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
1 CREEPY CREATURES Nessie is that you This 3-D illustration of the monster in its natural habitat looks pretty convincing But is there any real proof of this creature's existence
Monsters Monsters ARE THE STUFF of legends and lore right Perhaps but the tales are as old as time Stories of mysterious beasts have been passed around for generations often told while sitting around a campfire in the dark woods But are these monster myths just time honored traditions or do some of them hold a shred of truth Could Bigfoot really be the descendant descendant of a surviving prehistoric ape and not just a figment of people's imagination Is Mothman the winged spirit of revenge or just an oversize bird The debates rage on and according to some eyewitness eyewitness accounts so do the monsters Believers and skeptics alike have worked for years to prove or disprove the existence of these unexplained creatures called cryptids One thing's for sure You'll never get to the bottom of this can of worms until you start investigating these eyewitness accounts of crazy creatures yourself
