Which is the best-known unsolved mystery?
One of my favorites is the disappearance of the lighthouse keepers of Eilean Mor
For those who dont know about Eilan More; On December 15th 1900 the beacon in the lighthouse on Eilean More, The Flannan Islands, 15 miles west of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, failed to illuminate. The lighthouse had been operational since December 1899 after a few years construction and had been working since.
Due to rough weather and turbulent seas the Northern Lighthouse Board could not investigate until December 26th - eleven days later.
Joseph Moore and two seamen set sail from Loch Roag in the Hesperus on Boxing Day 1900.
Upon reaching the island, they went inside the lighthouse to find out what had happened. The beds were made. The clock had stopped. Everything was tidy and neat. Only a chair lay on its side to suggest that anything strange had occurred. Two oilskins were gone and one remained.
The last entry on the slate that served as a log was for 9:00am on December 15th. Whatever happened had occurred sometime between that time and nightfall.
The three men who manned the lighthouse (James Ducat, Donald McArthur & Thomas Marshall) were never found.
A theory was put forward that a swell in the ocean around the west landing may have carried two men out to sea and the third had bolted from the lighthouse without his oilskin in an attempt to save them but had been drowned also.
Interestingly, shepherds would leave their sheep on the islands to graze prior to the lighthouse construction but would not stay themselves in fear of the 'little folk' and 'spirits' which they believed haunted the islands.
One of my favorites is the disappearance of the lighthouse keepers of Eilean Mor
For those who dont know about Eilan More; On December 15th 1900 the beacon in the lighthouse on Eilean More, The Flannan Islands, 15 miles west of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, failed to illuminate. The lighthouse had been operational since December 1899 after a few years construction and had been working since.
Due to rough weather and turbulent seas the Northern Lighthouse Board could not investigate until December 26th - eleven days later.
Joseph Moore and two seamen set sail from Loch Roag in the Hesperus on Boxing Day 1900.
Upon reaching the island, they went inside the lighthouse to find out what had happened. The beds were made. The clock had stopped. Everything was tidy and neat. Only a chair lay on its side to suggest that anything strange had occurred. Two oilskins were gone and one remained.
The last entry on the slate that served as a log was for 9:00am on December 15th. Whatever happened had occurred sometime between that time and nightfall.
The three men who manned the lighthouse (James Ducat, Donald McArthur & Thomas Marshall) were never found.
A theory was put forward that a swell in the ocean around the west landing may have carried two men out to sea and the third had bolted from the lighthouse without his oilskin in an attempt to save them but had been drowned also.
Interestingly, shepherds would leave their sheep on the islands to graze prior to the lighthouse construction but would not stay themselves in fear of the 'little folk' and 'spirits' which they believed haunted the islands.
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