There are numerous chilling mysterious events around the world related to ghosts, aliens, supernatural phenomena… that remain unexplained to this day.
6 Mysterious Events Yet to Be Solved
1. The Devil’s Footprints
This mysterious event occurred in East Devon, England, in February 1855. It remains one of the most chilling unsolved mysteries. After a heavy snowfall, locals discovered strange footprints imprinted in the white snow. These mysterious footprints formed a long straight line and followed a single direction. They appeared in various places, from rooftops, drainpipes, and walls to haystacks. Some footprints stopped in desolate areas and mysteriously vanished.
“The Devil’s Footprints” in England stirred public interest for a time.
In 2009, mysterious “Devil’s Footprints” were found in the snow again. Various theories emerged to explain this mysterious phenomenon. Some suggested that the “Devil’s Footprints” were a prank by someone trying to tease the locals. Others speculated that the strange footprints were made by a demon.
2. The Mysterious Dyatlov Pass Incident
In 1959, nine young students went skiing in the Ural Mountains, Russia, and experienced a mysterious accident, never to return. This group of nine students left their tent at midnight without shoes, skis, or warm clothing, walking out into the freezing weather.
The scene where two students were found dead under mysterious circumstances while hiking.
The bodies of two students were found dead from hypothermia next to a tree, positioned as if they were trying to climb it. A week later, the bodies of the remaining seven were discovered. However, what was strange was that the victims’ bodies had mysterious injuries, with some having fractured skulls, missing tongues, and others buried in the white snow…
This tragic accident has left investigators puzzled as they search for clues, but the cause of the incident remains unknown to this day. This story has become a significant mystery. The location where the nine students set up their tent before passing away is now known as “Dyatlov Pass.”
3. The Kelly-Hopkinsville Alien Encounter
Witnesses reported that aliens visited the Kelly-Hopkinsville area in 1955.
In 1955, residents of Kentucky, USA, were abuzz with reports of alien visitors in the Kelly-Hopkinsville area. Numerous witnesses, including state and local police, reported sightings of aliens to the authorities.
According to witness accounts, the aliens were 0.9 meters tall, had pointed ears, long claws, and thin arms and legs. These extraterrestrial beings had a silver hue. Although they did not enter the houses, the aliens were seen at the windows and doors, causing panic among those inside. They immediately fled and called the police. Due to the lack of concrete evidence, this remains a major mystery that challenges humanity about the existence of aliens.
4. The Atlas Vampire
Lilly Lindestrom was a 32-year-old divorced woman living in Stockholm in the 1930s. She lived in a small apartment and worked as a prostitute. On May 1, 1932, she was planning to celebrate Labor Day with her friend Minnie Jansson, a 35-year-old woman who lived in the same building and worked in the same profession. Lilly was nicknamed “the call girl” because she was the only one in the building with a telephone.
Lilly received a call from a potential client asking if he could come over. Lilly agreed, and Minnie went home. Minnie only saw her friend alive for a brief moment that day when Lilly came to borrow a condom. A few hours later, when Minnie knocked on Lilly’s door, there was no response. Minnie thought that Lilly had gone to celebrate Labor Day with the client.
Lilly Lindestrom was found murdered in her home (Photo: Getty Images)
It was not until three days later that someone reported to the police. When they forced the door open, Lilly was found face down on the bed, naked, with a condom still at her rear. She had been killed by three blows to the head with a blunt object. Her clothes were neatly folded beside her.
Many other perplexing details surrounded the murder. In the room, there was a large bloody ladle. Further investigations revealed that the blood belonged to Lilly, and the murderer had used the ladle to drink her blood. Despite the authorities’ efforts, details of the murder leaked out, and the local press dubbed the murderer the Atlas Vampire, after the area where Lilly lived.
Eight of Lilly’s clients were investigated, but none were suspects. Minnie did not recognize the voice on the phone she had heard, but said the man sounded gentle and polite. There were no fingerprints or suspicious items left at the crime scene. One theory suggested that the murderer could have been a police officer who struck Lilly with a baton and knew how to cover up the crime. Regardless, the identity of the murderer remains a mystery.
5. The “Green Children” of Woolpit
In the 12th century, two children were found in Suffolk, England, with strange green skin, and it was believed they were extraterrestrial inhabitants.
According to historian William of Newburgh, the two children were discovered at the entrance of a wolf’s den during the harvest season. These children could not speak any language, had green skin, and were dressed very unusually.
What astonished everyone was that the children did not eat any food for several days until they were given beans. Thanks to the beans, these two strange children survived for a few more months until they learned to eat bread. After being baptized for a short time, the boy died, while the girl grew up, losing the green color in her skin and began to learn English.
The origins of the green children remain a mystery.
This girl later explained that she and her brother came from a sunless island, illuminated only by very faint sources of light. Many believed the two children came from St. Martin’s Island – an entirely green island. The girl did not understand how she and her brother ended up on this island. She was later named Agnes and took a royal member named Richard Barre.
Many explanations have been proposed to account for this phenomenon. Some believe these “green” children came from a secret world connected to ours through a wolf’s den. Others suggest that the wolf’s den is a portal leading to a parallel universe that exists alongside ours. Many believe the two children were aliens who accidentally wandered onto our planet.
The most widely accepted theory states that this incident occurred in 1173, during the reign of King Henry II. At this time, Henry II ordered the hanging of Dutch immigrants, leading to a series of conflicts. The proponent of this theory, scholar Paul Harris, suggests that the children lived in Fornham St. Martin, a small village not far from Woolpit. After the village was destroyed and their parents were killed, the two children drifted into Thetford Forest and lived there without sufficient food, resulting in anemia. This condition is believed to have caused the green pigmentation on their skin. It is possible that these children heard the bells at Bury St. Edmunds and wandered into a flint mine that dates back to the Stone Age, approximately 4,000 years ago.
This is why, when they were discovered, the English thought they were extraterrestrial beings.
However, what the true nature behind this phenomenon is remains an open question for us.
6. Bella in the Wych Elm
Numerous paintings, photographs, storybooks, and even songs have drawn inspiration from the legendary case of “Who put Bella in the Wych Elm”, yet the identity of the victim remains shrouded in mystery to this day.
The story began in 1943 when a boy named Bob Farmer and a few friends climbed an old wych elm tree on the former estate of Lord Cobham; these carefree children were completely unaware that they were about to ignite a mystery that would last for decades. Inside the dead and hollowed trunk, the children discovered a human skull with only a few teeth and a tuft of hair remaining. Terrified, they agreed to place the find back where they found it and never speak of it again, but a boy named Tommy Witells could not bear the pressure and told his parents.
The skull found of the victim.
The police quickly intervened and found the remainder of the body, which was reduced to white bones covered by tattered pieces of clothing; one hand still bore a gold wedding ring while the other hand was missing. All of these remains were scattered within the decaying trunk of the wych elm. The woman was identified as having died at around 35 years old and had given birth once. Investigators believe she died from asphyxiation and had been in this tree for at least a year; what chills many is the theory that she was placed in the trunk of the wych elm while still alive and then suffocated there. The victim’s right hand was later found in a nearby area, and a piece of taffeta fabric was also discovered in her mouth. Aside from this, no further information about the victim, including her name, has been uncovered.
This mystery has now aged 75 years, longer than Bella’s life if she had not died that day. Although the case has somewhat reached a dead end, many still hope that the identity of “Bella in the Wych Elm” will be established to alleviate some of the pain for the deceased.
