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6 Famous Unsolved Mysteries (With Really Obvious Solutions)

cracked.com — At the heart of pretty much every 'paranormal' phenomenon you find some lonely, attention-seeking soul, or several of them, willing to put a spooky little twist on an otherwise boring story. But it usually doesn't take a whole lot of examination to find the truth.

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  • BeShirtHappy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+46The Bermuda Triangle was really big when I was a teen and early twenties. I just realized I haven't heard anything about it in several years... interesting. I think this is where Elvis is, btw.
  • lovemorgul, on 10/02/2008, -1/+43great horned owl- put that on a tshirt!
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -1/+43It's funny how people wanna believe what they're spoon fed instead of checking it out for themselves or even thinking about things logically. Keeps things interesting I guess.
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -2/+35How did they expect to solve any mysteries without CSI around at the time?
  • AdeleMor, on 10/02/2008, -0/+30I still want to know where that other sock goes.
  • Clark1984, on 10/02/2008, -0/+28I once saw lights in the sky. The clouds weren't normal at all, they were, like, all dark. Water was falling from them and these rods of light kept turning on and then off really quick. I'm not lying, craziest ***** I've ever seen.

  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -1/+29That time I lost my wallet should have made the cut. It was truly a harrowing experience.
  • ssquared22, on 10/02/2008, -0/+26Ever since I was a child, the Roanoke Colony story has freaked me out a bit. Now, I have no idea what to think.
  • T00NY, on 10/02/2008, -1/+25The mountain of the dead story is a corker! Yeti's and Aliens!
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -2/+24Send in scoobydoo!
  • divinediva, on 10/02/2008, -2/+22I wish to know and watch what is going in the deepest point in the ocean.
  • AmyVernon, on 10/02/2008, -0/+18C'mon, we all know the Bermuda Triangle is a portal into another universe. It's where the "Lost" island is.

    But, c'mon, no Roswell? Sheesh.
  • noletrain, on 10/02/2008, -0/+17Scooby Doo would have solved all of these cases.
  • PReitz, on 10/02/2008, -0/+15If that's what the stats say, then it must be true....and you sound like you know what you're talking about, so I'm going to go ahead and believe you :)
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -2/+17 woh i love mysteries
  • Smokeydabear, on 10/02/2008, -0/+14You know Larry King looks like an owl.
  • steve9924, on 10/02/2008, -0/+13woohoo ...!! tinfoil hat time !
  • e61iuser, on 10/02/2008, -0/+13***** horse creeps me out man!
  • Slovenian6474, on 10/02/2008, -2/+15I thought the Hopkinsville incident was interesting.

    Few other famous unsolved mysteries
    Mothman
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

    Flatwoods Monster (also said to be an owl)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster
  • Cancerkitty, on 10/02/2008, -1/+14Exactly right. It's just more interesting to believe in something spooky and unexplained than the mundane.
  • skabyss, on 10/02/2008, -0/+11Dugg for Cthulhu
  • jquipp, on 10/02/2008, -0/+10Right on the money. I've heard a stat saying that only 2% of people actually think for themselves ... the rest just follow. Hmmmmmmm.
  • casspa, on 10/02/2008, -0/+9Wild Card Bitches!
  • carnitas, on 10/02/2008, -1/+10Wow, that last one was not so difficult
  • vbullinger, on 10/02/2008, -0/+8Stop spreading disinformation, runner1! Here's the real story about where "the other sock" goes.

    My sister and her husband have had this phenomenon happen to them on many occasion. So much so, that they knew something was up. Socks disappearing left and right. They had to know.

    They had to know.

    One day, they had to clean under the couch. So, they moved it.

    Boom! Sock jackpot! ALL of their missing socks were there, under the couch, in a pile. I'm not kidding.

    As they collected their socks, their pet ferret got very upset. This was his sock pile.

    Every time they did laundry or left their socks otherwise unattended, their ninja ferret would steal a sock and hide it in his treasure trove.

    There is your answer: ferret ninjas.
  • Coultrain, on 12/25/2008, -0/+8I love this type of stuff, specially during this time of year! The horse was ***** up though...
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -2/+9This is a great list, bu they could have added a few more ***** stories that are easily debunked. FOr example ***** insane racist Cynthia McKinney is claiming that during hurricane Katrina, Bush sent in death squads to execute 5,000 prisoners and then buried all the bodies in a swamp. The story was on Digg, and the comments were completely buying her fairy tale. It didn't matter to these idiots that there are no 5,000 prisoners missing, or where their families were demanding an answer. They don't care that she is a known nutjob and thinks the world is run by Jews. People just like to believe in crazy *****. Anyone in the thread who mentioned the obvious holes in her claims were buried and accused of "being in on it" It amazes me anytime something is unexplained, loonies automatically blame aliens, the government, yeti, or that god damned Loch Ness monster. See a fuzzy shape float by a surveillance camera image? Must be a ghost. ***** loons.
    Here's the article that was on Digg, if you want to lose total faith in humanity, just read the comments. http://digg.com/world_news/Cynthia_McKinney_claims ...
  • snareguy17, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7Bigfoot riding a sea monster? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    *edit* And what if he was riding a go kart?
  • lesleye, on 10/02/2008, -1/+8Ha ha! Very amusing, although to be honest the Bermuda triangle was the only one i've heard of. Maybe it's coz i is British...
  • ScottRTL, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7yeah, the villain would have been the first person they met at the beginning of the episode...
  • wrek, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those pesky kids!
  • freeridstylee, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6What about the unsolved mystery of Nicole Smith and Ronald Goldman?

    I think I know the solution, and it comes fresh squeezed from Cali.
  • anderzole, on 10/02/2008, -1/+7kudos for a 4 headed goat!
  • llamagod, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6It seems like Cracked articles just keep getting better and better..
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6Didn't ATHF solve the mothman mystery? All he wanted was Master Shake's spotlight...
  • granolajoe, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6I shat brix at the sight of the "Real Bermuda Triangle"
  • boneit, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6You mean, nothing other than all the life they found over three and a half years ago?

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/02 ...
  • gregkr, on 10/02/2008, -0/+6That still doesn't explain what's in my fridge.
  • samo21, on 10/02/2008, -2/+7You mean the Mariana trench? You mean that place where they found absolutely -nothing- ?
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5Looking at the comments now, they seem to have evened out, it wasn't like that when I first saw it. But my point is, people are so easy to blame the government or the supernatural or extraterrestrial sources for anything they can't explain. Example: Ghost Hunters hasn't been canceled. After 3 or 4 years of running around pretending to look for ghosts, and never finding anything, people still tune in, hoping that this week, we will finally get the ghost of Old Man Jenkins on film. " Wait, did that chair just move by itself off-camera? Yes, I'm sure it was six inches to the left! Ma'am, you're house is obviously exhibiting signs of a paranormal infestation. If you would just buy these anti-spirit crystals for the low low price of $999, no more ghosts will bother you."
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5I heard it's just more interesting to believe in something spooky and unexplained than the mundane, and that only 2% of people actually think for themselves.
  • sabach, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I hope you didn't say that out loud. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
  • Slovenian6474, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Ah, that's a double-sided statement.
  • specialbuddy1, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Paulding Light should be on there. The lights are just cars from 5 miles away. http://www.backwoodswisconsin.com/paulding_light.h ...
  • Sife, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4As opposed to "solved" mysteries?
  • HouseofEl, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4After reading that I want to know what it's like to get "mid 1950s Kentucky drunk".
  • Clumber, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Put it on a t-shirt and I'll buy.
  • g30ph, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4There was a show on I think The Science channel in which a guy proposed and then proved his theory about the triangle. Pockets of natural gas are released, and ships and even planes above them can no longer stay afloat or in the air, and just drop or sink. Then the currents of the water carry them far away, so divers can't find them.
  • graemee, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4Yeti's on Seamonsters FTW
  • kenij, on 10/02/2008, -0/+4I prefer to debunk them, and then completely ignore my conclusive debunkations, and believe them anyway.
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