Do you consider yourself a materialist? Are you sure that everything that happens in the world can be explained using a scientific approach? I wonder how you explain these riddles, over which scientists have been struggling for years?
Jack - Spring-on-heels
In 1837, English newspapers were full of reports about a strange man who appeared in the most unexpected places, from London to Liverpool, in front of the amazed public, easily jumped to a great height and disappeared from view. The press gave him the nickname "Jack - Heels on the heels". In the descriptions of Jack, witnesses differed: some claimed that Jack's ears were pointed and horns were growing on his head, others said that he looked like an ordinary person. All, however, agreed on several external signs: for example, it was argued that Jack is a thin man with a beard and piercing eyes. And other external signs in the descriptions of eyewitnesses usually coincided. By the early twentieth century, rumors about Jack had died down. However, questions about whether he really existed, and if so, why he appeared among people, still excite mystery lovers.
Owen Parfitt's Last Adventure
Owen Parfitt lived in the 17th century. He led a life full of adventures: he sailed with pirates, took part in sea battles … Finally, tired of the turbulent events, he settled in the south of England, settling with his sister. By 1760, he was already over sixty, and he moved with difficulty. One day, while sitting at home, he asked his sister to carry himself out into the air: he himself was already badly on his feet. The nurse sat Owen in a chair and carried him out the door. But when she returned a couple of hours later, her brother was not there. The most careful searches have yielded no results. The semi-paralyzed Owen, who could not even reach his doorstep, disappeared without a trace. What adventure pulled him along, no one knew.
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Bell Witch
In 1817, returning from field work, farmer John Bell of Adams, Tennessee, saw a huge black dog with a rabbit head at his doorstep. As John got closer, the monster disappeared. But from that day on, the Bellas did not know rest. Some devilry began to happen in their house: every now and then there was a scratching in the rooms, a howl was heard, objects fell, and the bed linen itself rolled into knots. Bell's daughter began to complain that someone was constantly pushing and pinching her. Soon, the malevolent ghost began to communicate with members of Bell's family. A high-pitched female voice shouted curses, said that she hated John Bell and would certainly destroy him. Many witnesses observed strange phenomena in the Bell house, but no one knew how to cope with evil spirits. In 1820, John Bell died under strange circumstances,whereupon the ghost suddenly disappeared.
Reincarnation of Omm Seti
Dorothy Louis Idee, born in 1904 in London, grew up as an ordinary child. But when, in 1908, four-year-old Dorothy and her parents came to the British Museum, she flatly refused to leave the Egyptian hall, saying: "These are my people." Since then, she has been obsessed with Ancient Egypt. In 1933, after marrying an Egyptian, she moved to Cairo. There she took the name Omm Seth. In a hypnotic trance, she could spend hours talking about her life in ancient Egypt, where, according to her, she was a minister of the Kom El Sulan temple named Bentreshit. Soon she went to work in the department of antiquities in Abydos, where she accurately indicated the meta of the discovery of ancient artifacts, the search for which scientists had long and in vain. Omm Seti died in 1981, taking her mystery to her grave.
The Man of Taured
In July 1954, a white man with a goatee walked up to the passport counter at a Tokyo airport and produced his passport, which indicated that he was a citizen of a country called Taured. The perplexed border guards, knowing that such a country does not exist, asked the strange visitor to show it on a map. The man pointed a finger at Andorra, and when asked if he was mistaken, he answered irritably that Taured should be in this place. The man was taken to a nearby hotel and placed under guard for further investigation. However, by morning, he mysteriously disappeared from the room, as did his documents from airport security. They could not find him. And the location of Taured remains one of the historical mysteries.
Ghost neighbors
In 1989, eight-year-old Heidi Wyrick, who had just moved to Ellersley, Georgia, met her two new neighbors, Mr. Gordy and the elderly Mr. Cohn. When Heidi told her aunt about this, she was amazed: Mr. Gordy was the name of the former owner of her house, who died many years ago. Aunt Heidi knew him in childhood - then he was already a very old man. When Heidi was shown the photograph of Mr. Gordy, she recognized her interlocutor without hesitation. Later identified and Mr. Cohn - another long-deceased local resident. Despite the fact that both had gone to another world many years before the events, they more than once came to Heidi to chat as neighbors - until she left Ellersley, and did not solve the riddle of their appearance.
The ghost of Teresita Bassa
Teresina Basa worked at a hospital in Illinois. In February 1979, her stab wounded body was discovered in her burned down apartment. A few days later, Basa's colleague, Remy Chua, saw Teresita in a dream, saying that she had been raped and killed by a man named Alan Showery, who came to her house on call to fix the TV. Teresita also described the jewelry that Showery had stolen from her home. At first, Chua took it as a game of imagination, but the ghost of Teresita pestered her at night until she went to the police and told everything she learned from the spirit in her dream. The police decided to check this version too - and, having come to Showery's house, they immediately found stolen jewelry on his wife. Showery confessed to the murder and was convicted, and the police still do not know: who could tell Remy Chua this whole story, if not the spirit of Teresita?
Moving ghosts
This old move in San Antonio, Texas is a place where any driver can encounter ghosts. Many years ago there was a tragedy here: a train crashed into a school bus, and the children sitting in it were killed. Since then, according to local residents, as soon as the car stops at the level crossing, the driver begins to feel as if someone is trying to push it from its place, pushing it towards the rails. But the worst thing is that, having driven away from the level crossing, drivers find prints of small palms on the bumper! There are already a lot of evidences of this phenomenon, including those filmed on film.
Old Charlie's Journey
Charles Juington was a tramp from the English town of Tesby, nicknamed "Old Charlie." In May 1955, he disappeared. Searches by the police were unsuccessful. However, five years later, in August 1960, Charlie showed up in Tesby and said that aliens had taken him to a flying saucer, and he traveled with them across the galaxy. Especially, according to Charlie, he liked the rings of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The local people made fun of him: everyone knows that only Saturn has rings! Frustrated, Charlie announced that he would soon fly away again, since they did not believe him here. Indeed, after a couple of weeks he disappeared again, this time completely. And ten years later, astronomers found out that all gas giants really have rings, although only Saturn's rings are visible from Earth. How could old bum Charlie know?
Jil Perez's accidental teleportation
Jill Perez was a 16th century Filipino soldier. On October 24, 1593, he stood guard at the palace of the Spanish Governor-General in Manila. The day before, the governor was killed in a pirate raid, and everyone, including the guards, was waiting for a new appointment. Perez leaned against the wall for a moment to take a nap - but when he opened his eyes, he found himself on the other side of the world: on the Plaza Mayor in Mexico City! Perez in his strange form was immediately detained. Of course, they did not believe his story, mistaking him for a deserter and placing him under arrest. Perez spent several months in prison - before the sailors from the Philippine ship that came to Mexico confirmed the news of the death of the Philippine governor at the hands of pirates in the very days Peretz spoke about. At that time, he could not get to Mexico in a few days after the murder. The amazed Mexicans released Perez, and he returned to his homeland - this time, by the usual long sea route.
Bloody miracle of Saint Januarius
Saint Januarius, in Italian Saint Gennaro, is a saint revered in Naples, beheaded in the 4th century AD. His blood, collected at the place of death, was kept by the church as a shrine for centuries. Of course, over the years it managed to dry out - however, in 1939, at the Saint Gennaro festival in Naples, it mysteriously became liquid again. Thousands of witnesses to this phenomenon have confirmed its truth. Since then, the blood of Saint Januarius turns to liquid during the feast every year. This miracle is not even commented on by the Vatican, but as atheists did not look for fraud here until they could find it. Maybe a miracle indeed?
Padre Pio's stigmata
In 1910, a young Catholic priest, Padre Pio, had stigmata on his hands and feet. For some time they appeared and disappeared, since 1918 Pio went with them constantly. The doctors did not manage to understand what was the matter and cure the bleeding wounds of the priest. When Padre Pio died in 1968, he was canonized by the church. Catholics respect him very much and assure that prayer addressed to him heals the sick. This, of course, can be considered fiction - but the reality of Padre Pio's stigmata is confirmed by documents, and their origin still remains a mystery.
Face from Belmez
In 1971, in the home of Maria Gomez Pereira from Belmeza, Spain, a stain appeared on the stone kitchen floor, in which the image of a human face could be easily discerned. The stain was not washed off with any detergents, and when Maria's husband removed part of the floor and placed a new stone, it appeared again. This went on for about thirty years - until finally the house was demolished. When it was destroyed, a huge burial place was discovered under the floor, full of human remains, dating back to the 13th century. When the building was rebuilt some time later, faces continued to appear on the floor, now one after another. Until now, tourists who have visited Belmez can observe them with their own eyes.
Don Decker, Rain Man
Numerous police officers witnessed this striking story and readily confirmed it under oath. It happened on February 24, 1983 in Studsburg, Pennsylvania. Don Decker, who came to the city for the funeral of his grandfather, stayed for the night with a friend, but at night he woke up from the cold. Water poured from the ceiling and walls of his room. He woke up a friend, together they called the police - but neither they, nor the police could explain this strange rain in the room. The rain stopped in the morning when Don left the house - but when he went into a nearby restaurant, it started pouring down there too. The rain continued to haunt Decker for several days, wherever he appeared - until a believing neighbor gave him a crucifix. It painfully burned Don's skin. Then the same neighbor proposed to conduct a rite of exorcism - driving out the devil. After the ceremony, the rain finallydisappeared completely.
Devil footprints
On the morning of February 9, 1855, residents of several villages in eastern Devonshire discovered that the snow-covered fields for forty miles around were dotted with strange footprints that did not resemble those of domestic or wild animals. Most of all, they looked like horseshoe prints - but the mysterious creature clearly walked on two legs. Judging by the prints, it could pass through walls and even jump over a wide river - behind the obstacle, the rows of tracks continued as if nothing had happened. The locals decided that it was nothing more than the devil's footprints. They were rendered to visiting London reporters for a long time, until finally the thaw destroyed the evidence of the mystery.
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