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Bermeja, a tiny uninhabited island to the northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula, seems to have done just that. One century, it's sitting pretty at 22°33' N, 91°22 E in the Gulf of Mexico; the next, it's vanished, confounding maritime investigations and aerial surveys alike. And the Mexican people want to know where it went.

Back in the 16th and 17th centuries, Bermeja was a common fixture on maps drawn by Spanish explorers. Its location sometimes varied slightly, its name occasionally appeared as Vermeja, but its existence seemed certain enough. But from the 18th century, the island's cartographic presence started faltering, before it eventually dropped off the horizon altogether. Its last mapped appearance dates back to the 1921 edition of the Geographic Atlas of the Mexican Republic. So what happened to it?

Theories abound regarding Bermeja's mysterious fate. Was it a casualty of global warming and rising sea levels? Did an underwater earthquake shake it clean off the radar? Or did the CIA blow it up, as conspiracy theorists suggest, with a view to expanding US sovereignty in the oil-rich Gulf? Far-fetched, perhaps, but not entirely far out.

In 1997 the Mexican and US governments negotiated a treaty to divide Hoyos de Dona, a stretch of international waters taking in the area where Bermeja was once believed to be located. Seized by a renewed interest in the long-lost island's existence, the Mexican government sent an expedition out to find it. After all, if Bermeja did exist, it would significantly extend Mexico's maritime limits – and, more importantly, its right to the oil deposits within these limits.

The search yielded nothing and the treaty was signed. But with the authorized period of delay on oil exploration and exploitation in Hoyos de Dona set to expire this year, Mexico is on the hunt once more. The implications for the country's economy are just too appealing to ignore.Three official investigations took place in 2009. All three used the most whizz-bang technologies at their disposal, leaving no wave unturned and no depth unplunged. Yet Bermeja remained elusive. Could it be time to admit that the island never existed? That it was invented by early explorers to mislead their rivals? Julio Zamora, president of the Mexican Society of Geography believes so: 'Countries making maps in the 16th and 17th centuries published them with inaccuracies to prevent their enemies from using them.' One strategically placed fake island, and aspiring usurpers would be dissuaded from venturing that way, thus allowing the map-makers free run of the area.

Irasema Alcántara, from the Geography Institute at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), disagrees. 'We've encountered documents containing very precise descriptions of Bermeja's existence…On this basis we firmly believe that the island did exist, but in another location.'

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[LotusBud]

lol All kidding aside, I'm very interested in the JFK assassination. I've watched tons of docs on it.

So have I. And I've probably read hundreds of articles about it.

Clearly, it weren't Lee Harvey who done it.

 

[LotusBud]

Hello RANCIDMILKO. :)

To be honest I never heard of this house until today. Looks intriguing though.

I visited that house once. A very interesting place.

 

[Alticus]

I visited that house once. A very interesting place.

Hey Lotus

I envy you. I'd love to see it.

 

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In the annals of history, there exist tales that capture the imagination and curiosity of generations. One such enigma is the baffling case of D.B. Cooper, also known as Dan Cooper, the elusive hijacker who vanished into thin air with a fortune and left behind a trail of intrigue. His audacious act of air piracy, known as the Cooper Case, unfolded over the rugged landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. This captivating narrative continues to bewitch both amateur sleuths and seasoned investigators alike, as the mystery surrounding Cooper’s true identity and ultimate fate persists. Join us on a journey through the shadowy corridors of the Cooper investigation, where fact and speculation intermingle, and the truth remains tantalizingly out of reach.

Oregon, in particular, holds a significant place in the Cooper legend. The ruggedly majestic Columbia River Gorge served as a potential location for Cooper’s disappearance. The vast expanses of Oregon’s wilderness continue to inspire speculation and exploration, as individuals search for clues or stumble upon remnants that may shed light on the enigma surrounding Cooper’s fate.

On a chilly November evening on November 24, 1971, an unassuming man known as Dan Cooper approached the ticket counter at Portland International Airport. The nondescript gentleman appeared to be in his mid-40s. He was reserved and quiet; the kind of person who would draw little attention, and rather simply blend unassumingly into the airport crowd. Clad in a business suit, black tie, loafers, and a trench coat, Cooper purchased a $20, one-way ticket to Seattle-Tacoma Airport aboard Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305. Little did the unsuspecting crew and passengers realize that this unremarkable passenger would soon orchestrate one of the most audacious acts of air piracy in history.Aboard the plane, nothing seemed amiss. Cooper ordered a bourbon and soda from his 18-E aisle seat, comfortably settling in for the 2:50 pm takeoff. U of O student Bill Mitchell was sitting directly across from Cooper, while another nearby passenger, Robert Gregory, was seated nearby. Later, they would both give nearly identical physical descriptions of the nondescript man calling himself Dan Cooper. Gregory would attest that the man in question was likely of Mexican or Native descent, due to a somewhat darker facial complexion, while two flight attendants put his height at around 5’10”. His only luggage was a briefcase and a brown paper bag.

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In Australian law, death is generally defined as either irreversible cessation of circulation of blood in the body of the person or irreversible cessation of all function of the brain of the person. National Health and Medical Research Council. This definition applies to all states except Western Australia, which has no statutory definition of death.

Brain death (irreversible cessation of all function of the brain) means death of both the upper brain and brain stem. A person who is brain dead has lost both the capacity to think and perceive, as well as the control of basic body functions. Court challenges to consider upper brain death alone have so far failed, but history suggests that our current definition of death is far from permanent.

In the future it may be possible for individuals to define death for themselves by specifying under what circumstances they want to be considered dead. There is already provision for this in some countries. For the Roman Catholic Church death is the 'complete and final separation of the soul from the body'. However the Vatican has conceded that diagnosing death is a subject for medicine, not the Church. In 1957 Pope Pius XII raised the concerns over whether doctors might be 'continuing the resuscitation process, despite the fact that the soul may already have left the body.' He even asked one of the central questions confronting modern medicine, namely whether 'death had already occurred after grave trauma to the brain, which has provoked deep unconsciousness and central breathing paralysis, the fatal consequences of which have been retarded by artificial respiration.' The answer, he said, 'did not fall within the competence of the Church.'

It remains for the doctor and especially the anesthesiologist, to give a clear and precise definition of 'death' and the 'moment of death' of a patient who passes away in a state of unconsciousness. Pope Pius XII Followers of religions like Zen Buddhism, and Shintoism believe that the mind and body are integrated and have trouble accepting the brain death criteria to determine death. Some Orthodox Jews, Native Americans, Muslims and fundamentalist Christians believe that as long as a heart is beating--even artificially, you are still alive.

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Everything seems to be normal in the small town of Taos in New Mexico. Well, almost everything. In this town of about 4,700 residents, a strange phenomenon affects the population. It is called the Taos Hum — a strange humming noise like one that would come from an idle diesel engine left running.

Investigation into this low humming noise has not lead to any tangible proof of where this noise might be coming from. The whole thing gets weirder as people who hear it cannot get rid of the irritating persistent hum even by putting on earplugs! The noise is louder inside the house or contained environment than outside. Some people hear it all the time and some hear it at intervals. For some its gets so disturbing that it keeps them up at night. It is said that the humming sound began in 20 years ago but the exact time varies. However, when the reason or location of the noise could not be found, it gained so much importance that the people suffering from it contacted the United States Congress in 1993 and asked for help.

A serious investigation of the mystery began in 1997 with several science and science institutions getting involved to get to the root cause of the noise. They interviewed people who were affected by the sound and were surprised to find that the effects of the mysterious humming resulted in nosebleeds, feeling dizzy, vibrations, irritability and, of course, sleep disorders. The residents were of the opinion that it was due to some secret government project or military installations, which were based near the area.

Investigators and researchers came to no exact explanation to the cause of the hum but some of them attributed it to the possibility of electromagnetic waves which are caused by meteors. Another strange thing about the mysterious humming sounds is that more men can hear it than women. Also some people cannot hear it at all. What could generate this noise? And why is it in this specific location? Whatever the reason, do the people who hear it possess some kind of advanced and evolved hearing, which is yet to be discovered by science?

Also why has this phenomenon just started 20 years ago? If the rise of industry is the cause, then that happened much earlier. The answer to that could be the more advanced technology of today. But some are certain that the occurrence is due to supernatural phenomenon or even some sort of conspiracy to keep the real reason from the general public. To name a few interesting suppositions, the famous or infamous town of Roswell, which is supposed to have had a flying saucer crash in 1947, is pretty close to Taos. Furthermore, there was much strange flying aircraft activity reported in the region even after the initial alleged crash which was covered up by the United States military, stating that it was a weather balloon that had crashed. Then one also wonders if the “Trinity” atom bomb test in 1945 could have had triggered the phenomenon.

Just like the persistent humming, the story too does not end here. The noise has also been reported in other places in the world giving these “Hums” their local titles, like the “Bristol Hum” and the “Bondi Hum”. Interestingly, the Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand, tried to record the hum and reported that its power spectral density has a frequency peak of 56 hertz. The Bristol Hum was reported in the late 1970s in Britain. In some locations, volcanic activity nearby was the cause. Experts say that in the human body, the auditory nervous system too can create a humming sound called tinnitus. But why do people hear this sound in a particular location cannot be explained.

Interestingly, people with tinnitus can also hear and distinguish the Hum from their disorder. Then there is another scientific theory in which it is possible that hot gasses moving beneath the Earth can cause the vibrations and sounds. But all this is mere speculation. So far no one has come up with the proper or precise explanation of the Taos Hum or the same phenomenon in other areas. Some even attribute it to an advanced civilization below the surface, one that uses advanced technology. But for now it seems that the mystery endures and will for many years till its source is discovered. And last but not least, like all eerie stuff that goes ‘bump’ in the night, the Hum too increases as darkness falls.

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For nearly 30 years the killing of Tupac Shakur remained one of the music industry’s most enduring unsolved crimes. His 1996 murder near the Las Vegas strip sparked countless reports, books and documentaries seeking to determine who exactly was responsible for the death of the hip-hop legend.

But on Friday, authorities in Nevada announced they had finally made an arrest in the case. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former gang leader and one of the last surviving witnesses to the crime, was indicted for murder for allegedly orchestrating the drive-by shooting. Davis, prosecutors allege, admitted to serving as the “on the ground, on-site commander of the effort to kill Tupac”, after the rapper was involved in a fight with his nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, who was a longtime suspect in the killing.

“It has often been said that justice delayed is justice denied,” said Steve Wolfson, the Clark county district attorney, to the Associated Press. “In this case, justice has been delayed, but justice won’t be denied.”

The development, officials said, was made possible in part by Davis himself, who described his involvement in the drive-by shooting in a 2019 memoir. The killing of Tupac Shakur, the iconic and beloved artist who sold more than 75m records, drew intense public interest and a fascination that persisted for decades. Questions and conspiracy theories have long swirled around the case as has criticism that Las Vegas police bungled the investigation.

Shakur was gunned down just off the Las Vegas strip on 7 September 1996, while he was on his way to an afterparty with the Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight. Earlier in the evening the rapper had attended a Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand Hotel and afterward was involved in a physical confrontation with Anderson and several others, in which Shakur attacked Anderson over a previous conflict.

Later that evening, Shakur and Knight were riding in a BMW headed to a party in a convoy of about 10 cars. While they waited at a red light, a white Cadillac pulled up alongside them and fired eight shots. Shakur, who had been leaning out of the window to flirt with women in a nearby car, was hit four times and died less than a week later at age 25.

The rapper’s death came as he was feuding with rival Biggie Smalls, which fueled speculation about the role the east coast-west coast rivalry had played. But the case remained unsolved with police failing to pursue crucial leads – and ruling out Anderson as a suspect despite a tip from Los Angeles police that he had been the shooter. Anderson was shot and killed in a separate incident in 1998.

The rapper Yaki Kadafi, who was in the car just behind Shakur at the time of the shooting, told police in the immediate aftermath that he had seen the assailants driving a white Cadillac and could identify the killer. Las Vegas police did not follow up on the tip, and Kadafi was fatally shot in an unrelated incident months later.

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One September day, New York City suffered a devastating act of domestic terrorism, but that day was not the 11th, and the attack took place over 80 years before the most notorious terrorist attack on America. In 1920, an explosion in the Financial District of New York City killed 38 people, injured hundreds more, and caused damage that is still visible on some of Wall Street’s most famous buildings today. Although the attack has largely been forgotten, in terms of casualties, it was the worst act of terrorism in the United States until the bombing in Oklahoma City conducted by Timothy McVeigh in 1995.

The investigation into the bombing involved 10 government agencies and extended across the world, yet after three years of intensive work, investigators were finally forced to admit that they had no idea who had planted the bomb. Subsequent investigations have uncovered many suspects, but no one was ever charged with offenses related to the explosion, even as suspicions have always fallen on anarchists, political activists who sought revolutionary change.

In America, which had large immigrant communities, these movements gained increasing numbers of followers, so when a bomb exploded on Wall Street, the heart of the American financial system, it was perhaps natural that suspicions immediately fell on anarchist movements. Was this an attempt to destabilize capitalism in America or even to assassinate leading figures in the financial world? Finding clear answers to those questions proved beyond the capacity of the agencies tasked with investigating the bombing. Even now, there is no certain answer as to who planted the Wall Street bomb, but it has long been attributed to anarchists.

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In 1976, residents of Circleville, Ohio, began receiving threatening mail that has haunted them ever since. The letters were from Columbus but had no return address. They accused school bus driver, Mary Gillespie and the school superintendent of having an extramarital affair. One of the letters was even addressed to Mary’s husband Ron that threatened his life if he didn’t put a stop to the affair. In 1977, Ron died in a suspicious one-car crash that involved gunshots. However, when the Sheriff ruled the death an accident, other residents of Circleville began receiving letters accusing the Sheriff of covering up the so-called “accident.”

Ron’s sister’s husband, Paul Freshour, was convicted of writing the letters after there was an attempt to murder Mary via a booby-trap-rigged pistol. Even after he was thrown behind bars, the Circleville Letters continued throughout the 1970s and the early 1980s. Freshour even received one in prison. In 1994, Freshour was released, and he claimed his innocence until his death in 2012. The true identity of the Circleville Letter Writer remains unknown.

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[Bacon]

So boring. No one cares about this or any of your topics. Just leave.

 

[Alticus]

So boring. No one cares about this or any of your topics. Just leave.

Blow me

 

[Bacon]

Blow me

No. You probably haven't gotten it up since the 90's.. if ever.

 

[Alticus]

No. You probably haven't gotten it up since the 90's.. if ever.

I don't remember the 90s very well. One big blur.

 

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a serial killer known as “The Zodiac Killer” terrorized Northern California. There were at least five victims but later on, the murderer would claim he killed at least 37 people in total.

On Dec. 20, 1968, on Lake Herman Road in Vallejo, 17-year-old David Faraday and 16-year-old Betty Lou Jensen were shot and killed while sitting in a parked car in a gravel parking area. By the time police arrived, Betty was found dead but David was still alive. Unfortunately, he would die on the way to the hospital. This was the first murder that the Zodiac Killer conducted and got away with.

The Zodiac’s next crime would happen on July 4, 1969, in Blue Rock Springs Park, only a few minutes away from the previous crime. The Zodiac Killer approached a parked car with a flashlight and then murdered 22-year-old Darlene Ferrin and 19-year-old Michael Mageau. Both were still alive when found but only Mageau would survive. He was able to describe the shooter as a young, white male, 26-30 years old, a stocky build, 200 pounds or larger, about 5’8 with light brown curly hair and a large face. Within an hour, the police received a phone call from someone who claimed to be the shooter and the shooter in the Lake Herman Road murders.

On Aug. 1, 1969, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Francisco Examiner, and the Vallejo Herald all received a handwritten letter from someone who claimed to be the shooter. The letters revealed specific details about the killings to prove that the writer was indeed the murderer. All the letters were signed with a circle with a cross through it, the symbol that would eventually be known as the mark of the Zodiac Killer. Also included in the letter were three different codes that the Zodiac Killer demanded be printed in newspapers or else he would kill again. The Zodiac Killer said that the cracked codes would reveal his identity.

On Aug. 4, 1969, another letter was received that started with the phrase saying “this is the Zodiac speaking”, marking the first time the killer referred to himself as the Zodiac. On Aug. 8, the code was cracked by a couple in Salinas, California. The codes read: “I like killing because it is so much fun. It is more fun than killing wild game in the forest because man is the most dangerous animal of all to kill. Something gives me the most thrilling experience, it is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl. The best part of it is that when I die, I will be reborn in paradise and those I have killed will become my slaves. I will not give you my name because you will slow down or stop my collecting of slaves for the afterlife.”

After claiming three more lives and causing nationwide terror, the Zodiac Killer wrote his final letter on Jan. 29, 1974, concluding the letter with a new score “Me=37 SFPD=0.” The true identity of the killer has never been found.

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I think they broke his code just recently.

 

[Alticus]

I think they broke his code just recently.

I'm not sure but I think the mystery is his identity.

 

[Lily]

I'm not sure but I think the mystery is his identity.

Yeah, I know. One group claims to believe they've identified him. I don't think it's confirmed though.

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[Skidromofo]

According to my superior maths the killer was YO DADDY when the killing got done he moved y'alls up to Nova Scotia. So you see in my deductions were RIGHT ON THE MONEY about YOU.. you are a FAKE CANADIAN AND AN POW AMERICAN. i FINALLY BROKE YOUR CODES BRO.

SERIIOUSLY if I can be to you here fascinating case. I can read and watch all about it and not tire of it. Haunting for those that worked that case and the victims families

this i give you an 9/10 but don't let it get to your head.

 

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Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold was a wealthy New York socialite, the daughter of perfume importer Francis Rose Arnold and his wife Mary Martha Parks Arnold. As far as anyone knew she had a happy home life.

On the morning of Dec. 12, 1910, she left her home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and told her mother that she was headed downtown to buy an evening dress. According to The New York Times, when her mother asked if she could accompany her daughter, Dorothy said “No. When I find the gown I want, I will telephone you and you can come down and see it.” When she left the house, she had over $30 in her pocket. In today’s currency, that would be more than $750. On her way down 5th Avenue, she stopped at a grocery store on 59th Street to buy some chocolate, then at a bookstore on 27th Street where she bought a copy of Engaged Girl Sketches, a humorous collection of short romantic stories.

Around the time when she bought the book, she ran into a friend from college, Gladys King. The two talked about a party that they had both been invited to, the same party that Dorothy was buying a dress for. Gladys left to meet her mother for lunch and Dorothy was never seen again.

Francis Arnold was reluctant to gain publicity over his daughter's disappearance, and initially employed the help of private investigators. After those attempts were unsuccessful, the family filed a missing person report with the New York City Police Department in January 1911. Various theories, sightings, and rumors regarding Arnold's disappearance circulated in the years and decades after she was last seen, but the circumstances surrounding her disappearance have never been resolved and her fate remains unknown.

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Who is that guy, @Alticus ?

 

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On Nov. 29, 1981, around 7:30 a.m., actress Natalie Wood’s body was found floating face down in the Pacific Ocean about 200 yards away from Catalina Island’s Blue Cavern Point. She was wearing only a flannel nightgown, blue wool socks, and a red down jacket. Wood was one of Hollywood’s biggest stars up until the time of her death with roles that included Miracle on 34th Street and West Side Story. Eerily, Wood’s mother had given the fear of dark water to her daughter because a fortune teller had prophesied that she would die of drowning. As a child, it was reported that her fear of water was so great she was even afraid to wash her hair and had recurring nightmares about drowning.

Wood had been working on the film Brainstorm at the time along with actor Christopher Walken and was invited to join her and her husband, Robert Wagner on their yacht named the Splendor. According to the Captain and family friend, Dennis Davern, Wood had become infatuated with Walken during filming and Wagner had flown to the movie set to “make sure [he] wasn’t making a fool of [himself] over this.” The group left on the boat around 12 in the afternoon on Nov. 27, 1981.

Everyone on the boat, including the Captain, had been drinking for much of the weekend. On that Friday night, Wood and Wagner had argued to the point where Davern became concerned and asked Walken to get involved. Walken refused to intervene and is quoted saying, “Never get involved in an argument between a man and his wife.” Davern ended up taking Wood to shore that night using the ship’s dinghy, The Prince Valiant, and they slept at a hotel in Avalon. The next morning, they returned to the yacht and Wood agreed to spend the rest of the weekend onboard.

That afternoon, Wood and Walken went to shore to begin drinking at Doug’s Harbor Reef and Saloon. They had much to drink and their waitress reported Wood not eating much of her dinner and stumbling out of the restaurant when they were done. Walken and Wood boarded the dinghy and went back to the yacht around 10 p.m. A witness from the Harbor Patrol said they heard Wood scream about something, but they brushed it off because she was intoxicated.

Witnesses from a nearby boat claimed they heard shouts around midnight. However, there was a party going on nearby so they thought it was from the party and didn’t intervene. One of the witnesses, John Payne, said he heard a woman scream “Help me! Someone help me!” coming from the stern of the Splendor and potentially from a dinghy. He then thought he heard a man’s voice say “Okay honey, we’ll get you,” but the tone was so mocking which is why he thought the cries were associated with the party.

According to Wagner, there was a non-violent argument that broke out between him and Walken over politics. Wood wasn’t involved and quickly became bored and assumedly went to bed. However, Wagner didn’t realize she was missing until he went to go kiss her goodnight around 1:30 a.m. The Coast Guard was alerted and Wood was found floating six hours later about a mile away from the yacht with the dinghy not too far from her. Los Angeles County coroner Thomas Noguchi ruled the cause of her death to be accidental drowning and hypothermia. According to Noguchi, Wood had been drinking and she may have slipped while trying to re-board the dinghy. Wood’s sister Lana expressed doubts, alleging that Wood could not swim and had been terrified of water all her life and that she would never have left the yacht on her own by dinghy. To this day, her death remains a mystery.

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[Larry Loungelizard]

OJ did it.