Strangest Places On The Earth!
- FYI
- Aug 1, 2020
- 8 min read
Updated: Aug 7, 2020
1) Death Valley Or Moving Rocks, California, USA
Death Valley National Park is a lovely but perplexing land where the huge stones seem to move across the dried lake known as Racetrack Playa, leaving a path behind them in the dried cracked mud.
Researchers have attempted to comprehend the riddle of the moving stones for many years now. Local lore says that dust devils might have moved the stones some of which weigh as much as 700 lbs. while others believed that strong winds flowing across the lake can make the stones slide over the ground.
The stones movement has been accused of everything from space aliens and magnetic fields to pranksters. In any case, nobody has observed the stones move, which just adds to the puzzle
2) The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
The Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest of the Egyptian pyramids which was constructed approx.4500 years ago when Egypt was a dominant, highly centralized kingdom, prosperous from trade and Nile-nurtured agriculture.
Egypt's monarchs were anticipated to become gods in the life after death. To get ready for this they built temples and huge pyramid tombs for themselves packed with everything a leader would need to develop, learn, monitor, and survive the afterlife.
But many unanswered questions that do not support this theory as if it was put up like a tomb, then there should be engravings within the pyramid that describes the Pharaoh’s life. People say that they found it weird that the ancient Egyptians would construct one of the most incredible shrines on the Earth and then did not mention any symbols and illustrations of the king in his afterlife journey.
The biggest mystery about the Egyptian pyramids is the methods used to build them. The amazing accomplishment of the Egyptians is even more extraordinary considering that over 2 million limestone and granite blocks were utilized for the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Each of the stones weighed nearly 2.5 tons. The question is how they accomplished this more than 4,500 years ago?
No document has been found that shows how the pyramid was constructed or what types of tools were utilized or how they succeeded to load the stones and how they picked up the stones.
In the end mystery around the Pyramid remains.
3) Easter Island, Chile
Located at the special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, the southeastern most point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania, the Easter Island is well-known for its almost 1,000 enormous statues, named moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people
About the formation of the Moai rocks, it is said to be engraved from stone found on the island, are between 1,100 and 1,500 AD. However, the time contrast from archaeological data against radiocarbon dating.
According to theories, they were representing the Polynesian people’s ancestors. The Moai monuments facing the villages which are watching over the people and protecting them like a shield. The hat like or topknot like structures, “Pukao” which are on top of some statues are made of mined red volcanic stone.
These are assumed to be later additions to the statues, somewhere in the 16th century. The reason for these hat-like topping is unknown but some notions say it provided the statue an expression of power.
About how the rocks were brought here or formed the mystery is still unresolved but there are still various legends revolve around like the usage of sleds & rollers of wood and ropes to pull the statues along.
4) Lake Hillier, Australia
British explorer Matthew Flinders first discovered this beautiful lake based in Middle Island, off the southern coast of Western Australia in January 1802. He was on the peak of the island & he spotted this small lake of rose color. Although there are other such lakes too like Pink Lake in Australia and Lake Retba in Senegal, Lake Hillier stands out. While the reason for the strange pink coloring of other lakes has been learned, Lake Hillier’s still is a mystery. The color of other pink lakes keeps changing according to the temperature whereas the pink shade of Lake Hilliers doesn't is very perplexing to many scientists. A few explains that the lake’s color is due to the presence of Dunaliella salina microalgae, that has a pink, red, or salmon color. While other theories say, It’s due to a reaction between the salt and the sodium bicarbonate found in the lake. The mystery remains unsolved
5) Eternal Flame, Himachal Pradesh, Jwalamukhi Devi, India
Considered as India’s one of the most ancient temples, Jwala Ji has created a lot of curiosity among scientists and tourists for its eternal burning flame. It is a Hindu temple situated near the Himalayan lower town of Jawalamukhi in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Devoted to Hindu goddess Jwala, the temple is talked about in the Mahabharata and other scriptures too. The unique thing about the temple is that Jwala Ji doesn’t have a statue or a picture of God instead it has an always burning blue flame that appears to originate from the rocks around. The flame can be viewed from many different spots in the temple and it is burning constantly since the first date of its discovery.
Despite several investigations, the cause behind these natural flames is still unknown. According to a few theories, there is a volcano underneath the temple and the natural gas released out of that volcano is this “FLAME”, which Hindus worship as Goddess.
In the 70s, the Government of India appointed a company to discover the probable existence of big reservoirs of natural gas there. They operated for a few years but couldn’t find any source of the gas.
6) The Nazca Lines (Peru)
The Nazca Lines are a bunch of huge ancient line structures carved in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were said to be generated between 500 BCE and 500 CE by folks making shallow cuts in the desert ground, eliminating gravels, and leaving a speck of different colored dirt open.
The ancient Nazca people created giant designs of more than 800 humans, animals, plants, and mythological beings into the desert with only simple tools. A few of these are, as big as 30 miles through. These perplexing designs are very tough to observe from ground level and are best viewed from above.
According to one legend, the Nazca people made them, to be seen by gods in the sky.
While others suggest a variety from astral maps pertinent to the agricultural calendar to a hint of holy paths between Nazca religious sites i.e a mutual means in different ancient South American cultures.
One very interesting suggestion says that the lines are work of ALIENS but these are usually dismissed for the complete absence of proofs and the comfort with which the structures can be made.
In the end, even after being researched for over 100 years, their purpose is still unidentified.
7) Moeraki Boulders, Koekohe Beach, New Zealand
Located laterally to a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave-cut Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden, the Moeraki Boulders are very giant and spherical rocks that have caught attention from the tourists and scientists since many years now.
As per the local lore, the boulders are remnants of a gourd-bearing tree, a sweet potato, and eel baskets that splashed onshore when a canoe was stranded. The rocky shoals that spread seaward from the adjacent Shag Point are the canoe’s frightened structure. While the other one states that the Moeraki Boulders are alien eggs sent from space and wrecked by the ocean.
As per the logical explanation, these New Zealand boulders were erupted out of an ancient volcano and landed on the Koekohe Beach. Also, it’s said that when lightning strikes in the region, it forms canyons, the boulders, and other strange geological constructions. This powered bolt can crash matter, spin it in a tornado and dissolve or compress it into round shapes.
As per science, these are septarian concretions. They say the rock creation started on the ancient seafloor residues 60 million years ago, through the early Tertiary period.
Each of the boulders might have begun as a base of remains shell, bone piece, or portion of the wood. Lime crystals in the ocean assembled on the surface over millions of years, then mounted up other crystals around it to create the boulder shape.
Gradually, this collected formation was elevated from the surface and created seaside cliffs. As the cliffs eroded, the boulders started releasing.
In the end, how these perfectly shaped big rocks landed here is still a mystery however there are a few legends and scientific theories to explain it.
8) Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
Above this bay in the Caribbean sea, northwestern Venezuela, thunderstorms capture the skies nearly every night of the year.
Known as “the Never-Ending Storm of Catatumbo,” or “Maracaibo’s Lighthouse. Its lightning is so acquainted, locals in Venezuela even set it on their flag.
With almost 280 lightning bolts in an hour and lightning striking for almost 297 days of the year, Lake Maracaibo gets more lightning than anyplace else on Earth mostly due to a mixture of heat, humidity, and air fluxes. The mystery of which is still unsolved.
9) Coral Castle, Homestead, Florida, USA
Located in the distinct territory of Miami-Dade County, Florida, in the middle of the cities of Homestead and Leisure City, the Coral Castle is a limestone building created by the Latvian-American man Edward Leedskalnin.
In the 1900s, Leedskalnin was engaged to Agnes Scuffs. Agnes called off the wedding one day before the ceremony date. The heartbroken Leedskalnin moved to North America and created a tribute in the memory of Agnes.
Normally these stony coral’s sharp ends aren’t really useful as the main construction material. And still, in southern Florida, tons of it were utilized exactly for that cause – building a castle which is very baffling and unexplainable.
While theories about its creation, it is hard to believe that a normal above 5ft tall and over 100lbs guy could move, carve and operate more than 1,100 tons of coral single-handed. The legends say that Leedskalnin had constructed this monument using reverse magnetism or supernatural powers to move and carve the stones. While the other one states, Ed Leedskalnin master the secrets of the pyramid builders which made it easier for him. & thus the mystery behind how it was constructed remains.
10) Bermuda Triangle
The infamous “Bermuda Triangle” or “the Devil’s Triangle” which is situated off the Southeastern coast of the US in the Atlantic Ocean,between Bermuda, Florida, and Puerto Rico, has been the center of mysteries for quite a sometime now.
The stories about the Bermuda triangle started when Christopher Columbus allegedly noticed a fire flame crashing into the ocean in the triangle during his first journey to the New World. But, the mysterious activities in the region caught people’s attention in the 20th century when the Navy cargo ship, USS Cyclops onboarding around 300 people, disappeared in the Bermuda triangle
Over the past few years, several ships and planes and many people have been reported to have gone missing in this place.
Legends have attributed the vanishing to the paranormal activity or presence of aliens or celestial beings. However, a few proofs demonstrate that a noteworthy portion of the events was fake, imprecisely stated, or overstated by later writers.
Scientifically, a few theories stated that strange local magnetic irregularities may exist in the area but such anomalies have not been discovered.
Anyhow, there is still no confirmed theory or an explanation behind the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle and the accidents keep occurring in the area every year.
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