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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 it’s the site of time
warps, alien abductions, or just plain paranoia, it certainly abounds with strangeness. It’s not the
only place you can find creepy things happening, however—here are 10 other places on Earth with
their fair share of mysteries:

Superstition Mountains
10

The Superstition Mountains are a mountain range located east of Phoenix, Arizona. Already it’s 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 Dutchman’s 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 you’re 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 who’ve 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

9

Did you ever wonder if there was a Bermuda Triangle in Space? No? Well you’re probably wondering
it now, and you’re in luck! Because there totally is, and it’s called the South Atlantic Anomaly. The
SAA is the area where the band of radiation known as Earth’s inner Van Allen belt comes closest to
the Earth’s surface.

It’s an area centered just a bit off the coast of Brazil, and it’s 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). It’s 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 isn’t fully understood. The main suspect is the high levels of
radiation that accumulate at the anomaly, but scientists aren’t sure exactly how or why the effects
occur. So let’s just pin this one on aliens.

Lake Anjikuni
8

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 scene—the 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 RCMP’s own website disregards the
story as an urban legend, but with so many versions of it floating around from so many years ago,
it’s hard to be certain. Except about the vampires, I think we can be certain it wasn’t vampires.
 The Devil’s Sea
7

The Devil’s Sea (or Dragon’s 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, it’s 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 Devil’s Sea. Naturally, of course, the Kaio Maru No. 5 and its
crew of 31 people were never seen again. Another story tells of Kublai Khan’s disastrous attempts
to invade Japan by crossing the Devil’s Sea, losing at least 40 000 men in the process.

The usual theories abound for what’s 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
6
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 50’s, 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 didn’t do any actual damage. The Shermans tried
tracking the wolf, but it’s tracks stopped abruptly as if it had vanished.

And that wasn’t 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
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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, who’s 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 Black”—human 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
4

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. It’s 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. What’s more, despite searches still
being conducted annually, neither the body of the plane nor complete human remains have ever
been recovered.

San Luis Valley

3

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 haven’t 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 it’s hard to imagine aliens caring so much about
farm animals in Colorado, the alternative isn’t much more appealing—that humans are the so-called
“Phantom Surgeons of the Plains”. Personally, I’d rather it was aliens.

Bennington Triangle
2

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 Soldier’s 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 you’ve been paying attention so far, you’ll surmise that she
was never seen again. Well, not exactly—she’s 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, there’s one thing we know for sure: it’s a good idea to stay the hell away from triangles.

Bridgewater Triangle
1

No, seriously—stay 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
1970’s 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 weren’t 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 sky—including 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 isn’t looking so bad anymore.

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

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RE l3E L • 9 hours ago

This list taught me one thing, Americans like to make stuff up.
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Xy roz e 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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RE l3E L Xyroze • 4 hours ago

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

Ashford in Kent.
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Xy roz e 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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RE l3E L Xyroze • 3 hours ago

Wow you should make a list.
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P illow Xyroze • 3 hours ago

lol
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RedMan REl3EL • 2 hours ago

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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RE l3E L 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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inc ons pic uous det ec t ive REl3EL • 3 hours ago

because the dragon's triangle is in america. i see you're a geography scholar.
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RE l3E L inconspicuousdetective • 3 hours ago

No, because it doesn't exist you retard.
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inc ons pic uous det ec t ive REl3EL • 2 hours ago

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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JRoe 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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Idk • 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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Res hek ly a Idk • 3 hours ago

Stop complaining then?
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alphaman • 5 hours ago

"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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K evin Johns t on alphaman • an hour ago

margin of error of 1700....pretty decent! lol
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dfiz z o • 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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Tim Mars hall dfizzo • 4 hours ago

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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dfiz z o 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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Dilly • 10 hours ago

5/10 of them consist of the word triangle. Nowonder hipsters like triangle.
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Y our E dward • 10 hours ago

Too American.
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A lligat or A l Your Edward • 10 hours ago

OMG Dude, that was so original and soooooooo funny

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mat t 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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inc ons pic uous det ec t ive matt • 3 hours ago

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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Tim Mars hall 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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Xy roz e Tim Marshall • 3 hours ago

What country are you from?
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Maggot 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 you’re 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 it’s pointless to whine about where they are located.
Seriously, are the stories less interesting to you because your country isn’t
represented or something? That seems a little hypocritical, don’t you think?
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Fars fark o 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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Mom424 Mod • 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 places—unless you believe in mass hypnosis or shared mania—really 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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S hannon • 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 Deutschman’s Gold Mine and the name was just a bastardization of the
word Deutsch by non-Germans.
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Dr Murphy 's Dog • 8 hours ago

Too many triangles.
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Chines eGoddes s Dr Murphy's Dog • 7 hours ago

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 ) • 10 hours ago

Nice list. I've heard of a few of these locations on Haunted Travels. I enjoyed the list!
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Nc z • 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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B rp Goy o • 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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 eggomanic 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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mat t 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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inc ons pic uous det ec t ive matt • 3 hours ago

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 non-
existant 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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eggomanic matt • an hour ago

I don't expect anything from a fucking free website.
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B rp Goy o eggomanic • 4 hours ago

I like your name. Says a lot.
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inc ons pic uous det ec t ive Brp Goyo • 3 hours ago
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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eggomanic inconspicuousdetective • an hour ago

It's she... ;)
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inc ons pic uous det ec t ive eggomanic • 19 minutes ago

edited. sorry hah
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eggomanic 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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S erious ly ? • 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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s egue • 2 hours ago

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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