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Picture generated with AI Location: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela Dates Active: Unknown Category: Strange Weather Cause: Unknown; possibly surrounding geography, methane producing swamps, uranium, or a combination of factors. Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 010824E-00018 Summery:   The site of the most consistent thunderstorms on the planet. In Depth: If you happen to like thunderstorms and lightning, then this is a location you might want to put on your bucket list to visit. You just might want to wait until the political climate in the area cools down before you go making travel plans. Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela happens to have a very unique weather phenomena that happens over it: near constant lightning storms. In fact, there is a thunderstorm over the lake for more than five months out of every year, with these storms producing up to 40 strikes per minute. Related Entries and Connections : Connections: Strange Weather Last Updated: March 16, 2024

Picture generated with AI Location: Norilsk, Siberia, Russia Dates Active: July 3, 2018 Category: Strange Weather Cause: Rust removal Status: Closed Entry ID: 010824D-00017 Summery:   The sudden appearance of blood-red rain startles locals. In Depth: Striking pictures of crimson puddles and red-colored cars started circulating online when a stint of otherwise normal rainy weather around the Nadezhdinsky nickle and copper processing plant turned to what appeared to be blood. Of course, this time there was a rather mundane answer as to what all this red stuff was. Instead of being some biblical plague or toxic chemical leak, it was the remnants of a rust removal cleaning at the plant. Piles of rust dust and debris had been being prepped for disposal off sight when a strong wind blew portions of their contents all over the cars in the lot, which no one would have probably noticed until the rain started mixing with the rust, turning it blood red. External Links (Last checked Jan...

Picture generated with AI Location: Gonzales, Louisiana, United States of America Dates Active: 1950s to Present Category: Ghost Lights, Haunting Cause: Unknown; Ghosts, Ignis Fatuus Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 010824C-00016 Summery:   An odd light that appears along Roddy Rd between 10:00pm and 11:00pm at night, with local legends blaming various ghosts. In Depth: In the 1950s kids started daring each other to sit out on a quiet stretch of road late at night, trying to catch a glimpse of a ghost. Supposedly, a light would appear floating along the side of the road sometime between 10:00pm and 11:00pm. Stories have been passed around saying that they know the reason for this strange apparition, one involving the ghosts of parents visiting their daughters grave by candlelight, the other a rail worker who was decapitated by a passing train and searches for his head using the light of a lantern. However, there are those that simply brush it off as ignis fatuus (swamp gas.) Related...

Picture generated with AI Location: Orange River, South Africa Dates Active: Unknown Category: Cryptids, Monsters Cause: Mythology, Natural Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 010824B-00015 Summery:   A half-elephant, half-snake monster that somehow survived from the beginning of time, known locally as the Grootslang. In Depth: Hiding somewhere in the jungles and caves located around the Orange River between South Africa and Namibia, there supposedly resides a giant snake-like creature with the features of an elephant. This semi-aquatic creature can range from 20 to 50 feet in length, and is incredibly strong and intelligent. Known as the Grootslang (or Grote Slang) Stories of the creature start at the literal beginning of time (making it primordial), where the Grootslang hid from the gods to keep itself from being split into more... sensible creatures like snakes and elephants. It supposedly hid in a cave that was full of diamonds known as the 'Wonder Hole', and would viciously gu...

Picture generated with AI Location: Crater Lake, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: Unknown Category: Ghost Lights, Haunting Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 010824A-00014 Summery:   Strange fires have been seen on the island for years, though no evidence of burning or smoke has ever been found. In Depth: Crater Lake is home to its own lion share of strange stories, one of this involves Wizard Island located in the middle of the lake. The island has rumored to be home to spirits with legends stemming from Native American cultures. Supposedly these spirits would light ghostly fires at night, which could be spotted from the rim of the lake. Investigations to the island have never found any evidence of any such fires. One such story involved Ranger Janet Kirwan, who claimed to have spotted a bonfire with ten people dancing around it. She made her way to confront the illegal campers, but when she reached the spot where she had seen the fire no one was around a...