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Selfie Waves
long-standing ban was lifted visitors were finally allowed to take selfies at the White House this is the first legal selfie ever taken on a White House Tour but a year before the ban was lifted in February of 2014 I met with the president and secretly took an illegal selfie while on the toilet In The West Wing thanks Obama why am I admitting to this crime now well it's time for the truth who took the first selfie really few people would call this a selfie but it is the oldest known self-portrait a depiction someone made of themself that includes Head and Shoulders it was sculpted more than three thousand years ago by Pharaoh akhenaten's first Chief Royal sculptor A guy named Beck next to himself Beck sculpted his wife to Heart making this also a contender for oldest known asy but the roots of the selfie go back further than this we have been making things that resemble ourselves in whole or in part intentionally or not for as long as there's been cause and effect just looking into a pool of water creates a kind of selfie A Primitive ephemeral one that you can't preserve or send to anyone but it is undeniably an image of the self made by the self even the earliest life forms on Earth were capable to some degree of self-discrimination they could differentiate themselves from the environment around them they have inside them in some chemical form a crude pre-conscious sense of themselves I call things like that a first wave selfie first wave selfies are unintentional automatic or accidental resemblances something makes of itself in whole or in part like prehistoric human Footprints or the mental images animals have of their own bodies the first big leap in selfie history the second wave began with the first intentional depictions of oneself second wave selfies include everything from Chauvet caves 32 000 year old hand stencil prints to the paintings of Jan Von Ike and Judith leister but in the 19th century self-depiction changed in another Major Way a technology emerged that allowed likenesses of the self to be made faster and with less skill that seemed more accurate less mediated and more indexical than ever before photography ushered in the third wave selfie in the fall of 1839 outside his family's lamp and chandelier store in Philadelphia thirty-year-old Robert Cornelius stood completely still for about 15 minutes in front of a camera he built using a modified opera glass and a sheet of silver plated copper the result was a significant image it could be found on his gravestone in Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery the Smithsonian calls it the first selfie but they also don't in that same fall of 1839 a man named Henry Fitz Jr took a photograph of himself in Baltimore Smithsonian Magazine and pretty much everyone else has called cornelius's Selfie the first but in their archives the Smithsonian calls Fitz Juniors the first the reason for this confusion is that honestly we don't know which of these came first all we can be sure of is that neither of them is the first equally by r a Frenchman wrote of taking a photo of himself in 1837 two years before these but it's been lost and other even earlier examples may have been lost as well because these are photographs people took of themselves it's largely uncontroversial to call them selfies but you know they're not like selfie selfies if you've seen my video is cereal soup you know what I just did there contrastive Focus reduplication that's when you repeat a word in order to focus on prototypical examples in contrast to edge cases for example we went on a date last night but you know it wasn't a date date in that statement I'm contrasting what I did last night which might have been a date to a true date date which is obviously a date okay anyway the point is no one called these selfies when they were taken they were photographic self-portraits the word selfie wouldn't even exist for another 160 years after they were taken so at some point between this and this our relationship to self-depiction changed and our vocabulary had to expand to discuss it what rough Beast emerged to make the coining of selfie necessary well let's keep going around 1846 Czech photographer MV lobethal took the earliest known selfie with a mirror this of course would become a classic selfie technique mirrors provided an easy early way to capture the self with a camera but in my opinion this mirror selfie from around 1900 is the most arresting I think you die at least three times once when your body stops living again usually sometime later when your name is spoken for the last time but now thanks to photography more and more of us are able to save ourselves from the third the last time and image of you is seen the identity of this woman is unknown that makes it the oldest known selfie taken by a person whose name we have forgotten this is the oldest known example of the classic outstretched arm selfie technique it was taken by Joseph Byron in 1909 images like these were a significant step toward the eventual fourth wave selfie the presence of a camera or arms or poles in the shot evidence of how it was made are Hallmarks of the modern day selfie stereotype for example a 2013 ad campaign for the cape times reimagined famous historical photographs as selfies and in every single one an arm connecting the subject to the camera was used five years after Byron's armed selfie Anastasia nikolivino Romanova the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and great-granddaughter to Britain's queen Victoria and Prince Albert took this photo of herself she was 13 years old at the time so many have claimed it to be the first selfie ever taken by a teenager but that's not true in 1852 61 years earlier British chemist William Henry Perkin took this photo of himself when he was just 14. however even though Anastasia wasn't the first teenager to take a selfie in another way she was unlike Perkins whose shot feels like a self-portrait she took pictures that feel much more like we today would call selfies the photos she took were personal she sent them to friends to share her mood and daily life here she is posing with fake novelty teeth in 1915 or 16. four years after taking this famous selfie her camera was confiscated and not long after Bolshevik revolutionaries executed her and her entire family together in a basement conclusive evidence of her death in 1918 wasn't uncovered until 2007. although her work was cut short she pioneered the use of Photography as a social behavior as a way to communicate not just commemorate she has been called the Kardashian of her day but despite her influence she was more of a trendsetter for hairstyles than photography she didn't usher in a worldwide shift in Behavior where young people everywhere started taking selfies camera manufacturers didn't rush to make self-portraiture easier and articles weren't written about how great or how scary it was that young people were taking pictures of themselves though the modern day selfie still wasn't born it continued to gestate and kick within the womb one such kick was the use of sticks and pulls to activate a camera's shutter in 1925 newlyweds Arnold and Helen Hogg used a long Pole to take this picture in 1934 Helmer Larson used a fallen tree branch to snap this selfie with his wife naime in Sweden on Reddit Chooch 37 shared his grandfather using a selfie stick in the late 1940s here's one from 1957 and going back to 1920 here's Joseph Byron taking a handheld photograph with others I mentioned this image because a second camera captured how it was taken giving us an early depiction of what is now the recognizable human selfie pose now what I think makes this image so significant is that it's another early Taste of the selfie as we know it today as Jin's rushitz pointed out in exploring the selfie if you Google self-portrait you get a lot of self-portraits there's only one image that shows someone making a self-portrait Norman Rockwell's famous triple self-portrait but if you Google selfie a lot of what you get aren't selfies they're pictures of people taking selfies four the selfie as we know it today the pose of taking one is just as if not more Salient than the actual result blogs and articles containing outrage over people taking selfies in inappropriate places or when they should be behaving differently rarely complain about the actual images they dislike the performance in 2015 Joanne paternapatania published a book of pictures of people taking selfies from which she had removed the environment giving us what feel like selfie poses preserved in specimen jars the idea that those taking photos can be a nuisance didn't begin with selfies far from it there's a long tradition of photographers especially tourists raising eyebrows for being annoying centering themselves over the location and being predictably heard like for example the Pisa pushers found in Italy the modern day selfie that was to come however makes a person look like a tourist everywhere they go not because everything suddenly became a landmark but because people have always loved looking at themselves and as cameras became smaller and easier to handle it was inevitable that people would start snapping more self-portraits Vivian Dorothy Meyer took really cool mirror selfies in the 1950s and 60s but she kept them to herself her selfies were unknown and unpublished during her lifetime a couple of years before her death she failed to make payments on a storage unit she rented and her Works were auctioned off six months after her death in 2009 a collector who had acquired them uploaded her images to Flickr and they went viral inspiring exhibitions a documentary a road in Paris was even named after her the popularization of instant cameras in the 60s and 70s made taking selfies physically and mentally easier you didn't need to know how to develop the film yourself or feel self-conscious turning in selfies to be developed but instant cameras with mirrors on the front didn't come around until decades later selfies still hadn't reached a Tipping Point in 1969 Michael Collins took the first reverse selfie a photograph that contains everyone but yourself Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are in this Lander right here and every human living or dead at that time is on this ball of Rock Only Collins himself behind the lens is absent in 1983 Hiroshi wada submitted a patent for a telescopic extender for supporting a compact camera an early selfie stick and two years prior Lester wisbrod started what was to become a personal tradition using his new auto focusing compact camera to snap selfies with famous people whiz broad was the pioneer of the celebrity selfie still though no one was using the word selfie selfies hadn't become a thing yet but then something happened in Japan in 1995 19 year old toshikawa haromi known as hero mix was nominated for the new Cosmos of Photography award by world renowned photographer Nobi Yoshi araki she submitted a portfolio of snapshots she'd taken of her daily life and she won the grand prize there was already a unique culture of photo diary and photo booth use among young people in Japan but hero mix's sudden Fame amongst teenagers and the educated Elite made the practice a thing suddenly young people all over Japan wanted to be like her the New York Times called it hero mix syndrome increased demand for cameras that made self-portraiture and proto-instagramming easier LED camera manufacturers to speed up the release of features that served immediate frequent photography hero mix took a lot of photos tens of thousands and her work generated polarized reactions some critics adored her While others found it all baffled now by the time selfies were called selfies the same debate was started again but it was a about the behavior hero mix had brought into focus more than a decade before you know it's hard to say who took the first selfie but in my opinion hero mix took the first selfie selfie her work hastened and christened the arrival of the fourth wave selfie the selfie as we know it today now if it hadn't been her it would have been someone else people love looking at themselves and it was becoming easier and easier to do so but hero mix popularized taking pictures of yourself as a social sharing activity more akin to speaking than remembering less a memory than a message nowhere is this more clear than in the story of the first camera phone picture on June 11 1997 while his wife was in labor Philippe Khan Jerry rigged together a makeshift system involving his star attack flip phone a Casio QV and a Toshiba laptop when his daughter was born he took a photo with the camera and used the laptop and phone connection to immediately email the image to more than 2 000 people social media is strongly associated with the fourth wave selfie but as we've seen it wasn't its origin instead social media was simply a mouth that showed up later and demanded to be fed them online we have no bodies we can't just walk in and be seen we have to upload images of our bodies for them to be there selfies are an easy solution because they don't require other people's help but on top of that there's a sense in which a photo of yourself taken by someone else is that person's point of view it's their story but a selfie well a selfie's point of view doesn't belong to another person when I look at a selfie of you I'm not a third Observer looking at you through someone else's eyes it's just me looking at you selfies allow us to be online first hand not second hand in the same way that brown bears who migrated to the cold lands of the north evolved pale guard hairs and became polar bears as humans migrated into the cold lands of the screen they evolved selfies by 2006 everyone knew that something was happening the New York Times published an article that year about how young people were suddenly taking a lot of photos of themselves was it weird what did it mean not once in the article is the word selfie used but it could have been because sometime between 1995 and 2006 the word selfie was born selfie with a Y had been a word since the 1600s it meant self-centered or selfish but selfie with an ie is new the earliest recorded usage of it is from a September 13 2002 post on Dr Carl's self-serve science Forum Australian Nathan hope uploaded an image he took of how busted up his lip had gotten and he wrote sorry about the focus it was a selfie hope has been hailed as the inventor of the word selfie but says himself that he probably heard it somewhere else first which is likely the word selfie is a hypocrism a pet name an affectionate familiar cuter version of an existing word Australians are famous for doing this barbecue Barbie mosquito mozzie Australian Aussie self-portrait selfie they don't only use I.E they love o s and Z too Australian English has given us probs Rando totes saws preggers and yes even doggo Myspace was an early incubator of thriving selfie colonies but in 2004 when Facebook launched as a serious social media platform for people at Elite universities there was a brief feeling that selfies were falling out of favor however when the iPhone 4 debuted with a front-facing camera in 2010 the selfie was declared officially back in 2013 usage of the word selfie had jumped 17 000 percent in the last year and Oxford dictionaries declared it the word of the year everyone knew what a selfie was we started calling things that existed before the word selfies as well but that is an anachronym a word used out of place in time anachronyms can be words that have lingered around too long like when we say we're dialing a number on a smartphone even though actual turning dials are no longer involved or when we call this tinfoil although it's actually the cheaper and more durable aluminum foil that superseded it anachronyms can also be words from today like selfie that barge back into the past like calling these medieval Church singers the first boy band nailing down the definition of a selfie in the modern sense is tricky of course does a selfie need to be a photograph if not why if so do I need to be holding the camera does the use of a timer or a drone I'm not even touching mean that it's not a selfie or just a different kind of selfie are humans a selfie since God made us in His image because of questions like that I prefer what I've been doing in this video just allow a selfie to mean anything that something has made that resembles itself or part of itself that covers a lot of stuff but can be broken down into four waves first wave selfies are unintentional the second wave began with the first deliberate depictions of oneself the third with photography's promise of recognizable self-depictions that were significantly more accessible the fourth wave is when selfies became a thing a cultural phenomenon motivated by a desire not just to have images but to be images throughout the 20th century especially we found ourselves increasingly surrounded by images news and travels and products and stories the entire world outside our head could be seen like never before not in person but through images in the midst of this image world was the human animal an organism that got to look at images but wasn't one which was too bad because to be an image was to be something well selfies gave us that power they put it in our own hands photography allows more of us than ever before to delay the third death but the fourth wave selfie flattens the boundaries of time and space now we can be anywhere whenever does my face need to be depicted for it to be a selfie well in October of 2013 Kim Kardashian posted this image on Instagram within a month belfie had been added to the Urban Dictionary a belfie is a selfie of your butt but selfie selfie belfie guides and histories and even a belfie stick soon followed and this all raises a serious question about Society if a selfie of your butt is called a belfie shouldn't a selfie of your face be called a filthy
By Riya singh10 months ago in FYI
5 Strongest Signs of Aliens
the topic of UFOs and aliens is a personal favorite we spend many hours staring up at the night sky just wondering what's out there and hoping to see something now although we've never had any of our own personal experiences to date we have spent hundreds of hours researching UFO topics over the years in this video we want to explore five instances where the photograph trffic or video evidence of the anomaly seems to defy explanation and really justes make you wonder if alien life not only exists but has been to visit us humans here on Earth let's take a look now before we begin as always hit those lights sit back and enjoy the pilot UFO this video was released in 201 22 pilot George a artiaga recorded footage while flying a Cessna plane at an altitude of 12,500 ft over antiquia Colombia the video captures an unidentified object speeding through the sky in broad daylight passing by the cockpit window at an astonishing speed that artiga recorded on his phone take a look [Music] the object appears to be light in color and pointed at one end ARA would later claim that he and his co-pilot had spotted the anomaly floating in the air between the cities of Molin and Santa Fe before it drastically picked up speed the pair had originally wanted to follow the UFO but later abandoned the search after it suddenly turned and began to hurtle towards them when the footage emerged online commenters were quick to point out that it looked like just another runaway balloon or random piece of debris however artiga was adamant that at the height he was flying it was too cold for a balloon to survive and it didn't appear to be a drone or an airplane and was totally different to anything he'd seen before the recording caught the attention of controversial ufologist Jamie morson the Mexican journalist who promoted claims of supposed alien remains in Peru that have turned out to be hoaxes despite this araga sat down with musen to discuss what he saw and told him that the object moved with something totally unknown without means of propulsion with movement that he considered as intelligent Moren later claimed it was the greatest UAP evidence of all time it's a bold claim and whether or not you believe the clip is a UFO or floating piece of rubbish depends on what your stance is on alien life let us know your thoughts on this one below the New York UFO on October 13th 2010 thousands of New Yorkers going about their daily lives pointed to the sky as a highly illuminated mysterious flying object flew above them the site prompted several 311 calls claiming a UFO was flying above the Chelsea District of the city the bright object seemed to divide into several smaller objects and then slowly moved together again take a look at this footage posted by CBS News initially it looks like three white balloons tied together but as the clip progresses they all separate and then appear to come back together before more appear Witnesses of the objects that day have commented on the video with one describing it as an insane experience they said for those suggesting that these were just weather balloons trust me they were not what the footage fails to capture is that as as the event continued more of these objects appeared forming various shapes and moving closer together only to quickly disperse while hovering suddenly they vanished in a way I can only describe as cartoonish much like when the Road Runner would quickly run off screen leaving only smoke behind another witness said that they watched the objects for over 30 minutes insisting that they were not balloons they were not tied together they moved away from each other then back together as if in formation and they remained in the area for over an hour they were also very bright as they had been illuminated from inside the phenomenon prompted dozens of calls but City officials had no answers and not even the Federal Aviation Administration could explain the spectacle saying they were not weather balloons and were nothing they could account for despite the papers reporting wildly on the incident no explanation was ever offered adding to the mystery a former Air Force officer had predicted 4 months before the incident on a UFO website that an alien craft would visit major cities on October 13th saying the aliens will reveal themselves in a massive uniform display over our principal cities and I predict this will happen on October 13th 2010 the date of this incident as you know was October 13th 2010 so was this a coincidence did he have Insider information or was this a hoax and was he the one responsible UFO laser Tom Delong is best known as the co-founder co-lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Blink 182 but he also has a strong belief in UFOs and aliens something that has interested him since he was a child so when he posted this video to his Instagram account on February 4th 2023 with the caption enjoy they are real people took notice take a look at the video Tom also noted that the whirling sound was from the propulsion many of the commenters were amazed the footage had not made the news believing that it was solid evidence of some kind of alien craft there were others who claimed that they also witnessed something similar saying it was exactly the same shape and moved faster than anything they had seen before we did some research behind this footage and discovered there is footage out there of something very similar on October 27th 2013 in Michigan this video was captured in the very same year and month this was also captured in Lithia Springs and again this one in Cleveland Ohio the most recent sighting was on November 21st 2021 at around 2 p.m. GMT in Alberta Canada there has been speculation that the mysterious object may have been created by a laser beam originating from the underside of a drone this Theory does gain credence particularly since 2013 was the pivotal year when drones transitioned from military exclusivity to being accessible to the general public however despite being plausible this explanation has never been formerly confirmed in connection to any of the reported sightings in truth these sightings have been largely ignored and not drawn much attention so until anything different is proposed these are unidentified flying objects Airborne phenomena that cannot be immediately identified or explained do you make of this extraordinary footage the best UFO photo in history we're now going to show you two similar photographs both captured in Wisconsin although taken four years apart the first reported sighting was shared online by an anonymous female witness who was visiting a friend in W wer to protect her friend's privacy she was reluctant to reveal the exact location but mentioned that it was generally north of Main Street on the east side of Highway 110 South of the train tracks at the time her son was sledding in the snow and she was taking photos of him it was late evening and darkness was setting in quickly while they were outside her son pointed to the sky where they both saw a balloon-like object with lights the woman quickly took photos as the object passed directly over them the lights were changing erratically and as it moved overhead she realized the shape was more like a disc than a balloon leaving her and her son puzzled about what they had just witnessed fast forward to January 2007 again in Wisconsin but this time near Green Bay a very similar looking object was photographed and sent to the UFO evidence website there is very little information on either of these photographs and many have questioned the authenticity of both of them some believe that the photos have been manipulated using Photoshop and are fake although at that time you would have to be fairly skilled to manipulate an image in that way the other theory is that maybe a repelled object with lights attached was launched by whoever took the photo possibly a toy of some description similar to a Star Trek Enterprise model drones have also been mentioned but it's worth remembering that in 2007 only military drones were available and they do not look like military drones despite all of the theories the photographs haven't been completely debunked we'd love to know your thoughts on this one Philip Spencer's Alien Encounter and photograph ichy Moore located in Yorkshire England is a large Conservation Area and a popular destination for Walkers and tourists that offer breathtaking views of the Yorkshire Dales it is surrounded by fascinating stories of strange creatures and mysterious lights that appear in the fog and to add to the Intrigue it is near RAF men with Hill a top secret military base often referred to as the UK's area 51 a Strang looking facility that is protected by large 30t spheres designed to monitor any external threats given this context it's perhaps not surprising that the mo is the sight of one of the most extraordinary alien encounters in Great British history on December 1st 1987 retired British police officer Philip Spencer left his home early in the morning to meet his father-in-law who lived the other side of ichy Moore it was still dark when he said goodbye to his wife and children the fog hadn't lifted and Spencer used a compass to guide him through the murky air he was also armed with a camera as he was hoping to capture the beautiful sights of the mo as the sun started to rise however what he actually captured was not the beauty of the mo but something entirely different as he passed through an area called White Wells he was distracted by something and as he looked through the Mist he saw a creature with long arms similar in shape to a sock monkey the creature that was looking directly at him appeared to move its right arm as if it was waving and that was the moment Spencer pulled out his camera and took this Photograph shortly after the shot was taken the entity disappeared Spencer described the creature as having big black eyes pointed ears and strangely long arms with hoof-like feet split into two toes he tried to follow the creature hoping to find out what it was but unfortunately it moved out of sight but what he did see was a dome-shaped spacecraft that Rose from the mo and disappeared into the sky feeling slightly confused he continued on to his father-in-law's Village but when he arrived and saw the time on the church clock was 10:00 a.m. he realized that he had lost 2 hours somewhere on Route and had no idea why he questioned whether he had imagined the entire experience however his doubts were dispelled when he processed the photographs he had taken and saw the creature exactly as he remembered it the negative of the photograph was later examined by various experts who found no signs of tampering however the strangeness did not end there Spencer started experiencing odd but very real dreams in which he kept seeing a Starry Sky these were so vivid and constant that he was later advised to go into hypnosis to see if he could revisit what happened that day under hypnosis he recalled how the creature approached him just before he took the photograph he remembered it was quite windy and the creature which was green moved closer and closer to him he found himself Frozen to the spot unable to move then everything went fuzzy and he was floating in the air while the green creatures walked ahead of him he then saw a big silver sort of thing with a door on it that he doesn't want to go into then everything goes black he also remembered that he had been examined by the creatures inside the ship and they showed him a movie on a disaster that would occur if people did not stop population growth and pollution after that he was returned back to the moall with no memory of his abduction it's worth pointing out that Philip Spencer did not earn Fame and money from his story and he is one of the few abductees who showed evidence to prove his encounter we'd love to know your thoughts on this one did Spencer really capture a genuine image of an alien creature or was the whole thing made up so that's it for this video if you have some spare time this evening and it's a clear sky take some time to stare up at the night sky you've probably gone many years without doing this and you never know what you're going to see
By Riya singh10 months ago in Serve
11 Caves That Could Be Your Last Exploration
in the ice caves of Mount rineer in the United States vibrant blues and whites form breathtaking ice sculptures that sparkle like precious gems but don't get too close these delicate formations are constantly at risk of collapse as temperatures rise ice chunks and flakes some the size of a small car break loose and fall from the cave ceiling explorers also face the risk of hypothermia with freezing air inside and even colder melt water flowing from the snow field the volume of melt water increases as the day heats up making the caves even riskier in the afternoon if you dive into this strange pond in Norway known as plura and swim around for around 13 of a mile you will emerge into a long colorful cave where Limestone and marble formations form narrow and edgy passageways if you are an okay diver who does it just for fun you can end your exploration there but this cave system is the deepest in northern Europe so highly trained and experienced divers can continue exploring the course which quickly plunges much deeper through pitch black ice cold water becoming narrow and difficult in winter temperatures drop to around 36° F sadly tragic incidents have marked this Cave's history as lost divers have faced perilous retrieval efforts Jacobs Well in Texas looks like a calm 12T swimming hole inviting and refreshing yet What Lies Beneath is a treacherous sink hole leading to a hidden underwater cave system the dark secretive depths beneath the Placid water descend vertically for about 30 ft then continue downward at an angle through a series of silted Chambers separated by narrow restrictions finally reaching an average depth of 120 ft which is about the height of a ferris wheel despite its pretty appearance the well- claimed Nine Lives between the 1960s and the 1980s but some people speculate that the actual number could be higher this is why these dark secretive depths are still known as some of the most dangerous diving locations in the United States as we dive deeper into the Earth we find ourselves in vovnik cave in Georgia known for being the deepest cave in the world it is over 7,000 ft deep plunging into the unknown where there is a real risk of deadly floods from underground sources at the deepest level you can reach there's a stunning turquoise Lake surrounded by jet black Limestone it is described as a beautiful yet Eerie spot that can quickly turn into a scenario where you need to fight for survival When Storms and thunder hit the roar inside the cave is almost deafening and the water floods rise really fast when this happens explorers can not afford to wait they must find a way out immediately the thing is caves and storms together are a seriously dangerous mix take for example the event that occurred in 2018 that had the whole world glued to the News 12 boys from a junior soccer team went exploring in Thailand's Chang Rai province with their coach they raced their bicycles up into the forested hills to reach the Tam long cave in High Spirits they clambered into the cave with just their t Tes planning to stay for only about an hour but they didn't emerge until 2 weeks later that's because right after they entered there heavy rainfall began partially flooding the cave system blocking their way out and trapping them deep inside this is how the world learned about the real dangers of the Tam long cave the kidum caves located in Mount Elon National Park in Kenya is considered one of the most dangerous caves in the world the cavern walls are cover in scuffs and marks that appear to have been made by miners searching for gems or gold but later it was discovered that those strange marks were actually made by elephants that go inside and mine The Rock seeking its sodium Rich salts although it is interesting that's not the reason the cave is so frightening it turns out these caves have a long history of being a breeding ground for some of the most fatal viruses in human history just to be safe it's best to stay far away from there in Mexico the Nika mine offers a jaw-dropping spectacle of gigantic crystals towering over visitors this otherworldly landscape is more than just a visual Marvel it's also bathed in extreme heat with temperatures Rising as high as 136° F Additionally the air in the cave has 90 to 99% humidity making the environment feel even more unbearably hot but before you start making travel plans to visit this amazing natural site keep in mind that this cave is completely off limits to tourists only scientists with special permission can enter and they must wear protective gear our next stop is in New Zealand where you can find the Cathedral Cave which is actually two connected Limestone sea caves located on weati beach with 600 ft of tunnels reaching impressive Heights of 98 ft these caves are among the most remarkable sea cave complexes in the world and they were formed after waves hit the same spot over thousands of years the caves earned their name thanks to their Acoustics which are so good that they remind of those in a cathedral however you cannot test your singing skills at just any time as it's only safe to visit during low tide to avoid danger visitors are only allowed when weather seawell and tides are favorable if you're not a fan of bats you should definitely stay far away from Bracken cave located in Texas during the summer this dark hole becomes home to the largest colony of bats in the world I'm talking about around 20 million Mexican freet tailed bats roosting there from March to October those people who are brave enough to approach say it's like watching a ballet as millions of bats emerge from the cave in synchronized waves never once bumping into one another if you listen closely you can hear their wings flapping which people describe as sounding like steady gently falling rain now we arrive at qu de Loos which is known for an enigma that has intrigued explorers for decades located in the andian jungle of Southeastern Ecuador this cave can only be assessed through a narrow 230t vertical drop known as the chimney inside explorers find a labyrinth world of Chambers the size of large buildings connected by narrow Galleries and impressive Halls some of which are pierced by Jagged stalactites and stalagmites if that isn't enough to make your a heart race wait qua de losos is rumored to contain ancient artifacts and secrets from civilizations long past some say it holds a metal library with Golden Plates engraved with a previously unknown history of humankind others believe that the tunnels are too perfect to be natural suggesting they must have been created by ancient people possibly with the help of extraterrestrial technology these rumors have spurred many expeditions to the cave including one led by Neil Armstrong yes that Neil Armstrong who sought to uncover its Mysteries to this day however the cave has kept its secrets well hidden just like qua de los Taos the fin cave on our list isn't particularly dangerous but it'll certainly send chills down your spine I mean look at this stone wall completely covered by hand shapes what seems like something out of a horror movie is actually the quad delos Manos in Argentina the name means Cave of the hands in English and getting to these prehistoric hand paintings made about 13,000 years ago is no small feat the most adventurous Travelers take a one and a half hour hike through rugged terrain to reach it but the moment explorers step inside they are greeted by this incredible artwork from ancient times it is believed that there are around 800 hands inside this cave with Palms of various sizes some small others long and thin indicating that in addition to men the prints belong to women and children their authenticity is unquestionable which makes it all much more interesting
By Riya singh10 months ago in Earth
5 Theories That Say We’re Not from Earth
So the idea of panspermia is that life can travel through space naturally like seeds being spread around the universe it's been debated for ages but we didn't have any proof until recently now with new discoveries and research we're taking it seriously people used to think it was impossible for living things to survive being launched off one planet traveling through space and land on another planet but turns out my microorganisms can handle it scientists got interested in this again in the 70s when they found rocks from Mars here on Earth that proved it's possible for rocks to travel between planets in our solar system they figured out some ways that materials can be sent into space and survive the trip so yeah pans spermia might be a real thing after all basically scientists were wondering if living things could have hitched a ride between planets in our solar syst system but for that to happen microorganisms would need to survive being launched off of One Planet flying through space and then landing on another planet so scientists have done a bunch of experiments trying to simulate all those crazy conditions they found that spores can survive each stress individually and even combined stresses can be simulated in the lab for instance microbes could totally survive the trip from Mars to Earth or any other habitable planet in our solar system and get this it's not just Mars and Earth that could be swapping germs there are all these cool moons around Jupiter and Saturn that might be habitable too like EO Europa ganam Kalisto Titan and Enceladus plus microbes can survive in space for years with just a little UV protection like they could be space superheroes with a dash of sunscreen and if they're shielded by 6 and 1/2 ft of meteorite they could live for 25 million years up there that's longer than most marriages last but wait it gets crazier scientists found microbes on Earth that were brought back to life after 250 million years that's like finding a fossil and then it jumps up and says surprise all these discoveries have Chang CH the game when it comes to finding life on other planets we used to think life could only exist on cushy earthlike planets but now we know that extreme environments are fair game and with our improved knowledge of these environments we've been able to develop astrobiology which is all about studying the origin Evolution and distribution of life in the universe Mars is one of the most promising places to look for Life we've found found evidence that it used to have an environment similar to Earth which means life could have flourished there and get this scientists found Trace Amounts of methane in the Martian atmosphere that could be produced by living organisms plus they recently discovered subsurface liquid water lakes on Mars so maybe there are some Martian microbes chilling down there Europa is another exciting prospect it has a subsurface ocean that could support life similar to Earth's deep ocean hydrothermal vents or the Antarctic Lake VTO and Enceladus has hydrothermal vents on its sub sea Flor and high-speed Jets of water vapor and organic Rich particles gushing out from its southern region so who knows what kind of alien creatures are lurking out there bottom line space is wild and full of surprises who knows what kind of crazy stuff we'll find next next yeah that long explanation was all about pans spermia but that's definitely not the only theory about the origins of life in space there's just panspermia Theory but there's also directed panspermia this theory is a bit crazy though it suggests that life on Earth was deliberately seated by an advanced extraterrestrial civilization this idea is based on the assumption that life is rare in the universe and and that it's unlikely to have originated on its own on Earth directed panspermia is basically the idea that dudes from other planets intentionally sent life to Earth I'm not kidding you some people think that extraterrestrial beings might have purposely sent microorganisms or even whole organisms to our planet to Kickstart life here the idea is that those dudes might have wanted to spread life throughout the Universe and Earth was just one of their stops it's kind of like Intergalactic gardening they planted the seeds of life and let it grow now this Theory might sound a little out there but some scientists actually take it seriously they argue that it's possible that life on Earth is too complex to have just randomly formed on its own and that an outside force had to have played a role I personally prefer classic pans spermia Theory over this one there's another theory called chemical Evolution and it suggests that life on Earth originated from simple organic molecules that formed spontaneously in the early Earth's atmosphere or in space these molecules then combined and evolved into more complex structures eventually leading to the formation of living organisms the conditions on early Earth were different from what we see today the atmosphere was mostly composed of gases like methane ammonia and carbon dioxide and there was no oxygen these conditions were conducive to the formation of organic molecules one of the most famous experiments that supported the chemical Evolution theory was the Miller Yuri experiment in 1952 in this experiment Stanley Miller and Harald Yuri simulated the early Earth's atmosphere in a laboratory and produced amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins this experiment demonstrated that organic molecules could be formed from simple inorganic compounds under conditions similar to those found on early Earth over time these simple organic molecules combined and evolved into more complex structures eventually leading to the formation of living organisms this process is believed to have taken millions of years and involved many intermediate steps while chemical evolution is still a theory and there are still many questions to be answered about the origins of life it provides a plausible explanation for how life could have Arisen from non-living matter hey ready for the next Theory meet hydrothermal vent Theory this one suggests that life on Earth originated near hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor these vents provide a unique environment where chemicals and minerals mixed with hot water creating conditions that could have supported the formation of organic molecules and the evolution of life this theory is another idea about how life could have started on Earth basically it suggests that deep under the ocean there are these hot vents where water heated by the Earth's core comes out these vents are full of minerals and chemicals that could have provided the perfect conditions for life to begin scientists think that the first living organisms could have started around these vents using chemicals and minerals to create energy over time these organisms evolved and spread out into other parts of the ocean the hydrothermal vent theory is still being studied and debated but it's an exciting idea that could help us understand how life began on our planet the last but not the least RNA World hypothesis this Theory suggests that that RNA AKA ribonucleic acid was the first self-replicating molecule that led to the evolution of life on Earth RNA is capable of both storing genetic information and catalyzing chemical reactions making it a possible precursor to DNA and proteins basically the name of this hypothesis is a fancy way of saying that life on Earth might have started with a molecule called RNA RNA is like a cousin to to DNA which is what makes up our genes scientists think that RNA might have been the first molecule that could make copies of itself which is a key part of how life works the idea is that in the early days of Earth there were all these chemicals and stuff floating around and somehow these chemicals combined to make RNA then because RNA could make copies of itself it started to spread and evolve into more complex forms of life it's still just a theory but it's a pretty cool one and who knows maybe we'll find out one day that it's how we all got here
By Riya singh10 months ago in Education
Bone-Chilling Stories of the USA's 10 Haunted
the Lori Mansion located in the French Quarter of New Orleans has a grim reputation its former owner Madame deline McCarthy Lori was a wealthy social in the early 19th century the urban legend says that she treated her workers very badly one night on April 10th 1834 Madame Lor's House Began to burn Madame and her family managed to escape but she abandoned her workers they were locked inside the house the locals outraged by her negligence gathered around the house broke some of its walls and eventually stole the remaining possessions after the fire the Lori family escaped to Paris another private Mansion was built on this Louisiana land but it said that the ghosts of those workers are still trapped inside the property they tend to bother living people demanding Justice today the house is private but you can book a tour and hear this story in detail by the way the mansion and its notorious owner played a big part in the American Horror Story franchise although they didn't actually film the series in that particular house American actress and director Kathy Bates played Madame Lori and showcased the quirky character of this famous woman so you can check it out if you're not afraid our next creepy destination was also shown in a movie franchise The Amityville Horror the media says this Dutch Colonial style home is located in the village of Amityville in New York George and Kathy Lutz bought this property in 1975 for $80,000 the low price was due to the tragedy that happened in the house one year before one night a young man named Ronnie defo who lived in the house took the lives of all his family members the Lutz family began to notice strange activities in the house such as Phantom odors unreasonably low temperatures and loud sounds of Unknown Origin according to the Lutz family one day they called a preacher to clear the Grim Vibes but he felt very bad during the ritual and his hand started bleeding the Lutes fled the house in a rush their spooky story inspired the Amityville Horror a book written by American Author Jay ansen and several successful horror movies although the house was reconstructed it still exists however its address has been changed to confuse the trail and prevent crowds of tourists from gathering around it do you recognize this seemingly cute house in Harrisville Rhode Island it's known as one of the most haunted houses in America the property earned its notorious reputation after multiple people lost their lives in this house over the years in 1970 the pans family began to live here and according to the legend an invisible being lived along with them at first The Entity was playful but then it started getting more more Sinister the family members experienced physical attacks and unexplainable illnesses they invited the famous Mystery Hunters Ed and lorine Warren to research this case which later inspired a book and the movie The Conjuring released in 2013 in 2019 the property was purchased by the heisen family who also investigated Mysteries they reported some weird stuff going on in the house too and eventually developed a successful business on haunted tour ISM they sold the property for nearly $1.5 million in 2022 let's move on to Tennessee the urban legend tells a creepy story that started in 1804 John Bell and his family moved to this peaceful looking Farm in North Carolina at first everything went well but 13 years later the family began to experience bone chilling events at first they started seeing weird animal-like sh Shadows around the farm soon these mysterious guests began to whisper and eventually talk out loud some mysterious entity began to wake up the family at night with loud noises and attacks it particularly bothered their young daughter Betsy Bell invisible hands grabbed bie by the hair and hit her body when she grew up and was about to get married The Entity did everything to break the engagement saying that Betsy wouldn't be happy with her groom rumors about these scary events spread throughout the village and the locals began to visit the farm hoping to see it for themselves they called The Entity Bell Witch many years have passed but the locals still believe that the Phantom of the evil witch lives in these places and hides in a cave near the farm Ohio is one of the most notoriously haunted states in the USA one of its legendary spots is the Mansfield Reformatory a former prison that supposedly hosts the country's most creepy entity the prison is nearly 130 years old it was closed in 1990 and soon gained Fame especially after becoming the filming location for the Shaw Shank Redemption and since we're passing through Ohio let's take a look at another spooky place the Chipawa Lake Amusement Park used to attract many guests with its various rides roller coasters an iconic Ferris wheel but in the 1970s 100 years after open the park was forced to close it happened due to poor maintenance and low attendance the park has gone through multiple fires so today it looks like a bunch of creepy ruins overgrown with shrubs and rust Mark Twain had been living in this charismatic house in Hartford Connecticut for about 17 years in this period he wrote both The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn today this property serves as a museum that showcases the author's life but it's also known for some mysterious phenomena multiple visitors reported hearing odd noises and seeing a phantom of a woman in white the most haunted part of the house is the billiard room train used to chill there a lot during his stay and today some visitors claim they can smell tobacco smoke as they pass through now Pennsylvania has lots of terrifying Tales to offer despite its Chic appearance this fancy Mansion has been empty for a while now its owner Peter Widner finished the construction after losing his beloved wife Hannah during a tragic yacht trip it happened at the end of the 19th century and eventually Widner lost multiple relatives in this house he was wealthy enough to invest in the Titanic construction perhaps he was fascinated by the idea of an unsinkable ship but unfortunately both Peter's oldest son and Grandson lost their lives when the Titanic sang eventually the Mansion was abandoned but it said that the Phantoms of the whiter family are still there and speaking of the Titanic Molly Brown was one of the survivors she got famous for rowing a Lifeboat for about 7 hours before reaching a safe place but Molly's own mansion in Denver gained a spooky reputation she owned the haunted property together with her husband who ran a mining business over the years multiple people reported seeing Phantoms of cats and human figures running down the staircase of the house the witnesses of such Visions insist that something spooky is definitely going on Behind These Walls today the Mansion operates as a museum so you can go and see it for yourself and how about meeting a creepy phandom while doing some casual shopping in SoHo the urban legend dates back to 1799 a young lady Goma Elmore Sands tried to escape with her lover Levi weeks they were tenants in the same boarding house around 2 weeks later her body was found at the bottom of a will in the building that today hosts a large retail store cosos after the horrifying Discovery the police arrested Lon although he was acquitted sans's Phantom is said to haunt the building as a warning to other ladies the creepiest thing is that the well is still there and Shoppers can see it in the basement at the back of the men's department now brace yourself and welcome to the famous haunted toy store in Sunnyvale California the legend says that the land under the property used to be a plantation owned by Martin Murphy he hired a preacher Johnny Johnson who fell in love with Murphy's daughter Elizabeth but she got engaged to a lawyer Johnny's heart was broken and he lost his life in an accident while chopping wood today Johnny's Phantom reportedly wanders around the Toys R Us store still chasing his beloved Elizabeth customers and employees report seeing objects moving on their own hearing mysterious footsteps and even Johnny's Whispers over the intercom system .
By Riya singh10 months ago in Horror
Woman Archaeologist Almost Found Cleopatra’s Tomb
no man shall ever find my tomb that's what according to rumors Cleopatra once said rumor has it it really wasn't about the gender she wanted no living soul to disturb her and I think she meant that no human would ever discover the location of her grave but surprisingly it was indeed a woman who was closer than anyone before to finally discovering the queen's resting place meet Kathleen Martinez Bry a criminal lawyer turned archaeologist she got so intrigued with Cleopatra's story that she packed her bags and went to Egypt with no official support and even no permission from the authorities all she had was pure determination to find the queen's tomb now you could say Kathleen had always been ahead of the game she skipped grades in school mastered piano chess swimming and martial arts and grew up listening to top intellectuals debating in her home and she even got her law degree at just 19 and archaeology was her side passion she had never actually been to Egypt never dug up a single artifact but her fascination with Cleopatra went all the way back to an argument with her father in 1990 that day she walked into his library looking for a copy of Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare her dad Fausto Martinez a professor and legal expert casually called Cleopatra a seductress kathleen wasn't having it she fired back arguing that history had been totally unfair to Cleopatra the Romans she said wanted to destroy her reputation and for centuries people had just believed their version of the story the debate went on for hours and in the end her father admitted maybe he had judged Cleopatra too harshly that conversation changed everything for Kathleen from that day on she read every ancient text she could find especially Plutarch's account of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony the more she learned the more convinced she became that Cleopatra wasn't just some queen who fell for the wrong guy she was a genius playing a dangerous political game to keep Egypt independent and the more she read the more she started thinking what if everyone had been looking for Cleopatra's tomb in the wrong place that thought stuck with her when she was caring for her second child she earned a masters in archaeology h multitasking that reignited an obsession that would take over her life uncovering the truth about Cleopatra even though most experts believe that Cleopatra's tomb along with the final resting place of 13 other tomic rulers lies somewhere beneath modern-day Alexandria Dr martinez has a different idea she believes Cleopatra was buried at Taposerus Magna an ancient temple dedicated to Osiris the Egyptian deity of the afterlife but she still needed an ancient foundation plate these plates about the size of a smartphone were placed beneath important temple structures and often contained inscriptions explaining when and why the temple was built if she could find a plate that confirmed the temple was dedicated to Isis Cleopatra's patron deity she'd have solid proof that this was the right place to look nothing could deter Martinez she excavated the entire temple site digging deeper than anyone before her her team found coins with Cleopatra's name and face stamped on them it meant Cleopatra had a direct connection to this site then they uncovered something even more interesting a tunnel used to bring water to people leading straight from the temple into the Mediterranean Sea so if parts of the temple had already sunken into the water could Cleopatra's tomb be down there too martinez needed proof to convince Egyptian authorities to let her search underwater and against all odds she found the missing foundation plate on it the pharaoh offered a large area of Nubia to deed Isis that was it the confirmation she needed the temple was indeed dedicated to Isis proving her theory wasn't just speculation if one temple was on land Martinez suspected the second temple possibly Cleopatra's tomb had collapsed into the sea she needed help from experts in underwater archaeology so she reached out to Robert Boward the guy who discovered the Titanic with support from the Egyptian authorities she and her team began exploring the waters off the coast of Alexandria and what they found was mindblowing underwater they discovered massive stone structures some standing 6 to 10 feet tall right where the coastline would have been thousands of years ago they also found basalt blocks the same material used in the statues from the first temple that meant one thing those weren't just random rocks they were the remains of a lost city buried beneath the sea for centuries now we can only wait and see whether Martinez and her team will be able to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of the past left by the outstanding woman that was Cleopatra here's some backstory after her father Tammy VIIth passed away Egypt's throne went to both Tammy VII and Cleopatra or so it seemed cleopatra just 18 at the time allegedly married her 10-year-old brother yeah ancient royalty had some different customs though there's no solid proof of that but sibling love didn't last long young Tammy decided he wanted all the power for himself and tried to push Cleopatra out forced to flee the country she didn't just sit around feeling sorry for herself she raised an army ready to march back and take what was hers that's how at 21 she was already in the Sinai desert leading an army and planning her return to the throne now by that time Cleopatra had already been locked in a powerful political and not only political alliance with Julius Caesar in June 47 BC she gave birth to a son Tommy Caesar better known as Cesarian who many believe was Caesar's child but that didn't stop her from playing by Egyptian royal rules and her husband number two her other brother Tommy I 14th yep despite her ongoing affair with Caesar Cleopatra married yet another sibling because in her world keeping the throne in the family was the name of the game now marriage aside Cleopatra's bond with Caesar stayed strong she even traveled to Rome with Tommy I 14th for a state visit but instead of playing the role of a beautiful queen she stayed in Caesar's private villa by the Tyber River but after Julius Caesar lost his life in 44 B.CE on the eyides of March Cleopatra's political standing became shaky to make matters worse her brother husband Tommy I 14th passed away soon after and some suspect Cleopatra had a hand in it leaving her as the sole ruler of Egypt meanwhile back in Rome Mark Anthony was rising to power as Caesar's presumed successor wanting to size up the queen of Egypt he summoned Cleopatra and she did not disappoint sailing into town on the lavish barge dressed as a deity Cleopatra made quite an entrance anthony was instantly mesmerized so much so that he left his third wife back in Rome and followed Cleopatra to Alexandria where their relationship turned into a full-blown royal affair the two had three children together together they waged war against Caesar's adopted son Octavian in a battle for control of the Roman Empire the last time the queen was seen she was in her mausoleum dressed in full royal splendor dimm on her head lying on what Plutarch called a golden couch when Anthony and Cleopatra lost at Actium Octaven's forces marched into Alexandria cleopatra apparently knew the end was near so she locked herself inside her mausoleum surrounded by gold silver pearls and priceless art those were the treasures she threatened to burn rather than let the Romans take them anthony meanwhile wasn't going to let the Romans capture him alive he wounded himself with his own sword but before he passed away he was carried to Cleopatra's side she held him as he took his last breath in her arms a little over a week later Cleopatra made her own choice rather than face humiliation as Octavia's prisoner she ended her life legend says it was the bite of a deadly assp though history isn't quite clear on that at the time Cleopatra was only 39 sounds like a rather full life to me .
By Riya singh10 months ago in Horror
7 Spooky Airport Stories That Will Make You Never Want to Fly Again
now imagine the scene you arrive at the airport in Hawaii a bit earlier and decide to chill in the waiting area suddenly you notice an anxious blonde lady in a white dress standing at a gate she's looking out the window on the runway waiting for someone's arrival you reach into your bag for some chocolate to comfort her but it's too late she vanished Into Thin Air congratulations you just met the lady in waiting a resident Phantom of the Honolulu International Airport like any Phantom she has a grim backstory the lady once fell in love with a man and he promised to marry her but then the Happy Groom flew abroad and never returned to his bride his betrayal broke her heart and she took her own life but her Fantom is still attached to the airport and she waits for her man to return just like the famous Japanese dog Hao waited for its Master over the years the local police have collected numerous complaints about the lady Phantom wandering around the gates and other restricted areas of the airport also this entity likes to hang out in public bathrooms just like Moaning Myrtle from the iconic fantasy novel some airport employees reported seeing paper dolls unfolding on their own while cleaning empty bathrooms in the middle of the night in some cases toilet seats slam shut and toilets flush by themselves however it's unlikely to surprise anyone since many public bathrooms have automatic flushing unfortunately this urban legend doesn't clarify the way to release the heartbroken Phantom but at least this story is a good reminder to think twice before you make any promises and speaking of spooky ladies in white the Kee Goa internet national airport in India also has one a pilot once noticed a weird woman in a white sari on the runway he called the airport workers asking to help her but she disappeared by the time the staff arrived at the spot numerous Witnesses have seen the same Phantom in other parts of the airport the lady haunted people in the cargo department on escalators and even in the parking lot according to the media nobody knew knows her background or the reason why she's here maybe her luggage was lost and she's just trying to get it back today sanab boom airport in Bangkok is one of the busiest airports in the world but it doesn't stop this transport hub from also holding the title of the most haunted place in Thailand although imagination tends to draw something old and Dusty when we hear the word haunted suab boom is relatively new it started operating in 2006 but it turned out that the land under the airport used to be an ancient burial site where Crews had to drain a marshin called Cobra swamp to prepare the land plot for building and mysterious events began to occur from the very first days of work wailing creepy screams and even classic music came out of nowhere some Builders refused to continue construction because they were too scared of evil forces the locals believed that they had angered the entities who were sleeping beneath the new airport that's why 99 time monks were invited to perform a ritual together they chanted for 9 weeks to clear all the bad vibes the ceremony was almost finished but suddenly a random man interrupted the monks and claimed to be possessed by one of the local entities his message was pretty clear you should build a proper Spirit house to guarantee the smooth operation of the airport having said that he fainted later the guy woke up feeling normal and conscious well the airport authorities decided to fulfill the mysterious request Spirit houses are part of Thai traditional beliefs land owners build nice tiny shrines to establish friendships with invisible entities who might inhabit their plots of land so if you ever find yourself at the Bangkok Airport don't forget to check out this artifact as well as the churning of the ocean the remarkable sculptures that depict the ancient Hindu myth the story is basically about light and dark deities working together to get Amita the beverage of immortality now here's another reason why you should think twice before building a transport Hub on questionable land welcome to Denver International Airport reportedly one of the most famous haunted airports in the world it stands on a special ice olated plot of land that was considered Sacred By Its former residents according to the media people reported multiple problems and strange incidents going on at the airport from the very beginning of construction today this place attracts numerous Mystery Hunters and the number of urban legends around the airport multiplies some investigate the hidden meaning behind the local murals and gargoyles others believe that the giant Cobalt colored horse statue in in front of the airport is haunted that's because the sculpture known as blucifer took the life of its creator Luis Jimenez in 2006 a piece came loose and hit the sculptor while he was finishing his work the airport's enormous layout and remote location inspir some people to speculate that there's a secret bunker under it in fact it's bigger than some real cities like San Francisco for example but the spokesman of the airport debunk that meth saying that this transport Hub must support at least 50 million Travelers a year and thus it needs to be huge our next destination May inspire you to revisit the langers created by the legendary horror writer Stephen King although the Thriller took place at King's Hometown airport in Banger main we'll be talking about the historic Chandler airport located in Fresno California this place has many abnormal stories to tell including reports of people going through the old terminal wall some passengers heard disembodied voices in the airport restaurant the kitchen staff once reported hearing a suspicious noise while cleaning up they went to see what was going on and witnessed a plate moving across the counter and then falling onto the floor perhaps the invisible customer was just upset by overly High food prices hey hey it could happen just like Honolulu airport Chandler has a resident Phantom it's an old man in the control tower thankfully this guy doesn't bother anybody according to Witnesses he's just staring at the field as if he's watching invisible aircraft take off and land meanwhile the urban legend behind Savannah Hilton Head International Airport is spooky and romantic at the same time it says the following if you land right after sun down you'll get the chance to see two Phantoms along the north side of the runway now the legend says these are the Phantoms of Richard and Catherine doson who used to live on the land underneath the airport they don't bother the passengers or staff either it seems like they're just greeting arriving people now our list can't be complete without the UK's Manchester Airport this busy place serves around 28 million passengers a year year and also hosts a few spooky Phantoms passengers and staff reported seeing creepy figures and weird phenomena such as doors slamming on their own the airport archives from the 1970s revealed that some staff refused to show up at Terminal 3 alone after dark because they were too scared one night the local workers saw a figure in a pilot's hat entering a toilet no flights were scheduled to arrive or depart at that time so he decided to follow the mysterious gentleman but the bathroom was empty and the motion sensitive lights didn't show any reaction to the stranger some people reported meeting face to face with a phantom of a pilot in an old school uniform he usually wanders around Terminal 3 looking disoriented but unfortunately no one knows his backstory for sure another spooky resident of the airport is the night Watchman a phantom of a security guard from the 1960s a former airport employee once met this gentleman and tried to talk to him but the figure simply vanished Into Thin Air leaving the poor guy in shock after that he decided to leave his job for good I can understand .
By Riya singh10 months ago in Horror
The Creepiest Dolls That Will Haunt Your Sleep Forever
imagine you receive a doll as a gift and since that day weird things started happening like hearing children crying and seeing objects fall for no reason this was a typical day for one family from Florida dolls are creepy in general because they lack emotions at least that's what scientists say if you've ever had one you might know that feeling as if the doll is watching you luckily usually nothing more happens but this was not not the case with Robert the dull this story started in the third most haunted city in the US Key West Florida there are so many haunted houses in that place that seeing ghosts is normal for the residents I don't know if this is true but I would not want to live there to find out and still all those ghosts are no match for Robert the Doll a boy named Robert Eugene Otto received a doll as a gift from his grandfather the doll was made in Germany in 194 by a company producing expensive and weird toys all their dolls gave off a creepy Vibe when you looked at them the boy loved the doll and they became Inseparable their connection was so strong that Robert gave up his first name and gave it to the doll since then the boy has been called Otto by his last name Otto did everything with the doll it was truly his best friend they were playing all day together the the doll was as big as a child so Otto gave his favorite sailor outfit to Robert nothing good lasts forever and their friendship with Robert ended Otto blamed Robert for a very bad thing that happened in the house like glass falling doors randomly opening and other unusual things but of course the parents were not buying the story one night the parents heard loud screams coming from Otto's room and immediately rushed in they saw Otto holding Robert by the neck to stop him from moving and trashing the room on another occasion Otto woke up and saw Robert sitting on the bed Furniture moved books fell toys were ruined the scene was like a horror movie the parents woke up and thought they were getting robbed because of the screams and the loud noises coming from Otto's room when they entered they were shocked to find Otto hiding in a corner with a terrifying expression on his face face and Robert the Doll sitting peacefully on the bed like nothing had happened from then on things worsened a lot and there was more and more Paranormal Activity Otto was hypnotized by the doll and started treating it like a regular person spending hours speaking to it they were talking all the time the parents became concerned because when they heard sounds coming from the room they would enter and ask Otto who he was speaking to and he would point to Robert sometimes this crazy doll would get angry and throw things around and when the parents enter the room everything would calm down it wasn't unusual for the doll to get so angry that it would start breaking toys removing their eyes and limbs Robert would also randomly start throwing furniture around if you want to say that the kid did this you should know that he was young and could not have moved and thrown around furniture like that it would be almost impossible for a small child to do that alone the Paranormal Activity spread like wildfire throughout the neighborhood the neighbors started experiencing unusual things but it seemed like only kids were affected by ghosts ot's house became the main attraction in the community and when the boy was at school the doll would appear in the window when kids were crossing the street in front of the house children would report seeing the doll for a second and the next second it was gone Robert was waiting for his friend Otto to return from school one day they had a plumber over to fix the leak in the bathroom there was nobody at home and the plumber was doing his job when he suddenly heard a child laughing the sound was coming from Otto's room the man thought he was alone so he went to investigate and the big surprise was that the room was empty and robt Robert was sitting on the window with some toys in his lap the plumber left the room feeling on edge after some time he heard some commotion coming from the room he rushed to see what had happened the toys that had previously been on Robert's lap were thrown into the middle of the room the plumber didn't know what to think of this weird [Music] situation when Otto grew up he moved to New York and Chicago to study art later on he went on a trip to Paris where he met a girl whom he married later Otto didn't remember about Robert until he and his wife moved back to the US and bought their own house Otto visited his parents to take some of his stuff back including Robert taking back the doll that used to haunt you as a kid was probably not the smartest thing to do when he returned home Otto placed Robert in the attic and decorated the room like a kids room he gave Robert toys to play with he would also visit and talk to him almost daily understandably his wife wasn't happy about Otto's Behavior he seemed to spend too much time with the doll and she was really creeped out by it his wife told him that he must do something about it and Otto had no choice but to lock the attic door this move made Robert angry so the doll despite being locked up would appear in other rooms in the house some people said that when they passed by the house they saw the doll's glass eyes follow their movement others reported seeing the doll in one window and the next second Robert would move to another spot but as always Robert's favorite place was the upstairs window facing the road he would sit there like he did years ago and wait for auto Robert didn't like having guests over he terrorized anyone who would enter the house when Otto and his wife invited guests Robert would move furniture and throw objects around the house this was not fun for the guests when they tried to sleep Robert would appear on their bed and watch them when all this happened Robert was still locked up but somehow he could teleport around the house like a ghost you might think that once Otto was gone Robert stopped his paranormal Behavior but you could not be more wrong Otto passed away in 1974 and Robert's curse continued they say Robert will appear on your bed if you don't subscribe and like this video in the next 5 Seconds calm down this is just a joke but if you like this video give us a thumbs up and subscribe Robert stayed in the house after Otto's passing the house was bought by some woman who kept the doll for 20 years and had plenty of time to figure out that the doll was haunted so she did something that Otto had to do a long time ago she gave the doll to a museum and warned the staff about the doll they laughed and placed the doll on a stand but soon they found out that the doll was indeed haunted and they had to lock it in a glass cage Robert is still there and people who have visited him have reported some strange activity something terrible might happen if you take a photo of the doll without asking for his permission people don't take this seriously but later on if their life goes wrong they blame it on Robert the museum workers have received a dozen apology letters asking Robert for forgiveness if you want to see if this is real go to the east martello Museum in Florida
By Riya singh10 months ago in Horror
6 Chilling Mysteries That Cast a Shadow on Christmas
it's Christmas Eve in 1945 George solder and his wife Jenny are at their Cozy home in fville West Virginia celebrating the holiday with nine of their 10 kids their oldest daughter makes the night even more special bringing extra gifts for her younger sisters good night kids the couple heads to bed around 10:00 but they decide to let the kids stay up late to enjoy their new toys little do they know that right then at that very moment it it's the last time their whole family is together at half midnight the phone rings Jenny wakes up and rushes downstairs to answer it it's an unfamiliar female voice on the other end and creepy laughter emerges in the background Jenny says that the person has the wrong number and quickly hangs up on her way back to bed she closes the curtains locks the door and turns out the lights she glances at her oldest daughter who is peacefully sleeping on the living room couch so Jenny thinks to herself that the kids must be upstairs in bed well she probably should have double checked that it's 1:30 in the morning and Jenny wakes up once more this time a thick smoke is creeping into her room Jenny and her husband rush out of the room only to find Flames everywhere despite being completely shocked by the tragic scene the couple and four of their kids managed to escape but the other five kids are still inside the house I mean they must be right the thing is investigators did a brief search of the grounds on Christmas day but they didn't find any trace of the kids and that's strange you see the family's home was reduced to ashes in 45 minutes and a body usually takes 2 to 3 hours to fully disappear in a fire could someone have taken the kids well that's one theory on the night of the fire one witness indeed reported seeing a black sedan full of people speeding away from the family's house and the chilling part is that some people reported seeing the kids in a car at a restaurant and even in a hotel on the following days but none of these reports were confirmed and not even a billboard with the missing kids photo could give them any clues as to their true whereabouts a disappear appearance case as mysterious as this one occurred in 1996 in Wilson County Texas Patty vaugh was described as the kindest person in the world and an amazing mom to her three kids on Christmas morning she called her sister all tii saying that she had had a big fight with her husband but that was not surprising because they were going through a tough divorce after 13 years of marriage later that day Patty met with her husband at their house so he could celebrate the holiday for a couple of hours with their kids but Patty had a different plan for the evening she wanted to drop their kids at her cousin's house and enjoy the last hours of the holiday with her new boyfriend unfortunately she never got to meet him that night the day after the traditional gift exchange Patty's boss found her blue Dodge Caravan on the side of a road leading to her home and workplace but she wasn't inside and she was never seen again have you ever heard of Britain's Roswell yep that went down during the holidays actually on the day after Christmas in 1980 on that day two officers reported seeing a strange light in rendelsham forest located in suffk England according to the witnesses this strange flying object was fast I'm talking about traveling 60 m in Just 2 seconds a commercial plane for example would fly around 0.2 28 mi in that same time so the officers thought that whatever was there it was clearly under the control of the intelligence well this story is quite well known but there's another UFO mystery in England that's even more eerie and it also happened during Christmas imagine being woken up at 125 on Christmas Day by a loud noise coming from the roof that can't be Santa Claus of course but you start start to question yourself what's started as the noise of branches hitting the roof becomes louder and louder until it sounds like giant hailstones making you crazy you stick your head out of the window and see nothing absolutely nothing the sound then turns into a hum then into a faint whisper what looks like a horror movie plot happened to Mildred head in 1964 in Warminster a small town in Wilshire England but she she was not the only one later that morning another woman was walking down the street when she was suddenly thrown to the ground by the force of savage sound waves around the same time a couple was surprised by a similar noise they described that frightening sound as if 5,000 tiles from their roof were ripped off and then put back on again in total more than 30 people reported hearing mysterious noises that Christmas morning that was just the start of what we now call the Warminster thing a decades long Enigma of UFO sightings scary sounds and cars mysteriously breaking down after these strange occurrences over 50 years have passed yet no Theory can fully explain what happened in the UFO capital of the UK Santa Claus coming down the chimney eight tiny reindeer stockings filled with gifts this perfect holiday recipe is described in the TW the Night Before Christmas poem but there's a mystery hidden in that iconic poem you see the verses were first published in a newspaper called the Troy Sentinel on the 23rd of December 1823 but there was a problem the poem didn't have an author this mystery persisted for 21 long years until a language Professor from New York city named Clement Clark Moore claimed authorship mystery solved well not exactly a letter from 1879 raises an intriguing possibility the author of the poem might not be who we think in this letter the daughter of a New York poet and farmer named Henry Livingston Jr says that TW the Night Before Christmas is actually her father's work she was too young to have heard the poem when it was originally recited but the family says that her father read the poem to his kids 16 years before it was first published in the newspaper but don't get too excited because this whole story will probably remain a Christmas mystery the truth is that the alleged author passed away just 5 years after the poem's publication never once claiming to be the real author the holiday season is usually a peaceful time of the year but 1997 was an exception to this rule it's December 22nd and Beth and rickets decides to do some Christmas shopping in the morning she grabs her black purse and leaves her home in De Moine Iowa she buys gifts for her kids and even decides to treat herself choosing a special dress for New Year's Eve unfortunately she never got the chance to WRA those presents bethanne never returned home and a series of strange events unfolded after her disappearance later that same day at 2:00 in the afternoon a fire broke out in her house in her B bedroom to be more precise and the firefighters couldn't determine its cause on Christmas Eve TV networks in De Moine were discussing Beth Anne's disappearance shortly after her story aired her boyfriend called the police and informed them that she wasn't missing after all according to him Beth Anne called him saying that she was okay and didn't want to be found unfortunately she hasn't spoken with friends or relatives since that holiday not even her two daughters and her son and that's weird to say the least so her family is still searching for the answers to this mystery
By Riya singh10 months ago in Horror
A love letter through time!!
A Love Letter Through Time Love is eternal. It exists beyond the constraints of time, distance, and even fate itself. Some love stories are lived, while others are written—sealed in letters that outlast lifetimes. This is the tale of one such letter, a testament to a love that refused to be forgotten.
By Riya singh10 months ago in Marriage
10 Detective Riddles to Outsmart Mafia
my dear detective today you'll have to deal with the mafia you're going to need all your thinking and analytical skills and the power of deduction concentrate and let's start look at these two couples the one on the left is wearing outfits that must have cost them a pretty penny and they're eating lobsters if you look attentively you can also spot a few scars on their faces as for the other couple the man and woman have similar tattoos on their neck and keep their bags in their laps under the table your task is to figure out which couple belongs to the mafia it's the couple on the right can you see several passports peeking out of their bags they're probably hiding behind false identities and are ready to escape at any time accused of stealing some chickens from a farm jack was locked up in an empty cell in the local jail his cell had a dirt floor and a small window overlooking distant Hills there was nothing inside except for a shovel Jack was determined to break out and prove his innocence unfortunately the window was too high to reach and digging a tunnel was not a feasible option since the ground beneath the dirt was rock hard Jack didn't have enough strength to dig through through it and still he managed to escape how did he do [Music] it Jack used the shovel to make a pile of dirt almost reaching the window he then climbed the pile and got out of the cell a woman named Kathy went to the police claiming that someone had broken into her house and stolen her diamond bracelet while she had been at work the police officers investigated the crime scene and noticed that the bedroom window was broken there were muddy Footprints all across the floor interestingly the room was otherwise need and organized the following day Kathy was arrested for fraud can you figure out why Kathy was convicted of fraud because the bedroom window was broken from the inside if someone had broken it from the outside there would have been glass pieces on the bedroom floor also the room was perfectly tidy when the police examined it it can only mean that the so-called Thief didn't need to search for jewelry since they knew exactly where it was a detective who was only days away from discovering the identity of a Wanted Gang boss suddenly went missing he left behind just one note with a few numbers currently the police have three suspects their names are Bill lucky and Greg can you crack this code and find the person responsible for The Disappearance of the detective it's Bill if you turn the note upside down it'll read bill is boss a man and a woman enter a crowded room they see many people they've met before the man and the woman enter the room separately but only when one of them comes in music is playing one more person speaks to each of them for some time after the two are finally together in the room the crowd remains quiet for the most part of the process they look pretty happy but when the man and the woman are about to leave the room they see that the crowd is now outside waiting for them as soon as they spot the man and the woman they start shouting and throwing food at them what's going on here and why does the crowd behave this way the answer is simple the man and the woman are getting married and the food thrown at them is rice five people are sitting around a table playing mafia among them there are two innocent citizens two mafiosos and one detective the mafia people know each other the detective knows who each of them is and the innocent people have no information whatsoever ever about anyone at the table during this particular game the innocent citizens and the detective always tell the truth while the mafia people always lie they start by making the following statements one by one a I know who B is B I know who the detective is C I know who B is D I know who e is can you figure out who is who let's try to crack this riddle step by step person a is making an I know statement meaning that they're either a detective or a mafioso not an innocent citizen if they were the detective they would know who B is a mafia member or an innocent person B could not be innocent because then they wouldn't know whether a was lying or telling the truth so then B must be Mafia but if B were Mafia then they would know that a is the detective and thus they wouldn't be able to say they know who the detective is because the mafia always lies so then a must be a mafia member let's call them Mafia 1 then a is lying and does not know who B is which means B is either an innocent citizen or the detective B makes an I know statement so they must be the detective anyone could have figured this out so now even the Innocents know that a is a mafia member and B is the detective thus C does know who B is and since they're telling the truth C must be innocent now we are left with one mafioso and one innocent citizen D knows what they themselves are and thus knows what e is then the statement D makes is true meaning D is also an innocent citizen leaving e to be Mafia too so a is Mafia B is detective C is innocent D is innocent e is Mafia look at this image very carefully can you crack the code the mafia are looking for a small hint is if you have such an option try to view this image on your smartphone if you look at the picture directly you won't see anything special now take a look at it on your phone holding it flat and looking diagonally over your screen from the side of the microphone you're likely to see the words the code is the outcome if you turn your phone a quarter turn to the left you will read from 5times 5 so the answer to this riddle is 25 after a day of sunbathing in the garden Sophia decides to go home she walks through all the doors once and closes them behind her back look at the scheme of the house and try to figure out which room is her bedroom [Music] let's see sopia was in the garden and decided to go to bed it means she was outside she could of course start walking in several ways and this is just one of them so the girl entered room a on the left side of the house then turned left and immediately went outside again then she entered room C went back to room a and then proceeded to room B after that she came back into room C then she went on to e h g e d g and F and there she went out again she walked around the house and then entered through the only door that was still open namely the door of room B now all the doors are closed and she can go to bed in room B well how many people can you spot here six five are looking at the paintings and one person is hiding behind this picture see their eyes a man got kidnapped he was placed in a room and told that if he managed to figure out the secret code he would walk away un hard there was a plate with liquid poison a matchbox with only one match a glass and a slice of lemon on the table the code was written on the plate and covered with the poison the man had to remove the poison to find out the answer how could he do it if he wasn't allowed to touch or move the plate that's what he had to do and this is the code.
By Riya singh10 months ago in Criminal
Our Universe Has Scars, and They Might Unlock Time Travel
guess what the universe can get actual scars just like when you fall off a bike well here's why before the Big Bang the universe was extremely hot dense and full of energy and it seemed like everything was going well until that all changed about 13.8 billion years ago then the universe exploded after the blast it expanded incredibly quickly our human brain can't even perceive how fast that expansion was sometime later the universe started cooling down as it did giant terrifying scars cutting through SpaceTime appeared all over the place and if we study these scars well we can even get insight into time travel these days we call these scars cosmic strings they're like stretch marks that appear when the skin expands too quickly or we could also compare them to cracks that form in the ice when it freezes these strings are likely very thin about the size of a proton a positively charged subatomic particle yes subatomic means smaller than an atom the strings are also extremely dense and can stretch for light years now imagine these Cosmic scars floating through space not interacting much with their surroundings when two cosmic strings pass each other they could warp SpaceTime in such a way that it creates a time machine if you were to travel along a certain path around these strings you would end up returning to your starting point at an earlier time which is traveling back in time now let's admit it this idea sounds like something from science fiction but it's supported by Cosmic string theory and the math behind it seems to work unfortunately no one has observed cosmic strings yet so for now it's still a theory in 1991 one physicist proposed an idea for how cosmic strings could enable time travel if two two infinite cosmic strings pass each other in parallel they would warp space time creating a Time Loop this Loop would allow someone to travel back in time even better this idea doesn't contradict Einstein's theory of general relativity which suggests that large objects can bend space and time these bends in space time could allow a shortcut through time his now well-known concept of closed time Loops also helps explain how wormholes might work so a wormhole is basically a theoretical tunnel connecting one place in space to another some people believe that by using such tunnels we could create shortcuts for incredibly long Journeys through the universe which would allow us to visit other star systems and galaxies so let's say you manag to create a wormhole and even accelerate one of its ends to near the speed of light and then you send it back to where it came from well at that moment those two ends are not synced anymore one is in the past while the other is in the future and if you somehow manage to walk between them you'd be time traveling you could do something similar by placing one end of the Wormhole near a powerful gravitational field like a black hole and keeping the other side near a weaker gravitational force this way according to the theory of relativity time would pass more slowly nearer to the strong gravity side and it would allow a part or another chunk of Mass to remain in the past relative to the other side of the Wormhole at the same time if you decided to create a wormhole you'd have to keep in mind that they are super dangerous they might collapse all of a sudden they're likely to be highly radioactive or you could come into contact with toxic exotic matter inside but let's get back to the math behind the cosmic string time machine idea admittedly it is solid but it doesn't mean such a Time machine is possible yet to use this way of time travel we'd need to reach near light speed and it might be impossible according to Einstein's relativity the faster an object travels the more energy it needs to continue speeding up in other words we don't yet have the technology or energy sources to accelerate a spacecraft to these speeds the idea of two infinite cosmic strings is also questionable because we can't create something something that's infinitely long so while this time travel model is mathematically sound the infinite nature of the strings would make this exact model impractical at the same time some scientists still believe that cosmic strings are a better possibility than most other models like wormholes in any case before we can start considering time travel we need to discover cosmic strings luckily there's a group of astronomers working to detect low frequency gravitational Waves by measuring signals from a type of star called a pulsar now pulsars send out regular pulses of radio waves and by measuring small changes in the timing of these pulses scientists can detect subtle shifts in space time those changes are caused by gravitational waves which are ripples in SpaceTime now so far we've only detected gravitational waves coming from black holes but in 2020 there was one strange signal that didn't look like it came from black holes it could be coming from cosmic strings and here we need to mention String Theory according to it the universe is made up of more than just the four dimensions of SpaceTime there are additional Dimensions that are hidden from us plus the basic building blocks of the universe aren't particles but tiny vibrating strings these strings can vibrate at different frequencies to create different fundamental particles these strings from String Theory could have stretched out during the early universe and become the very cosmic strings we've discussed in the coming years we might get more information about them from a space-based gravitational wave telescope called Lisa it's supposed to launch in 2035 but if the signals picked up in 2020 really came from cosmic strings it could mean a huge breakthrough in physics in this case String Theory would become the right framework for understanding the universe it would completely change the way we think about the building blocks of our reality on the other hand even if the signals don't turn out to be from cosmic strings this discovery would still be important it would give scientists more information on what Cosmic string signals might look like in the future and while we're not yet at the point of time travel the discovery of cosmic strings could take us one step closer to understanding the mysteries of the universe and maybe even the possibility of traveling through time now time travel is a popular theme in science fiction but in fact moving forward in time happens naturally right now you are traveling into the future at a steady rate of 1 second per second however scientists have discovered that this rate can change depending on speed and gravity Einstein's special theory of relativity explains that time slows down as an object moves faster the closer you get to the speed of light the more slowly time passes for you compared to someone who isn't moving at all the general theory of relativity adds another Factor Gravity the stronger the gravitational pull the more slowly time moves near massive objects such as the surface of a neutron star black hole or even Earth time runs more slowly than it does far away from these space objects if someone were to stay near the edge of a black hole where gravity is incredibly strong only a few hours might pass for them while thousands of years would go by for people on Earth if they returned they would have effectively traveled into the future this is a real and scientifically proven effect a real life example of time travel though on a tiny scale can be witnessed in space missions for example this Cosmonaut spent a total of 748 days aboard the space station Mir during three separate missions because was moving at high speeds relative to Earth it experienced time dilation as a result he aged hunds of a second less than had he stayed on the ground now this difference may seem tiny but it shows that time moves differently depending on speed and location but while traveling to the future is scientifically possible traveling to the past is much more complicated and controversial and leads to logical paradoxes imagine you throw a billiard ball into a time machine it travels to the past and collides with its earlier self this prevents the ball from ever entering the time machine in the first place a contradiction.
By Riya singh10 months ago in Earth
