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10 Places As Mysterious As The Bermuda Triangle

MICHAEL ALBA MAY 10, 2013

Everyone has heard of the Bermuda Triangle and the mysteries that surround it. Theories about this area range from reasonable to just plain ridiculous, but whether you believe its the site of time warps, alien abductions, or just plain paranoia, it certainly abounds with strangeness. Its not the only place you can find creepy things happening, howeverhere are 10 other places on Earth with their fair share of mysteries:

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Superstition Mountains

The Superstition Mountains are a mountain range located east of Phoenix, Arizona. Already its off to

a great start with the name. According to legend, sometime in the 1800s a man named Jacob Waltz discovered a huge goldmine within the mountains that has since been dubbed the Lost Dutchmans Gold Mine (because Waltz was German, and eh, close enough). He kept the location a secret until his deathbed, upon which he may or may not (depending on which version of the story youre reading) have told a single person the secret. Regardless, the mine has never been found, in spite of many expeditions. Some say the spirits of people whove lost their lives in search of the gold still haunt the mountains. One reportedly Native American legend goes that the treasures of the mountains are guarded by creatures called Tuar-Tums (Little People) that live below the mountains in caves and tunnels. Some Apaches believe that the entrance to hell is located in the mountains. This is, of course, ridiculous, as we all know the entrance to hell is in Sunnydale.

South Atlantic Anomaly

Did you ever wonder if there was a Bermuda Triangle in Space? No? Well youre probably wondering it now, and youre in luck! Because there totally is, and its called the South Atlantic Anomaly. The SAA is the area where the band of radiation known as Earths inner Van Allen belt comes closest to the Earths surface. Its an area centered just a bit off the coast of Brazil, and its responsible for numerous problems with satellites and spacecraft, from messing up their programs to actually shutting down their function. The Hubble Telescope is actually turned off from taking observations when passing through the Anomaly, and the International Space Station avoids scheduling spacewalks when passing through it (which happens up to 5 times a day). Its not just technical problems, either some astronauts report seeing shooting stars in their visual field as they pass through.

The cause of all these problems isnt fully understood. The main suspect is the high levels of radiation that accumulate at the anomaly, but scientists arent sure exactly how or why the effects occur. So lets just pin this one on aliens.

Lake Anjikuni

Not content with just a few individuals disappearing, Lake Anjikuni decided to take things to the next level and provide the locale for the disappearance of an entire village. It all happened in November 1930, when a trapper named Joe Labelle was looking for shelter for the night. Labelle was familiar with the Inuit village, whose population ranges from 30-2000, depending on who you believe. He made his way there and found quite an eerie scenethe villagers were nowhere to be found. Everything else, including food and rifles, had been left behind. Labelle telegraphed the RCMP and an investigation began. In the Village Burial Ground it was discovered that at least one (sources vary) grave had been opened, clearly not by animals, and emptied. Furthermore, about 300 feet from the village, the bodies of around 7 sled dogs were found, having starved to death despite open stores of food at the village. Some versions of the story even report strange lights being seen above the lake around the time of the disappearance. So what really happened? There have been all sorts of claims about the cause for the disappearance, including aliens (of course), ghosts, and even vampires. The RCMPs own website disregards the story as an urban legend, but with so many versions of it floating around from so many years ago, its hard to be certain. Except about the vampires, I think we can be certain it wasnt vampires.

The Devils Sea

The Devils Sea (or Dragons Triangle, take your pick of which sounds more ominous) is an area of the Pacific Ocean as riddled with strange happenings as its Atlantic counterpart near Bermuda. Located off the coast of Japan, its been the site of countless claims of unexplained phenomena including magnetic anomalies, inexplicable lights and objects, and of course, mysterious disappearances. The area is even considered a danger by Japanese fishing authorities. One story has it that in 1952 the Japanese government sent out a research vessel, the Kaio Maru No. 5, to investigate the mysteries of the Devils Sea. Naturally, of course, the Kaio Maru No. 5 and its crew of 31 people were never seen again. Another story tells of Kublai Khans disastrous attempts to invade Japan by crossing the Devils Sea, losing at least 40 000 men in the process. The usual theories abound for whats really going on: from aliens, to gates to parallel universes, even to Atlantis (because why not). Some suggest that high volcanic activity in the region is responsible for some of the disappearances (the Kaio Maru No. 5 may have been caught in an eruption). Our advice? Just stay out of the ocean, period.

Bigelow Ranch

Bigelow Ranch (formerly known as Skinwalker Ranch and Sherman Ranch) is a 480-acre property in northwest Utah that is home to countless UFO sightings, animal mutilations, and other strange occurrences. Though mysterious happenings have been documented since the 50s, some of the most bizarre stories happened to a pair of ranchers named Terry and Gwen Sherman after they bought it in 1994. The first day they moved on to the property, they saw a large wolf out in the pasture. They even went to pet the wolf as it seemed tame (to the curious reader, yes, this is always a good idea). It was docile with the Shermans, but ended up grabbing a calf by the snout through the bars of its enclosure. When Terry shot at the wolf with a pistol, the bullets had no effect. It finally left after Terry brought out the shotgun, though even that didnt do any actual damage. The Shermans tried tracking the wolf, but its tracks stopped abruptly as if it had vanished. And that wasnt the end of things. The Shermans were constantly plagued by such events as UFO sightings, intelligent floating orbs (reputed to have incinerated three of their dogs), inexplicable cryptids, and gruesome cattle mutilations. It got so bad that the Shermans actually sold their ranch to Robert Bigelow in 1996, the founder of the National Institute for Discovery Science, who wanted to study the mysteries surrounding the ranch. Bigelow owns the ranch to this day and NIDS keeps a tight lid on their findings.

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Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant was probably aptly named at one point, but it is now so shrouded in tales of mysterious and creepy events as to be nothing but an ironic alliteration. The most famous of these events involves a creature known as Mothman, who reputedly terrorized the small West Virginia

community from November 1966 to December 1967. Over a hundred different citizens of Point Pleasant are eyewitnesses to this creature, a 7-foot tall broad chested man with hypnotic, glowing red eyes, and wings that stretch 10 feet long and drag behind him on the ground. The Mothman, whos been the subject of both a book and a movie (and who has his own statue in Point Pleasant), has many possible explanations. Some believe him to be an extraterrestrial, others a mutant or a cryptid, and some suggest the people of Point Pleasant were actually being scared by owls or a Sandhill Crane. Whatever the case, reports of Mothman stopped after the Silver Bridge collapsed on December 15, 1967, killing 46 people and leading many to believe that the two events were somehow connected. In addition to Mothman, several other paranormal tales from Point Pleasant include UFO sightings and reports of so-called Men In Blackhuman looking creatures who unnerve others by the sheer abundance of peculiarities in their speech, appearance, and mannerisms. These men supposedly appear looking for information about the paranormal (or rather, people who have this information).

Michigan Triangle

The Michigan Triangle is another geographical triangle, located in the middle of Lake Michigan. It, too, is the site of mysterious disappearances of both land and sea craft. Some of the more famous ones include: Captain Donner: On April 28, 1937, Captain George R. Donner of the O.M. McFarland was on his way from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Port Washington, Wisconsin, and had to pass through the triangle. As the story goes, he was exhausted and retired to his cabin, leaving the second mate to wake him when they neared their destination. About three hours later, when the second mate went to do so,

Donner was not in his cabin. Nor was he in the galley. An exhaustive search of the ship was conducted, but he was never found. Flight 2501: On June 23, 1950, Northwest Airlines Flight 2501 was on its way from New York to Minneapolis at the hands of experienced pilot Robert C. Lind, and was carrying 58 passengers. Due to bad weather, when the flight was near Chicago it changed course and turned over Lake Michigan. Around midnight, Lind requested permission to drop altitude from 3500 ft to 2500 ft, without ever specifying a reason. His request was denied, and that was the last communication Flight 2501 ever had. Its last known position was supposedly within the Michigan Triangle. While sources vary as to what amount of wreckage of Flight 2501 has been found (some say nothing, whereas others specify assorted floating debris such as seat cushions and the like), it seems clear that the plane crashed into the water. Mysterious, however, is that the plane was in perfectly good condition and in capable hands at the time of the disappearance. Whats more, despite searches still being conducted annually, neither the body of the plane nor complete human remains have ever been recovered.

San Luis Valley

San Luis Valley, in southern Colorado, is an area high in inexplicable phenomena including UFO sightings and hundreds of unexplained farm animal mutilations. UFO sightings are so common that a woman named Judy Messoline has even set up a UFO watchtower on her property, which has witnessed over 50 UFO sightings since 2000 alone. Some of these are observed by dozens of people at a time. For the UFO skeptics out there, far more chilling are the tales of animal mutilations from the region. They began in 1967, with a horse named Snippy. Snippy was found one morning with her brain missing, and her neck bones completely cleaned. Since then, hundreds if not thousands of

inexplicable animal mutilations have occurred in the region, sharing several things in common firstly, there is never a trace of blood around the animals, and secondly, the animals are all damaged with precise cuts, distinctly not the work of predators. Finally, all of the mutilations happen overnight to otherwise healthy creatures. Investigations into the incidents havent wielded any results, yet they continue to this day. Some farmers report seeing strange lights in the sky the nights before finding a carcass, leading some to believe that extraterrestrials are involved. Though its hard to imagine aliens caring so much about farm animals in Colorado, the alternative isnt much more appealingthat humans are the so-called Phantom Surgeons of the Plains. Personally, Id rather it was aliens.

Bennington Triangle

Oh look, another triangle. This one is found in southwestern Vermont, and is the site of a string of 5 mysterious disappearances between 1945-1950, related in no way but geographic location. These include: Middie Rivers, 75 years old, was out leading a group of hunters on November 12, 1945. On their way back, he got ahead of his group and was never seen again. Only a single rifle shell found in a stream was recovered as evidence. Paula Welden was an 18 year old sophomore of Bennington College who was out hiking on December 1, 1946. She never returned and no trace of her was ever found.

Exactly 3 years later, on December 1, 1949, a veteran named James E. Tetford was taking a bus back to his home at the Bennington Soldiers Home, returning from a visit with relatives. Witnesses saw him on the bus the stop before this, but when the bus arrived at his destination he was nowhere to be seen. His luggage was still on the bus. Eight year old Paul Jepson disappeared on October 12, 1950, while his mother was busy feeding the pigs. Despite having a highly visible red jacket, none of the search parties formed were able to find the boy. The last disappearance was a woman named Frieda Langer. On October 28, 1950, she was hiking with her cousin on Glastenbury Mountain when she slipped in a stream. She decided to go back quickly and change her clothes, and, if youve been paying attention so far, youll surmise that she was never seen again. Well, not exactlyshes the only victim whose body was ever recovered, though it was only found on May 12, 1951 (about 6 months later), in an area that had been thoroughly searched after her disappearance. The body was in such a mangled shape that no cause of death could be determined. Though many theories abound, including aliens, bigfoot-like monsters, or some unknown serial killer, theres one thing we know for sure: its a good idea to stay the hell away from triangles.

Bridgewater Triangle

No, seriouslystay away from triangles. Especially this one. The Bridgewater Triangle, an area of

about 200 square miles in Southeastern Massachusetts just south of Boston, is like an all you can eat buffet of the supernatural. Among other things, the area has been subject to numerous cryptozoological sightings. Since the 1970s there have been several reports of tall, hairy, ape-like creatures roaming the swamp. There have also been numerous sightings of Thunderbirds, giant Pterodactyl-like creatures that have been seen fighting in midair. In 1976 there was a report of a man who saw a giant, ghostly, red-eyed dog rip the throats out of two of his ponies. Besides these cryptids, there have been numerous reports of mutilated animals (mainly cows and calves) in the region. Some credit these mutilations to satanic cults, but no one has come forward and no one even knows where the animals came from. As if all this werent enough, the Bridgewater Triangle is a hotbed of UFO sightings, dating all the way back to 1760, when a sphere of fire was reportedly seen hovering over New England. Since then there have been numerous sightings of unexplained objects in the skyincluding mysterious black helicopters. One from 1976 describes two UFOs landing along Route 44 near the city of Taunton, and another from 1994 recounts a strange triangular object with red and white lights seen by a Bridgewater Law Enforcement Officer. In 1908 on Halloween night, two undertakers who were traveling to Bridgewater noticed in the sky what looked like a giant lantern. They watched it for almost 40 minutes before it disappeared. Bermuda isnt looking so bad anymore.

Michael Alba has a skeptical fascination with the supernatural. Hell have a skeptical fascination with you, too, if you follow him on twitter @MichaelPaulAlba.

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9 hours ago

This list taught me one thing, Americans like to make stuff up.
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REl3EL 4 hours ago

...Seriously? Americans do? Save your insults and find me one geographic location on planet earth where the locals haven't come up with some nonsense superstition.
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Xyroze 4 hours ago

That wasn't an insult, imagination is very important, and keeps their churches financed also.
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Xyroze 4 hours ago

Americans like to get high on burger grease and guns, of course they're going to be superstitious fat morons.

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Xyroze 4 hours ago

Ashford in Kent.
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Pillow 3 hours ago

Is that a joke? Did you even look for any references? http://pararational.com/ashfor... http://www.paranormaldatabase.... http://www.kentparanormalseeke... Those were just a few from the first page of a single Google search.
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Xyroze 3 hours ago

Wow you should make a list.

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Xyroze 3 hours ago

lol
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REl3EL 2 hours ago

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There are stories like this all over the world. Saying all these people are making stuff up is stupid and insulting. Even science doesn't have an explanation for some of these but still agree something is happening there. It must suck not beeing able to step out of your comfort zone and look at the world with an open mind.
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RedMan 2 hours ago

Ok so according to you my default position on every god fearing american that says they saw "a 7ft mothman with hypnotic glowing red eyes" should be to believe them... No thanks
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REl3EL 3 hours ago

inc ons pic uous det ec t ive 3 1 Reply

because the dragon's triangle is in america. i see you're a geography scholar.

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inconspicuousdetective 3 hours ago

No, because it doesn't exist you retard.

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REl3EL 2 hours ago

inc ons pic uous det ec t ive

i may be a retard, then again out of the two of us i'm the only one who can read, moron.

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REl3EL 2 hours ago

Humans in general make shit up. Islam and Christianity didn't start in the U.S....lol.
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8 hours ago

Oh for Gods sake, just enjoy the list and don't complain about it. It's not like complaining is gonna change anything, anyway.
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Idk 3 hours ago

Res hek ly a 3 alphaman

Stop complaining then?

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"Labelle was familiar with the Inuit village, whose population ranges from 30-2000, depending on who you believe" worst population estimate ever
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alphaman an hour ago

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margin of error of 1700....pretty decent! lol

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7 hours ago

Looking at historical statistics the Bermuda Triangle actually has LESS shipping losses than average. This despite the fact that is a highly trafficked area with many shipping lanes passing through it (which you would think would mean more losses). In other words, the Bermuda Triangle is pure, overblown, media hype.
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dfizzo 4 hours ago

Tim Mars hall

Exactly. It seems like that is the case with all the other so-called triangles around the world, too. It's all hype. All it takes is a couple of high-profile instances of seemingly strange happenings and then people go back and look around and make other connections and viola! A theory is born. Meanwhile, along the way, they conveniently discarded everything that didn't fit into their theory, which would show that there's nothing all that special or different than any other area.
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Tim Marshall 2 hours ago

Not to mention that ANY "myterious" occurence that seems to occur anywhere in the North Atlantic gets tied to the Bermuda Triangle. Case in point, the Mary Celeste, while certainly a bizarre and mysterious occurrence was never anywhere NEAR the Bermuda Triangle.

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10 hours ago

5/10 of them consist of the word triangle. Nowonder hipsters like triangle.
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10 hours ago

Too American.
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Your Edward 10 hours ago

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OMG Dude, that was so original and soooooooo funny

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Alligator Al 6 hours ago

You have to admit that whether the list is 10 most mysterious places, 10 most haunted places, 10 most stunning places, 10 most sunny places, 10 most cold places.....whatver, the list always has at least half in teh USA. People get annoyed as it is either just massive laziness, writing about what you now or extreme arrogance that everything that happens, happens in the USA. Conveniently, all aliens land there too.
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matt 3 hours ago

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you're welcome to write a list or show us how many mysteries are in other countries that haven't been covered in a list on listverse already.
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matt 4 hours ago

That's because in a lot of other countries, people are too busy living and working and surviving to sit around and make up BS stories about UFOs and sh!t.
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Tim Marshall 3 hours ago

What country are you from?

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matt 26 minutes ago

You have to admit that whether the list is 10 most Look at how you phrased that. YOU have to admit that youre arguing a strawman here. On ranked lists, ones that make claims of most or best or top, you might have a point (and even that would be arguable in some cases), but THIS list is not making such a claim. So once again, if you stop to consider that geographical location is NOT relevant as to whether the places discussed are mysterious or not, then you

can conclude that its pointless to whine about where they are located. Seriously, are the stories less interesting to you because your country isnt represented or something? That seems a little hypocritical, dont you think?
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Your Edward 3 hours ago

I remember Maggot saying something long ago, about the 'too-american' complaint being so cliche, "that even expecting it was cliche". Or something like that.
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an hour ago

I liked the list, I enjoy the mental exercise of figuring out exactly what went on. Something did happen in most of these placesunless you believe in mass hypnosis or shared maniareally that's more likely? Some are easier than others, as Segue noted, animal mutilation is not a thing, rot and putrefaction are not pretty. Others are bad weather, deep water, and some? Some are just wtf? I do know though, that there is some rational explanation.
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7 hours ago

Concerning #10, Deutsch is the German word for German. It may be possible that the original name of the mine was the Deutschmans Gold Mine and the name was just a bastardization of the word Deutsch by non-Germans.
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Too many triangles.

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Dr Murphy's Dog 7 hours ago

Chines eGoddes s

Goddamnit! I should have looked at the comments before commenting. I just posted the same exact comment, LOL.
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I'c ia( My Falc ons ) 3 Nc z

Nice list. I've heard of a few of these locations on Haunted Travels. I enjoyed the list!
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7 hours ago

There are probably more mysterious places outside the US than #7,8,9 .. Too american as usual.. What's happening listverse...
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8 hours ago

Yet again, despite the immense informing power of the internet, this list never managed to leave America and explore the world as much as it could have.
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Brp Goyo 7 hours ago

Yet again, despite the immense informing power of the internet, Brp Goyo never managed to leave Listverse and explore other websites as much as it could have.
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eggomanic 6 hours ago

So what you are saying is that if you expect non American content on a non American site then you should leave. Good logic. People like you seem shocked that peopel don't want to hear about your annoying country all of the time.
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matt 3 hours ago

inc ons pic uous det ec t ive

people like you fail to realize that the sheer number of times everyone complains about a list being "too american" is so irritating you wonder why these people either don't write their own list or don't just leave the site. then you realize those same people are just looking for up votes to boost their nonexistant self esteem by trying to find out how many people agree with their stupid opinion rather than taking initiative and doing something to change what they don't like. realize this, and you'll be happier.
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matt an hour ago

I don't expect anything from a fucking free website.

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eggomanic 4 hours ago

I like your name. Says a lot.

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Brp Goyo 3 hours ago

inc ons pic uous det ec t ive

it says she likes waffles, which are famous in belgium, not america. so it does speak your anti-american language doesn't it?
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inconspicuousdetective an hour ago

It's she... ;)
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eggomanic 19 minutes ago

inc ons pic uous det ec t ive

edited. sorry hah

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Brp Goyo an hour ago

Erm. That I enjoy Eggo's? I believe they too are American. Go ahead, cry about it.
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6 hours ago

I read alot of Too American.. that is funny to me.. because many of the other countries would have a problem with, freedom of speech, which is why we report so much here because we can. Also, US has a good recording system where as a village in Africa it doesn't always get past down in songs or written down where it can be referenced unless someone goes there and asks. There is also the pesky language barrier as well and the different beliefs of a culture like Irish don't believe in ghosts per say they call it something else like Imps and Banshes. American information is just simply easier to find. If you are not American list yours here I for one would like to read them. Everyone loves a good mystery.
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Re the " animal mutilations". It has been well established that the so-called mutilations are part of a perfectly normal decomposition and the actions of predators and insects. If a dead animal (or human, for that matter) is left exposed many things happen which, to the uninformed on the subject, can appear to be mysterious and unexplainable. Flies lay eggs in any place they can reach, cuts, noses, mouths, eyeballs, other body orifices. When the eggs hatch the larvae, maggots, eat the

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