CONTENTS Introduction 1 CHAPTER Creepy Creatures NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Bigfoot CHAPTER 2 Vanishing Acts NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Lost City of Paititi CHAPTER 3 Unexplained Occurrences NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Richard II Killer King CHAPTER 4 Strange Sites NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Blood Falls CHAPTER 5 Unusual Objects NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED The Shroud of Turin CHAPTER 6 Curious Curses NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED The Curse of the Billy Goat CHAPTER 7 Unnatural Nature NEW EVIDENCE REVEALED Siberian Sinkholes An Interview With Paleontologist Jørn Hurum Afterword Index Illustration Credits
ABANDONED TOWER DOOMED ARCTIC EXPEDITION We can't rewind the clock but artifacts like this massive prehistoric image carved into the earth and other clues like those from sunken ships or ruins of ancient structures tell long-lost stories about the past
INTRODUCTION Our Our UNIVERSE is full of mysteries From intense black holes and an unknown planet that could be hiding in our very own solar system to dense dark jungles and oceans deeper than Mount Everest is tall every corner holds secrets waiting to be discovered It's full of unimaginable places unexplainable ancient objects and surprises lurking right beneath the ground we walk on Experts are working hard to unearth ancient artifacts search for never before seen stars and dust off thousand year old bones But for every new discovery they make countless new mysteries are revealed What are the secrets behind diamonds formed billions of years ago toothy dinosaur age predators as big as school buses and a treacherous triangular trap in the Atlantic Ocean The answers to some of these far out mysteries are lost to history history But for others experts are hot on the trail If you're ready to think like a great explorer or a volcanologist paleontologist Egyptologist geophysicist or archaeologist just turn the page Follow your curiosity on a fantastic journey with National Geographic Kids History's Mysteries Freaky Phenomena Read the facts and learn all you can about what really happened way back when Who knows maybe one day you'll be the archaeologist who finally discovers a long lost city of gold in the Amazon or the astronomer who discovers Planet Ten
SECRETS OF THE GREAT PYRAMID BIZARRE BATTERIES Millions of stars can be found in groups called globular clusters Some stars are billions of years old
