When I was doing the post on last words, I was reading about Ambrose Bierce and his disappearance. I've always thought that disappearances are very odd (and quite depressing) but here are some notable ones from througout history.
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[Note: all of the following have an article or more on Wikipedia. That's were I got my info...]
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The Princes in the Tower
These were two illegitamate sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. Their names were Edward V of England (1470–1483?) and Richard of Shrewsbury, first duke of York (1473–1483?), and they were placed in the Tower of London in 1483. Nothing was heard of them after that.
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These were two illegitamate sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville. Their names were Edward V of England (1470–1483?) and Richard of Shrewsbury, first duke of York (1473–1483?), and they were placed in the Tower of London in 1483. Nothing was heard of them after that.
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John Cabot
John Cabot was an Italian explorer. He is often noted as the first modern European to discover America. He, along with 4 other ships, dissapeared while trying to go west from Europe to Asia.
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John Cabot was an Italian explorer. He is often noted as the first modern European to discover America. He, along with 4 other ships, dissapeared while trying to go west from Europe to Asia.
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The Corte-Reals
Gaspar Corte-Real was a Portuguese explored who was trying to find a NW passage from Europe to Asia int he early 1500s.
His brother, Miguel Corte-Real was also a Portuguese explorer who disappeared while searching for his brother Gaspar.
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His brother, Miguel Corte-Real was also a Portuguese explorer who disappeared while searching for his brother Gaspar.
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Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was an English explorer (1570-1611) who was set adrift by fellow crewmen and never heard from again. His widow, Katherine, tried to find him, but there was no trace.
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Henry Hudson was an English explorer (1570-1611) who was set adrift by fellow crewmen and never heard from again. His widow, Katherine, tried to find him, but there was no trace.
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Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce, an American writer (notably of THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY) very much like Edgar Allan Poe, disappeared in Mexico while travelling. In a letter shortly before his disappearance, he is said to have written:
"Good-by — if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico — ah, that is euthanasia".
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Anastasia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and her family were the last of the Romanov autocratic dynasty in Russia (early 1900s). Her family was murdered in 1918 in a house sometimes referred to as "The House of Special Purpose." Some say that she was murdered with her family, while it is also claimed that she survived the executions. In th 1990s, the remains of most of the family were found, but those of Anastatia and her brother Alexei remain missing. Some researchers say they were buried in a "seperate, undisclosed location." This has not been proven and her death remains a mystery.
Her identity was claimed by Anna Anderson, but these claims were found to be false.
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Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was a British archaeologist and explorer who was lost while trying to find a lost city in Brazil. He named this city only "Z". It was supposed to be in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil; the city, Fawcett, and Fawcett's son Jack are still yet to be recovered.
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Felix Moncla and Frederick Valentich
I'm just going to directly quote Wikipedia on this one:
Felix Moncla, Jr was a United States Air Force pilot who disappeared while pursuing an unidentified flying object over Lake Superior in 1953. The Air Force reported that Moncla had crashed and that the "unknown" object was a misidentified Canadian Air Force airplane, but the RCAF disputed this solution, reporting that none of their craft were near the area in question.
This is not the only aircraft disappearance associated with a UFO; over two decades later, Australian Frederick Valentich vanished after reporting an unusual object near his small plane.
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Roanoke Island - The Lost Colony
Roanoke Island was an early American settlement in what is now NC. [The Outer Banks region] The city appeared abandoned and its occupants gone without a trace.
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For more click below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_disappeared
Ambrose Bierce, an American writer (notably of THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY) very much like Edgar Allan Poe, disappeared in Mexico while travelling. In a letter shortly before his disappearance, he is said to have written:
"Good-by — if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican stone wall and shot to rags please know that I think that a pretty good way to depart this life. It beats old age, disease, or falling down the cellar stairs. To be a Gringo in Mexico — ah, that is euthanasia".
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Anastasia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and her family were the last of the Romanov autocratic dynasty in Russia (early 1900s). Her family was murdered in 1918 in a house sometimes referred to as "The House of Special Purpose." Some say that she was murdered with her family, while it is also claimed that she survived the executions. In th 1990s, the remains of most of the family were found, but those of Anastatia and her brother Alexei remain missing. Some researchers say they were buried in a "seperate, undisclosed location." This has not been proven and her death remains a mystery.
Her identity was claimed by Anna Anderson, but these claims were found to be false.
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Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was a British archaeologist and explorer who was lost while trying to find a lost city in Brazil. He named this city only "Z". It was supposed to be in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil; the city, Fawcett, and Fawcett's son Jack are still yet to be recovered.
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Felix Moncla and Frederick Valentich
I'm just going to directly quote Wikipedia on this one:
Felix Moncla, Jr was a United States Air Force pilot who disappeared while pursuing an unidentified flying object over Lake Superior in 1953. The Air Force reported that Moncla had crashed and that the "unknown" object was a misidentified Canadian Air Force airplane, but the RCAF disputed this solution, reporting that none of their craft were near the area in question.
This is not the only aircraft disappearance associated with a UFO; over two decades later, Australian Frederick Valentich vanished after reporting an unusual object near his small plane.
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Roanoke Island - The Lost Colony
Roanoke Island was an early American settlement in what is now NC. [The Outer Banks region] The city appeared abandoned and its occupants gone without a trace.
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For more click below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_disappeared
2 comments:
"People don't just disappear, genius."
"Try telling that to Amelia Earhart."
She was on the list, too. I just thought the post was getting horribly long.
And...wow.
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