AGXStarseed
Well-Known Member
History has a lot of unexplained phenomena, unsolved mysteries, unresolved accounts of strange stories, etc. that keep many of us interested in working out what happened.
If you had the opportunity to go back in time and solve these mysteries, which mysteries would you like to go back and solve?
For those of you wondering, the 'time travel' would be similar to A Christmas Carol, with people not been able to see/hear you and you been only able to watch - not intervene.
I'll give us a few mysteries to start us off.
1. The Existence of Jesus - Without getting too religious as this isn't the forum for that, I would be genuinely interested to see if he actually existed, what kind of person he was and if he really did possess supernatural powers or not. Considering how many of us are brought up to believe in Jesus, I think this would be a good mystery to solve (albeit one a lot of people likely wouldn't want the answer to if it wasn't the one they wanted/believed).
2. The Disappearance of Agatha Christie: On December 3rd 1926, author Agatha Christie (know for writing the Poirot and Miss Marple books) left her home and then disappeared for 10 days - with her car abandoned above a chalk quarry in Surrey. She was found on December 14th at a hotel in Harrogate with no idea of how she got there.
I'd be interested to see what actually happened to her over those ten days.
3. The 1977 "Thunderbird" attack in Illinois: On July 25th 1977 in Lawndale, Illinois, a ten year old boy was attacked by a giant bird which tried to carry him off. The attempt failed and the incident was witnessed by Marlon's mother and multiple witnesses, but the police refused to believe their story (the officer on the phone laughing when it was described) and the family suffered ridicule and abuse for a long time afterwards.
I would want to go back to see if this actually happened, as there have been other reports of giant bird sightings and some believe the bird may have been a Teratorn - a gigantic species of predatory bird that was believed to be extinct.
Here's a scale model of a Teratorn:
4. The Roswell Incident: This one is pretty well known, but I'd just like to see if it actually was a UFO crash landing or genuinely just a weather balloon.
5. The Disappearance of the crew from the Mary Celeste: The Mary Celeste was a ship that entered the Bermuda Triangle. When it was later discovered, all the crew were missing - with food left half eaten and the lifeboat gone. None of the crew were ever heard from again.
I'd like to find out what caused the crew to abandon ship and what actually happened to the crew.
What about you guys?
If you had the opportunity to go back in time and solve these mysteries, which mysteries would you like to go back and solve?
For those of you wondering, the 'time travel' would be similar to A Christmas Carol, with people not been able to see/hear you and you been only able to watch - not intervene.
I'll give us a few mysteries to start us off.
1. The Existence of Jesus - Without getting too religious as this isn't the forum for that, I would be genuinely interested to see if he actually existed, what kind of person he was and if he really did possess supernatural powers or not. Considering how many of us are brought up to believe in Jesus, I think this would be a good mystery to solve (albeit one a lot of people likely wouldn't want the answer to if it wasn't the one they wanted/believed).
2. The Disappearance of Agatha Christie: On December 3rd 1926, author Agatha Christie (know for writing the Poirot and Miss Marple books) left her home and then disappeared for 10 days - with her car abandoned above a chalk quarry in Surrey. She was found on December 14th at a hotel in Harrogate with no idea of how she got there.
I'd be interested to see what actually happened to her over those ten days.
3. The 1977 "Thunderbird" attack in Illinois: On July 25th 1977 in Lawndale, Illinois, a ten year old boy was attacked by a giant bird which tried to carry him off. The attempt failed and the incident was witnessed by Marlon's mother and multiple witnesses, but the police refused to believe their story (the officer on the phone laughing when it was described) and the family suffered ridicule and abuse for a long time afterwards.
I would want to go back to see if this actually happened, as there have been other reports of giant bird sightings and some believe the bird may have been a Teratorn - a gigantic species of predatory bird that was believed to be extinct.
Here's a scale model of a Teratorn:
4. The Roswell Incident: This one is pretty well known, but I'd just like to see if it actually was a UFO crash landing or genuinely just a weather balloon.
5. The Disappearance of the crew from the Mary Celeste: The Mary Celeste was a ship that entered the Bermuda Triangle. When it was later discovered, all the crew were missing - with food left half eaten and the lifeboat gone. None of the crew were ever heard from again.
I'd like to find out what caused the crew to abandon ship and what actually happened to the crew.
What about you guys?
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