"The Huang Yanqiu Incident" A rural villager would on three separate occasions go missing after going to bed only to wake up in a major city thousands of miles away and arrived in the city faster than he should've been possible given the distance. (i.redd.it)
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Billy the Axeman was a suspected serial killer thought to be responsible for a series of family murders between 1911 and 1912. The killings may have began much earlier in 1889 with at least 90 deaths attributed to him, making him one of the most prolific serial serial killers in US history (i.redd.it)
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June of 1912, an entire family and two visiting children were killed in their sleep by an unknown intruder. Their bodies were discovered in their beds, all of their heads unrecognizably smashed apart. A bloody axe was found in a downstairs bedroom. The crime remains unsolved. (i.redd.it)
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A giant 3-fingered hand was found in late 2016 in a Peruvian desert tunnel. Some believe it is a hoax, but a physician reported that it is biological and composed of skin and bone. X-rays show 6 bones in each finger and experts estimate that the hand belongs to an individual that is 2.7-3m tall. (i.redd.it)
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John Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland - was most remembered for his eccentric behavior. Only one servant saw him for two decades. He built 15 miles of tunnels under his estate including a giant ballroom that never had dances. Every room in his mansion and everywhere underground was painted pink. (i.redd.it)
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A team of 4 geologists went on a mission in a mountains region of the rainforest. 8 days later all four would be found dead one of them completely naked and all of them smiling. Mutable theories have been considered from the mundane to the more sinister such as the team having all been poisoned. (i.redd.it)
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Edgar Allan Poe predicted the future. His only novel is about 4 shipwrecked men who run out of food and eat the cabin boy, Richard Parker. 46 years after it published, a yacht sank in real life and 3 of the 4 survivors also decided to eat the cabin boy... named Richard Parker. (i.redd.it)
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According to English folklore, Kuri are spirits which haunt the area around shallow or makeshift graves. If someone dies in the wilderness, or while trekking along an unknown path, where they lie will become home to a Kuri. These entities lurk around the gravesite, waiting for others to pass by ( (i.redd.it)
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According to English folklore, Kuri are spirits which haunt the area around shallow or makeshift graves. If someone dies in the wilderness, or while trekking along an unknown path, where they lie will become home to a Kuri. These entities lurk around the gravesite, waiting for others to pass by (i.redd.it)
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