there are hundreds of bizarre mysteries that are out there just waiting to be uncovered
sometimes these mysteries are solved by sheer coincidence
while others dedicate their lives to solving historical crimes
number five
many of us hold cherished memories of reading the book the little prince or having it read to us
by a parent or guardian many people don't realize that behind one of the world's most infamous books
is a historical mystery that has spanned decades and has only recently been solved the little
prince was first published in 1943 and written by antoine de saint-exupery at the outbreak of world
war ii saint exuberant utilized his previous aviation experience and decided to join the
french air force in their efforts to fight off the impending german invasion this wasn't a decision
that he took lightly and knew that it was his duty to dedicate himself to the french resistance
and play his part in stopping the axis forces during his time in the air force saint xupery
wrote the little prince along with many other books and short stories these provided him
with a sense of comfort and hope reminding him that despite the dark times he was living in
happiness was just around the corner little did saint exupery know that his book would go
on to provide millions of people around the world with the same happiness he felt while writing it
then in 1944 saint exupery mysteriously vanished without a trace while he was out performing a
reconnaissance mission everyone in his squadron was devastated when they returned to their base
only to find an empty spot where saint-exupery's plane should have been the air force searched day
and night for the missing pilot however all they found was an unidentified body wearing a uniform
everyone believed they had just found the remains of saint xupery and he was buried
days later but that still left the mystery of what had happened on that fateful day in 1944
it wouldn't be until 2004 that this decades-old mystery would finally be laid to rest french
scuba diving teams came across the remnants of a p-38 plane deep in the mediterranean sea the team
knew that they'd made the discovery of a lifetime and it wasn't until they cross-referenced serial
numbers with historical records that they realized they'd found the missing plane of saint xupery
following this baffling discovery a german soldier came forward and claimed responsibility for saint
xupery's demise telling authorities that he had shot down his plane sometime in 1944.
however the evidence recovered from saint xupery's plane
does not match up with this account and it's now widely accepted that he perished at sea
number four
marcellan and francine dumoulin lived a simple life in the village of shendolin in switzerland
after getting married the couple went on to have seven children marceline worked as a shoemaker
while francine worked as a schoolteacher in a small village to help provide for the
family not much else is known about the family's life with most news articles writing that they
lived a relatively calm and peaceful existence that all changed on august 15th 1942 when the
40 year old marcelon and 37 year old francine left the family home to go and milk their cows
according to their eldest daughter monique quote my father hugged me and promised he'd return later
that evening after tending to the cows sadly as the hours passed and the skies darkened there
was no sign of marcellan and francine de mullen as morning broke monique knew that something was
terribly wrong and ran over to a neighbor's house to ask if they had seen our parents
monique was horrified to hear that her neighbors hadn't seen them telling the daily mail quote
when she said she hadn't i started crying i knew it was bad a search was launched by the priest
a friend of my father the whole village helped but there was no sign no clues days turned into
weeks and soon the dumalin children realized that their parents were never coming home
they were sent to live with different families throughout the village but they were left
wondering what had happened to their parents then in july of 2017 the dumalin children received the
shock of their lives when investigators confirmed that the decades-old mystery had been solved
investigators confirmed that they had found the frozen bodies of their parents in a nearby glacier
they also confirmed that their bodies had been perfectly preserved after being frozen for decades
they were able to obtain dna samples which when compared to their surviving children produced a
match they also found personal belongings at the scene which bore the names marceline and francine
it's believed that the couple fell into a crevice where they laid unidentified for decades
after their bodies were discovered investigators worked with the children to arrange a funeral and
marceline and francine were buried together in a joint service at the local church
the dumalin children are grateful that their decades-long mystery
was finally resolved and they were able to say goodbye
number three
for those who went to school in north america you may be familiar with the uss indianapolis and the
disturbing mystery that will haunt the ship for many years the uss indianapolis and the crew
played a key part in world war ii and in july of 1945 they would unknowingly embark on their final
mission to the pacific island of tinian the u.s government had chosen the uss indianapolis and the
crew to embark on the mission that would almost guarantee the end of the war their mission was to
deliver components and parts for the first atomic bomb which later became known as little boy the
first part of their trip went without incident and the parts were delivered to the american soldiers
and scientists waiting for them just a week after this delivery little boy was dropped on japan and
completely changed world war ii forever it wasn't until the uss indianapolis was making its return
journey that they were attacked the ship and the 1197 men aboard were sailing through the
philippines when they were ambushed by japanese submarines one survivor recalled quote womb up
in the air i went there was water debris fire everything just coming up and we were about 25
meters from the waterline it was a tremendous explosion then about the time i got to my knees
another one hit womb in total there were two torpedoes fired at the uss indianapolis and within
12 minutes the ship had completely sunk multiple sos messages were broadcasted in the ensuing chaos
however no one came forward to rescue them and the us navy brushed the sos messages off as a hoax
for four days small pockets of survivors clung to whatever debris they could find
and then on the fourth day a miracle happened a navy plane was flying overhead and spotted the men
from there a recovery mission was launched and the remaining survivors were taken to dry land the us
navy were keen to cover up their shortcomings and began pinning the blame onto the ship's captain
they showed little interest in finding the uss indianapolis or offering support to the 317 men
who survived after that the ship faded from the minds of the us navy but not from the minds of
the general public years after the incident the ship began making its way into the spotlight again
thanks to the movie jaws while there was a renewed interest in the uss indianapolis and its crew
historians had no idea where the ship was and set out on a quest to find it it wasn't until 2017
when paul allen funded an expedition to find the missing ship that the historical mystery was
finally cracked allen was inspired to help find the uss indianapolis after a historian discovered
records of the ship's exact whereabouts in the hours before the tragedy 5500 meters below the
surface of the philippine sea allen's crew made a startling discovery after utilizing
sonar technology topographical data and historical records they'd finally found the ship in a press
conference allen said quote because this is a war grave and property of the us navy the specific
location is only provided to the u.s navy for them to administrate there have been no further
details released in regards to the ship but after 72 years the mystery has finally been solved
number two
for years the mystery of the blood falls in antarctica has baffled scientists and
the general public the mystifying falls were first discovered by griffith taylor in 1911
during what is believed to be one of the earliest antarctic explorations
taylor and his group of scientists were perplexed by the falls and dedicated their time to finding
it they hypothesized that red algae in the water was responsible for turning the water a blood
red color but it turns out they were completely wrong for over a century other scientists picked
up where taylor left off and examined the falls but were unable to come to a solid conclusion
the general public began speculating that the blood falls were somehow tied to aliens
or something otherworldly and bizarre conspiracy theories began popping up it wasn't until 2017
that the truth behind the blood falls was finally uncovered a team of researchers at the university
of alaska fairbanks decided to try and put an end to the mystery once and for all the team
wrote a paper that has since been published in the journal of glaciology and explained that the blood
red color of the falls is caused by the taylor glacier the taylor glacier feeds into the blood
falls which is packed with iron once the brine salt water of the taylor glacier meets the iron
it oxidizes and creates the deep red color that we're seeing cascading down the falls
number one
in 1979 a family was out searching for arrowheads in buffalo cave idaho when they came across a
strange burlap sack deep in the cave upon opening it up they found a headless torso
they immediately called the authorities and an investigation was opened then in 1991 a hand an
arm and legs of the body were discovered in the cave and forensic experts began their analysis
the experts were able to determine that the body was that of an adult male of european descent and
between the ages of 30 and 40. however without the man's head present identification proved almost
impossible as the man had been wrapped in a burlap sack and placed in the cave
his remains had been extremely well preserved and his postmortem interval was listed as 5 months
to 6 years despite their best efforts authorities in idaho failed to identify the unknown man
andy simply became known as the buffalo cave john doe those closest to the case never gave up hope
that one day he would finally get his name back then in 2019 the idaho state university reached
out to dna doe who provided forensic genealogical services to police forces across the u.s
with the use of forensic genealogy and family trees the dna doe project were able to track
down members of the buffalo cave john doe's family who agreed to take a dna test for comparison after
months of testing and waiting for the results they finally had their answers john doe had formally
been identified as joseph henry loveless of payson utah loveless was born on december 3rd 1870 and
had spent the latter years of his life running from the law according to historical records
loveless was accused of murdering his wife agnes and was swiftly arrested however just
days after being found guilty he broke out of his prison cell and became a fugitive of the law
loveless is now officially the oldest john doe to have ever been identified
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