On September 4, 1779, an unknown man drowned in Liverpool, England. He was buried at St. John's Garden.
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Saturday, September 3, 2022
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
UNIDENTIFIED: September 1, 1876 Oyster Beach, New York John Doe
In early September of 1876, a body was found washed up on High Hill Beach in Oyster Bay, New York. The man had been in the water for two or three days and had been murdered. His head and right arm had been cut off roughly. He was found wearing good quality clothing, but there was nothing to identify him. He was buried on the beach where he washed up. His death date is labeled as September 1st.
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Friday, August 26, 2022
UNIDENTIFIED: August 27, 1900 Conway, Florida
On August 27, 1900, a white man killed a black man in Conway, Florida. The Victim resided and worked at the Turpentine Camp in Conway. He remained unidentified and buried in an unmarked grave at the Potter's Field of Greenwood Cemetary in Orlando, Florida. There is little information in this case.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
INFANTICIDE: August 24, 1880 Worcester, Massachusetts Baby Doe
On August 24, 1880, a baby girl was found dead in the jail yard on Vine St. in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was about a month old and had died from exposure.
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Sunday, August 21, 2022
MONSTERS: Lock Ness Monster
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Photograph was taken by Robert K. Wilson 1934 |
Kelpies or water horses are creatures of Scotland folklore. They are shape-shifting water spirits that reside in both large and small bodies of water. They will sometimes also assume human form, but with hooves. They are known to prey on humans.
The earliest reported sighting of a beast or Kelpie in Loch Ness was in a biography of Saint Columba, who is credited with bringing Christianity to Scotland. According to Saint Columba On August 22, 565 he had stopped along the shores of Loch Ness on a journey to see the Pictish king. He claimed that there was a man who was swimming in the lake being attacked by a beast. Columba claims he raised a hand invoking God and commanded "Go back with all speed." and thus he saved the man as the beast left.
After April of 1933 sighting, it was the start of what we know as the Loch Ness Monster or Nessie. The sighting was published in a newspaper people began to grow more interested in it. When a couple also claimed to see it, but it was on land crossing shore road it really piqued the interest of the people. By October many British news reporters were sent to Loch Ness. On the radio programs would be interrupted by updates of what was happening at Loch Ness. There was even a £20,000 or $25948 reward for the capture of the beast.
Tons of tourists were even coming to Loch Ness to catch a glimpse of the monster that resided in it. Many of the people that came were boy scouts and outdoorsmen who would sit in boats or in deck chairs so that they could see the beast.
In December of that year, London Daily Mail hired actor, director, and big-game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell to track down the beast. After a few days of being there, Wetherell reported finding fresh footprints of a four-toed animal. This prompted London Daily Mail to carry out the dramatic headline of "The Monster of Loch Ness is Not Legend but Fact."
There was plaster of the so-called footprint of the beast, and it was sent to the Natural History Museum in London. In Jan. of 1934, it was found that the footprints were faked. The plaster footprint was of a hippopotamus foot that was more than likely stuffed. It was the first faked evidence of many for the years to come. This even had also tainted the phenomenon of the Loch Ness Monster and caused people to doubt it was real. It isn't known if Wetherell was the one who tried to pull off this hoax or was just a victim of it.
Even though the hoax of the footprint came out and the popularity of the Loch Ness Monster deflated people still came forward claiming that they had seen it. Many of the witnesses described a large creature with one or more humps much like an overturned boat. Many of the witnesses seemed to be of level-headed people.
On April 19, 1934, Robert K. Wilson a surgeon from London was on a hunting trip near Loch Ness. While he was driving by Loch Ness he saw movement in the water and pulled over to see what it was. By chance, he had a camera with him as he saw a large neck of an animal. So he had taken the picture and then sold it to Daily Mail and it is now one of the most known images of the Loch Ness Monster. It is also believed that this image was also faked.
The most popular theory is that the Loch Ness Monster is a Plesiosaur, a prehistoric aquatic reptile that lived in the warm waters around Scotland 70 million years ago. 65 million years ago they had become extinct as there has been no fossil evidence of them being alive after that time. The Plesiosaur shares many physical aspects with Nessie. People theorize that 12,000 years ago when Loch Ness was solid ice that a Plesiosaur got frozen in it also and survived when being thawed out.
The downside of this theory is that Plesiosaur would not have survived being in ice and being thawed out. It wasn't possible. Another thing is that it lived in warm waters and Loch Ness would be considerably way too cold for the extinct reptile. Also after it was thawed out why would the Loch Ness Monster go to Loch Ness when it had few fish and nutrients after the ice age. Also, the reptile breathed air, so it would have to frequently come up for air constantly and would be seen more often. In that aspect, there would also be more evidence of Nessie if that was true.
This was the beginning of how we see the Loch Ness monster or Nessie as people term it now. Like back then people in the present day's people still go hunting Nessie. Even now people claim to have seen the monster. Scientists also haven't found evidence that neither confirms or denies the Loch Ness Monster.
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Friday, August 19, 2022
UNIDENTIFIED: Faxaskjól, Iceland John Doe
On Marck 30, 1975 a group of kids was playing just outside the village of Faxaskjól, Iceland. The kids would find two large bones (now believed to be leg bones) and bring them to their parents. Not knowing any better their parents told them it was likely the bones of a large animal like a cow. On July 7th the kids would return to where they found the bones and remembering the leg bones decided to dig where they found them.
This was when they discovered that it wasn't a large animal, but a human. They found a jaw, some footbones and a sock. The children realized what they found went to one of their grandfathers to tell him. They would bring him to the bones and the police were called.
The police were criticized for their unprofessionalism in this case. Instead of blocking off the scene, people were freely allowed to enter the crime scene. Not only that instead of calling professionals to excavate the remains they allowed the children who found the remains to continue to dig them up fully knowing that this was likely a murder. One of the children had a dog at the scene and the dog would end up chewing on some of the bone.
The skeleton was believed to belong to a man in his 40s. It was likely he had died between 1951 and 1954, but it was unknown how he had died. He had been apparently buried in a cement tube (no sign of decomposition in the tube) in an area that used to be a shooting range for the U.S. and British soldiers during WWII. Residents were asked questions and only two came forward stating there was a large mound there between 1952 and 1955, but it was believed to have been to do with construction so no one investigated it.
John Doe was a man in his 40's and was around 5'8". All of his teeth, but two lower ones were found, he may have had trouble chewing. There were no other pieces of clothing other than socks found with the body, it's believed the socks may be the only thing he was wearing.
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Thursday, August 18, 2022
MISSING: Sheila Fox
On 18 August 1944 around 4 p.m. 6-year-old Sheila Fox was seen leaving her school in Farnworth, Lancashire, England. Companions of Shiela would state that they would see the girl with a man with a bike outside of a bakery. Some accounts say she was on his upturned handlebars others said she was walking with him.
One witness claimed they had talked with Sheila while she was with the man. Sheila told this person that she was "going with the man". This behavior would have been strange for the shy girl if she did not initially know or was comfortable with the man.
Sheila's parents had initially hoped that she would return home. They did not want to believe that their daughter had met with some sort of foul play and instead had gone to London to meet friends. According to neighbors later they changed their mind and acknowledged that something had happened to their daughter.
The Man was described as being a well-dressed, clean-shaven male with a slim build between 25 to 30-years-old.
In 2001 a man who was 13-years-old at the time of the disappearance came to the police and told them he suspected his neighbor had hurt Sheila. He had seen him around that time digging in his garden. The garden was dug up, but there was no evidence. It was found out the suspected neighbor had been convicted of rape in 1950 and in the 1960's child rape. The man was deceased by then and his son stated he had no knowledge of anything requiring a police search. It's unknown if he had anything to do with Sheila's disappearance.
Sheila is a white female and was 6-years-old at the time. She was wearing a blue-flowered frock, a green coat, stockings and shoes, and pink bows in her hair.
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