Unsolved Mysteries After Hours

[Gromit]

Do you have an interest in unsolved mysteries? You know.....

Shergar: Did he end up as dog food, or glue, or as someone's meal?
Jill Dando: I wonder what she uncovered? I never believed that Barry George did it
Lochness Monster: Too many sightings for it to be an urban legend
Marilyn Monroe: Killed off imho.

Another one that always intruges me is bigfoot, yeti, the abominable snowman. I have been hearing about this mystery since I was a kid, still unresolved, still a mystery.

 

[Son Of Jack]

There was some work done on the yeti, recently enough. There are a number of yeti "artefacts" held by different people and places around the world.

A bunch of "samples" were taken from paws, bones, teeth, hair and whatever else they could get. All of them turned out to be bears from different parts of the Himalayas.

Not sure if there's been any similar study done on Bigfoot.

 

[Max Taxable]

Lochness Monster: Too many sightings for it to be an urban legend

Except for now that we as humans are all carrying around HD video cameras, no moar sightings. Almost like it never existed and stuff. Same with "Bigfoot." You would think it would be the opposite, that by now there would be some hi-def hi-res images of them. Not blurry stuff, and such. Now there's nothing.

 

[Boot Cleaner]

The "American Dyatlov Pass" (The Yuba County Five) is another mystery. I was reminded about it recently.

Five men with psychological issues and/or autism went to a basketball match and went missing after abandoning their car on the way home.

 

[Bandit]

There was some work done on the yeti, recently enough. There are a number of yeti "artefacts" held by different people and places around the world.

A bunch of "samples" were taken from paws, bones, teeth, hair and whatever else they could get. All of them turned out to be bears from different parts of the Himalayas.

Not sure if there's been any similar study done on Bigfoot.

Have you heard of "Rock Apes" in Vietnam? During the American war there, there were some encounters.

 

[hannah]

I watched this program, really interesting, about just some of the people who vanish in American national parks

 

[Mouth]

Mary (Marie) Celeste

The British brig Dei Gratia was about 400 miles east of the Azores on December 5, 1872, when crew members spotted a ship adrift in the choppy seas. Capt. David Morehouse was taken aback to discover that the deserted vessel was the Marie Celeste. She had left New York City eight days before him and should have already arrived in Genoa, Italy. He changed course to offer help.

Morehouse sent a boarding party to the ship. Upon boarding they discovered the ship's charts had been tossed about, and the crewmen's belongings were still in their quarters. The ship's only lifeboat was missing, and one of its two pumps had been disassembled. Three and a half feet of water was sloshing about in the ship's hold, though the cargo of 1,701 barrels of industrial alcohol was largely intact.

There was a six-month supply of food and water—but not a soul to consume it, for there was nobody aboard the Mary Celeste, now a "ghost ship" the most famous ghost ship in history!

 

[Lisa]

Elisa Lam is a bizarre one. The Cecil hotel where she was found has a fairly dark history as well.

There is a NEtflix docuseries about her death due for release on Netflix next week

Death of Elisa Lam - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Legion]

Jill Dando.

Her name came into my head last night and I decided to read the wiki article and it had a part about her death. I can remember it happening at the time and them convicting Barry George wrongly and the fact that they seem none the wiser as to who was involved or what it may be connected to is amazing after 22 years.

 

[Bandit]

Rudolph Diesel.

One of my favourite unsolved mystery is the one surrounding Rudolph Diesel and his demise.

Everytime I hear a discussion on electric vehicles, modal shifts in transport etc etc I always view it in the context of a similar discussion 100 years ago or more. Personally, I find it a fascinating story. Some may consider it a conspiracy theory, I don't, I think it's an unsolved mystery.

Here's a great article if you are not familiar with him:

How Rudolf Diesel's engine changed the world