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6 Famous Unsolved Mysteries (With Really Obvious Solutions)

cracked.com — At the heart of pretty much every 'paranormal' phenomenon you find some lonely, attention-seeking soul, or several of them, willing to put a spooky little twist on an otherwise boring story. But it usually doesn't take a whole lot of examination to find the truth.

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  • T00NY, on 10/02/2008, -1/+25The mountain of the dead story is a corker! Yeti's and Aliens!
  • Crackerpat, on 10/02/2008, -2/+34How did they expect to solve any mysteries without CSI around at the time?
    • Nitesmoke, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9This is a great list, bu they could have added a few more ***** stories that are easily debunked. FOr example ***** insane racist Cynthia McKinney is claiming that during hurricane Katrina, Bush sent in death squads to execute 5,000 prisoners and then buried all the bodies in a swamp. The story was on Digg, and the comments were completely buying her fairy tale. It didn't matter to these idiots that there are no 5,000 prisoners missing, or where their families were demanding an answer. They don't care that she is a known nutjob and thinks the world is run by Jews. People just like to believe in crazy *****. Anyone in the thread who mentioned the obvious holes in her claims were buried and accused of "being in on it" It amazes me anytime something is unexplained, loonies automatically blame aliens, the government, yeti, or that god damned Loch Ness monster. See a fuzzy shape float by a surveillance camera image? Must be a ghost. ***** loons.
      Here's the article that was on Digg, if you want to lose total faith in humanity, just read the comments. http://digg.com/world_news/Cynthia_McKinney_claims ...
      • chanop, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Not that many people are buying into that story. I'm having fun reading the comments though
      • Nitesmoke, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Looking at the comments now, they seem to have evened out, it wasn't like that when I first saw it. But my point is, people are so easy to blame the government or the supernatural or extraterrestrial sources for anything they can't explain. Example: Ghost Hunters hasn't been canceled. After 3 or 4 years of running around pretending to look for ghosts, and never finding anything, people still tune in, hoping that this week, we will finally get the ghost of Old Man Jenkins on film. " Wait, did that chair just move by itself off-camera? Yes, I'm sure it was six inches to the left! Ma'am, you're house is obviously exhibiting signs of a paranormal infestation. If you would just buy these anti-spirit crystals for the low low price of $999, no more ghosts will bother you."
    • scojac, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Holy crap! Nitesmoke just said some crazy ***** about the loch ness monster and 5,000 prisoners going missing... I think we have a conspiracy to rival 9/11!

      Also, the world is run by jews and there are obvious holes in the aliens blaming our government?
  • StevenAM, on 10/02/2008, -1/+42It's funny how people wanna believe what they're spoon fed instead of checking it out for themselves or even thinking about things logically. Keeps things interesting I guess.
    • Cancerkitty, on 10/02/2008, -1/+14Exactly right. It's just more interesting to believe in something spooky and unexplained than the mundane.
      • ICSU, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3No, it's not. It's lazier. The real world is far more interesting that these conspiracies.
    • jquipp, on 10/02/2008, -0/+10Right on the money. I've heard a stat saying that only 2% of people actually think for themselves ... the rest just follow. Hmmmmmmm.
      • PReitz, on 10/02/2008, -0/+13If that's what the stats say, then it must be true....and you sound like you know what you're talking about, so I'm going to go ahead and believe you :)
      • indyGuy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3And 95% of statistics are made up on the spot.
    • Slovenian6474, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Ah, that's a double-sided statement.
    • SuperWinner, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5I heard it's just more interesting to believe in something spooky and unexplained than the mundane, and that only 2% of people actually think for themselves.
    • wolferz, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2It's more than "keeping things interesting"

      Imagine you are new in town and looking to make friends so, while you're at the local web cafe browsing job listings, you sit with a group of (seemingly) like minded individuals to chit chat with over a steamy cup of java. The conversation makes a left turn onto a the dark unmarked dirt trail of the utterly esoteric and the next thing you know you're being told the Bermuda Triangle really does exist and one of the group's members' friend's brother's cousin's ex-girlfriend's sister actually experienced something paranormal for themselves. It's very clear that every one in the group believes this.

      do you:

      A. Nod silently and make a note to use a different web cafe next time
      B. Get into a conversation where you try to prove to them they are wrong (and risk an arguement)
      C. Laugh and repeat some of the ***** your have heard about it from less than reputable sources as fact.

      If you are like most people you will do C. Why? Cause being intelligent and logical is less important to humans than fitting in.

      Also it's easier most times to accept something as true than to find out what evidence there really is... especially if you want it to be true and are afraid the evidence might prove it isn't.

      Yeh... I've been where you're at right now... and I kept going. My advice is to stop while you still can.
  • lovemorgul, on 10/02/2008, -1/+43great horned owl- put that on a tshirt!
  • lordhuggington1, on 10/02/2008, -1/+28That time I lost my wallet should have made the cut. It was truly a harrowing experience.
  • divinediva, on 10/02/2008, -2/+22I wish to know and watch what is going in the deepest point in the ocean.
  • anchalsingh1, on 10/02/2008, -2/+17 woh i love mysteries
  • ToeCracker, on 10/02/2008, -2/+23Send in scoobydoo!
  • Slovenian6474, on 10/02/2008, -2/+15I thought the Hopkinsville incident was interesting.

    Few other famous unsolved mysteries
    Mothman
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

    Flatwoods Monster (also said to be an owl)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster
    • itsthebrod, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6Didn't ATHF solve the mothman mystery? All he wanted was Master Shake's spotlight...
      • Slovenian6474, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2That's Mothmonsterman. Similar though.
  • BeShirtHappy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+45The Bermuda Triangle was really big when I was a teen and early twenties. I just realized I haven't heard anything about it in several years... interesting. I think this is where Elvis is, btw.
    • g30ph, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4There was a show on I think The Science channel in which a guy proposed and then proved his theory about the triangle. Pockets of natural gas are released, and ships and even planes above them can no longer stay afloat or in the air, and just drop or sink. Then the currents of the water carry them far away, so divers can't find them.
    • Tomchei, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3You're probably a little older than I am.

      One of the debunked theories of the Bermuda Triangle is also the natural methane gas emissions.
      The methane gas lowers the density of the water and air above it causing the crafts to sink.

      http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/methane_hydra ...

  • ssquared22, on 10/02/2008, -0/+26Ever since I was a child, the Roanoke Colony story has freaked me out a bit. Now, I have no idea what to think.
  • Smokeydabear, on 10/02/2008, -0/+14You know Larry King looks like an owl.
  • carnitas, on 10/02/2008, -1/+10Wow, that last one was not so difficult
  • AdeleMor, on 10/02/2008, -0/+30I still want to know where that other sock goes.
    • runner1, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2http://www.coleskingdom.com/socks.html
    • vbullinger, on 10/02/2008, -0/+8Stop spreading disinformation, runner1! Here's the real story about where "the other sock" goes.

      My sister and her husband have had this phenomenon happen to them on many occasion. So much so, that they knew something was up. Socks disappearing left and right. They had to know.

      They had to know.

      One day, they had to clean under the couch. So, they moved it.

      Boom! Sock jackpot! ALL of their missing socks were there, under the couch, in a pile. I'm not kidding.

      As they collected their socks, their pet ferret got very upset. This was his sock pile.

      Every time they did laundry or left their socks otherwise unattended, their ninja ferret would steal a sock and hide it in his treasure trove.

      There is your answer: ferret ninjas.
  • lesleye, on 10/02/2008, -1/+8Ha ha! Very amusing, although to be honest the Bermuda triangle was the only one i've heard of. Maybe it's coz i is British...
  • steve9924, on 10/02/2008, -0/+13woohoo ...!! tinfoil hat time !
  • anderzole, on 10/02/2008, -1/+7kudos for a 4 headed goat!
  • AmyVernon, on 10/02/2008, -0/+18C'mon, we all know the Bermuda Triangle is a portal into another universe. It's where the "Lost" island is.

    But, c'mon, no Roswell? Sheesh.
  • gsgdiggs, on 10/02/2008, -2/+4Why do we have to try and debunk things? I like believing in the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Minihuni, unicorns.....
    • kenij, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I prefer to debunk them, and then completely ignore my conclusive debunkations, and believe them anyway.
  • casspa, on 10/02/2008, -0/+9Wild Card Bitches!
  • noletrain, on 10/02/2008, -0/+17Scooby Doo would have solved all of these cases.
    • ScottRTL, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7yeah, the villain would have been the first person they met at the beginning of the episode...
  • gregkr, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6That still doesn't explain what's in my fridge.
  • granolajoe, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6I shat brix at the sight of the "Real Bermuda Triangle"
  • Sife, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4As opposed to "solved" mysteries?
  • skabyss, on 10/02/2008, -0/+11Dugg for Cthulhu
    • sabach, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I hope you didn't say that out loud. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
    • mozert, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Dugg for Cracked
  • freeridstylee, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6What about the unsolved mystery of Nicole Smith and Ronald Goldman?

    I think I know the solution, and it comes fresh squeezed from Cali.
  • Clark1984, on 10/02/2008, -0/+27I once saw lights in the sky. The clouds weren't normal at all, they were, like, all dark. Water was falling from them and these rods of light kept turning on and then off really quick. I'm not lying, craziest ***** I've ever seen.

  • wrek, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those pesky kids!
  • specialbuddy1, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Paulding Light should be on there. The lights are just cars from 5 miles away. http://www.backwoodswisconsin.com/paulding_light.h ...
  • snareguy17, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7Bigfoot riding a sea monster? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    *edit* And what if he was riding a go kart?
  • e61iuser, on 10/02/2008, -0/+13***** horse creeps me out man!
  • donttaseme, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2The Lost Roanoke Colony was in my history books in school. I guess they left the sex out for my own good. Thanks for telling how it is U.S. educational textbooks.
    • NinjaBoy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Our textbooks said thats how it happened, didn't even know it was a mystery. (grad 2004)
  • GordonFree, on 10/02/2008, -7/+2Jake Slocum is a little idiot. I'm an atheist and I'm not as skeptical as he is.

    He's a kid who thinks he's got the answers to everything and his sense of humor is a little last-year.
    Yes, some explanations might be right, or not. Some things that happen really are weird and dismissing them without further investigation is not a scientific attitude - in fact it's very unscientific.
    • Slovenian6474, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3Well, he does leave out any part of those stories that he couldn't simply explain by a common occurrence, but it's cracked.com. Not exactly a site you look for scientific attitude.
  • spritom, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3They would have got away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids!
  • derpoopflinger, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1I thought they bermuda triangle problem was do to out gassing from the ocean floor (methane I think).
  • llamagod, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6It seems like Cracked articles just keep getting better and better..
  • tuslic, on 10/02/2008, -0/+8I love this type of stuff, specially during this time of year! The horse was ***** up though...
  • mozert, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3Dugg for Cracked
  • stacigh, on 10/02/2008, -3/+5Did this bother anyone else?

    The word on the tree was CROATOAN! Not Croatan. Croatan is the tribe. Damnit! Get your ***** facts straight!!!
  • cesar33, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1Dug for the coolness...
  • HouseofEl, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4After reading that I want to know what it's like to get "mid 1950s Kentucky drunk".
  • 808ethan, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3# 7 Mary Magdalene was just a whore.

    (Not really, having sex before marriage doesn't make you evil)
  • RevAradia, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2I dugg but I've seen a bunch of stuff like this before. Generally the guy is right..it's *****. But then very few of you know me very well (grin) I could tell you some stories that are NOT.
  • brainflakes, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2I remember seeing a documentary on the Bermuda Triangle, apparently directly under it there's an unstable underwater cliff with methane saturated ice/rock that is prone to landslides. They showed how even a small amount of gas bubbling through the water can seriously screw a ships buoyancy, and how it also explains engines cutting out (air bubbles in the cooling system), strange lights (methane burning) etc.
  • gkiltz, on 10/03/2008, -0/+0Silly-Ass redundant statement!
    If something is a mystery, then some significant part of it is unsolved!
    If it is largely solved, then it's no mystery!!!
    THEREFORE ALL MYSTERIES ARE UNSOLVED AND THERE ARE NO SOLVED MYSTERIES.
    Making the term "Unsolved Mystery" a verbose redundancy!
  • isshiah, on 10/04/2008, -0/+1my camouflaged car disappeared!!! explain that! lol
  • 1wolfmoon, on 10/04/2008, -1/+1I liked the owl story. It's a hooooot.
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