In this huge wide world there are
so many of those places that
you must have seen, some of them
may seem to you as beautiful,
some not really worth of spending
time at and some may be also the
one which you will be remembering
till that last breathe of yours.
But among all of your journeys so
far, have you ever been to the place
which may have that something weird
or mysterious or bizarre about it?
Maybe you have or maybe you
haven't, what do you think
make these places considered
as mysterious anyways?
According to many of those definitions
out there, it is being said
that when people are not able to
understand anything properly,
like about how or why is it happening, they
have that nature to consider it as weird
or mysterious which anyhow make that thing
a special one from those another ones.
Now, the question that comes up over here
is, have scientists not even tried to give
it a shot and find out about what is the
logic and reason behind all such happenings?
Well, the answer could
be, maybe they tried and
failed or maybe they tried
and know the reason and
it could also be something
like maybe they haven't
tried it, endless possibilities
to the question.
Sometimes, it is okay to
not look over everything
as so much logically and
only enjoy the sceneries
and this is what goes with
all of these places that you
will get to read in some of
these chapters discussed below.
First in list - Mount Roraima
Starting over with the list
of those weird and mysterious
places this is what counts
as first, mount Roraima,
the place which is also known by
the name of Tepuy Roraima or Cerro
Roraima and lies at the highest point
of Pakraima chain of Tepui plateaue
situated in Venezuela's Canaima
National park, South America.
This place is believed to be
14 km long and 2810 m tall to
the heights, surrounded with
those 400 m cliffs all around.
Mount Roraima is mostly the
sandstone area with not more
than some bushes on the name
of vegetation up there,
the plants which can easily
be found there includes
pitcher plant, bellflower
and rapatea heather.
Also going over to that
deep information this
mountain is said to be
situated on the border
of Guyana, Venezuela
and Brazil among which
Venezuela contains that
75% of this mountain.
Guyana already has that
high landform considered
as tepui which is also
known as table Top
Mountain and thus Brazil
and Venezuela have much
higher landmarks in the
form of this mountain.
This sight also is said
to experience that heavy
amount of rainfall which
due to its plain surface
leads to those numbers
of waterfalls that are
popping up from different
location of plateau,
Angel falls is also one such waterfall
which is well known by many
people around due to its great
height of approximately 130 miles.
Thinking about who described this formation
of mountain so amazingly; well there are
many among which two of the well-known are
Sir Walter Raleigh and Everard Thurn.
Sir Walter Raleigh was the first one to
explore this place in 1596 while his visit
to Guyana in search of that fabulous and
well known golden city of El Dorado.
But as there was no proper
path to the summit so which
made him to get failed in
climbing over the mountain
and then in 1884 this mountain
was first climbed up by Everard
Thurn who managed this trek
by going through the trail,
as though there are many more other ways
to make this trek work but it is important
for one to have that proper experience
in rock climbing for making them work,
so basically trail is that easiest
method to climb through this mountain.
Whole of this summit is believed to measure
atleast 31 sq.km. and also is said to
usually covered up with fog where one can
find black rocks, gorges, wildflower garden
and variety of pools in the way of peak.
The one who has already been
to this place says that
this mountain had that
implication to the Pemon
Indians, also it is been
part of many of those
myths and legends that
passed away with years.
Also this mountain was once considered
as that enormous tree which used to
have that great amount of fruits and
vegetables by people who have been there.
In native language of pemon the name
of this mountain is actually named as
blue green great in which roroi means
‘blue green' and ma means ‘great'.
This mountain like
many others in Canaima
national park is considered
as one of the oldest
geographical formations in this earth which
may be here since billions of years ago.
The people tend to visit here
during dry seasons such as December
to April, but in case if someone
wants to visit this place
it is suitable in any
season as even that so
called dry season is not
so dry as season changes
within a second and so
which brings upon the fog
and rain, you can say
it is all about luck.
One should also know that
to get here at the Mount
Roraima, there is a path
which is bit complicated
and difficult but as one
reach here, it can seem
as totally worth of
taking all the troubles.
So, to get here one must first take a
flight to Santa Elena da Uairen airport
which is not at all possible through
those flights which travel major cities
and so that means one would need to
take a transfer flight from the place.
This airport is located
somewhere in Brazil, moving
forward to which one may
need to take up a bus
or can to get transferred
to the pemon village, the
place where the journey
actually gets to begin.
It is okay to hire a pemon
guide from the same place,
so as to have that proper
guidance all through the way,
though there are those proper
marks of where the way
actually goes but still as one
reaches over that top point,
they get lost due to clouds over
at the top and so if one takes
over a guide there will be
nothing to worry about atleast.
Also, one should totally note that while
hiking over this mountain it is not at
all allowed to chuck any of the flowers
and leaves as this is against the law
being this mountain the part
of Canaima National Park.
Fly Geyser
Now, moving on with the
list of some mysterious
places that are present
there in the outside
world, second name which
comes over here is Fly
geyser which is itself as
much unique as its name.
Fly geyser which is also known to people by
the name of Fly ranch geyser is said to be
located in Washoe county, Nevada boasting
out those long and tall falls of hot water.
Also there is one other
location which can
make people know easily
about its whereabouts
and that is its been
located near the edge of
Fly reservoir in Hulapai
geothermal flats.
This Fly ranch geyser is approximately
5 feet high and 12 feet
wide with the area it is been
covering sitting over at the place.
Thinking about how this thing
even came into existence?
Well, it is said that in 1916 a well
had been drilled which is been used
for 45 years and then suddenly it started
shooting out hot water out of it
due to which the dissolved
salts in water got
built up into those big
and giant colorful hills
from which you can always
find water rushing out
which generally jumps out
like 5 feets higher.
Also it is to be noticed
here that this is not
that tourist spot for now
and maybe never will be,
no one is actually allowed
to be there which makes
this place more mysterious
to people around.
There are in real two of such geysers.
The another one is
believed to be built up by
people around 100 years
ago so as to use it
for making up a desert
come into some use such
as atleast people can
use it for farming.
But in this practice when a well was
drilled it got hit up to the geothermal
boiling water which is not at all suitable
for farming and so it got left alone
forming that 10 to 12 foot
long calcium carbonate cone.
Then moving over in 1964 this well was
drilled again by a geothermal company
on that same spot, and what they found
was that same water of 200 degrees
which was not at all for their use and
so they decided to get it resealed.
But now, it was not
really ready for this and
so nothing worked out
in getting it sealed
which as a result came up
with the huge pressure
of water and now,
well cone is dry now.
The two B's
Now, it is time to move on with
something new on the list and as
the title says here you are going
to learn about the two B's.
But first to make this discussion clear
to you there is no place like two
B's, these two words actually signify
the Blood Falls and Bermuda triangle,
yes which actually lies
among those mysterious
things and is already known
to many people around.
So, walking over the Bermuda
triangle first this
is the thing without
which every topic about
mysteries is totally
incomplete and which is
also famous by the name
of devil's triangle.
To talk over this properly, this is one
of those regions, actually this is the
only region in Atlantic Ocean bounded
between Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico,
where number of ships and
aircrafts are believed to be
disappeared and that too in
one of those mysterious ways.
And obviously with such happenings
there are always some of those
conspiracies coming up which provides
you so many reasons of such happenings,
there are many people who believe
that there is something like
aliens and monsters over there
which take these ships away
and on the other hand there are
also some people who believe
to it as a mystery which is meant
to not to get solved easily.
There are many of such incidents
which took place at this place of
devil, such as the one in which
pilots of group of U.S. Navy bombers
became confused while
flying over the particular
area; and then these planes
were never really found.
If you are thinking that this may
be happening for some bad weather
conditions, well there is nothing like
that as such tragedies also took place
when there was that good
pretty weather out there, also
according to many of the
theories derived on this thing,
it is found that these incidents
take place only at this location of
Bermuda triangle and not anywhere
else in the whole complete ocean.
This triangle is believed to
be covering over that 500,000
square miles of ocean of
southeastern tip of Florida.
The phrase ‘Bermuda triangle' was first
been actually introduced in 1964 and since
that time this word is been attracting
more and more people towards the mystery
to know about what actually
is wrong with this place.
It is also been said that if one goes
into those deep explanations then what
they will find is that there is nothing
really mysterious about the place
and maybe it is all about changes in
nature which specifically provides that
explanation on that disappearance of
people that had taken place till date.
But, this is not like there is nothing
to claim upon for those who have been
in this tragedy as according to some of
the researches made up by scientists
there are some bizarre
formations down there
which can be the solo
reason behind all this.
Bermuda triangle, by some people
is also considered as that
imaginary area which has its
no significance in this world
and thus due to what
there is not any of that
official file maintained
out there for same.
Have you ever thought why
did it actually came up
with a name like that,
well it is said that this
place is named after it
Bermuda apex as before
this it was known by the
name of ‘isle of devils'.
It is said that over the time of 100 years
there are 1000 of lives and 100s of
airplanes and ships that are been lost here
and thus been the dead end for people.
Many of people are still
looking up for what
are the numbers which
can be counted over to
describe the loss of lives
here and same can be
found in the reports of
Mary Margaret Fuller,
the editor of 'Fate' magazine,
who in 1975 approached
Lloyd's of London to find
over the estimate on same,
according to which 448
vessels were considered as
missing throughout the world
in the time period of
1955 to 1975 and also
there were nowhere these
incidents happened to be
found than in this tragedy.
But there are also some
people who considered this
report as wrong among which
the one was Gian J. Quasar.
He is the creator of ‘Into
the Bermuda Triangle:
Pursuing the truth behind the
world's greatest mystery'.
According to Quasar, Loyd's in its
reports have not mentioned about those
small crafts that include yachts, small
charter boats or private aircrafts
and so these reports by
him cannot be considered
as that only source
if what the reports
are finally, even the coast guard records
doesn't include those missing vessels.
So, as a result he requested
over for the data
and after 12 years which
he finally got the
report in which 300 missing/overdue vessels
were being mentioned from last two years.
This mystery about Bermuda triangle
first came into light when
five of the navy avengers got
surprisingly disappeared in 1945,
firstly which was considered
as the cause of mistake
made by a pilot but then changed
to the reasons unknown.
After that it got up its
pace when there were
more of such incidents
which reported about
how people got disappeared
mysteriously between
the regions of Florida
coast and Bermuda
and then two years later it was
featured in magazine by George
X., who wrote an article titled
‘Sea Mystery at our back door'
which told about how
number of ships and
aircrafts got disappeared
in this area of ocean.
And then as more of the incidents happened
it came more eye balls to it and thus
in 1964, Argosy magazine gave this region
a name of the deadly Bermuda triangle.
There is that long list of airplanes
and ships maintained in the
file if you look up for the sites
that features Bermuda triangle,
among which many are also those which
are nowhere near this triangle when the
tragedy took an action on them such as May
Celeste that was found floating in 1872
and that too with things as properly as
it was before people left from the ship.
Now, walking over that another B and talking
about its mystery, to tell you this B
actually indicates Blood Fall which may be
or may not be known by everyone out there.
Hearing over this term for first time make
people think that this is some fall which
is pushing out only the blood, but there
is something different about the concept.
This is actually a flow of water
which is emerging from a crack
of in Taylor glacier in McMurdo
dry valleys of Antarctica.
This amazing thing was
first revealed in 1911
by Griffith Taylor, the
well-known geologist
and that time the reason for this was
though as being algae a cause of all this.
But moving forward later it was found
to be due to an iron rich underground
saltwater lake that was trapped by the
glacier for like 1.5 million years ago.
Although the temperature of this water
is somewhere near to -5 degrees Celsius
but there is no point of freezing as
this is too much salty to be frozen.
Well, this secret doesn't really ends
here as there are some other things which
this blood fall is trapping beneath and
that is the entire ecosystem of bacteris,
yes this fall is home to whole
of the ecosystem which is being
studied by many of the scientists
from Harvard university.
Discussing over which it is believed that
it is about two million years ago when this
glacier holded up this small body of water
which had in it the community of microbes
and thus without any of the light
or free oxygen they started
to live as per the conditions
of environment besides them.
Anyhow, this existence
of blood falls and life
inside it shows that how
life can even be found
in such conditions which
are not at all common
like any other living
being actually needs.
Also this fascinating and amazing fact
which was being engrossed somewhere
inside the earth will make scientist
search on what are the worst conditions
in which a life can actually exist on
this earth or in various places such
as Mars or Jupiter which has moon, all
covered with ice on all of its side.
The two M's
Moving over to the next one in list, here
is what you are going to read about,
the two M's which like those B's discussed
above signifies two different names
and entirely different
places on this planet that
are truly mysterious and
weird to have a look upon.
So, talking over this, first
M here stands for Moeraki
boulders while the other one
stands for Magnetic hills.
Now, if you know moeraki,
you must have heard
about his boulders thing
as it is actually
now famous for these and most of people
come here to have a look on these boulders.
So, what these moeraki
boulders actually are?
Well, this is nothing so much a big thing
but yes it is totally worth of being
discussed about, these are actually the
group of really giant spherical stones
that can be seen on Koekohe
beach near Moeraki
that is situated in New
Zealand's Otago coast.
They are actually considered as that
most attractive and popular thing
which make people get to the place
and thus have a look on same,
it is believed that they are the
result of shoreline erosion from
coastal cliffs; also they are
known by the name of concretions.
It is also said that
this is about 60 million
years ago when they
actually started forming.
If you Google about them and their
formations, what would be the thing to be
noticed here is that these giant stone
are extremely 3 meters in diameter
and actually weight so much tonnes that
are obviously difficult to lift up
in some easy manner and also how can
we forget that they are grey in color.
It is also been said by Maori
legends that these stones
are the remains of calabashes,
kumaras and eel baskets,
this sight is considered as one
of the most popular spot for
photographers and obviously no one
really need a reason for same.
Are you also looking up for photography?
Well, it is important that you know
the best time for same which can get
best pictures clicked and that is mostly
the early morning or late afternoon
as at the moment soft sunlight casts
across the rocks making the view
elegant and thus worth of being captured
over for best of the photographs.
Moreover, aside of this sunlight thing
one can also come over at the time of
storms as it is being said that there could
not be any other place in New Zealand
or consider it as on earth, that
could look as much beautiful as
this beach making that awesome and
amazing view for people around.
So, if you are planning
to visit this place
then do make sure that
you hold up your camera
with you so as to take best pictures captured
and show your talent to people around,
maybe you will get some new of
your talents emerged over here.
Now walking over the
location, that exist next
in list, the magnetic
hill which is said to be
situated in two different
locations, among which
one is Leh, India and other
is Moncton, Brunswick.
What actually this magnetic hill is upto?
To describe this, let's
take a situation in
which you are going over
some hill and while
climbing over the top you find your car
rolling, the way it should be while going down.
Can you think of your reaction anyways?
Well, obviously it may look bit scar
or weird or something which is not
at all common, obviously this sounds
totally strange and not applicable
as it is not at all possible but when you
come over at this magnetic hill, all of your
theories will fall down
as your car would roll
over the hill while going
in upward direction.
Yes, magnetic hill which is also known
by the name of gravity hill is said to
have those magnetic properties which can
make car push uphill so much easily
and also if any aircraft passes
through this region then they have
to increase the altitude so as to
avoid the magnetic interference.d
Stunned or amazed?
Well, both are possible, when you get to
listen such out of imagination things,
one should totally visit this place atleast
once to provide the exact location,
this is situated on the Leh
Kargil Baltic national
highway which is about
30 km from Leh and is
situated 14,000 feet above
of the sea level and
also is said to be surrounded
by the Sindhu river.
Moreover, along with this hill there
is one more thing which is attracting
people to have a look over the
sight and that is this Gurudwara
which is being made and maintained
near this hill by an Indian army and
this Gurudwara is actually believed
to be the one where Guru Nanak Dev,
i.e. the first guru among
those ten gurus of
Sikhs meditated in some
late 15th century.
And as you know, with every such
mystery comes up some of the
conspiracies from different people
and same is the case with this one.
As you ask people living nearby there
are number of stories that you
will get to listen such as some of
the people, villagers especially
will tell you about the path which
existed there once and used to
lead people to heaven and also which
doesn't end on this one only,
according to him this track was only used
to attract those which were deserving
ones and not those who are undeserving,
no matter how hard they try for the same.
Well, basically you can
say that whole of this
concept actually is
supernatural for them and
which can be actually
accepted by some of the
folks while some just
take it as some story.
But to make you know, it is real, actually
real, now the question that here comes
up is, if it is not something supernatural
or magical then what it actually is?
Well, this is nothing but a concept of
optical illusion where you are been played,
your mind is been played and your eyes
are been played by a hill, by the way.
Optical illusion in its proper
definition is known as the concept
by which one person can see the
things which are not actually there
or might see the things happening
somehow in different ways
than they actually exist and
so is the case with this hill.
This is actually the downwards hill which
appears like an upwards one, discussing
one why do it actually appears that way,
the reason can be the clogged horizon.
But anyhow this place is
worth of making a visit
atleast once, and obviously
without missing a magnetic
hill, this is not a daily
thing that you get to
see such mysteries happening
here on the earth.
Have you heard about these?
Now moving over to the other
mysterious places, here are
some which may leave you more
in shock and excitement.
Starting over with Richat structure, some
of you must be already knowing about this
unique eye like structure that is featured
in Sahara desert of Mauritania near Quadane.
This circular structure at this
place is also known to many
people by the name of Eye of
Sahara or Blue Eye of Africa.
What this actually is?
Well, this is said to be some deeply eroded,
somewhat oval shaped dome which has
that 40 kilometers long diameter, also
it is believed that the sedimentary rock
which can be visible to people in this
dome ranges in age from Late Proterozoic
that is lying at the center of dome to
Ordovician sandstone been used at the edges.
Presence of this structure over here
brought up so many interpretations by
different people and different sources,
such as its high degree of circularity
made people think that this is the impact
of asteroid which proved out to be wrong
later in and then it was believed to be
the cause of some volcanic eruptions
which was later declined as
there was not any kind of
presence of igneous or
volcanic rocks in this dome.
Now it is believed to be that
highly symmetrical dome of ancient
times which collapsed with time
maybe due to some natural tragedy
and on the other hand
many people take it as
a raised rock which
is carved by erosion.
Though, its perfect structure
of being equidistant
in rings makes people think
on how it can be made
possible by some collapse
or erosion, so this is
basically now a mystery on
where did it came from.
There are many other questions which came
into light in terms of this dome as how
it can be so much symmetrical but there
is not that perfect answer to this query,
thus making it to remain
a mystery forever,
basically this is that
interesting point on which
one needs to have a deep
research and thus get
all of the answers out of
this mysterious place.
Now, moving over to the next mysterious place
here comes up the next addition to the
list and that is Cano cristales which is
located in the Serrania de la Macarenathat
is also known as the jurisdiction of Meta.
This is infact the
Colombian river which is
considered as the branch
of Guayabero river,
and is known to many people by the name of
River of five colors or The liquid rainbow.
You can actually call it as the most beautiful
river of the world which has those five
colors including yellow, green, black, blue
and most importantly red flowing with it
making river look elegant
in its own different way.
If you are thinking that this might be the
scene of whole complete year, well no there
is just that short span of period when you
will get to see this amazing thing happening
and that is in the mid of wet and dry seasons,
when water level is just on that perfect
leveling and plant species which one can
call as unique and are known by the name of
Macarenia Clavigera turns
out to be brilliant
red in color following
which there are those
marks of yellow and green
sand with blue water
and thousands of shades
dancing in between.
Why not in other seasons?
During wet season in Colombia the water
flows in that fast and deep speed which
conceals the bottom part of river and thus
due to which the plant Macarenia Clavigera
is not able to get sunlight and thus
turn up red, no blooming and nothing.
On the other hand, during the dry season
of Colombia there is not that much
water in the pool which can get this
dazzling view of water in action,
so basically if one actually wants to
be here and look at this applaud able
beauty then they should visit here in the
months of September through November
as this is the only time when this river
turns out to be that beautiful rainbow.
Also, for the one who is planning to
visit this place, it is said that Cano
Cristales is located in an area which
is not easily accessible by road
and so one has to take
that short trip from the
town of La Macarena
into the national park
named as ‘Serrania de le macarena' that is
the place where Cano cristales is located.
Although there was a time when the sight
was closed for any of the tourist
due to some guerrilla activity in the
area but now it is reopened since 2009
and there are thousands
of visitors that come
here to have a glance in
this beauty of nature,
also one must know that
it is totally not allowed
to anyone to stay or
cook there for a night.
Moving over to the next one in
list, here comes Aokigahara
which can also be said as
a perfect place to die.
Strange, No?
Obviously it is!
How one can consider a place as that
perfect place to die or commit suicide?
But the thing is that, this is true,
even on the basis of statistics it is
been noticed that every year around 100
people get their life ended up here.
Yes, this is really true, infact
according to the statistics in 2010,
around 247 people committed suicide and
54 out of them actually succeeded.
And now this is what made
Aokigahara the second
most popular place of
committing suicide.
Now, where is this actually located?
Well, this place which is also known
by the name of suicide forest and
sea of trees is located in the
northwest base of Mount Fuji in japan.
Looking over the thing of sea of trees
this forest has large number of
trees there which are having those
various numbers of sign boards saying:
“Think about your children,
about your family.”
“Please consult the police
before you decide to die”
“Your life is precious
gift from your parents”
Without any doubt, they are hanged there
for making those people (coming for
suicide) learn that life is precious and it
is not at all good to end life like this
without even thinking about the
family left behind but most of time
they just fail in making people
get distracted from their goal.
The most common means of ending up
their life used by many people are
hanging and drug overdose, it is said
that the forest is so much dense
that no sound inside the forest
can reach outside of this forest.
Also this forest is
believed to have those huge
underground deposits
of iron which getting
interfered with the direction
compass make travellers
distracted and thus make
them lose their path.
And now as it is about death, there
are number of stories that one
would get to listen here, like
according to the locals at that place
this forest is being linked with death
since nineteenth century as per the
Ubasute named custom which was very
much common in this place of Japan.
What is Ubasute?
Well, according to this custom people
in Japan used to carry their elderly
relative to some local mountain or forest
and then leave them to survive and die.
So, basically according to them
the forest is haunted by those
angry spirits who were left there
to die by their family members
and even it is also said that the
trees there are filled up with evil
energies that is the basic impact
of all those suicides earlier.
Apart of these, there are also some of
the other beliefs according to which
all of those frustrated and depressed
people who are looking forward to die
are brought at this place
in some mysterious ways
or one can say with some
supernatural force.
Infact, the people who were saved out
of this said that they are not there on
their own but are brought with some
supernatural force that is according to them
someone was forcing them to
come here and end their life.
In 1960, there was one novel named
as ‘Kuroikaiju' published by Seicho
Matsumoto which is believed to be
that starting point for all this
as in this novel there
are two major characters
who commit suicide
at this same forest.
There are many of the bodies found by
people who maintain this forest and been
cleaned as according to them if not cleaned
they come as that horror part of story.
Next in the list is the Eternal
Flame Falls, i.e. a small
waterfall located in Shale creek
preserve in western New York.
Well, obviously it is not common to see
fire burning where there is only water you
can see flowing at every other end of
waterfall and so was the case with this one,
there was a time when this was considered
as that major attraction in the region
which made many of the media people and
tourist to visit the place atleast once
so as to look upon what
this miracle actually is.
Though there were also some of the
negative impacts at this sight due to
large number of visits that were only
seem to be increasing day by day
and with these visitors there was
also that proper increment seen
in pollution and vandalism which
was not at all good for the place.
What is the actual reason
behind this flame?
According to many of the geologists from
Indiana Universityand National Institute
of geophysics and volcanology who studied
this thing of Eternal flame falls in 2013
to find out the mystery behind this
flame, it is believed that there are some
of the gases that are the only major
reason behind all these happenings.
What they found was that there is that
macro seep at this eternal fall had that
great amount of ethane and propone in
it as compared to any other natural gas
as they contain that higher concentration
of methane in them, along with
that there are also some of the micro
seeps found in this area of falls.
Now looking over all of those
mysterious places and moving
over to the conclusion, the
only thing that one can say is,
there is so much on this earth still
left to have an eye on and feel great
and amazed about how these mysteries
are just living with us all over.
Maybe this is not the end, maybe
there is still so much left to
look upon, to feel good about while
listening and to read about.
Isn't this amazing about how these
mysteries are surrounding us while we live
in our houses and how this earth is
holding these secrets deep inside it?
