Terrestrial-like organisms? Judge for yourself, the relief of Titan is surprisingly reminiscent of the terrestrial - there are seas, rivers, mountains, deserts, active volcanoes. Its 400 - km atmosphere, 4 times the mass of the earth, consists of nitrogen (95-98%) and methane (1.6-5%) (it also contains ethane, and in small amounts propane, ammonia, acetylene, water vapor, etc.). The Earth's atmosphere contains 0.038% carbon dioxide and 0.00017% methane. Both of these gases are greenhouse gases; carbon dioxide raises the temperature at the Earth's surface by about 35 degrees. C. Methane is considered to be about 20 times more efficient (strong) greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide ()

Bas-relief or rock formation (Cappadocia, Turkey)?
When visiting the Valley of Love of Goreme National Park in Cappadocia (Turkey), we were amazed at the similarity of some rocks with erosion-blurred bas-reliefs - we saw from afar images of people, animals, birds, ... However, as we approached them, the similarities disappeared and we could not do anything to photograph. Nevertheless, one such "bas-relief" or rock composition was still captured (see photo below) (

Photo of a phantom in the underground city of Derinkuyu? (Cappadocia, Turkey). What if this is what the inhabitants of the dungeons and their possible builders looked like?
When looking at photographs taken in the underground city of Derinkuyu in Cappadocia (Turkey), I discovered a very interesting face, similar to the face of a horned old man. Since I had seen photographs of phantoms before - people and objects that appeared in this place many years ago, accidentally appeared on the film, the thought immediately came to my mind - is it not a phantom? Then this face can characterize the appearance of the ancient dungeon builder. In my opinion, he a little resembles satyrs and selen, and also the Chinese emperor Shennong - a snake-man with a small head crowned with small horns. In general, horniness was widespread in ancient world, judging by the legend. True, the last representatives of horned people disappeared a very, very long time ago (

Mysterious figurines from Muskat Muskat

Less than a year ago, I was sent an amazing collection of photographs of figurines from the North Caucasus. Their origins were shrouded in mystery. This is what Yuri, who sent me photographs with the nickname Muskat Muskat, wrote about the collection... " A couple of years ago, the first channel in the news broadcast about a sensational find - it seems, in Poland. An American scientist discovered the oldest dinosaur footprints on earth (350 million years old). A computer model was presented, which almost completely coincides with the figure (photo 12,13,14,15). Asterisks (photo 3, 9, 10). We think it looks like flying spacecraft. Photo 5,6,7,8 - it looks like an electromagnetic coil ..." (

Earring in Devonian sediments?
In early January 2014, I received a letter from Oleg Veres from Belarus, in which he told me about the discovery of an object similar to an earring at a depth of more than 3 km while drilling a well in the Late Devonian sediments in the Rechitsa region of Belarus (Vostochno-Pervomayskoye oil field, confined to the Pervomaiskaya zone of near-fault uplifts of the Pripyat trough). This is what he told me in this and his next letters.: " I would like to provide you with photographs of the "artifact" found in 2011 while drilling a well for oil in the Rechitsa region of the Republic of Belarus .. ." (

Coins in coal deposits

Screw rod in Oligocene sediments

In the spring of 2019, a reader from Sochi, Alina, sent me photographs and a video of a strange, carved stone cylinder about a meter long. Upon closer examination, it became clear that this is a petrified, most likely, once a metal object that most resemblesthreaded rod(

Mysterious round holes (wells) in granites and graces of the Southern Bug (Ukraine)
I propose to look at an amazing selection of photographs of round holes (wells) in granites or gneisses made in the area of ​​the village of Migia of the Bugsky Gard National Park in the basin of the river. Southern Bug (Nikolaev region, Ukraine) by Vladimir Kovalev from Kiev in 2013 .. Let's see what V. Kovalev himself writes:"We were not disappointed with what we saw. Moreover, we were quite puzzled to find a group of small granite rocks with wells of regular shape drilled into them. The depth of the wells in some places reached two and a half meters, the diameter - from 10 centimeters to 1.5 meters. Could nature have done this? ... " (

The Sahara Desert in Egypt contains the oldest known astronomically aligned stones in the world: Nabta. A thousand years before the creation of Stonehenge, people built a stone circle and other structures on the shore of a lake that had dried up long ago. More than 6,000 years ago, stone slabs three meters high were dragged over a kilometer to create this place. The stones depicted are just a part of the entire complex that has survived. Although the Western Egyptian Desert is now completely dry, it was not like this in the past. There is good evidence that there have been several wet cycles in the past (with up to 500 mm of rainfall per year). The most recent refers to the interglacial period and the time of the beginning of the last glaciation, it was approximately from 130,000 to 70,000 years ago. During this period, the area was a savannah and supported the life of numerous animals such as extinct bison and large giraffes, antelopes different types and gazelles. Starting around the 10th millennium BC, this area of ​​the Nubian desert began to receive more rainfall, filling the lakes. The early people may have been attracted to the region by the sources of drinking water. Archaeological finds may indicate that human activity in the area is known from at least somewhere between the 10th and 8th millennia BC.

Chinese mosaic from lines.

These strange lines are located at the coordinates: 40 ° 27 "28 .56" N, 93 ° 23 "34 .42" E. There is not much information available about this "weirdness", but a beautiful mosaic of lines does exist, it carved in the desert of Gansu Sheng province in China. Some records indicate that the "lines" were created in 2004, but nothing seems to be found to officially support this assumption. It should be noted that these lines are located near the Mogao Cave, which is a World Heritage Site. The lines stretch for a very long distance, and at the same time maintain their proportions, despite the curvature of the rough terrain.

An inexplicable stone doll.

In July 1889 in Boise, Idaho, a small human figure was found during a well drilling operation. The find has generated intense scientific interest in the last century. Unmistakably human-made, the "doll" was discovered at a depth of 320 feet, which made it possible to attribute its age to a time far before the arrival of man in this part of the world. The find has never been disputed, but it was only said that this, in principle, is impossible.

Iron bolt, 300 million years old.

It was found almost by accident. The expedition of the MAI-Kosmopoisk Center was looking for fragments of a meteorite in the south of the Kaluga region, in Russia. Dmitry Kurkov decided to examine a seemingly ordinary piece of stone. What he found is capable of overturning our understanding of earthly and cosmic history. When the dirt was brushed off the stone, a bolt somehow got inside was clearly visible on its chip! About a centimeter long. How did he get there? A bolt with a nut on the end (or - which this thing was also like - a spool with a rod and two discs) was tight. This means that he got inside the stone back in the days when it was only a sedimentary rock, bottom clay.

Ancient rocket ship.

This ancient cave image from Japan dates back more than 5000 BC.

Moving stones.

No one, not even NASA, has yet been able to explain this. The best thing is to just watch and marvel at the moving rocks in this dry lake in National Park Death Valley. The bottom of Lake Reistrek Playa is nearly flat, 2.5 km north-south and 1.25 km east-west, and is covered in cracked mud. The stones move slowly along the clayey bottom of the lake, as evidenced by the long traces that remain behind them. The stones move on their own without someone else's help, but no one has ever seen or recorded the movement on camera. Similar movements of stones were recorded in several other places. However, in terms of the number and length of tracks, the dried up Lake Racetrack Playa is unique.

Electricity in the pyramids.

Teotihuacan, Mexico. Large sheets of mica have been found embedded in the walls of this ancient Mexican city. The nearest place - a quarry where mica is mined, is located in Brazil, thousands of kilometers away. Mica is currently used in energy production technology. In this regard, the question arises as to why the builders used this mineral in the buildings of their city. Did these ancient architects know some long-forgotten energy sources to use electricity in their cities?

Death of a Dog

Suicide of dogs on a bridge in Overtown, near Milton, Dumbarton, Scotland. Built in 1859, Overtown Bridge became famous for a number of unexplained cases in which dogs apparently committed suicide by jumping off it. These incidents were first recorded in the 1950s or 1960s, when dogs - usually of the long-nosed species like collies - were seen jumping off a bridge quickly and unexpectedly and falling fifty feet, crashing to death.

Fossil giants

The fossilized Irish giants were discovered in 1895 and are over 12 feet (3.6 m) tall. The giants were discovered during mining operations in the city of Antrim, Ireland. This image is from the British magazine Strand, December 1895. “Height 12'2", chest, 6'6 ", arm 4'6". There are six toes on the right foot. " The six fingers and toes are reminiscent of some characters from the Bible, where six-fingered giants are described.

Pyramids of Atlantis?

Scientists continue to explore the ruins of megaliths in the so-called Yucatan Canal in the Cuba region. They have been found many miles away along the coast. The American archaeologists who discovered the site immediately stated that they had found Atlantis (not the first time in the history of underwater archeology). Now the place is sometimes visited by scuba divers to admire the majestic underwater structures. All other interested persons can enjoy only filming and computer reconstruction of the city buried under water, the age of millennia.

Giants in Nevada

The legend of the Nevada Indians of the 12 foot red giants who lived in the area when they arrived. According to American Indian history, the giants were killed in the cave. During excavations in 1911, this human jaw was discovered. This is what an artificial human jaw looks like next to her. In 1931, two skeletons were found at the bottom of the lake. One was 8 feet (2.4 m) high, the other just under 10 (3 m).

Inexplicable wedge

This aluminum wedge was found in Romania in 1974, on the banks of the Mures River, near the city of Ayud. They found him at a depth of 11 meters, next to the bones of Mastodon - a giant, elephant-like, extinct animal. The find itself is very reminiscent of the head of a huge hammer. At the Archaeological Institute of the city of Cluj-Napoca, where the artifact supposedly went, it was determined that the metal from which this wedge is made is an aluminum alloy coated with a thick layer of oxide. The alloy contained 12 different elements, and the find was classified as strange, since aluminum was discovered only in 1808, and the age of this artifact, given its location in a layer along with the remains of an extinct animal, is estimated at about 11 thousand years.

"Loladoff's plate"

The Loladoff Plate is a 12,000 year old stone dish found in Nepal. It seems that Egypt is not the only place visited by aliens in ancient times. This is clearly demonstrated by a disc-shaped UFO. There is also a drawing on the disc. The character is remarkably similar to the aliens known as Gray.

Pure iron alloy hammer

A puzzling riddle for science is ... an ordinary-looking hammer. The metal part of the hammer is 15 centimeters long and about 3 centimeters in diameter. It literally grew into limestone about 140 million years old, and is kept together with a piece of rock. This miracle caught the eye of Mrs. Emma Hahn in June 1934 in the rocks near the American town of London, Texas. The experts who examined the find made a unanimous conclusion: a hoax. However, further studies carried out by various scientific institutions, including the famous Battel Laboratory (USA), showed that everything is much more complicated. First, the wooden handle on which the hammer is set has already turned to stone from the outside, but inside it has completely turned into coal. ... This means that its age is also estimated at millions of years. Secondly, the specialists of the Metallurgical Institute in Columbus (Ohio) amazed chemical composition the hammer itself: 96.6% iron, 2.6% chlorine and 0.74% sulfur. No other impurities could be identified. Such pure iron has not been obtained in the entire history of earthly metallurgy. Not a single bubble has been found in metal The quality of iron, even by modern standards, is exceptionally high and raises many questions, since the content of metals used in the metallurgical industry in the production of different grades of steel is not detected (as, e.g. manganese, cobalt, nickel, tungsten, vanadium or molybdenum). There are also no impurities and the percentage of chlorine is unusually high. It is also surprising that no trace of carbon has been found in iron, while iron ore from the earth's deposits always contains carbon and other impurities. Generally speaking, from a modern point of view, it is not of high quality. But here's the detail: the iron of the "Texas hammer" does not rust! When in 1934 a piece of rock with an ingrown tool was chipped off a rock, the metal was severely scratched in one place. And over the past sixty-odd years, not the slightest signs of corrosion have appeared on the scratch ... According to the estimates of Dr. K.E. Buff, director of the Museum of Fossil Antiquities in which this hammer is stored, the find comes from the early Cretaceous period - from 140 to 65 million years ago. By current state scientific knowledge, mankind learned to make such tools only 10 thousand years ago. Dr. Hans-Joachim Zilmer from Germany, who studied in detail the mysterious find, concludes: "This hammer is made according to a technology unknown to us."

Highest stone processing technology

The second group of finds that pose puzzles for scientists are artifacts created after the time of the appearance of man on Earth accepted today. But the technologies that were used to create them have become known to us relatively recently or are still unknown. The most famous find of this group can be called a crystal skull, found in 1927 in Belize during excavations of the Mayan city of Lubaantum. The skull is cut from a piece of pure quartz and measures 12x18x12 centimeters. In 1970, the skull was analyzed at the Hewlett-Packard laboratory. The results were overwhelming. The skull was created without respecting the natural crystal axis, which is impossible in modern crystallography. No metal tools were used to work on the skull. According to the restorers, quartz was first cut with a diamond chisel, after which silicon crystalline sand was used for more thorough processing. It took about three hundred years to work on the skull, which can be taken as an incredible example of patience or the use of high technologies unknown to us. One of the experts at Hewlett-Packard stated that creating a crystal skull is not a matter of skill, patience and time, but that it is simply impossible.

Fossil nail

However, most often in the rock they find objects similar in appearance to nails and bolts. In the 16th century, the Viceroy of Peru kept a piece of rock in his office that held tightly to an 18-centimeter steel nail found in a local mine. In 1869, in Nevada, a metal screw 5 centimeters long was found in a piece of feldspar raised from great depths. Skeptics believe that the appearance of these and many other objects can be explained by natural reasons: a special kind of crystallization of mineral solutions and melts, the formation of pyrite rods in the voids between crystals. But pyrite is iron sulfide, and at the break it is yellow (which is why it is often confused with gold) and has a distinct cubic structure. Eyewitnesses of the finds clearly speak of iron nails, sometimes covered with rust, and pyrite formations can be called gold rather than iron. There is also speculation that rod-shaped NIOs are fossilized skeletons of belemnites (invertebrates of marine animals that lived at the same time as dinosaurs). But the remains of belemnites are found only in sedimentary rocks and never in indigenous rocks such as feldspar. In addition, they have a pronounced skeletal shape, and it is impossible to confuse them with something else. It is sometimes argued that nail-like NIOs are melted meteorite fragments or fulgurites (thunder arrows) struck by lightning into rocks. However, it is extremely problematic to find such a fragment or a trace left millions of years ago. If it is still possible to argue about the origin of the nail-like NIO, then about some of the finds it remains only to shrug.

Ancient battery

In 1936, the German scientist Wilhelm Koenig, who worked at the Archaeological Museum of Baghdad, was brought a strange object that was found on the excavations of an ancient Parthian settlement near the Iraqi capital. It was a small earthenware vase about 15 centimeters high. Inside it was a cylinder of sheet copper, its base was covered by a cap with a seal, the top of the cylinder was covered with a layer of resin, which also held an iron rod directed to the center of the cylinder. From all this, Dr. König concluded that in front of him was an electric battery, created almost two thousand years before the discoveries of Galvani and Volta. Egyptologist Arne Egebrecht made an exact copy of the find, poured wine vinegar into a vase and connected a measuring device that showed a voltage of 0.5 V. Presumably the ancients used electricity to apply a thin layer of gilding to objects.

Antikythera Mechanism (other spellings: Antikythera, Andykythera, Antikythera, Greek. Dated to about 100 BC. NS. (possibly before 150 BC). Stored at the National archaeological museum in Athens. The mechanism contained 37 bronze gears in a wooden case, on which dials with arrows were placed and, according to reconstruction, was used to calculate the movement of celestial bodies. Other devices of similar complexity are unknown in Hellenistic culture. It uses a differential gear that was previously thought to have been invented no earlier than the 16th century, and the level of miniaturization and complexity is comparable to that of a mechanical watch from the 18th century. The approximate dimensions of the assembled mechanism are 33 × 18 × 10 cm.

Figures of astronauts from Ecuador

Figures of ancient astronauts found in Ecuador. Age> 2000 years. In fact, full of such evidence, if you like, read Erich Von Denikin. He has many books, one of the most famous - "Chariots of the Gods", there are both physical evidence and decryption of cuneiforms and so on, in general, quite interesting. True, vehemently believers are not allowed to read.

Throughout history, people have witnessed a huge number of unexplained miracles and mysterious phenomena. Healings, visions of a religious nature, sacred objects possessing magical properties- all this and much more fascinated us for centuries and continues to do so to this day.
Science was later able to explain some of the phenomena, other miracles turned out to be a lie or the fruit of a sick fantasy, but there are still mysteries in the world that mankind has not been able to solve. This publication may seem amusing both to convinced skeptics and to those who are open to belief in the unknown, as well as not only to lovers of old legends, but also to those who are more interested in the mysteries of the present. Before 25 stories of incredible wonders ...

25. Voice of Saint Clelia Barbieri

This girl was born in Italy in 1874 and helped found the Church of the Little Sisters of the Virgin Mary of the Sorrowful. By the age of 23, Clelia Barbieri had become a very influential woman, but, being very young, she died of leukemia. Before her death, the Italian told her followers: "Take courage, because I am going to heaven, but I will always be with you and never leave you!" A year after Clelia's death, while the sisters were singing, a high-pitched voice filled the church, hovering between the nuns and singing along to the novices in different keys. Clelia's voice followed the sisters during their prayers. They say that it is still occasionally distributed within the walls of the old church.

24. Our Lady of Guadalupe

The apparitions of the Virgin Mary have been celebrated throughout history from the birth of Christ. One such case was the meeting of Our Lady with a Mexican peasant named Juan Diego in 1531. Mary ordered the construction of a new temple and asked Diego to convey this assignment to the nearest bishop. The man turned to a high-ranking clergyman, but he did not believe that the Mother of God herself turned to a simple peasant. The bishop said that he needed a sign to prove Diego's words, and ordered them to bring roses from the barren hill, wrapped in a cloak. The peasant fulfilled the requirement of the dignitary, and when Diego unfolded his cloak in front of the bishop, an image of the Virgin Mary appeared there. The portrait still exists, and it is perfectly preserved, despite the fact that it has never been restored.

23. Martin de Porres

Martin de Porres was a monk and physician who worked with the poor and sick in the Peruvian town of Lima. A man is credited with many miracles, including levitation, unexplained healings, and appearing in several places at the same time. Believers in Peru still pray to him for healing. For example, in 1956 a brick fell on the leg of a man. The severe fracture developed into gangrene, and the unfortunate man fell ill with hepatitis. The doctors were going to amputate the limb, but first a woman prayed over the leg. The next day, the bandages were removed, and under them was already healing flesh, and there was no longer any need for amputation. Martin de Porres became the first mulatto American to be canonized by the Catholic Church.

22. Mother of God Zeytunskaya

As mentioned earlier, the apparitions of the Virgin Mary were celebrated more than once and in completely different places. A relatively recent incident occurred in 1968 in the suburbs of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Farouk Mohammed Atwa initially thought there was a woman at the top of St. Mark's Church about to commit suicide. Only later did the man realize that this was not an ordinary woman, but the appearance of the Mother of God. More and more people began to notice the figure, and the police were even called to this place. Since then, the woman has been noticed more than once at the top of the building, and the leadership of the church conducted its own investigation, which showed that during the visions no one had access to the roof of the building, which means that this is the most real appearance of the Virgin Mary.

21. Robin Talbot of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship

This story took place in northern Thailand in 1963. Robin Talbot was a Christian missionary who preached the gospel to Asian villagers. The first local woman who converted to Christianity and refused to worship animals was rejected by her fellow countrymen, and they predicted illness and curses for her for converting to an alien faith. And so it happened. And while Talbot prayed for the health of the Christian convert, her community scoffed at the woman's torture. Then she died. Well, or so everyone thought. After 20 minutes, the "apostate" was resurrected and told about all the secrets of the village. She claimed that she had met Jesus Christ himself, and He told her to return from heaven to earth in order to convey everything she saw and heard to the inhabitants of her native village.
20. Gemma Galgani's stigmata

In 1899, at the age of 21, Gemma Galgani became famous for the stigmata (bleeding marks on the body of the saints, reminiscent of the wounds of the crucified Christ) appeared on her hands. After a vision in which Gemma was talking to Jesus and the Virgin Mary, the girl woke up with stigmata. Many parishioners of the local church did not believe the girl, but her confessor, Reverend Germanus Ruoppolo, turned out to be more open to the words of the young person and even wrote a biographical work about her.

19. St. Joseph of Cupertino

They say that Joseph of Cupertinsky loved to levitate (float in the air). Moreover, as many as 70 cases are known when a believer overcame the force of gravity and had to be pulled down to earth. As a result, the man was recognized as a saint and patron saint of all aviators.

18. Our Lady of Akita (Akita)

And again the Virgin Mary. This time the events unfold in Japan. The apparition of the Mother of God dates back to 1973. Sister Sasagawa was a Christian convert from Buddhism. She was also terminally deaf. Having found a new faith, Sasagawa began to see the Virgin Mary. The woman claimed that she had seen 101 times how the wooden statue of the Mother of God tears. The accounts of the apparition of the Virgin Mary became so famous that they attracted the attention of television, and pilgrims from all over the world began to come to the Japanese temple.

17. Imperishable relics

In the Catholic and Greek Orthodox traditions, there is such a concept as imperishable relics, meaning the bodies of saints, which are either not at all subject to decay and destruction, or the decomposition of their tissues is greatly slowed down due to Divine intervention. Sometimes they even smell sweet. These bodies are not embalmed or mummified so that they can rightfully be considered incorrupt. There are a number of similar cases, and such relics are usually displayed on public display in temples and churches. During their lifetime, the dead were usually considered righteous or were clergy.

16. Healing the Heart of Michael Crowe

In 2012, Michael Crowe was only 23 years old when he was diagnosed with a dire heart disease called acute myocarditis. The young man's heart was functioning only at 10% of the required capacity, and this greatly harmed the work of all other organs. Without a transplant, he had very little time to live. But the doctors refused to have a heart transplant because the guy was diagnosed with blood poisoning - the patient was too weak for the procedure and most likely would not have survived such a serious surgical intervention. Just an hour after the terrible diagnosis, blood pressure in Michael's heart rose, and soon his left chamber started working on its own. After a second check, the doctors did not find the previous problems, and the lucky man was discharged from the hospital practically healthy. Doctors consider this case to be a real unexplained miracle.
15.19 years of Jan Grzebski's coma


In 2007, Jan Grzebski woke up from a 19-year coma and found that his home country Poland was no longer under communist rule and saw for the first time mobile phone... But the most amazing thing is that he generally spent so many years in a coma, because the doctors predicted several years at most for him. The man believes that he owes his awakening to his beloved wife, who took care of him all these 19 years. She turned him over several times a day and did not allow bedsores to appear on his body.

14. Lanciano miracle

In the 700s of our era, a monk from the city of Lanciano questioned the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation, associated with the belief that during the sacrament ritual wine and bread become the true body and blood of Christ. Once he participated in the rite of conception, and when the monk delivered a speech of dedication and blessing, the bread and wine were physically transformed into blood and flesh. The priest ordered other ministers to seal the incredible manifestation of divine miracle in a special vessel, and now the contents of this container are a Catholic relic.

13. Mysterious voice

In 2005, Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck flew off the track into the Utah River. Her 18-month-old daughter was in the car with her. Lynn died immediately in the accident, but her girl survived by being stuck upside down above the streams. cold water... The child hung in this state for 12 hours. When the police officers arrived at the scene, they heard a distinct voice saying articulate "help me." Then the men found the baby. No one understands how an 18-month-old girl survived such an accident, how she managed to fight for her survival for so long, and who called for help.

12. Healing from cancer after renovating the church

Greg Thomas was 57 years old when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The man lost his job and was ready to say goodbye to his family, because there was practically no hope left. Once, while walking with his dog, Greg came across an abandoned church. The man decided that he could make some repairs here, because now he no longer has other things to do. He requested construction materials from city officials in exchange for his work to return the building to the community in a functional state. After repairing the church, Greg discovered that his cancer was in remission and the symptoms of the terminal illness began to disappear.

11. Broken man

Grayson Kirby died on June 7, 2014. Almost. He was thrown out of his own car in a car accident. The man was taken to the hospital, but the doctors barely managed to keep him alive. Almost every bone in Kirby's body was broken, and his lungs were too badly damaged. There was practically no chance of survival. After 10 days of prayer, fundraising and medical procedures, the man first opened his eyes and said, "I love you." Now he is alive and on the mend.

10. The man who fell from the sky

Alcides Moreno is a window cleaner. He was working on the 47th floor when his cradle suddenly overturned and fell to the ground. The partner and at the same time the brother of Alcides was with him at the same facility and died on the spot. But Mr. Moreno miraculously survived a real fall from the sky. The hospital underwent a number of complex operations, 11 liters of blood and 9 liters of plasma were transfused, and the lucky man had already begun to recover. Alcides still has many bright years ahead, and this is a real miracle.

9. Blood of Saint Januarius

The Christian priest Januarius was one of the early martyrs of the Roman ruler Diocletian, and his blood is still preserved as a Catholic relic. Januarius's blood has dried up long ago, but sometimes it not only liquefies, but also begins to boil in its sealed ampoule right in front of a large crowd of witnesses. Pilgrims and onlookers come to see the miracle three times a year on holidays... Spectral analysis of the substance showed that there is indeed blood inside the vessel.

8. Therese Neumann

Like Gemma Galgani, German Teresa Neumann was a Christian who claimed to have had visions involving Jesus Christ himself. At the same time, the believer became famous for stigmatism. After a vision of suffering God's son the woman was bleeding from her eyes, and wounds appeared on her head. Teresa was instructed from above to live in constant communion (the sacrament of the consecration of bread and wine for their use in honor of the sacrifice of Christ), and obeyed him until the end of her days. The woman lived for 64 years and passed away in 1962.

7. Dance of the Sun

This is the last miracle of our list, telling about the appearance of the Virgin Mary to people. In 1917, in Portugal, 3 children announced that they saw the Mother of God on their way home after grazing sheep. The children told their parents about what had happened, and the visions did not stop there. Pilgrims began to arrive at the place where, according to the children, the Virgin Mary appeared. They grew in number, and the town of Fatima became a hot spot on the map for Christians eager to witness their meeting with the Mother of God. Once, almost 70,000 people gathered at this place at the same time, and the children again declared that they were seeing the Virgin Mary. She told them that she would end the First World War and that people should repent of their sins. Suddenly one person pointed to the sky and exclaimed: "Sun!". All those present claimed that they saw how the luminary made incredible things - it hovered in the air from side to side, as if dancing, and emitted rays of wonderful colors and shapes. The phenomenon occurred on October 13, 1917.

6. A man cut in half

This incredible story happened in 1995. A Chinese man named Peng Shulin survived a terrible car accident in which he was cut in half in a collision with a truck. As many as 20 doctors participated in the operation to transplant the skin from the head to the torso area, and in the end, Shulin survived. Doctors call it a real miracle. For some time, the Chinese man was bedridden, but now he can walk again, although not without the help of prostheses.

5. Girls from Anon Baptist Church

In 1970, a girl from Anon Baptist Church developed an ulcer on her leg that began to fester very much. The doctors recommended that she give up all her hobbies and church activities in order to concentrate fully on treatment, and said that after she recovered, she would need a skin graft. The girl refused to follow the advice of doctors and gathered her church friends to pray over her wound. The next morning, the leg was almost healed. After a few more prayers together, the ulcer completely disappeared and no skin grafting was needed.

4. Jim Mallory's silent killer

Abdominal aortic aneurysm has long been called the silent killer. It grows very slowly and imperceptibly, no one knows about it until education breaks apart and kills a person. Jim Mallory has worked for hospitals, helping resident doctors and medical students learn to make diagnoses. Once, for educational purposes, Mallory pretended to be sick, in whom an aneurysm was to be diagnosed. He himself did not suspect that he already had it. After scanning, the teacher found a diffuse expansion of the aortic wall. Since the diagnosis was made on time, the man was saved. An urgent operation was carried out, and Mr. Mallory survived by a miraculous coincidence.

3. Cardiac arrest Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro (Ruby Graupera-Cassimiro)

After the Caesarean section, Ruby's heart stopped. Doctors did their best to revive the young mother, but after 45 minutes of no heartbeat, she was pronounced dead. When medicine finally abandoned Ruby, the heart rate monitor suddenly blinked and the woman came back to life to the surprise of all the hospital staff.
2. The dog found a mistress 20 blocks from his house


Nancy Franck has been admitted to Mercy Medical Center in Iowa for planned surgery. Two weeks later, while the woman was still in rehab under the supervision of doctors at the medical center, her dog Sissy ran away from home and walked 20 blocks to find her owner. The clinic staff noticed an animal loitering outside the building and contacted the patient's husband. Nobody knows how the dog managed to find Nancy after 2 weeks and at such a distance.

1. A young child experienced internal decapitation

This miraculous incident happened in June 2016. After a terrible car accident in Idaho (Idaho), a 4-year-old boy received a complex injury - internal decapitation (separation of the skull from the spine without rupture of muscle and integumentary tissues.). This should have killed the child immediately, or left him paralyzed for the rest of his life. Fortunately, the rescuers provided first aid competently, and at the hospital the doctors had already done their part of the work, which in total saved the young life and gave the child a chance for a happy future. Moreover, the boy not only survived, but also retained his mobility.

Incredible facts

Scientists for many centuries have been trying to unravel many mysteries of the natural world, however, some phenomena still baffle even the best minds of mankind.

It seems that these phenomena, ranging from strange flashes in the sky after earthquakes to rocks that spontaneously move along the ground, have no specific meaning or purpose.

Here are the 10 most strange, mysterious and incredible phenomena, naturally occurring.

1. Reports of bright flares during earthquakes

Light flares that appear in the sky before and after an earthquake

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One of the most mysterious phenomena is the unexplained flares in the sky that accompany earthquakes. What causes them? Why do they exist?

Italian physicist Christiano Feruga collected all observations of outbreaks during earthquakes dating back to 2000 BC. For a long time, scientists were skeptical about this strange phenomenon. But that all changed in 1966 when the first evidence appeared - photographs of the Matsushiro earthquake in Japan.

Now there are a great many such photographs, and the flashes on them are so different colors and shapes that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish a fake.

Among the theories explaining this phenomenon is frictional heat, radon gas and piezoelectric effect- An electrical charge that builds up in quartz rocks when tectonic plates move.

In 2003, physicist NASA dr Friedemann Freund(Friedemann Freund) conducted a laboratory experiment and showed that the outbreaks are possibly caused by electrical activity in the rocks.

The shockwave from an earthquake can alter the electrical properties of silicon and oxygen-containing minerals, allowing them to transmit current and emit a glow. However, some believe that the theory may only be one possible explanation.

Huge figures painted in the sand in Peru by ancient people, but no one knows why

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The Nazca Lines extending over 450 sq. km of coastal desert are huge works of art left on the Peruvian plains. Among them there are geometric shapes, as well as drawings of animals, plants and rarely human figures that can be seen from the air in the form of huge drawings.

They are believed to have been created by the Nazca people over a 1000-year period between 500 BC. and 500 AD, but no one knows why.

Despite being a World Heritage Site, Peruvian authorities struggle to defend the Nazca Lines from settlers. Meanwhile, archaeologists are trying to study the lines before they are destroyed.

Initially, it was assumed that these geoglyphs were part of the astronomical calendar, but later this version was refuted. Then the researchers focused their attention on the history and culture of the people who created them. Are the Nazca lines a message to aliens or represent some kind of encrypted message, nobody can tell.

In 2012, Yamagata University in Japan announced that it would open a research center on site and intend to study more than 1,000 drawings over 15 years.

Monarch butterflies find their way through thousands of kilometers to specific places

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Millions of North American Danaid Monarch butterflies every year migrate more than 3000 km south for the winter. For many years no one knew where they were flying.

In the 1950s, zoologists began tagging and tracking butterflies and found them to be in the mountainous forest of Mexico. However, even knowing that the monarchs choose 12 of the 15 mountain locations in Mexico, scientists still can't understand how they navigate.

According to some studies, they take advantage of the sun's position to fly south, adjusting to the time of day on the circadian clock of their antennas. But the Sun only gives a general direction. How they arrange themselves is still a mystery.

According to one theory, geomagnetic forces attract them, but this has not been confirmed. Only recently have scientists begun to study the features of the navigation system of these butterflies.

Fireballs that appear during or after a thunderstorm

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Nikola Tesla allegedly created ball lightning in his laboratory... In 1904, he wrote that "he had never seen fireballs, but he was able to determine their formation and reproduce artificially."

Modern scientists have never been able to reproduce these results.

Moreover, many are still skeptical about the existence of ball lightning. However, many witnesses, dating back to the era of Ancient Greece, claim to have observed this phenomenon.

Ball lightning is described as a luminous sphere that appears during or after a thunderstorm. Some claim to have seen how ball lightning passes through window panes and down the chimney.

According to one theory, ball lightning is plasma, according to another, it is a chemiluminescent process - that is, light appears as a result of a chemical reaction.

Stones that slide along the ground under the influence of a mysterious force

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In the Racetrack Playa area in Death Valley, California, mysterious forces push heavy rocks across the flat surface of a dried-up lake when no one can see it.

Scientists have been racking their brains over this phenomenon since the beginning of the 20th century. Geologists tracked 30 stones weighing up to 25 kg, 28 of which moved over a 7-year period by more than 200 meters.

Analysis of the stone tracks shows that they moved at a speed of 1 m per second and in most cases the stones slipped in winter.

There were suggestions that everything was to blame wind and ice as well as algae slime and seismic vibrations.

A 2013 study attempted to explain what happens when the surface of a dry lake freezes. According to this theory, ice on rocks stays frozen longer than the surrounding ice because the rock removes heat faster. This reduces the friction between rocks and the surface and is more easily pushed by the wind.

However, no one has yet seen the stones in action, and recent times they became motionless.

Unknown hum that only a few people can hear

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The so-called "hum" is the name given to the annoying low frequency noise that worries residents around the world. However, few people are able to hear it, namely only one in 20 people.

Scientists attribute "hum" ringing in the ears, distant waves, industrial noise and the singing sand dunes.

In 2006, a New Zealand researcher claimed to have recorded this anomalous sound.

Insects that suddenly woke up after 17 years to find a mate

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In 2013, cicadas of the species Magicicada septendecim that have not been shown since 1996. Scientists do not know how the cicadas learned that it was time to leave their habitat underground after 17 year old sleep.

Periodic cicadas Are quiet and lonely insects that are buried underground most of the time. They are long-livers among insects, and they do not mature until 17 years old. However, this summer, they woke up en masse to reproduce.

After 2-3 weeks they die, leaving behind the fruits of their "love". The larvae are buried in the ground, and a new one begins life cycle.

How do they do it? How, after so many years, will they know that the time has come to appear?

Interestingly, 17-year-old cicadas appear in the northeastern states, while the southeastern states are infested with cicadas every 13 years. Scientists have suggested that such a life cycle of cicadas allows them to avoid meeting their predatory enemies.

When different animals, such as fish and frogs, fall from the sky like rain

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In January 1917, biologist Valdo McEtie(Waldo McAtee) presented his work titled Organic Rains, which reported cases of falling larvae of salamanders, small fish, herring, ants and toads.

Animal rains have been reported in various parts of the world. So, for example, in Serbia rain of frogs fell, in Australia perches fell from the sky, and in Japan - toads.

Scientists are skeptical about the rain of their animals. One of the explanations was proposed by a French physicist back in the 19th century: winds raise animals and throw them to the ground.

According to a more complex theory, waterspouts suck out aquatic creatures, carry them and make them fall in certain places.

However, there has been no scientific research to support this theory.

Giant stone spheres whose purpose is not clear

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Why the ancient people of Costa Rica decided to create hundreds of large balls of stone is still a mystery.

Costa Rican stone balls were discovered in the 1930s by a company United Fruit Company when workers cleared land for banana plantations. Some of these balls having perfect spherical shape, reached 2 meters in diameter.

The stones that the locals call Las bolas, belonged to 600 - 1000 AD Further complicating the solution to this phenomenon is the fact that there is no written data about the culture of the people who created them. This happened because the Spanish settlers erased all traces of the cultural heritage of the indigenous population.

Scientists began studying stone balls in 1943, marking their distribution. Anthropologist John Hoopes later refuted many of the theories explaining the purpose of the stones, including lost cities and space aliens.

Remains of long-dead creatures that appear in the wrong place

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Since the theory of evolution was announced, scientists have encountered discoveries that seemed to challenge it.

One of the most mysterious phenomena was the fossil remains, especially the remains of people who appeared in unexpected places.

Fossilized prints and footprints were found in geographic areas and archaeological time zones to which they did not belong.

Some of these discoveries can provide new information about our origins. Others turned out to be mistakes or hoaxes.

One example is a find from 1911, when an archaeologist Charles Dawson(Charles Dawson) has collected fragments of a supposedly unknown ancient man with a large brain, dating back 500,000 years ago. Big head Piltdown Man led scientists to believe that he was the "missing link" between humans and apes.

On our planet, along with modern, technologically and industrially developed megalopolises, there are many places created by ancient masters or by nature itself.

Each such attraction has its own legend and, of course, is silent about a lot of things. Mysterious places raise a huge number of questions from scientists, confuse with anomalous phenomena and unknown.

1. Devil's Tower, USA

The so-called Devil's Tower is actually a natural rock of surprisingly regular shape and consists of columns with sharp corners. This is a truly mysterious place, which, according to studies, is more than 200 million years old, is located in the United States, in the territory of the modern state of Wyoming.

In size, the Devil's Tower is several times larger than the pyramid of Cheops and from the side it resembles a man-made structure. Due to its unrealistic dimensions and unnaturally correct configuration, the rock has become the object of attention of many scientists, and local residents claim that Satan himself built it.

2. Mounds of Cahokia, USA

Cahokia or Cahokia is an abandoned Indian city, the ruins of which are located near Illinois, USA. This place reminds of how ancient civilizations lived, and its complex structure proves that this area was inhabited by a highly developed people 1500 years ago. The ancient city is striking in its scale; a network of terraces and 30-meter earthen mounds, as well as a huge solar calendar, have been preserved on its territory.

It is still unknown why almost 40 thousand people left their settlement, and which Indian tribes are the direct descendants of the Kahokians. Despite this, the Cahokia mounds are a favorite place for many tourists who come here hoping to unravel the mystery of the ancient city.

3. Chavinda, Mexico

This mystical place, according to the beliefs of the aborigines, is the center of intersection of the real and otherworldly worlds. That is why incredible things happen here that are difficult for a modern person to understand.

Chavinda is of interest to many treasure hunters, because according to legend, this area hides unprecedented wealth. Unfortunately, no one has yet managed to find the treasure. The would-be treasure hunters often attribute their failures to otherworldly forces.

4. Newgrange, Ireland

Newgrange is the oldest building on the territory of modern Ireland, it is already about 5 thousand years old. It is believed that this long corridor with a transverse room is a grave, but for whom, scientists have not yet been able to determine.

It is still unknown how the ancient people were able to build such a perfect structure, which for five millennia was not only fortunate enough to withstand, retaining its primitive appearance, but also to remain completely waterproof.

5. Pyramids of Yonaguni, Japan

The mysterious underwater pyramids near the western Japanese island of Yonaguni cause a lot of controversy among modern archaeologists and surveyors. The main question is whether the structures are a natural phenomenon, or were they created by the hand of an ancient man.

In the course of numerous studies, it was possible to establish that the age of the Yonaguni pyramids is more than 10 thousand years. Therefore, if the Yonagun monuments created mysterious civilizations unknown to us, then the history of mankind should be rewritten.

Mysterious civilization. Underwater cities of Yonaguni

6. Geoglyphs of Nazca, Peru

The Nazca geoglyphs in Peru are one of the most mysterious places on the planet. They were discovered in the middle of the last century and are still actively discussed by scientists who cannot unequivocally say what the ancient people wanted to express with these giant drawings of animals and for what purpose were they used?

Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to ask the creators, scientists offer 2 main versions: some, leaning towards the cosmic theory of the origin of geoglyphs, believe that they are landmarks for alien ships, others argue that they are gigantic lunar calendars... In any case, the Nazca rock paintings are proof of the existence on the territory of modern Peru of an ancient and mysterious civilization that lived here long before the famous Incas and was distinguished by a high level of development.

7. Black Bamboo Dingle, China

The Black Bamboo Hollow, or Heiju, is perhaps the most terrifying place on earth. Locals called it the Valley of Death, and for no amount of money they do not even want to approach it. The mere recollection of the hollow terrifies them.

They say that children and pets disappear here without a trace, for which there is a lot of documentary evidence. For decades, scientists have been interested in the black bamboo hollow, who managed to prove that a valley in the Chinese province of Sichuan is an anomalous area with a difficult climate and dramatically changing weather conditions, which together provoke soil subsidence, which, according to scientists, are the reasons for the loss of people ...

8. Trail of the Giants, Ireland

The Trail of the Giants, or the Road of the Giants in Northern Ireland, is an amazing coastal area that was formed many centuries ago as a result of a volcanic eruption. It consists of about 40 thousand basalt columns that look like giant steps.

The natural landmark is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This place deserves admiration, so more than one thousand tourists from all over the world visit it every year.

9. Goseck circle, Germany

The Goseck Circle is an ancient Neolithic structure in the German district of Burgenlandkrais. The circle was accidentally discovered in the early 90s of the last century while surveying the area from an airplane.

The building was restored to its original appearance only after a complete reconstruction. Scientists have little doubt that the Goseck circle was used for astronomical observations and calendar compilation. This proves that our ancestors also studied space bodies, their movement and kept track of time.

10. Moai Monuments on Easter Island

Easter Island is known throughout the world for its giant Moai statues scattered throughout its territory. Each such megalithic figure is a large monument created by the masters of the ancient civilization in the crater of the local volcano Rano Raraku.

In total, about 1000 remains of such man-made monuments have been found on the island. Most have already gone under water.

Today, the vast majority of the statues are again placed on platforms facing the ocean, from where they continue to meet guests of the island and remind of the former might of the ancient people who inhabited these expanses.

Easter Island - Message from Moai

11. Tablets of Georgia, USA

The Georgia Tablets are 20 ton polished granite slabs with inscriptions in eight of the world's most famous languages. The inscriptions represent commandments for future generations on how to rebuild civilization after a global cataclysm. The monument was erected in 1979, the customer is listed in the documents under the name Robert C. Christian.

The height of the monumental structure is just over six meters, and the slabs are oriented towards the four sides of the world and have holes. In one of them you can see the Pole Star at any time of the year, in the second - the Sun at the solstice and equinox. Several years ago, the monument was vandalized and damaged by paint, which has not yet been removed.

12. Rishat (Eye of the Sahara). Mauritania

On the territory of modern Mauritania, the largest desert in the world hides an amazing natural phenomenon of the Proterozoic period, whose name is Rishat or the Eye of the Sahara.

This object is incredibly huge (up to 50 kilometers in diameter), so it can be seen even from space. The structure contains several ellipsoidal rings formed by sedimentary rocks and sandstones about 500 million years ago.

13. "Gate to Hell" - Darvaza crater in Turkmenistan

In the Turkmen Karakum desert, there is a gas crater Darvaza, which looks like a gateway to hell. This fire pit with a diameter of about 60 meters and a depth of up to 20 meters is the result of excavations carried out here during the Soviet Union.

During such geological studies, a group of scientists discovered an underground cavity with natural gas, which almost led to the death of a huge number of people. Therefore, the leadership decided to set fire to the gas so that it would not threaten local residents. But the fire, which should have burned for no more than 5 days, is still burning, instilling fear in everyone who approaches it.

Courageous people ready to take selfies at the Gate of Hell

14. Arkaim, Russia

Arkaim is an ancient settlement reminiscent of ancient civilizations, which was discovered several decades ago in the vicinity of Chelyabinsk. It is believed that this landmark of Russia is the birthplace of the ancient Aryans, who gave rise to the European, Persian and Indian civilizations.

Arkaim is not only a unique architectural monument with a thousand-year history, but also a place of concentration of healing energy flows that can save a person from any disease.

15. Stonehenge, England

English Stonehenge is a real pilgrimage destination for tourists from all over the world. It beckons with its mystery, legends and mystical beginning. Stonehenge is a megalithic structure up to one hundred meters in diameter, which is located on the Salisbury Plain. Territory of mysteries. Stonehenge

16. Loch Ness, Scotland

Loch Ness in Scotland is one of the deepest lakes on the European continent. It hides in itself many mysteries. Eyewitnesses claim that a prehistoric animal named Nessie lives in the lake, which looks like a plesiosaur (a type of dinosaur that became extinct about 65 million years ago).

To date, scientists have not been able to obtain evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness monster, but photographs of it taken by the hunters for Nessie periodically appear in the press.

Is it a photomontage or not? Experts are engaged in clarifying such questions.

17. Bermuda Triangle, Atlantic Ocean

The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle is the mystery of those tragically cut short under unexplained circumstances human lives... It is located in the northwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean, between Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

Modern history has about a hundred mystical disappearances of people, aircraft and even ships in this anomalous zone. Equipment here periodically fails, aircraft simply disappear from the radar in clear calm weather, and ships go astray. At the same time, it is not possible to find any evidence of the wreck of the latter: neither wreckage, nor sunken parts of ships.

18. Egyptian pyramids, Giza Valley, Egypt

One of the 7 wonders of the world, the Egyptian pyramids, are majestic and mysterious structures with a thousand-year history. Currently, it is one of the main attractions in the world, which millions of tourists want to see. The mystery of the construction of the pyramids, as well as their history, purpose and durability are the subject of controversy by more than a dozen scientists.

There have always been discussions around the existence of the pyramids, based on real facts, and myths with legends. One thing is clear for sure, the pyramids in Giza are proof of the greatness and power of the empire of the pharaohs, which existed for more than one hundred years and left a significant imprint on the entire history of mankind.