i wish to find a lost city
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
creepiest mysteries of real life
expeditions
mr wilmura is not just
climber he is a hero in japan
this grainy film records the last time
amelia earhart and fred noonan
are ever seen alive for 300 years the
ice defeated every challenger
for this list we're looking at various
failed expeditions in which the manner
of the disaster or the whereabouts of
the parties involved remain
unsolved can you think of any more
failed expeditions
let us know in the comments below number
10 the corche heals
the corchahio family of explorers
consisted of brothers gasper and miguel
and their father juan vas their voyages
were sponsored by the portuguese crown
and it's believed that they reached
various parts of eastern canada
including the province of newfoundland
in 1501
gasper endeavored on an expedition that
landed in what is presumed to be
labrador
while there his expedition captured
dozens of indigenous citizens and
brought them back to portugal
however the ship containing gasper was
lost on the return voyage and was never
recovered miguel set out to find his
brother but one of the three ships
the same one miguel was on failed to
show up at a planned rendezvous
both corchagio brothers were lost at sea
in the same area
and under similar circumstances number 9
the vivaldi expedition
like the previous entry this one
concerns two brothers
vendino and ugolino vivaldi two 13th
century genoese explorers
their expedition left genoa in may of
1291
in search of an ocean route from europe
to india the expedition reportedly
sailed down the moroccan coast and made
its way to modern day cape none
however this was the last known sighting
of the brothers and they disappeared
shortly after
years later ugolino's son sorleone
searched for his father and uncle to no
avail
another sailor antonioto uzodimari
claimed to have met the descendants of
the survivors of the vivaldi expedition
the descendants maintained that one ship
was stranded while the other was
captured
number eight naomi weimura when you
think of failed expeditions
you typically think of old-timey stories
involving wooden ships
but not so with naomi weimura mr weimura
is
not just climber he is a hero in japan
this japanese adventurer was famous for
doing strenuous activities completely
solo
like reaching the north pole and rafting
the entire length of the amazon river
in japan he is known as the animal for
the toughness he has displayed on his
many adventures
in february of 1984 wimota was
attempting to climb denali
the highest mountain in north america he
reported making it to the top
but failed to reach base camp in the
following days rescue efforts were
further delayed
as they feared offending the solo
adventurer much of his gear was
eventually recovered around 17
000 feet but there was no sign of
weimura hope
reluctantly gave way to doubt 11 days
after naomi yuramura made history
the search ended the leading theory is
that he fell
injured himself and was subsequently
buried by the heavy snow
number seven james knight the northwest
passage has claimed many lives
perhaps most famously those of the
ill-fated franklin expedition
they were 25 miles off the coast
out of sight of land actually and there
was nothing around them but
but pack ice just a wilderness of white
and empty pack
eyes it also claimed the life of james
knight the director of the hudson's bay
company
knight set out with the albany and the
discovery ships in 1719
to locate the northwest passage but they
were never seen
again for 300 years the ice defeated
every challenger
research indicates that they likely
grounded in shallow water and made their
way to marble island in modern day
nunavut where they interacted with the
local inuit
a small encampment was later found on
marble island with items belonging to
the albany in discovery
as for the men it was reported and
remains likely that they died from
natural causes
including sickness and famine number six
george bass and the venus bass was a
british man who served as both a ship's
surgeon
and explorer famed for his expeditions
to australia
fun fact he was one of the first people
to describe the wombat
on february 5th 1803 bass and his ship
venus set out from australia
and were never seen again in 1806
three years after venus's departure bass
was officially declared lost at sea
it's unclear what happened to the ship
although many fanciful explanations have
been put forth
like the crew being captured by the
spanish and sent to work in their silver
mines
it makes for a good story but it's an
unproven one nonetheless
it's likely that they sank at sea but
this too remains unconfirmed
number 5 ludwig lightheart another
famous explorer of australia was
germany's ludwig lightheart
lightheart primarily explored north and
central australia
with his first expedition reaching as
far south as brisbane
in 1848 lightheart began his journey
from the condamine river in the hopes of
getting to swann river
the expedition was last seen in the
darling downs on april 3
1848. despite numerous search parties
very little evidence of lightheart's
expedition was found aside from some
tree engravings
a small brass plate and some artifacts
found with native aborigines
although their link to lightheart
remains mere speculation it's believed
that the exhibition either perished from
natural causes in the great sandy desert
or were taken by locals number four
the la perusa expedition lieutenant la
peja was a french naval officer who was
personally appointed by louis xvi to
lead a scientific expedition around the
world in the late 18th century
their objectives were numerous like
completing unfinished maps
establishing trade allies and
discovering new ocean routes
setting sail in 1785 the expedition
disappeared in 1788 following a stop in
australia
and it's said that louis xvi asked about
the status of la pegus on the morning of
his execution
it would be centuries until small
answers were given after taking off
the ships had reportedly wrecked on the
coral reefs of vanucorro
and it's said that a large majority of
the survivors were slaughtered by the
locals
the survivors of the massacre sailed
west but what happened to them
remains a mystery number 3. percy
fawcett
i wish to find a lost city readers of
the lost city of zed or fans of the
amazon movie
will certainly know the exciting story
of percy fawcett fawcett was a british
archaeologist who vehemently believed in
the existence of zed
a supposed lost city located in the
jungles of brazil
in 1925 fawcett his son and his son's
friend
set out to find zed what did you hope to
achieve
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i don't know their last known
communication was on may 29th
when fossett sent a letter to his wife
countless theories have been put forth
regarding the expedition's fate
with some claiming that they died of
natural causes in the forest
while others claim their lives were
ended by an unwelcoming local tribe
amigos
amigos amigos
we'd like to believe that they found
some lost mythical city and ended up
staying there
but the truth is likely far more tragic
number two
amelia earhart this grainy film records
the last time
amelia earhart and fred noonan are ever
seen alive
the story of amelia earhart is perhaps
the most famous
aviation based tale in modern history
and it seems like every year we get some
answer regarding her ultimate fate
while she's now known as the pilot who
disappeared she was enormously popular
in the early 20th century for her
numerous aviation accomplishments
the magnificent thing about emilia is
that in the eyes of the world
she never died her fear never witnessed
her failure never recorded in 1937
both earhart and navigator fred noonan
attempted to circumnavigate the globe in
a lockheed model 10e
electra but disappeared somewhere around
hawaii
not a trace of wreckage was found
floating
there was no mayday call there was no
distress call for 70 years
investigators have been trying to solve
the earhart enigma
literally countless theories have been
put forth regarding their ultimate fate
like living castaway style on gardner
island and getting captured by the
japanese
unfortunately the truth is likely far
more mundane
they ran out of fuel and crashed into
the pacific
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
richard halliburton he disappeared
attempting to sail the sea dragon across
the pacific
daniel houghton he likely starved in the
sahara and his body was picked clean by
scavengers
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abu bakr ii also known as abu bakr
the ninth mansa of the mali empire
abdicated his throne in favor of ocean
exploration
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pong jammu chinese explorer who likely
dehydrated in the lupnor desert
george mallory famous climber
disappeared on everest for 75 years
until his body was found in 1999.
and i looked over to my right and all of
a sudden i saw a patch of white
that wasn't rock and it wasn't snow and
all of a sudden i'm gonna go look over
here and as i started traversing closer
to this
i saw what appeared to be the lower part
of a leg
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number one the diatlov pass incident
much
has been made of the diathlov pass
incident and it dwarfs the earhart
disappearance in terms of outlandish
conspiracy theories the basic story is
that nine russian hikers passed away
in the slopes of the chaletsyacol in the
late 1950s leaving behind some
mysterious evidence
this is the last photo taken by the
hikers before they died
it's out of focus but it seems to show
mysterious lights in the sky
they had reportedly fled from their tent
in a panic and their bodies showed signs
of trauma
it's undoubtedly quite a story but much
like earhart the truth surrounding their
fates is likely mundane
the evidence here is both extensive yet
maddeningly incomplete
and until we fill in the gaps the case
cannot be fully closed
that is an avalanche forced them to flee
the tent quickly
they grew disoriented in the dark and
died of exhaustion and hypothermia
as for the missing organs that was
nothing but hungry animals happening
upon the bodies
or it could be aliens extraterrestrial
life
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