This Mysterious Rotating Island Has Finally Been Explained
Hello people, how many of you love to go hiking in dense forests?
Cutting through thorns, crossing brooks and dodging wild animals, all make up for a thrilling
cocktail!
Now add some mystery to this cauldron and you’ve got the ideal holiday plan ready,
uhmm, only for the adventurous lot!
So if you fall in this category, your next escape plan is chalked out.
Just pack some food, water and a big tent to set up home near the northeastern edge
of Argentina!
Wait, did we forget to tell you what’s so special about this place?
Nope, we were building your curiosity and now that it is at its peak, we can begin the
show!
In the marshy lands of Parana Delta, near the north-eastern edge of Argentina, lies
a mysterious island that apparently rotates on its own axis.
Excuse me, what?
A rotating island, this belongs more in a movie about aliens!
But this mystic piece of land is very much real and awaits you after you’ve fought
your way with the hurdles in the path!
Does that sound too poetic?
Okay then, “The Eye” can be found using the coordinates: 34°15'07.8'S 58°49'47.4'W.
Is that better?
Haha, that look on your face says it all!
Moving on, you might want to know how this weird island was discovered and much to your
delight, we’ve got the answer!
In early 2016, Argentine film director & producer Sergio Neuspillerm was looking for filming
locations for a film about paranormal occurrences, like ghost and alien sightings, in the area.
He was doing a recce of the area and found gold on Google maps!
Yes, the picture of the island had been on Google maps before anyone had reached the
place.
Internet is indeed a gift of sorts and Google maps is our bae!
Seems like we are dangerously close to going off track, time to straighten up!
So back to the island and its name, which by the way sounds weird.
Why would we call an island, “The Eye”?
We can blame the naming on Sergio Neuspillerm- the man who found the island!
The answer is in a video where Neuspillerm says, “When locating this reference in the
map we discovered something unexpected that left the film project in the background, we
call it ‘The Eye’.”
Don’t be disheartened because he added the reason with, “The Eye is a circle of land
surrounded by a thin channel of water with a diameter of 130 yards.
Both circles are so perfect that it is hard to believe that this is a natural formation.”
Are you understanding what this man means?
The island is basically an almost perfect circle floating in a water body which is also
a circle!
This is the first we are hearing of such an occurrence and since nobody had landed on
the island before Neuspillerm, we can most likely take it as a natural formation!
So when Neuspillerm found the picture on Google Maps, he knew he had to see it with his own
eyes!
So he set out in search of it along with Richard Petroni, a hydraulic and civil engineer from
New York, and tech expert Pablo Martinez.
The team trekked through the marshy surroundings, trying to find an entry point, but were unable
to make their way to the island.
On their second attempt, they succeeded but their visit to know the island led to more
questions instead of answers!
The place was extremely strange but at the same time, kept them intrigued.
What they discovered there was nothing like they had seen before!
The water was incredibly clear and cold, something totally unusual in the area.
But that was not the end of surprises.
In the filmmaker’s words, “The bottom is hard in contrast to the swampy marshes
surrounding it and the center part floats.
We don’t know over what, but it floats.”
It is true, the island actually floats!
The locals had a different take on the matter and believe that a circle within a circle
represents God on earth.
It might sound nice to hear but not sufficient to make a documentary and thus Neuspillerm
was NOT SATISFIED!
When there were barely any answers to the numerous queries the team had, they decided
to set up a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-fund a second expedition to The Eye in order to
learn more about its origins and purpose.
You’d ask why they got involved in all this when there was a movie to be made based in
that area!
Well, they had dumped the project before they set on this expedition because hello, who
wants to make a movie on fictional aliens when you have a real discovery waiting for
you?
Anyway, back to the campaign and what it gifted them.
With 157 backers, the campaign raised only $9,698 of the $50,000 goal.
Cry for Argentina where $50,000 for a movie cannot be raised while in Hollywood this amount
is a bar tab!
So the team’s hopes of coming back with scuba gear, geologists, biologists, UFOlogists,
specialized drones and more are crashing!
No money, no expedition and hence no scientific answers.
But what we do have is a story from UFO expert, Scott C Waring.
He set up UFO Sightings Daily in 2010 and it quickly attracted legions of true believers
from around the world.
Scott believes that the island is basically an alien base because hello, it is big enough
to fit a 100 meter UFO through it.
Like that explanation is enough!
What this man claims is that the island’s movement hides the opening of the base that
is set underwater.
He’s got followers and a lot of people believe his opinions about UFOs and aliens but in
this case, the story might be far-fetched, depending upon your perception.
Contradicting the alien claim, someone called Daniel Roy Finkley came up with a very different
idea about the mystery of the island and is not shy about voicing his opinions.
This man claims that The Eye is not as big a deal as we are making it out to be.
It is one of the dozens of formations with more or less irregular edges.
They are apparently a characteristic natural environment of the coast.
There is also a YouTube video that shows several similar formations around Argentina.
So maybe the island is no big deal after all and we are running after something insignificant!
What do you think is the story behind the mysterious rotating island?
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