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The history of mankind is full of mysteries to which we, apparently, are no longer destined to know the answer. Many of them involve mysterious incidents that had no witnesses. The most famous of them, such as the mystery of the Dyatlov Pass or the story of the lost colony of Roanoke, have become world famous and are surrounded by countless speculations and legends. However, the mysterious incidents that have ever really happened in human history do not end with these two cases.

And today website I decided to tell about less famous, but no less mysterious and exciting stories, the heroes of which were people who disappeared without a trace.

The lighthouse, located on the Scottish island of Eilean Mawr, is famous for the mysterious story of the disappearance of three strong men. This happened in 1900, when the chief lighthouse keeper Joseph Moore said goodbye to his subordinates and sailed to the coast station of Brasklit. So on December 5, first assistant warden Thomas Marshall, second assistant warden James Ducat and assistant Donald MacArthur were left alone on the island.

Lighthouse on Eilean Mawr

Ten days later, news arrived at Brasklit station from the crew of the steamship Arctor. The sailors reported that the light in the lighthouse, in violation of all instructions, was not on. However, either out of carelessness, or because of the impending bad weather, no one swam to the island to check if everything was in order.

Joseph Moore sailed to the island only on December 26 after a severe storm, but did not find anyone at the lighthouse. The doors and windows of the lighthouse were locked, the keepers' waxed raincoats hung inside, the lighthouse lamps were filled, and all the clocks were standing.

The only thing that disturbed the overall picture of order was the overturned dining table. The men were nowhere to be found, but Moore was sure that his subordinates could not leave the lighthouse at the same time, since this was strictly prohibited by the instructions, and the missing were experienced and responsible people.

During the investigation of this disappearance, the tiny island was combed meter by meter, but no traces of Marshall, Dukat and McArthur were ever found. The most incredible versions have been put forward about this: evil spirits, aliens and even fantastic birds are blamed for the disappearance.

The investigation adheres to a more prosaic version: presumably, anticipating imminent bad weather, the men went to the rocks to secure the equipment, but were washed away by a suddenly surging wave (which had been observed here before). Perhaps they were forced to violate the instructions by an acute reluctance to complete the work under the squally wind and intensifying rain.

Springfield Trinity

Another story about the disappearance of three people at once. This happened in the city of Springfield on June 7, 1992. 19-year-old friends Suzanne Streeter and Stacey McCall graduated from high school and had a great time at their graduation party. After the holiday, at about two o'clock in the morning, the girls went to Suzanne's house, where her mother Cheryl Levitt was at that moment. Nobody saw them again.

The first to discover the loss was the girls' friend Janelle Kirby, who looked into the house with her boyfriend: recent schoolchildren were going to spend the day at the water park, but Suzanne and Stacey did not get in touch. According to Janelle, the door was unlocked, and the lampshade of the lantern over the porch was broken, although the light bulb was intact. There was no one in the house except for the Yorkshire terrier that belonged to Suzanne and her mother. The dog was very excited.

Initially, Janelle and her boyfriend didn't think anything serious had happened. They even swept away the glass from a broken lampshade from the porch without any malicious intent, possibly thereby destroying some of the evidence.

Suzanne and Stacy at graduation

As a result, the alarm was sounded by Mrs. McCall, who had been unable to contact her daughter for a long time. She visited the Streeters' house and found Stacy's wallet and clothes. Mrs. McCall listened to the answering machine and, according to her, discovered a very strange message, but accidentally erased the recording.

The incident was reported to the police 16 hours after the disappearance. Law enforcement officers did not find any signs of a struggle in the house. The investigation into the case was at a standstill until 2007, when hardened criminal Robert Craig Cox was detained and reported that he knew something about the disappearance of the Springfield trio.

Investigators found that in 1992, Cox lived in the same city as the missing persons and may indeed know something or be involved in the disappearance. However, Cox himself said that he would tell everything he knew only after the death of his mother. The case has not yet been solved.

The missing crew of the Mary Celeste

The sailing ship with the melodious name "Mary Celeste" was 12 years old when it was handed over to the new captain Benjamin Briggs. On November 5, 1872, the ship under his control left the New York port of Staten Island and headed for Italian Genoa. On the ship, in addition to the captain, there were his wife, two-year-old daughter and a crew of seven sailors.

The ship was supposed to deliver ethanol owned by Meissner Ackermann & Coin to its destination, but the sailboat never arrived in Italy. Four weeks later, the ship was discovered by Captain David Reed Morehouse, who personally knew Briggs and captained the brig Dei Grazia.

The ship appeared to Morehouse to be undamaged and there were no people on board. Everything indicated an urgent evacuation of people from the ship: there was no boat, the compass was broken when they hastily tried to remove it from the wall. However, the reasons why people abandoned the ship are unclear.

Untouched captain's jewelry and an oil can that remained untouched, left by the captain's wife on sewing machine, denied the version of a pirate attack or a storm. The cargo was almost completely intact (only nine barrels were missing), the ship's log remained on board, the last entry in which, dated November 24, reports that the ship was approaching the island of Santa Maria.

The most plausible version of what happened was expressed by a distant relative of Briggs: he suggested that the alcohol was not hermetically sealed and slowly evaporated, which, when an accidental spark appeared, provoked a micro-explosion in the hold. Fearing a second, stronger explosion, the captain urgently evacuated the crew, tying the boat to the Mary Celeste with tackle to raise one of the sails.

However, when the wind rose, the ship jerked forward, and the tackle tied to the crowded boat became strained and broke. It is possible that the boat was then capsized by a wave and all its passengers were killed.

Caroline Sagers Milonski and her daughter

On November 21, 1987, the owner of a Summerville, South Carolina store discovered that his subordinate, Caroline Sagers Milonsky, did not show up for work. The man was unable to contact the employee and went in search of her.

Before reaching Caroline's house, the boss discovered her car. The closed car was parked near the plantation where the woman’s husband worked. To be on the safe side, the boss called the police and reported the person missing.

Law enforcement officers found that Caroline was last seen driving along the highway at approximately 11 o'clock in the afternoon. The police were unable to obtain any further information. No signs of a struggle were found near the car, and an investigation of the plantation also yielded no results.

There were no changes in the case until another disappearance occurred on October 4, 1988: this time Caroline's 11-year-old daughter from her first marriage, Annette Sagers, disappeared.

The police suggested what Annette should look like as an adult, and compiled a modern sketch of her.

The last person to see the girl was her stepfather. Around seven o'clock in the morning she was waiting for a school bus at the very plantation where her mother disappeared. When the driver arrived to pick up the schoolgirl, Annette was no longer there. The girl's stepfather didn't know his stepdaughter was missing until he realized she hadn't returned from school. Then the man went to the bus stop, where he found a note with the words: “Dad, mom is back. Hug the boys." By “boys” we meant the girl’s brothers.

The examination determined that the note was indeed written by Annette. To this day, this piece of paper remains the only evidence in the disappearance case. As a result, this story became overgrown with legends: some locals suggest that Caroline was abducted by aliens and returned for her daughter, others think that Annette was taken by the ghost of her murdered mother.

Modern users put forward more pragmatic versions. According to one of them, the woman’s husband was involved in the disappearance of Caroline and Annette (however, the investigation has no evidence of this theory), according to the second, Caroline ran away with her lover and returned a few months later for her daughter.

Disappearance of five children from their own bedroom

On Christmas Eve 1945, George and Jennie Sodder, owners of a small hotel in Virginia, were at home with their nine children. It was already ten o'clock in the evening, but elder sister Marion gave the kids toys, and they didn’t want to go to bed. Leaving the younger children under the supervision of the elders, George and Jenny went to rest, asking the young company not to stay up late and taking with them two-year-old Sylvia, who was already noticeably nodding off.

According to the head of the family, they had reasons to suspect that the children had been kidnapped: shortly before the incident, a man came to him trying to get a job. Looking at the electrical panels, he said that one day they would cause a fire. The hotel owner had invited experts from the electrical company the day before, who checked the wiring and concluded that it was in excellent condition, so he ignored these words.

After this, an insurer approached George and offered to insure the entire Sodder family. Having been refused, he promised George that all his children would die and this would be retribution for the fact that the hotel owner allowed himself to speak rudely about Mussolini (George actually often criticized the politician).

What really happened that night at the Sodders' house is still unknown.

Bennington Triangle

This strange name was given to the forests located around Mount Glastenbury in Bennington County, Vermont, USA. In this place, as in the famous Bermuda Triangle, people disappear without a trace. At least five Americans are known to have disappeared in the Bennington Triangle and left no trace.

The first disappearance occurred in 1945. 74-year-old forest ranger Middie Rivers in the company of four hunters, I made my way through the forest between a hiking trail and a highway. At some point, Rivers went a little ahead, and his companions lost sight of him. Nothing is known about his further fate. According to the hunters, the experienced forester simply could not get lost.

Three years after this, perhaps one of the most mysterious disappearances in the Bennington Triangle occurred. James Tedford was returning home from relatives on the bus. He was last seen in the back seat of the bus, where his belongings and an open brochure with the transport schedule remained. This was at the penultimate stop of the route. However, James never arrived at the final destination. What happened to him and how this was possible, no one still knows.

According to police, only one person has gone missing in the Bennington Triangle area over the past 50 years, so today it can be called a quiet place.

A year after the disappearance of James Tedford, 8-year-old Paul Jephson disappeared from the Bennington Triangle. He was riding in a truck with his mother. At some point, the woman stopped the car and was distracted for a few seconds. This time was enough for the boy to evaporate. Volunteers and police combed the entire forest in search of Paul, but found no clues. Moreover, the boy was wearing a bright scarlet jacket, which was easy to spot.
16 days after this, 53-year-old Frieda Langer disappeared in the Bennington Triangle while hiking with her cousin. She fell into a stream and got wet, which is why she left her companion for a while and headed to the campsite to change clothes. No one saw her again.

This is where the cases of mysterious disappearances in the Bennington Triangle end.

All these stories have made people puzzle over what happened for decades. Some find it easier to attribute what is happening to mysticism; the more persistent continue to delve into the archives, hoping to find the answer.

But no matter how many years pass, these stories will not be forgotten, because human nature will not allow something that once awakened such a burning curiosity in the mind to disappear without a trace.

In Hollywood films, we often see superman robbers commit the crimes of the century, remaining unpunished. Of course, these are just movies, but it turns out that reality is often even more interesting than fictional stories.
Don't believe me? Let's then evaluate a few "ideal" robberies that actually happened. The vast majority remained unsolved.

1. Theft of diamonds worth 5 million euros

On February 15, 2009, three masked robbers found themselves in Europe's largest department store, Kaufhaus Des Westens. The robbery took place while the department store was closed. The robbers used a rope ladder, thus ensuring complete inactivity of various kinds of alarm systems waiting for strangers below.

The robbers stole diamonds worth more than $5 million. However, the team made a stupid mistake by leaving a glove at the crime scene. Based on the DNA of the glove, the police concluded that the robber could be one of the twin brothers, Hassan and Abbas O. German justice requires that the guilt of every person accused of a crime must be proven.

And since the brothers never admitted to the robbery, and it was impossible to determine which of them owned the glove, the lucky ones were simply released without being charged. The third member of the gang was never found. I don’t know, if I were the criminal elements in Germany, I would urgently organize several teams of twin robbers :)

2. Dan “DB” Cooper - 200 thousand cash

This man, in November 1971, on the 24th, decided to take a plane from Portland. He was wearing a suit and raincoat, plus dark glasses. The man calmly sat down in his seat on the plane, and did not stand out in anything special. Then he asked the flight attendant for whiskey, and when she brought him what he wanted, the man gave her a note that literally said the following: “I have a bomb in my suitcase. I will detonate it if necessary. Sit next to me. This is a hijacking.”

The man demanded 200 thousand dollars and four parachutes, which were to be delivered to Seattle. When the plane landed, he released all the passengers, leaving only the pilot, co-pilot and flight attendants. As soon as the money was delivered to him, the man forced the pilots to fly to Mexico, rising to an altitude of about 5 kilometers.

On his way to Mexico, he bailed out somewhere in northwest Portland. Nobody ever saw him again. By the way, in 1980, 6 thousand dollars in packaging were found on the beach (which was located in the region of the jump), the dollars were from a stolen batch. No one knows whether the man survived the jump or where the money is. His body was never found, so perhaps everything went well for the thief. At the moment, this is the only unsolved crime of plane hijacking.

3. Tokyo, 300 million yen (817 thousand US dollars)

In December 1968, bank employees of one of the Tokyo banks were transporting 300 million yen in a bank car. You've probably all seen what these cars look like if you've ever watched a Hollywood movie about a bank robbery. So, on the road the car was stopped by a policeman on a motorcycle. He told the surprised people that there was a bomb under the bottom of the car that needed to be eliminated. The policeman climbed under the bottom, ostensibly to defuse the bomb.
A few seconds later, sparks and clouds of smoke began to emerge from under the bottom. Of course, everyone who was in the car jumped out of it. The policeman immediately climbed into the car and drove off in an unknown direction (there was no GPS then, and the car could have been driven into the garage next door).
Despite the fact that there were 120 witnesses and 110 thousand (!) suspects in the case, the case was never solved.

4. Antwerp, $100 million worth of diamonds

This is the largest diamond theft in history. The fact is that $100 million worth of diamonds were stolen, and they were stolen from a vault with 7 degrees of security. Here, thermal sensors, motion sensors, radar, magnetic fields, and a reliable security company came into play. So, on February 15, thieves somehow got into the storage facility, opened the deposit boxes, and took everything that was inside. The leader of the robber squad was apparently arrested and imprisoned, but was soon released. The reason for the release is also unclear.
No one ever understood how the robbery was carried out.

5. Chicago - $1 million

This robbery also looks more like a magician's trick than a real robbery. The fact is that on Friday, October 7, 1977, a bank employee counted 4 million US dollars and put this money in the bank's vault (all this is confirmed, the bank employee has nothing to do with it).
On Tuesday morning the money was counted again, and bad luck - one million dollars disappeared without a trace. In 1981, $2,300 of this amount was found; the money was taken during an anti-drug police action. But no one ever found out where the drug dealer got this money from. And what is $2,300 compared to a million dollars? Yes, it's a small thing.

Agree, each of these stories can be used to make a film that is much more interesting than ordinary Hollywood films. Moreover, it will be almost like a documentary film.

Today, many people prefer to get to this or that city or country by plane, because it is very convenient and fast. Modern airliners have supersonic speed, they are comfortable and spacious. Moreover, air ticket prices are getting cheaper every year. The comfort in them is comparable to traveling in a train compartment. However, in terms of safety, technological progress has not achieved much. Unfortunately, on the contrary, modern airliners crash much more often than older models. This is not always due to the human factor or weather conditions. Aircraft accidents often occur due to aircraft malfunctions. Before departure, they are not checked well enough, which leads to tragedy.

History knows a lot of sad cases when planes went missing. Some were found, but others were not. Even aircraft tracking technology did not help find some of the missing aircraft. If a plane disappears from radar, it is almost impossible to find it. Alas, there have been many such lost airliners throughout the history of aviation. Let's look at some of them.

Stories of famous planes that went missing:

A plane disappeared secretly in 1937. Lockheed Electra. It belonged to a writer from the United States of America, Amelia Earhart. That summer she planned to take it around the world. During the flight, the airliner was spotted near the Pacific Ocean. Then he suddenly disappeared from view, after which he was never found. It is still unclear whether he fell into the Pacific Ocean or not, or whether the plane crash happened far from the water. In general, neither the remains nor the aircraft were ever found.
1943 is the year when the passenger airliner DC-3 was fired upon by a Luftwaffe interceptor, after which no one could find him. It is noteworthy that the famous actor Leslie Howard was on board this plane.
In 1944, a plane disappeared without a trace over the English Channel. UC-64, in which American musician Glenn Miller was flying. Presumably, the liner fell into the British Channel.
In Argentina in 1947, a passenger airliner StarDust, flying from Buenos Aires, went missing. The search for him lasted until 2000, when experts concluded that he collided with the ground in controlled flight. The remains were never found.
1951 - military transport aircraft Douglas C-124A disappeared near Ireland. There is information that despite the fire on board, he managed to land successfully, however, when rescuers arrived, he disappeared without a trace. No one was able to figure out where the airliner could have gone.
In 1952, a plane went missing C-124 Globemaster, whose crew consisted of 52 people. 60 years later, its fragments were found in the ice. Presumably, he had an accident due to poor visibility.
In 1962, another plane went missing - FlyingTigerFlight. The best search teams searched for this liner, but, alas, no remains or wreckage were found. The circumstances of this tragedy have not yet been clarified, since the weather was clear at that time, the plane was prepared for departure very carefully, and it was flown by an experienced pilot.
In 1965, the plane C-119 disappeared in the Bahamas under unclear circumstances. Even the approximate place where he could have disappeared has not been established. Interestingly, some people associate this case with alien abduction.
In 1972, an airliner disappeared in Chile while flying from Santiago. There is information that he collided with a rock, as a result of which half of the people on board died.
1978 - the airliner disappeared Cessna 182L, which was flown by a 20-year-old pilot.

The missing planes don't end there. In more modern times, there have also been incidents involving aircraft disappearing without a trace. It’s impossible not to remember these liners:

1979 - half an hour before departure, a Boeing 707-323C freight plane suddenly disappeared along with 6 crew members. Extensive searches were carried out but did not yield any results. It is still unclear where this aircraft could have gone.
1989 - a Fokker F27 regional plane, which was operating a domestic flight, disappeared without a trace. Even the most experienced search expeditions could not find him. There are several versions of what happened and even unidentified remains, but there is still no official confirmation that this is a Fokker F27.
1996 - the Learjet 35A business class airliner disappeared in America due to difficult weather conditions. He tried to sit up several times, but then suddenly disappeared and was never seen again. The crew consisted of only two people. They searched for this flying machine for about three years, but the search brought no results.

Many people have heard of the incidents called the “Bermuda Triangle”. Let's take a closer look.

Missing planes in the Bermuda Triangle

The excitement around the ill-fated Bermuda Triangle began in 1945. Then in December 5 bombers disappeared in the Atlantic area. In addition, under unclear circumstances, a rescue plane disappeared, which went in search of military vehicles. Then several training aircraft took off from the American airfield in order to carry out training, check flightability, etc. Their flight was supposed to last for three hours. The crew consisted of a pilot, navigator and radio operator. The training took place as usual, no emergency situations occurred until the pilot noticed that visibility had deteriorated significantly and the plane had gone off course. He was constantly in touch, but at some point it was cut off and no one else saw these planes. The search did not yield any results, despite the fact that the best rescue teams were involved. Moreover, the flying boat that was the first to go to help was also not found.

It is noteworthy that during the flight the pilot pointed out to the dispatchers places that were not even nearby in that area. It is not at all clear how he could have seen them, and why the remains of the planes were not found. There are many versions regarding this disaster. Some associate it with alien abduction, while others, on the contrary, refute this version in every possible way. Skeptics believed that the incident was related to weather conditions, which were unexpected in that area. There were also jet airliners flying there, which often cause plane crashes to this day. As we can see, the opinions are completely different.

Many newspapers, books, and even films were made about this incident. The public was shocked after this news. Many could not understand how experienced pilots on aircraft that had endured the most difficult military tests could disappear without a trace while performing a training flight. In addition, the area in which they were located was painfully familiar to them, since they had flown over it many times during World War II. In general, the story of the Bermuda Triangle is very mysterious and incomprehensible. There are still no exact versions of what happened, only assumptions. It is naive to associate them with UFO, since the reasons could have been various unforeseen circumstances. Flying on an airplane is always a big risk. Any emergency situations can happen in the air, so only big dreamers can believe that lost ships are somehow connected with aliens.

One of the most “convincing” versions of the disappearance of planes

Modern missing planes that were never found

The 21st century, unfortunately, is also rich in tragedies, as a result of which planes went missing. Here are the most famous:

In 2007, a single-engine plane crashed in the United States, resulting in the disappearance of the famous pilot who was flying it. The pilot had a lot of successful flights under his belt, so what happened shocked all of America. The search lasted a very long time. Only in 2008 were the wreckage of a similar aircraft found. It was never possible to prove exactly that it was Belanka Super Decathlon.
In May 2009, a new mysterious incident occurred. The airliner A330 was flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. During the flight, the pilots reported to dispatchers about poor visibility, after which contact with him was lost forever. Later, the remains of a similar airliner were found, but again, it was not possible to prove that it was an A330. No one could survive that disaster.
2012 - a disaster in Russian Federation. An An-2 aircraft with 12 passengers on board took off without permission in an unspecified direction. The reasons for this behavior of pilots have not yet been clarified. The plane got lost along the way and was never seen again.

Many people know the story of a Boeing 737 plane that was flying from Greece and suddenly disappeared from sight. Let's find out in more detail what kind of disaster it was and what the outcome of those events was.

Read more about the Greek plane crash

The history of air transportation knows many different cases, and not always positive ones. Many people are hearing about the tragedy that happened in Greece. It involved a Boeing 737 aircraft. It all started with the passenger airliner heading along its usual route Larnaca - Athens - Prague in standard mode. It was well prepared in advance and tested several times for reliability. After some time, dispatchers lost contact with the ship. Greek Air Force F-16 military rescue ships were sent to find him.

They searched for the plane for several hours. As a result, they even managed to overtake him a little. Later, dispatchers were informed that the pilots of that plane were unconscious, which naturally led to the disaster. The airliner crashed near Athens. It is noteworthy that the steward who was on board this car had a pilot's diploma, but he did not take control, as a result of which a terrible tragedy occurred. Later, a case was opened about the crash of the Boeing 737. It turned out that the cause of the accident was depressurization of the cabin. The ground services were to blame for this because they forgot to turn on the auto-pressurization of the cabin. So forgetful resulted in the death of 121 passengers. Those involved in the incident were punished, but this did not help restore hundreds of lost lives. Eyewitnesses of this tragedy still remember with horror what happened, when an entire crew of people died due to irresponsibility.

As we see, there are many cases of missing planes. We considered only the most famous ones, data about which was not hidden from the public. Some mysterious stories have an explanation, while others are still legendary. Missing planes that were not found will forever go down in history. They will be talked about for a very long time, films will be made, books will be written, etc. But unfortunately, the lists of lost or crashed aircraft are regularly updated. The causes of tragedies are varied, from ordinary human carelessness to serious technical problems. Be that as it may, every year there are thousands of flights around the world. Some make successful landings, while others end up in disasters.

Despite the danger and stories of missing planes, people continue to fly on planes, and their popularity is growing rapidly. For example, residents of Russia often use an airplane to get to a particular city, since a train trip in some cases can take several days. Moreover, the plane is considered the most reliable mode of transport. According to statistics, people die in road accidents many times more often than in airplanes. In 100 years of passenger aviation, only 150,000 people died

About undiscovered riches, they will inspire you to start your own expedition for treasures that have not yet been found. But they exist!

● 2000 year old menorah

Almost 1950 years ago, in 70 AD, the Romans sacked the Temple of Jerusalem and made off with a valuable menorah. They brought it to Rome because the menorah is depicted on the Triumphal Arch of Titus. It is believed that it was installed in the Roman Temple of Peace, which burned down in 191, after which the fate of the relic is no longer known.

● Imperial Seal of China

The Imperial Seal, also known as the Hereditary Seal of the Throne, was made of jade in 221 BC. It passed from dynasty to dynasty until the 10th century AD, and then information about it disappeared.

● Royal Jewels of England

King John (13th century) was so despised by people that since then no monarch has given this name to his heirs. After the signing of Magna Carta, John fled from his enemies, taking with him the crown jewels of England. On the way, the king fell ill and his luggage was lost. It is possible that the jewelry drowned in the waters of the Wash.

● Scepter of Dagobert

The scepter was made of solid gold in the 7th century and was intended for the coronation of King Dagobert. Until 1795, the scepter was kept in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, and then disappeared without a trace.

● Florentine diamond

The Medici family's large yellow diamond originally came from India and was rumored to be 137.27 carats. At the end of the 17th century, when the last of the Medicis died, the Florentine diamond began to belong to the imperial family of Austria. At that time it was valued at $750 thousand. During World War I, the family took the diamond with them into exile in Switzerland. Since then his whereabouts have been unknown.

● Treasure of San Miguel

The San Miguel was a Spanish ship carrying precious metals and stones that the Spanish king hoped to sell to finance his war of succession. In 1715, a ship with cargo sank near Cuba, and its cargo continues to be searched to this day.

● Thomas Bale Code

In 1816, Thomas Bale and his comrades stumbled upon a large number of gold and silver, hunting in the Rocky Mountains. They carefully hid the treasure, and Bale wrote an alphabetic code hinting where exactly it could be found. He then put the letter in a box and gave it to the owner of a hotel in Virginia. Bail never returned for it, and so far no one can decipher the note.

● Lost Gold Mine

Back in the 1840s, prospectors found a gold mine in the Superstition Mountains (Arizona). Its location was soon lost, and only several decades later the mine was allegedly found by German immigrant Jacob Waltz. It is said that on his deathbed he described the route to the mine to his neighbor, however, it was never found.

● Confederate Gold

After the end of the Civil War in 1865, millions of dollars in gold were found to be missing and have been the subject of speculation by historians and treasure hunters ever since. Some believe that the Confederates hid part of the treasury, awaiting the revival of the South. And others put forward the theory that part of the treasure - about 140 million dollars - lies at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

● Faberge eggs

Beginning in 1885, the Russian Tsar presented family members with precious eggs made by the jeweler Faberge. There were 50 eggs in total, all of which were confiscated by the new government in 1917. However, seven eggs literally disappeared into thin air. By the way, in 2012, one of them was discovered by an American scrap metal dealer standing on a shelf in his home.

● Leon Trabuco's Gold

In the early 1930s, Mexican millionaire Leon Trabuco organized several mysterious flights into the New Mexico desert. There were rumors that he and his partners hid gold there. Soon they all passed away under mysterious circumstances, and the secret of the hidden gold died with them.

● Royal box

This large wooden box contained 73 precious relics that once belonged to Polish monarchs. At the beginning of World War II, the box was taken to the city of Siniawa in southeastern Poland and hidden. Since then, neither the box nor its contents have ever been seen again.

● Forrest Fenn's Lost Treasure

In 1988, Vietnam veteran and treasure hunter Forrest Fenn was dying of cancer, so he put all his wealth in a chest, intending to hide it somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. He defeated the disease, and then published a poem containing all the keys necessary to discover the chest. Fenn, now 87, estimates that about 65,000 people have already been to the mountains, but no one has yet found anything.

Treasures are not only for pirates. Perhaps these stories of undiscovered riches will inspire you to start your own expedition to find treasures that have not yet been found. But they exist!

? 2000 year old menorah

The Imperial Seal, also known as the Hereditary Seal of the Throne, was made of jade in 221 BC. It passed from dynasty to dynasty until the 10th century AD, and then information about it disappeared.
? Royal Jewels of England

In 1816, Thomas Bale and his companions stumbled upon a large amount of gold and silver while fishing in the Rocky Mountains. They carefully hid the treasure, and Bale wrote an alphabetic code hinting where exactly it could be found. He then put the letter in a box and gave it to the owner of a hotel in Virginia. Bail never returned for it, and so far no one can decipher the note.
? Lost Gold Mine