A forest can be a terrible place shielded by dense plant life all kinds of strange things could
go unnoticed by the outside world entire lost cities have spent centuries hidden within forests
only to eventually be discovered usually by dumb explorers who think they are Indiana Jones
endless mysteries lie within the forests of our world in every country and continent today we look
at forest mysteries that are yet to be solved from a man-eating tree to bizarre artifacts
in 1874 a German explorer made an extraordinary claim according to his story he had recently
returned from Madagascar where he spent time with a native tribe one day the natives took
him deep into the forest to a tree unlike any other its branches were long and thin
and seems to move in a snake-like manner without warning his guides brought forward a woman
and pushed her towards the tree on getting close its branches wrapped around her neck
and limbs tearing her apart and soaking the soil in blood news of his man-eating trees soon spread
some believed it some did not but no one knew for certain
three years ago something strange occurred at Washington's Olympic park late at night a deep
fud was heard from within the forest it was loud enough to register as an earthquake but
this was no earthquake the next morning 100 trees were discovered to have been knocked over
as if blown down by a giant storm but data showed no storm or strong winds had taken place
in fact there was no sign at all of what had done this the day before some claims to have heard a
strange rumble while inside the forest still now the cause of this destruction remains a mystery
in 1898 a Swedish immigrant to America found a medieval runestone
tangled in the fruits of a tree it was written in Viking era Norse runes and dated to the year 1362
once translated it told the story of Viking explorers
who somehow made it to what is now Minnesota but with many of the crew dying there
many historians spoke out either in support of the runestone or to claim it was a complete hoax
if legitimate it would prove Vikings traveled much further than previously thought but some say it is
really a cryptic message a code that is yet to be understood many have spent their lives studying it
England's Rendlesham forest has been notorious since 1980. in that year strange lights were
sighted above the forest as a us air base was not far away two American soldiers were sent
to investigate according to their story they discovered a real-life ufo in the forest
it was a three meter wide triangular craft hovering just above the ground
a recovery team sent soon after did not find the ufo only three holes in the ground many
at the airbase reported seeing ufos in the sky van night including the deputy base commander
while there is little evidence to support these accounts many believe aliens visited that night
in a forest in northern new Mexico can be found mysterious wooden structures and no one knows why
with the appearance of a teepee the wood piles are gigantic some of which being three stories high
no one knows why these structures are created or who buy but in recent years their frequency has
been increasing many believe they are evidence of bigfoot or were created by a local satanic cult
I blame the Chinese new Mexico is a terribly mysterious place and also a mysteriously
terrible one in 2013 a man noticed some old stone pillars in the lobby of a hotel several centuries
old they were assumed to be native American but these symbols on it seem to be middle eastern
specifically those used by the knights templar no historical record mentions these stone pillars
but they were found in a nearby forest one theory is that the forest is important to freemasons
or to another secretive group either way those who know its origin are likely all long dead
for generations it has been said a strange monster lurks in the forests of new jersey
ten feet tall it has the head of a horse cloven hooves sharp talons and large bat-like wings in
1909 hundreds reported encountering the jersey devil with local newspapers making it famous
many reported being attacked by the monster their cars being flipped over by its brute strength
according to legend it has occupied the forest since the early 1800s Napoleon Bonaparte's
brother Joseph once claimed to see the Jersey Devil it was just one of countless encounters
in 1924 a British explorer claims to recover a strange object from a forest in central America
believed to be of Aztec or Maya origin it was a large crystal skull
she took the skull back to Europe where researchers carefully examined it
they concluded the skull was genuine speculating it could be 12 000 years old
rumor spread it possessed some kind of magical power and had a constant temperature of 21 degrees
then within a decade the skull disappeared into a private collection and has not been seen since
in southern England is a bizarre structure no one can explain
just outside a small village it is known as the lady in the woods
it is nine feet tall and carved from a single piece of oak according to local legend a polish
soldier stationed here built it during the war but died in action before he was able to take credit
another legend tells of which is erecting it as a place of worship but I think it was made
by a local artist who got bored it looks like the kind of thing a vegan would make
across the world mysterious abandoned staircases have been found in forests known as stairs
to nowhere they have become a popular topic of discussion in recent years but the reason behind
their existence remains unclear literally leading to nowhere you might assume they are last remnants
of a demolished building but usually they are in remote areas where clearly no building has been
it is an incredibly strange phenomenon with more being found every year some claim they
are simply art installations but with so many in existence I find that hard to believe most believe
there is something much more sinister going on but what who builds these stairs to nowhere and why?