Your favourite unsolved mystery?

Mike Guide 69 · 15-09-2016 04:47PM

BUMP!!!!

Just remember this great thread that has all the interesting story's. But watched the TV3 programme that Donal McIntyre did on the disappearance of Trevor Deely last night. Very sad, I was always of the opinion that he had slipped and accidentally fallen into the river after the bad weather when he decided to walk home. But after watching the programme, I'm not so sure, there defintely is a darker scenario to his disappearance. Terrible on the family who have had to go through all the years not knowing what happened to him..

MadDog76 · 15-09-2016 05:41PM

Mysterious "ghost boats" — wrecked wooden ships with decaying corpses on board — are washing up on the shores of Japan.

Nearly a dozen boats carrying decomposing bodies were found off the country's northwestern coast in just one month, the coast guard said in December. The first boat was found in October, and in November officials discovered 10 bodies in three boats at Ishikawa prefecture. Later, they found another boat with six skulls and a body that was nearly intact.

Several signs point to North Korea. Most of the boats carried equipment and signs written in Korean, and one was had a scrap of cloth resembling a torn bit of the North Korean flag. However, authorities have not been able to confirm their origin or why the people on board perished.

More than 30 boats were found in 2015. There were 65 the year before and 80 in 2013.

Shenshen · 15-09-2016 07:32PM

MadDog76 wrote: »

Mysterious "ghost boats" — wrecked wooden ships with decaying corpses on board — are washing up on the shores of Japan.

Nearly a dozen boats carrying decomposing bodies were found off the country's northwestern coast in just one month, the coast guard said in December. The first boat was found in October, and in November officials discovered 10 bodies in three boats at Ishikawa prefecture. Later, they found another boat with six skulls and a body that was nearly intact.

Several signs point to North Korea. Most of the boats carried equipment and signs written in Korean, and one was had a scrap of cloth resembling a torn bit of the North Korean flag. However, authorities have not been able to confirm their origin or why the people on board perished.

More than 30 boats were found in 2015. There were 65 the year before and 80 in 2013.

There was an article in a German paper quite a while back on those - the most likely explanation is that it's North Korean fishers. The explanation provided was that as food shortages are becoming more severe, more and more people try and take up fishing. They go on rather long trips, hoping for enough catch not just to feed themselves but sometimes the entire community and then sell some on, and take great risks for it. Many are inexperienced, and the small, wooden boats aren't really made for venturing out that far. Fuel is also rationed, so it's possible that some simply have run out.

Edit : Found the article, it's quite in-depth, including interviews with defected North Korean fishermen. But in German, I'm afraid :
http://www.zeit.de/2016/24/japan-geisterschiffe-tote-seeleute-nordkorea

15-09-2016 07:39PM

MadDog76 wrote: »

Mysterious "ghost boats" — wrecked wooden ships with decaying corpses on board — are washing up on the shores of Japan.

Nearly a dozen boats carrying decomposing bodies were found off the country's northwestern coast in just one month, the coast guard said in December. The first boat was found in October, and in November officials discovered 10 bodies in three boats at Ishikawa prefecture. Later, they found another boat with six skulls and a body that was nearly intact.

Several signs point to North Korea. Most of the boats carried equipment and signs written in Korean, and one was had a scrap of cloth resembling a torn bit of the North Korean flag. However, authorities have not been able to confirm their origin or why the people on board perished.

More than 30 boats were found in 2015. There were 65 the year before and 80 in 2013.

Horrific.

What a ghoulish country, where people would risk the possibility of taking such risks of dying in agony, presumably of thirst/hunger, to put a meal on the table.

saintsaltynuts · 15-09-2016 08:38PM

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

BUMP!!!!

Just remember this great thread that has all the interesting story's. But watched the TV3 programme that Donal McIntyre did on the disappearance of Trevor Deely last night. Very sad, I was always of the opinion that he had slipped and accidentally fallen into the river after the bad weather when he decided to walk home. But after watching the programme, I'm not so sure, there defintely is a darker scenario to his disappearance. Terrible on the family who have had to go through all the years not knowing what happened to him..

Yeah that's strange Mike I always thought the poor young man fell into the Canal but watching last nights program is after kind of changing my mind.The man seen walking behind him in the C.C.T.V. just' looks too off for me.Sixteen years later and I still often wonder about him.

Mike Guide 69 · 15-09-2016 09:58PM

saintsaltynuts wrote: »

Yeah that's strange Mike I always thought the poor young man fell into the Canal but watching last nights program is after kind of changing my mind.The man seen walking behind him in the C.C.T.V. just' looks too off for me.Sixteen years later and I still often wonder about him.

Yeah the way the man in the CCTV camera moves, its like he's stalling and waiting for a moment to sort of do something, it is creepy. The timeframe that passed did'nt help either as I think it was said, that it was around 72 hours later that a missing persons investigation was launched and that is valuable time lost in order to get an actual investigation in place and to organise a search party.

cml387 · 15-09-2016 10:16PM

I watched it but I was not impressed.
No new information at all.
One thing that strikes me is that he is not walking very steadily in the last cctv image and that whereas his colleague diplomatically described him as "tipsy" he was a guy who liked a drink and had been out since 4pm.

I think he got lost and either fell from a height or somehow fell asleep in some location and died of exposure. The fact that his body wasn't found may suggest he was collected with the refuse by accident and dumped.

It's very sad, and having been that soldier when I was young and carefree, it could happen to any of us.

LordSutch · 17-09-2016 06:01AM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

The Black Knight

20 facts about the Black Knight

Not sure about this :cool:

Fact or fiction?

Capt'n Midnight · 17-09-2016 08:05PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Not sure about this :cool:

Fact or fiction?

True.

In the sense that the UK had a Black Knight which was developed into the Black Arrow which did launch a satellite.

LordSutch · 18-09-2016 05:30PM

MH370 .... still.

bazza1 · 18-09-2016 05:33PM

Ryan Tubridy..........why?:D

Stigura · 18-09-2016 05:50PM

Elisa Lam. What more could we ask for?

18-09-2016 06:01PM

What are these noises that are still supposedly being reported across the world?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1IIUcNI0cw

Kauto0709 · 18-09-2016 06:39PM

Stigura wrote: »

Elisa Lam. What more could we ask for?

Yeah a pretty strange one alright. Sounds like the bipolar playing up in the video but how she ended up in the tank??

Fathom · 18-09-2016 06:43PM

Zodiac. San Francisco. Unsolved.

r93kaey5p2izun · 18-09-2016 08:25PM

I just watched the Trevor Deely programme after reading the posts here. I always thought it was the accepted theory that he had an accident but apparently not. I would tend to take Donal MacIntyre with a pinch of salt but it seems several connected with the investigation believe a simple accident to be unlikely. Puts it all in a whole new light.

Depp · 18-09-2016 09:07PM

probably been talked about but did they ever get to the bottom of the mary cileste? was always fascinated with that one when i was younger!

Stigura · 18-09-2016 09:21PM

Depp; Marie Celeste has ~ sadly ~ been well and truly sorted.

Google it. There's some site where the guy's gone through all the Lloyds type papers. Checked up on the Captain. The works.

Sorry, I can't remember the details now, to offer a synopsis. But, yeah; Cracked wide open. Actually no mystery at all. Something to do with the Captains daughter being sick, or something?

Stigura · 18-09-2016 09:26PM

Huzzaaaarr!!! Here!

Buford T. Justice XIX · 18-09-2016 09:29PM

Stigura wrote: »

Huzzaaaarr!!! Here!

Or...

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/inthenews/itn060522

Depp · 18-09-2016 09:38PM

childhood ruined

Stigura · 18-09-2016 09:40PM

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Or...

Excellent!

It won't allow me to copy /paste. But, see the first paragraph under " Conclusions ", on the site I link to.

Scientists have now Proven then exactly what my man postulated.

Entire mystery blown clean out of the water.

Stigura · 18-09-2016 09:41PM

Depp wrote: »

childhood ruined

LMFAO!!! Exactly!!!

Kauto0709 · 18-09-2016 09:42PM

Stigura wrote: »

Depp; Marie Celeste has ~ sadly ~ been well and truly sorted.

Google it. There's some site where the guy's gone through all the Lloyds type papers. Checked up on the Captain. The works.

Sorry, I can't remember the details now, to offer a synopsis. But, yeah; Cracked wide open. Actually no mystery at all. Something to do with the Captains daughter being sick, or something?

I can't see anything in those links about the captain's daughter being sick?

Cosmicfox · 18-09-2016 09:47PM

Deleted User wrote: »

What are these noises that are still supposedly being reported across the world?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1IIUcNI0cw

Oh yeah,the sky trumpet thing. I read some theory that it's just machinery from construction sites.

The Wolverine · 18-09-2016 09:49PM

Ah so the whole bloody sword and table perfectly set was from a short Conan Doyle story on it.

The testimony of the ships boarders said everything was all over the place and wet from being tossed about in damp weather and rough seas.

The sextant and chronometer were gone so they obviously launched the life boat, but I think the most horrifying thing is they must have left the line tied to the ship from the life boat intending to get back to her once they watched her for a time and saw she wasn't going on fire or sinking.

It seems the rope line snapped and they would have most likely watched in horror as she sailed away from them with no way to catch her

Stigura · 18-09-2016 09:50PM

Kauto0709 wrote: »

I can't see anything in those links about the captain's daughter being sick?

No. Possibly not. And my memory isn't an engine of perfect recall either. That's why I wrote " or something? "

Sorry about all this. I was born and raised in a time long before every Tom, Dick and Harry could, at a few key strokes, dissect and throw back at one every word one uttered.

Widdershins · 18-09-2016 09:51PM

Deleted User wrote: »

What are these noises that are still supposedly being reported across the world?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1IIUcNI0cw

Portals in time, I hope!

Stigura · 18-09-2016 09:53PM

The Wolverine wrote: »

It seems the rope line snapped and they would have most likely watched in horror as she sailed away from them with no way to catch her

Should have had a rake of slaves on the oars. And Cozy Powell on the drum!

Stigura · 18-09-2016 09:58PM

How about the Edmund Fitzgerald?

Always been one of my favourite songs

(Alright; Since it came out! :rolleyes: FS)

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