10 Unexplained Mysteries: Paranormal Phenomena

Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, is an animal that is believed to live in Britain’s largest lake, Loch Ness, in Scotland. Some believe it to be a living member of the dinosaur, Plesiosaur. Others think it is could be a giant eel or a long-necked seal. Various organizations have tried to search for the creature. Most notably, the team Discovery Loch Ness tried to find Nessie using sonar. The team’s system picked up a rare kind of underwater disturbance from stored energy and had three sonar contacts.

Philadelphia Experiment

The Philadelphia Experiment, also known as Operation Ghost, was an alleged naval experiment in the Philadelphia Naval shipyard in 1943. The USS Eldbridge, a Destroyer Class ship, was thought to be the subject of an experiment involving force fields. Witnesses of the event claimed that the ship turned completely invisible for a period of time. It was also reported that the ship was physically teleported to Norfolk, Virginia before it returned to Philadelphia. Many members of the crew became ill and died shortly afterwards. The crew also reported strange happenings during the experiment itself. Some became “embedded” in the ship itself and others were able to “walk through walls”. If the experiment had indeed happened as it was claimed, then the US Military had access to teleportation technology as early as the 1940s.

Sathya Sai Baba

A South Indian guru, religious leader, and a miracle worker. He is known for his miraculous manifestations of various objects. He has materialized sacred ash, food, small objects, necklaces, and watches from his bare hands-even before large audiences. He has explained the phenomenon as being an act of divine creation. His clothing is a loose cloth wrap and contains no pockets. He has refused to perform his materializations under experimental conditions because he says that the approach using science was improper. He says that spiritualism transcends the senses and in order to understand spiritual power, you can do so only through the path of spirituality and not science. In the houses of his devotees all around the world, there are claims from observers, journalists, and devotees that sacred ash, holy water, statues of deities, sugar candy, fruits, herbs, colored string, and writings on walls spontaneously materialize in their homes.