Mysteries

Incredible ‘Dream of Omen and Misfortune’

This story is recorded in a short article called Dream of Omen and Misfortune in the book Dong Ling Xiao Zhi by Guo Zeyun. He was a celebrity in the Republic of China who was the Secretary-General of the State Council in the year 1918.  In March 1931, the ship Daji, a subsidiary of the Dada Steamship Company (now Dada Shipping ...

Helen London

Image of a ship being tossed about by waves in the ocean.

Does ‘The Economist’ Magazine Predict the Future?

The Economist The Economist magazine was founded in 1843 and publishes economic and political news. Currently, the average weekly circulation is as high as 1.44 million copies and it is considered a fairly influential magazine. Amazingly, this magazine not only forecasts the economic situation, but it also seems to predict the future in an eerily accurate ...

Armin Auctor

'The Economist' cover for 2019.

Mysterious ‘Sleeping Sickness’ Hit Town in Northern Kazakhstan

Viktor Kazachenko was from a village in northern Kazakhstan, and there was something quite strange happening in his village. While he was driving to the nearest town on some errands, something happened, and he never arrived. “My brain switched off,” he said. “That’s it. I don’t remember.” Kazachenko had been hit by the so-called “sleeping sickness” ...

Troy Oakes

An old map with a magnifying glass sitting on top of Kazakhstan.

Is This Nearly Pure Aluminum Artifact 300 Million Years Old?

While lighting a fire, a resident of Vladivostok found a rail-shaped piece of metal, which was later shown to be an aluminum artifact, that was pressed into a piece of coal. The resident took it to scientists of the Primorye region, which after being studied by leading experts was found to be 300 million years old. The scientists said that ...

Troy Oakes

A pile of scrap aluminum waiting to be recycled.

Poyang Lake: China’s Bermuda Triangle

From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, more than 200 ships sank in the mysterious waters of Poyang Lake, which is known as China’s Bermuda Triangle. The incidents have resulted in numerous ships and more than 1,600 people going missing, with over 30 survivors driven insane. Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China, ...

Max Lu

A view of the sun shining on clouds over the sea.

Is There Really a White Pyramid in China?

Since the end of the Second World War, there have been reports of the existence of giant pyramids in China. One of these is the legendary “White Pyramid of Xi’an.” It supposedly is jewel-capped and stands an impressive 1,000-feet high. Near the ancient capital of Xi’an in Shaanxi Province are dozens of remarkable pyramid-shaped tombs ...

Troy Oakes

Qin Ling mountains in China with an image of the Maoling mausoleum, a structure that looks almost like a white pyramid, superimposed.

Stone Tool Tells the Story of Neanderthal Hunting

A newly discovered leaf point from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hohle Fels Cave documents the evolution of Neanderthal hunting. The Museum of Prehistory in Blaubeuren presents the “Find of the Year”, a leaf point from the University of Tübingen’s excavation at Hohle Fels Cave. Sixty-five thousand years ago, Neanderthals from the Swabian Jura ...

Troy Oakes

Archaeologists working in Hohle Fels.

Mysterious Pattern Discovered on Mountain in China

Ten years ago, local shutterbug member Gao Shuxian of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, climbed up a newly built signal tower on the top of a mountain in Matou Village. He noticed a strange view of a mysterious pattern over the north of the forest, but couldn’t figure out what it was. Ten years later, Gao checked the mountains ...

Armin Auctor

Mysterious patterns formed in a forest in China look like Chinese characters from the air.

Jeane Dixon’s Amazing Predictions and Prophecies

Jeane Dixon, a renowned American psychic, predicted the death of President Franklin Roosevelt, the defeat of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in an election, and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Dixon also predicted that China would be taken over by communists. Before she passed away in 1997, she predicted that the hope of humankind ...

Jack Roberts

An image of Jeane Dixon superimposed on an image of the Great Wall of China.

Skystone: The Fascinating Alien Stones That Fall on Earth

Over billions of years, our planet has attracted a large number of meteorites that have crashed on the surface. People have collected pieces of such meteorites throughout history, with some attributing a divine nature to them, while others collect them purely out of scientific curiosity. The Skystone is believed to be one such remnant from ...

Jessica Kneipp

The blue meteorite known as Skystone.