Mysteries Of The World Essay Research Paper

Mystery and the study of the unknown has always fascinated

people. The search for truth in the “uncomprehensible” has led to

many controversies. Some believe in the “supernatural”, while others

simply do not. Both types of people obviously have their own

reasonings for believing or disbelieving in it. There are numerous

world famous mysteries that are still controversial and remain

“unsolved” to this day. Some of these mysteries include the Loch Ness

Monster, the Abominable Snowman, and the Bermuda Triangle.

The Loch Ness Monster is a legendary animal that supposedly

resides in the depths of Loch Ness, a long narrow lake situated in

rural Scotland. Stories concerning the monster date back to the 6th

century A.D. The region was in complete isolation until a road was

built alongside the lake in 1933. Then large numbers of people

travelled through the region for the very first time. Over the years

thousands have reported seeing something in the lake. Most reports

depict a long neck surging from the water with a small head of a

unknown creature. Pictures have even been taken of this “creature”,

but most scientists however, refuse to believe any creature of this

kind lives in the Loch Ness. They claim that most reported cases are

simply products of overactive imaginations, and as for the pictures,

scientists say they are not lucid enough to distinguish items clearly,

and some pictures are dubbed as “fake”. A large number of non-

scientists believe however, that the Loch Ness is the site of a

breeding colony of large unknown aquatic animals, due to the fact that

Loch Ness was once an arm of the sea. Yearly summer investigations

have been conducted since 1963 in attempt to unravel the mystery.

Investigators have obtained films and sonar readings that indicate

that there just might be some unknown animal in the depths of the Loch

Ness. Evidence however, is inconclusive, and the controversy

continues.

Along with the Loch Ness monster, the abominable snowman

shares fame as one the great mysteries of the world. The abominable

snowman is a legendary creature of the Himalaya mountain region. It is

reported to live in forested regions near the snow line. This creature

is also known to some by the name Yeti. The abominable snowman is said

to walk upright and have the appearance of half-man, half-ape. Many of

the descriptions given to this creature are based upon the findings of

large, unidentified foot prints in the snow, found in the Himalayas.

In order to ascertain the truth behind the abominable snowman legends,

countless expeditions have been undertaken, and most turned up empty.

Today most experts hold the view that the “abominable snowman” is

simply a “fairy tale” and don’t take the matter seriously. The foot

prints used to support the legends, are thought by scientists, to be

prints of a bear or markings left my drifting snow and falling rocks.

The legend of the abominable snowman has been kept alive ’till this

day, mostly by the Sherpa, a tribe of people living in the Himalayas.

These people have always kept the belief that the abominable snowman

is a true fact of life. To them he is seen as a religious figure, to

be feared as well as protected. Without any concise evidence however,

no one can prove this legendary animal from the mountains exists, so

the mystery continues to baffle.

Like the Loch Ness monster and the abominable snowman, the

Bermuda triangle presents another intriguing wonder to the world. The

Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s triangle, is a triangular

area of the Atlantic Ocean (305,000 km2) where the disappearances of

ships, airplanes, and boats has led to the belief that “supernatural”

forces inhabit this area of the sea. More than 200 planes, ships, and

boats are believed to have disappeared in this triangle without a

trace. This includes over 1,000 seamen and airmen. In most of these

disappearances, it is the fact that no distress signal was ever

received from the disappearing ships and/or planes that heightens the

mystery of what happened to them. Although violent storms and downward

air currents frequently occur in the area, scientists have not

revealed anything extremely peculiar. Boundaries of the Bermuda

Triangle are formed by drawing an imaginary line from Melbourne,

Florida, to Bermuda, to Puerto Rico, and back to Florida. Could there

truly be an unnatural force at work in this geographical triangle or

are these disappearances merely coincidence? Either way, numerous

people remain unwilling to step over the boundary line into the

Devil’s Triangle.

As we have just discussed the mystery of the Loch Ness

monster, the conundrum of the abominable snowman, and the enigma

of the Bermuda triangle, we must realize that they are only a few of

the many world famous “unsolved” mysteries. From them however, we

observe that it can be extremely difficult to ascertain the truth of

unexplainable phenomena due to the many opposing opinions in this

field. Will we ever come up with a definite conclusion or truth, when

it comes to mysteries? The future remains to answer this question, and

we humans remain intrigued, and confused about what to believe.