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Picture generated with AI Location: Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1881 to Present Category: Ghost Ship, Mass Deaths Cause: Shipwreck Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 012824I-00053 Summery:   The Lupatia went down with all hands on deck in a thick fog between the Tillamook Rock Light and the shore, but has been seen during foul weather here ever since. In Depth: In 1881 during the construction of the Tillamook Rock Light a sailing ship named the Lupatia got stuck in a thick fog bank near shoreline. Workers on the lighthouse heard the panicked sailors and tried to use lanterns to signal the ship from the highest point of the tower in order to let them known where to go. It appeared that the ship was able to correct its course at first, but the next day the bodies of all 16 of the Lupatia's crew washed up onshore. There was one survivor of the wreck though, and that was the crew's dog. Ever since that day, locals in Cannon Beach have witnessed a s...

Picture generated with AI Location: Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1880 to Present Category: Burial Grounds, Curses, Haunting, Lighthouses, Mysterious Sounds Cause: Multiple deaths Status: Closed Entry ID: 012824H-00052 Summery:   From hidden caverns underneath the water to ghosts, this isolated hunk of rock has seen more than its fair share of strange stories. In Depth: The story of Tillamook Rock Light began as one of tragedy and death from pretty much the moment the first person set foot on the craggy outcropping. Or at least the third person. The construction of the lighthouse at the location required several surveys in order to determine the best way to design the light, and while attempting to make it onto the rock for a third survey a man by the name of John Trewavas, who was experienced in building lighthouses in dangerous and remote locations, was swept off the rocks and into the large swells of the water and his body was never recover...

Picture generated with AI Location: United States of America Dates Active: 2006 to Present Category: Technology, Video Games Cause: Creepypasta, computer programmers Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 012824G-00051 Summery:   What started out as a fun little creepypasta about a sleep deprivation-inducing game mod could now very well be real thanks to some fans with too much time on their hands. In Depth: A story about a mysterious PC mod to the popular ARPG The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind appeared on several creepypasta websites, implying reality-altering abilities being added to a videogame (or at least causing hallucinations due to the severe sleep deprivation that people would subject themselves to in order to peel back its secrets.) Known as jvk1166z.esp, the file soon began to appear on file sharing sites, where curious fans began to download it in order to try and see if it really worked. While mostly a lesson in not believing everything you read, fans of the game and the creep...

Picture generated with AI Location: The Atlantic Ocean Dates Active: 1700s to Present Category: Curses, Demons, Ghost Ship, Omens Cause: Unknown; Deal with the Devil Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 012824F-00050 Summery:   A legendary ghost ship that was said to be doomed to sail the oceans forever, and was a warning for any sailors spotted her that they were headed for disaster. In Depth: The first written account of the legend of the Flying Dutchman was printed in 1790, which implied that the story was common amongst sailors of the time. Other versions of the story soon cropped up, but from them the main points of the story began to emerge: The Flying Dutchman was a ship that could not, for whatever reason, make it to port and cursed to remain at sea forever. It would appear to other ships in bouts of foul weather, and those that saw should take it as a bad omen. Additional flourishes appeared over time, such as ships that would come across the boat and wanted to make contact wit...

Picture generated with AI Location: United States of America Dates Active: 1953 to 1973 Category: Conspiracies, Human Testing Cause: Illegal government research Status: Closed Entry ID: 012824E-00049 Summery:   A secret CIA program that used illegal human experimentation to develop drugs and/or torture that could be used to brainwash people or force confessions, and used both American and Canadian citizens as test subjects. In Depth: Project MKUltra was a previously classified program created by the Central Intelligence Agency in order to test various drugs and methods of torture in order to manipulate people's mental state in order to brainwash them or force confessions from individuals. The project ran from 1953 to 1973, and explored the covert application of drugs, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, isolation, and verbal abuse, among others, in order manipulate people into certain states of mind for the purposes of both interrogation and mind control. Some of these tests were ...

Picture generated with AI Location: The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California, United States of America Dates Active: 1886 to 1906 Category: Haunting Cause: Boredom, Damage Status: Closed Entry ID: 012824D-00048 Summery:   This mansion was presumably under near constant construction by Winchester rifle fortune heiress to ward off the spirits of those killed by the weapon. In Depth: Sarah Winchester was the wife of William Wirt Winchester, who was son of Oliver Winchester, the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. When William passed away from tuberculosis in 1881, Sarah Winchester moved to California where she began construction on what was then known as the Llanada Villa, currently known as the Winchester House or Winchester Mystery House. The house itself is full of strange oddities, with unusually shallow staircases, staircases that lead to the ceiling, windows into other rooms or walls, and other confusing features. There were doors that opened up int...

Picture generated with AI Location: Los Angeles, California, United States of America Dates Active: February 25, 1942 Category: Conspiracies, UFOs Cause: Weather Balloon Status: Closed Entry ID: 012824C-00047 Summery:   United States anti-aircraft artillery fire upon an unknown object in the skies above Los Angeles during the early days of World War II. While some reports blame a weather balloon and 'war nerves' for the scare, many believe that the incident involved alien craft. In Depth: In the early morning hours of February 25, 1942, anti-aircraft artillery spotted a strange object in the sky over Los Angeles and began opening fire. The barrage lasted almost an hour, with almost 1,400 shells having been fired into the night sky. The five people were died in incident: three to car accidents that occurred from the blackout order or distracted driving and two to heart attacks. It turned out to be a false alarm: according to official statements made by various branches of ...