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By Bernadette FerreiraPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
Historical Mysteries
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foreign history is one filled with great events tragic disasters amazing people who left their Mark and discoveries that changed the way that we look at the world but it's also a source of bafflement as many historical mysteries are yet to be solved despite the best efforts of our best scientists and historians number five living as an immigrant from a foreign country can be a daunting Prospect but for someone who's introverted and prefers their own company over that of others it can be downright unpleasant as was the case for 25 year old Lillian alley who immigrated to New York from Russia in 1918. Lillian didn't enjoy being in New York as she felt she was never really accepted by the people in the city and so her goal was to save up enough money to return home to Russia and in 1920 she thought she had reached her goal but then found out that despite working hard for two years she still couldn't afford passage back home on a steamer ship but Lillian wasn't about to be out done she decided that if she couldn't travel via a ship she would just walk home in the spring of 1927 she gathered what little possessions she had and set out to cover the 5 000 mile Journey first walking to Buffalo dressed in a skirt a shirt a scarf and a jacket she managed to cover 30 miles per day with precious little food and even less money and just an iron bar that she explained wasn't for protection from animals but for men before long she had made her way to Chicago not long after that she was seen in Minneapolis then Winnipeg and after passing through British Columbia she made it to the Yukon Overland Telegraph

Trail here she ran into trouble when she was found guilty of vagrancy and she served a short stint in prison before finding work at a restaurant in Vancouver where she stayed for the remainder of the winter but as soon as the snow melted she began walking again and newspapers began reporting on her epic track she was given food and Shelter by linesman and the telegraph Trail and when she reached Dawson she purchased a small boat and started making her way to Alaska via the Yukon river she was then spotted paddling through Tanana and when she made it to gnome she left her boat behind but that's where our knowledge of Lillian's Journey ends one man stated that he saw her near teller but whether she made it home after all those years of walking is a historical mystery that's begging to be solved number four a historical mystery that's left historians scratching their heads for decades was discovered in Ika Peru in 1960 by Dr Javier Cabrera when he came across a local farmer who was selling curious looking stones he wasn't interested in the stones merely because they were beautiful to look at but the imagery that was carved into the stones is what piqued his interest the most some of the stones just seemed ornate While others defy what we believe of our history as data picked humans interacting with Dinosaurs some of the stones contained scenes where dinosaurs have been hunted While others show them almost being treated as pets since they're being led via ropes that are tied around their necks as one might imagine this caused quite a stir in the scientific Community as we've always believed that dinosaurs and humans have never shared any period of History it then stands to reason that many people believe the stones to be modern fakes but the stones also contain certain characteristics that seem to prove that they are in fact real some of the carvings show cultural practices that weren't a part of any culture except early India also the carvings themselves seem to have been created long before Cabrera stumbled across the Peruvian farmer who was selling them but the strangest argument for the stones being genuine comes from the depiction of some of the dinosaurs who are shown with spikes on their backs something that we weren't aware of until the early 1990s more than 30 years after the stones were found it should be noted that over 11 000 of the stones were found and it would be quite the task for anyone to forge that many there are many scientists who still think the stones are fake as they're unwilling to believe that they're wrong about our own history but there are also those who believe that they are genuine since similar engraved Stones were found in Peru as far back as the 1500s for now however their true origin remains an unsolved historical mystery.

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Bernadette Ferreira

Discover a gateway to world unseen why my stories deserve your attention. Within the pages of my stories lies an invitation to explore uncharted territories of the mind.In my stories, you'll discover not just tales but a journey.

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