10 Strange Mysteries That Remain Unsolved
We will never solve all the mysteries out there. Not only will many historical enigmas remain unsolved, but many more will arise in the future. The MH370 Malaysian plane is a good example. With nothing conclusive after weeks of searching, will we ever discover its fate? On this list are some of the world’s lesser-known mysteries, which nonetheless remain impossible to solve.
10Shanyna Isom
In 2009, 28-year-old Shanyna Isom was rushed to an emergency room in Memphis, Tennessee after experiencing an asthma attack. The doctors on call treated her with a dose of steroids and sent her home.
Americans are fascinated with unsolved historical mysteries. Today, for example, many thousands are trying to find out more about the Melungeons.
The Melungeons are both a regional and a national mystery. Historically, they were mountain people, but they were dark-skinned and did not resemble their Appalachian neighbors of Anglo-Saxon, Scotch-Irish or even German descent. They resembled Indians in some ways, but they had other physical characteristics that suggested a mixture of many races. Many had black hair, blue eyes and Mediterranean features, but others, like Deutsia Huntoon, the fair heroine of Jesse Stuartâs novel Daughter of the Legend, were blond.
The combination of high winds, freezing rain and snow Wednesday and early Thursday morning had many people across the province questioning what they did to put Mother Nature in such a foul mood.
Despite warnings to stay off the icy roads, some drivers still attempted the near impossible feat only to regret it later. Danny Goodwin, owner of Gateway North Towing, spoke with
paNOW around 9:30 a.m.Thursday and by then he received nearly 40 calls over the past 12 hours. He explained the adverse weather conditions make his job very challenging.
“You know when the highways are coated in an inch of ice and there’s somebody in the ditch with a heavy vehicle, as soon as you hook the cables on and start winching there’s no traction. The tow truck wants to get pulled into the ditch with the vehicle,” he said.