10 Destinations with a Troubling History of Disappearances

10 Destinations with a Troubling History of Disappearances

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There are certain places in the world where you don’t necessarily have to have been there yourself to know what to expect. Disney World, for example, brings to most minds a childlike exuberance that defies age and circumstance. You also don’t need to set foot on Paradise Beach in Mykonos to know that it offers sun, sand, and a party atmosphere. A lot of landmarks around the world have a similar sort of effect. When you make the trip, you find it is just how you imagined it.
This effect also applies to locales with negative associations, whether connected to human suffering, natural disasters, or other tragic or even supernatural events. For instance, it may be hard to set sail on a cruise on the North Atlantic Ocean without remembering the RMS Titanic. You might also feel inclined to watch for the Mothman if you head to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, or scan the snow line for Yetis in the Himalayas. Some other areas are attached to something even more sinister: unexplained disappearances. Whether an ongoing phenomenon, a one-time mass disappearance, or other mysterious circumstances, many places on Earth are known to be where people go missing. Check out these 10 locations on land and sea with a long and unsettling history of disappearing acts. Related: 10 Expeditions That Mysteriously Disappeared 10 Suvla Bay The Haunting Disappearance of the Norfolk Battalion: A Wartime Paranormal Mystery Documentary Sulva Bay is on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in Eastern Turkey. It is home to hundreds of shipwrecks, with 216 occurring between April 1915 and January 1916 alone. But even more concerning is the bizarre weather phenomenon that resulted in a mass disappearance. In August 1915, an entire battalion of soldiers vanished after walking into a strange-looking cloud.
Onlookers reported seeing a large, silvery cloud slowly engulf a British colonel, 16 officers, and 250 soldiers in a forest near the coast. Eventually, the cloud rose and joined with several others before moving against a strong wind and disappearing from view. Later, 180 bodies were found scattered over one square mile (2.6 square kilometers) near a small farm. A witness said it looked like they fell from a great height. There is still no explanation for the deaths or missing men, but UFOs, a portal to a parallel universe, and secret chemical weapons are among the more sensational theories. Others include a silent, unseen battle between Turkish and British soldiers or the soldiers mistakenly attacking their own. [1] 9 The Sargasso Sea Why This Sea is So Strange Nobody Understands It The Sargasso Sea is a one-of-a-kind spot. In the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, it is the only sea without a shoreline. Sargasso is bounded by four currents, forming an ocean gyre (a circular or spiral ocean current). Huge mats of Sargassum seaweeds cover roughly 1/3 of the water’s surface, and the Bermuda Triangle sits near its western fringes. This unique sea also has a nasty habit of robbing sailing boats of their crews. “Graveyard of Ships” and “Sea of the Lost Ships” are some of the nicknames that have resulted from hundreds of stories of phantom ghost ships that have wandered its waters.
The best-known examples are the French ship Rosalie, the American schooner Ellen Austin, and the SS Connemara IV. Many other unnamed boats and yachts have also been found drifting solo between the 1960s and 1980s. There are even a few stories of ships found with the skeletal remains of their crew members. Many of these disappearances and deaths remain unexplained. [2] 8 The Flannan Isles The Flannan Isle Lighthouse Mystery The Flannan Isles are a group of seven rocky and uninhabited islands in Scotland. In 1899, a lighthouse was built on the highest hill on the largest island, Eilean More. Before the year was over, three of its lighthouse keepers disappeared. On December 7, 1900, Donald MacArthur, Thomas Marshall, and James Ducat began what was to be a two-week rotation as keepers of the li...