were not sent to floating prisons, and there is no evidence of the birth of a child.

5. The Zodiac Killer

Another serial killer who remains unknown is the Zodiac. This is practically an American Jack the Ripper. In December 1968, he shot and killed two teenagers in California - right on the side of the road - and attacked five more people the following year. Only two of them survived. One victim described the attacker as a pistol-waving man wearing a cloak with an executioner's hood and a white cross painted on his forehead.
Like Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac maniac also sent letters to the press. The difference is that these were ciphers and cryptograms along with crazy threats, and at the end of the letter there was always a crosshair symbol. The main suspect was a man named Arthur Lee Allen, but the evidence against him was only circumstantial and his guilt was never proven. And he himself died of natural causes shortly before the trial. Who was the Zodiac? No answer.

4. Unknown rebel (Tank Man)

This photograph of a protester facing a column of tanks is one of the most famous anti-war photographs and also contains a mystery: the identity of this man, called Tank Man, has never been established. An unidentified rebel single-handedly held off a column of tanks for half an hour during the Tiananmen Square riots in June 1989.

The tank was unable to avoid the protester and stopped. This prompted Tank Man to climb onto the tank and talk to the crew through the vent. After some time, the protester got down from the tank and continued his standing strike, preventing the tanks from moving forward. Well, then he was carried away by people in blue. It is unknown what happened to him - whether he was killed by the government or forced into hiding.

3. Woman from Isdalen

In 1970, the partially burned body of a naked woman was discovered in the Isdalen Valley (Norway). More than a dozen sleeping pills, a lunch box, an empty liquor bottle and plastic bottles, which smelled of gasoline. The woman suffered severe burns and carbon monoxide poisoning, was found with 50 sleeping pills inside her, and may have been hit in the neck. The tips of her fingers were cut off so that she could not be identified by her prints. And when the police found her luggage at a nearby railway station, it turned out that all the labels on the clothes were also cut off.

Upon further investigation, it turned out that the deceased had a total of nine aliases, a whole collection of different wigs and a collection of suspicious diaries. She also spoke four languages. But this information did not greatly help in identifying the woman. A little later, a witness was found who saw a woman in fashionable clothes walking along the path from the station, followed by two men in black coats - towards the place where the body was discovered 5 days later.

But this evidence was not very helpful.

2. Grinning Man

Usually paranormal events are difficult to take seriously and almost all phenomena of this kind are exposed almost immediately. However, this case seems to be of a different kind. In 1966, in New Jersey, two boys were walking along the road towards the barrier at night and one of them noticed a figure behind the fence. The towering figure was dressed in a green suit that shimmered in the lantern light. The creature had a wide grin or a grin and small prickly eyes that constantly followed the frightened boys with their gaze. The boys were then questioned separately and in great detail, and their stories matched exactly.

Some time later, reports of such a strange Grinning Man appeared again in West Virginia, in large numbers and from different people. Grinning even talked to one of them, Woodrow Dereberger. He identified himself as "Indrid Cold" and asked if there had been any reports of unidentified flying objects in the area. In general, he made an indelible impression on Woodrow. Then this paranormal entity was still encountered here and there until he disappeared completely.

1. Rasputin

Perhaps no other historical figure can compare with Grigory Rasputin in terms of the degree of mystery. And although we know who he is and where he comes from, his personality is surrounded by rumors, legends and mysticism and is still a mystery. Rasputin was born in January 1869 into a peasant family in Siberia, where he became a religious wanderer and “healer,” claiming that a certain deity gave him visions. A series of controversial and bizarre events led to Rasputin's employment as a healer in the royal family. He was invited to treat Tsarevich Alexei, who was suffering from hemophilia, in which he was even somewhat successful - and as a result acquired enormous power and influence over the royal family.

Rasputin, associated with corruption and evil, suffered countless unsuccessful assassination attempts. Either they sent a woman with a knife to him under the guise of a beggar, and she almost disemboweled him, or they invited him to the house of a famous politician and tried to poison him there with cyanide mixed into his drink. But that didn't work either! In the end, he was simply shot. The killers wrapped the body in sheets and threw it into the icy river. It later turned out that Rasputin died from hypothermia, and not from bullets, and was even almost able to extricate himself from his cocoon, but this time luck did not smile on him.

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Mysterious incidents often occur in the world for which no explanation can be found. Numerous researchers are trying to understand the cause of this or that mystical event, developing new versions. Unfortunately, few successful attempts are known. The vast majority of mysteries remain unsolved.

Classification

All mysterious incidents can be divided into several types. Among them:

• mysterious murders and disappearances;
• natural phenomena;
• paranormal phenomena, including those related to aliens;
• cases related to human mystical abilities.

One of the most mysterious murder incidents took place in Germany, on a farm called Hinterkaifeck. In 1922, a family and their servants were found dead there. The criminal was not found. Of course, terrible murders occur in the world every day, and often those who commit them escape responsibility. But something truly mystical happened at the Hinterkaifeck farm.

The family that lived in the estate was unsociable, but wealthy. The owners were Andreas and Cecilia Gruber. Their daughter and her two small children lived with them. On the day of the tragedy, a new servant came to them.

It is believed that the murder occurred on the night of April 1. The alarm was raised by a mechanic who came to the farm and did not find anyone from the family. On April 4, police entered the house. All the people were dead. The servant was killed in her room and wrapped in a blanket. A two-year-old baby suffered a fatal blow right in his crib. After this they covered him with a red skirt. The rest of the family are found dead in the barn, wearing their pajamas. All were killed with particular cruelty, their heads were smashed.

The robbery version was dropped immediately. The family was rich, but nothing was missing from the house. Even the wallet with the money was left lying on the crib. It was proven that someone lived in the house for several days after the murder. The dog and other pets were fed. Traces of a stranger's presence were found in the attic. There was straw on the floor, food scraps lying around, and the floor was dismantled. There was a rope hanging from the ceiling.

The police learned from neighbors that a few days before the tragedy, the owner of the farm complained about a strange incident. He claimed that at night he heard construction sounds and saw the light of a lantern not far from the house. When he went outside in the morning, he found footprints in the snow leading from the forest to the house. All the doors were locked. He found no traces leading back into the forest.

The police were never able to find the culprit. It is not even known whether he was alone or whether he had accomplices. What prompted him to commit the murders and why did he live on the farm and farm for a few more days? The incident at the Hinterkaifeck farm is still the most incomprehensible and mystical in the archives of the German police.

The mystery of Dyatlov's death

The most mysterious incident in the history of Soviet tourism is associated with the Dyatlov group. In 1959, presumably on the night of February 2, a group of 9 tourists died in the Northern Urals. These were experienced skiers. The group was led by Igor Dyatlov.

The tourists were supposed to return from the trip on February 15. The search began a week later. On February 26, the tent of Dyatlov’s group was found. There were no living or dead people in it.

The inside of the tent was cut with a knife. The tourists' personal belongings, clothes and food were left inside. The shoes were piled in a heap. Clothes were scattered within a radius of several meters around the tent. Traces of people went down the slope into the forest.

Gradually, rescuers began to discover bodies. Most of them were located near a large cedar tree growing at the edge of the forest. Some of the bodies were stripped down to their underwear. Almost everyone was missing shoes. Rescuers found the remains of a fire and partially burnt scraps of clothing.

The body of Dyatlov himself was found by local hunters 300 meters from the cedar. It seemed that the group leader died trying to get to the tent. He lay 300 meters from her. His head was directed towards the tent.

Most of the group died due to exposure to the cold. But three were found to have terrible injuries. For example: multiple rib fractures, comminuted closed depressed fracture in the vault and base of the skull, internal bleeding into the chest cavity.

Investigators were never able to figure out who or what caused such terrible injuries to people. But the main thing is why experienced tourists cut up the entire tent and left food and warm clothes in it. And then, wearing only their underwear, they went out into the bitter cold and went into the forest at night.

The culprits of this terrible and mysterious incident were never found. There are many versions trying to explain everything that happened to the group. For example, the actions of fugitive criminals, avalanches and alien experiments. Most versions do not stand up to criticism.

The version of Alexey Rakitin looks the most plausible. He outlined it in the book “Death on the Trail...”. The author was able to provide convincing answers to most questions. Literally minute by minute he described all the events that took place.

Mysterious incidents have been recorded in corn and other fields for centuries. Circles and various images appear there. There are some that are easy to understand. But most of the drawings present a mystery.

The first mention of field circles dates back to 1678. In Hertfordshire, a local farmer discovered that his oat crop had been neatly mown into huge circles. Then everything was attributed to the devil's tricks.

From time to time such incidents were recorded in different periods and in other places, but they were not given much significance. That all changed in 1990, when more than 500 figures were discovered simultaneously around the world. At the moment their number exceeds several thousand. Modern circles are very complex and can be up to 500 meters in diameter.

The main hypotheses for the emergence of circles:

• hoax;
• test objects for secret satellite equipment;
• theory of plasma vortex;
• the work of alien intelligence.

Disappearance of the Roanoke Colony

One of the most mysterious incidents with people happened at the end of the 16th century. The entire population of the English colony of Roanoke, founded in North America, mysteriously disappeared. There were about a hundred men and 17 women with children in the settlement. Not a single colonist was found.

Surprisingly, the fence surrounding the settlement was intact. Houses and other buildings were missing. It seemed like they were simply dismantled. All that remains of the colony is the word carved into a tree: "Croatoan." Why the British left him is unknown. The Maltese cross was supposed to be a conventional sign in case of trouble, but not this word. Searches for people did not yield any results and could not clarify. According to the main version, all the colonists were killed by the Indians. But not a single grave was found.

Mysterious incidents have happened quite often in the history of Russia. One of them happened 110 years ago in Central Siberia. At 7 o'clock in the morning, a huge fiery body flew in the sky, which was seen in many settlements. Sounds like thunder were heard. Then a terrible explosion was heard.

Trees were felled within a radius of two kilometers. The heat was so intense that the moss and dry wood caught fire. Windows were broken in settlements that were located 300 km from the epicenter. And the blast wave was recorded even in Great Britain.

Three days before the incident, strange phenomena were observed in the skies over Europe. For example, strange clouds of silvery color, too bright twilight and fireballs. Numerous expeditions never found the remains of the meteorite, although it is believed that it was the cause of the incident.

Experts determined that the power of the explosion was equal to 185 bombs dropped on Hiroshima. Surprisingly, there was not a single human casualty as a result of the incident. What caused the explosion, which lit up the entire sky over Europe and was visible even in America, is not known for certain. According to one version, Nikola Tesla’s experiments were to blame.

A terrible and mystical event occurred on the island of Flannan in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors passing by the lighthouse noticed that it was not turned on. They passed this information on to the Scottish Coast Guard.

The chief caretaker, who arrived on the island on a rescue ship, was unable to provide an explanation for the mysterious incident. The lighthouse's entrance doors were tightly closed from the inside. No one responded to the caretaker's cries.

When he finally managed to get inside, he found a table set, as if people were going to dinner. One chair was upside down. Two pairs of boots and a jacket were missing. None of the lighthouse employees could be found.

The chief keeper, who had to keep watch alone for a month, claimed that he constantly heard voices. It seemed to him that something supernatural was constantly watching him. After he was relieved, he never returned to Eilean Mor Lighthouse.

The ship "Mary Celeste"

There are so many mysteries that will never be solved. Mystical phenomena are observed everywhere in the world. The most mysterious incident in the history of shipping involves a ship called the Mary Celeste. She was discovered on December 5, 1872, adrift without a crew.

The ship was not damaged. His daughter's toys were scattered around the captain's cabin, and his wife's sewing machine stood with unfinished sewing. There was also a jewelry box and money there. All the sailors' smoking pipes were hidden in the cockpit. And in the holds there was an untouched cargo - rectified cognac. In addition, there was also a ship's log on the spot. The chronometer and sextant were not found.

Several versions were put forward, but none of them could be confirmed. It seems most likely that the captain and crew wanted to wait out some danger in the boat. Unfortunately, the cable broke and the ship sailed away. The people in the boat died.

Strange behavior of Pioneer probes

Thanks to a huge number of modern means of surveillance and control, it seems that every inch of the planet is under surveillance. Despite this, mysterious incidents continue to occur in the world. Scientific and technological progress has allowed man to penetrate into space. But the discoveries gave rise to even more mysteries.

In 1972, the Americans launched a probe called Pioneer 10. 11 years later, its younger brother flew after it. They both had to go beyond solar system. Pioneer 10 carries the so-called interstellar letter for alien worlds.

Unfortunately, none of the probes were able to fly beyond the solar system. It seems that some unknown force is not letting them in. Moreover, both probes, launched 11 years apart, behave exactly the same.