Your favourite unsolved mystery?

fxotoole wrote: »

Dunno if this has been mentioned, but the Roanoke Colony (aka the Lost Colony) is a headscratcher:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony

What he probably didn't expect was for the colony to just vanish. When new settlers finally arrived, none of the original colony remained at the settlement (except for the old skeleton of one guy) and the mysterious word "Croatan" was carved into a tree, right under, "Metallica Rules".

So, was it a UFO abduction? Perhaps the colonists were held in some kind of suspended animation and are still being anally probed to this very day.


The Obvious Answer:

That second group of settlers didn't really get the chance to investigate what happened to the original bunch, because a few years later an even bigger mysterious phenomena occurred: Blue-eyed, pale-complexioned Indians began showing up on nearby Croatan Island.

So what to make of these mysterious children, who looked like they might have been the descendents of white/Indian mixed race parents? On CROATAN island?

It's almost as if, we don't know, a certain group of settlers realized their colony sucked, and went and found some natives nearby who seemed to know how to live off the land. And that they then left their ****ty colony forever to go live happily ever after on Croatan Island, and to have impressive amounts of sex with the natives.

topmanamillion wrote: »

"D.B Cooper" got on the plane and walked straight off when it landed.

Given the non-existent nature of airline security that was in effect at the time the individual that gave the alias Dan Cooper could have simply purchased a ticket for flight 305 at an earlier point in time. He may have purchased the first ticket disguised and under a different assumed name. He then checked-in under that name at the gate. He subsequently returned to the ticket counter without the disguise and purchased the second ticket and provided the name Dan Cooper. Once the he had checked in at the gate for a second time he would have been entered twice, under two different aliases, on flight 305’s passenger manifest and also in possession of two boarding passes for that same flight. A mere $20 in additional expense would have accomplished both of the necessary adjustments in the passenger count; a cost far less than that of involving additional people in the plot. The on-board head count would be easily obscured by a participating member of the crew.

The man on the far left is Bill Rataczak Co-Pilot on the D.B Cooper flight.



Below is a sketch of D.B Cooper based on eye witness accounts.

B00! wrote: »

Crop Circles

what if they are just silly otherworldly teenagers, bored from being cooped up in the old parents UFO so they 'borrow' the family hoverjet late at nite to do some freewheeling donuts on yonder plantation.

or... alien graffiti artists

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Padraig Mor wrote: »

I'm on the last episode of In the Dark now and must say it is hugely interesting listening. The police really have some serious questions to answer. Bit of a time investment - 10 x 30/40 minute episodes, but well worth it - ideal listening for a commute. It's somewhat in the vein of Making a Murderer but, IMHO, better. Highly recommended!