Mystery & the Unexplained

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India

The WhatsApp Message That Came 16 Years Late

Ramesh Ganjhu left his family home in Jharkhand after a dispute and disappeared for 16 years. A WhatsApp message helped his family locate him in Chennai, where his son was living only a few kilometres away.

8 Aug 2026 5 min read

Zimbabwe

She "Fell From the Sky" at 4am

At about 4am in Nkulumane, Zimbabwe, residents heard a strange sound outside a house and found a naked elderly woman lying inside a yard. People gathered around her as stories spread that she had fallen from the sky.

7 Aug 2026 8 min read

Chad

The Wedding That Looked Like a Crime Scene

A viral video appeared to show armed bandits celebrating in Nigeria before one man was shot. The truth was different: the footage came from a wedding in Chad, where celebratory gunfire struck the groom.

7 Aug 2026 7 min read

Argentina

The Masterpiece Hidden in Zillow

A portrait missing for about 80 years appeared above a sofa in a Mar del Plata house listing, helping investigators trace a Giuseppe Ghislandi painting linked to a collection seized during Nazi rule.

7 Aug 2026 7 min read

Mystery

The Chicken Who Used the Cat Flap

Seventeen-year-old Uriah kept finding chicken eggs on his bed. His mother suspected a prank until the family discovered that Lola the hen had learned to enter the house through the cat flap.

5 Aug 2026 6 min read

Mystery

The Tooth That Wasn't Hers

A woman found a tooth in her bathroom sink after brushing her teeth. She initially thought she had lost it, but a dentist said it appeared to belong to an older person. Her husband also said it was not his.

3 Aug 2026 4 min read