Over the centuries of history, there have been many wonderful legends of mysterious figures, many of whomse whereabouts or origins cannot be identified to this day. The following is a curated list of the most important or mysterious characters in this mysterious genre. As usual, if you know of other interesting characters whose stories are similar to those in the list below, be sure to let us know in the comments.
Woodyard's green children actually had two children who appeared in the 12th century in a village in Woolpid, Sophokshire, England. A boy and a girl, they have green skin, and everything looks like a normal person. They speak an unknown language and refuse to eat anything but pods of beans. Later, their skin faded green. When they learned English, they explained to the people that they were from "St. Martin's Land", which was a dark place because the sun was below the horizon and never rose. They said they were looking after their father's cattle when they heard the bells and walked along a river of light, only to find themselves in Woodpid.
Some extraordinary theories try to explain the origin of the child. Some say they are children of the center of the earth; some say they are children of the two-dimensional world; and some directly say that they are children of aliens.
Gil perez
Gil Perez was a Spanish soldier who suddenly appeared in Mexico City on October 26, 1593. He was wearing a guard uniform, which was worn only by soldiers at the palace of Del Gobonando in the Philippines. He said he didn't know why he was in Mexico. He described that he was on duty at the Governor's Palace in Manila before he found him in Mexico. He also said that the Governor (His Excellency, Gómez Pérez Dasmari?as), had just been killed.
Two months later, news from the Philippines sailed across the ocean to Mexico by a ship. The Mexicans knew that the Governor had indeed been killed, and they had verified Perez's story in other ways. Witnesses confirmed that Perez was actually on a mission in Manila before he came to Mexico. Moreover, one of the passengers on board recognized Perez and swore that he had seen Perez in the Philippines on October 23. Perez eventually returned to the Philippines and started his life anew. He lived his life peacefully until he died.
Count Saint-Germain
Count Saint-Germain (said to have died on 27 February 1784) was a mysterious gentleman of courtiers, adventurers, inventors, amateur scientists, violinists, and amateur composers. He also possesses a number of alchemical-related skills. So he was called "wonderful and extraordinary man". His origin is unknown, but he disappears without leaving a trace. In 1745, the famous English writer Horace Walpur wrote to him:
“...... The other day they caught a strange man, whose name was Count Saint-Germain. In the past two years, he has never said who he is or where he came from, but he claims to people that the name he uses is not his real name. He was great at singing and playing the violin, but the tone was a little sad, that is, people were a little less intelligent. People call him Italian, Spaniard, and Polish; Some people also say that he is the son-in-law of a rich Mexican man, but he ran to Constantinople with his wife's jewelry; Some say he was a priest, a violinist, or a broad-handed nobleman. The prince of Wales was endlessly curious about him, wondering about some of his things, but in vain. In the end, without seeing the slightest problem, he was released. To me, all I can believe is that he is not a gentleman, and whether he is staying here and is not engaged in espionage work. ”
Since his death, various mysterious organizations have regarded him as their model and even a powerful god. And in recent years, several people have come out and claimed that they are Saint-Germain.
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask (died November 1703) was a prisoner who was held in several prisons during the reign of King Louis XIV of France, including the Bastille. The identity of this person is not currently known. Because his face was hidden in a soft flannel mask, no one had ever seen it. And the stories that have been handed down refer to this mask as an iron mask. The prisoner was first recorded in 1669, when a louis XIV minister transferred him to pignalou prison and asked him to be placed under the care of the warden.
According to a letter that the prisoner had brought with him at the time, the man's name was Erstash Doger. The letter demanded that the warden prepare a small house with multi-storey doors for him to prevent anyone outside from hearing from talking inside. The prisoner was told that if he mentioned to others nothing about his current needs, he would be killed. The warden was the only one who could see the prisoner and brought him food every day. After the prisoner's death, all his possessions were destroyed. To this day, no one knows who he really is.
Fulcanelli
Fulcanelli(1839－？ 1953) was a French alchemist of the late 19th century, and he was also a writer, which is his pen name, and his identity is still uncertain. There are too many mysteries about his life and his works, so he represents a cultural phenomenon. One of its overwhelming legends has been told over and over again about the story of a student he loved (EugeneCanseliet, pictured) who successfully converted 100 grams of graphite into gold, and the key to that transformation was that the student used a small amount of what his teacher gave him, the so-called "projection powder".
It is said that in the later stages of World War II, Abwell (German intelligence) planned to capture Fulcanelli in order to gain Fulcanelli's knowledge of nuclear weapons technology, but to no avail. Fulcanelli later met with a French atomic physicist and gave him details of nuclear weapons technology, telling him that nuclear weapons had been used inhumanely for a long time.
According to Canseliet, the last time he met Fulcanelli was in 1953 (after which Fulcanelli disappeared), he said he traveled to Spain and was taken to an ancient castle nestled in a high mountain to meet his teacher. In Canseliet's mind, the teacher was already in his 80s, but the teacher who appeared in front of him at the time became younger than before, and it looked like he was only in his 50s. After this brief reunion, Fulcanelli disappeared again, leaving no whereabouts. By 1953, Fulcanelli should have been 114 years old. ”
D·B·库帕
D.B. Cooper (also known as "Dan Kupa") is the name given to a notorious hijacker. On November 24, 1971, with $200,000 in extortion money, the man jumped out from behind a Boeing 727 plane that was flying over somewhere in South Cascale, the Pacific Northwest.
Cooper has never been seen since then, and it is certainly not known whether he survived when he jumped out of the plane. In 1980, an eight-year-old boy found $5,800 worth of $20 bills by the Columbia River, which were washed away by the river and brought to shore. The serial number of the banknote coincided with the extortion of the Kupa hijacking, which made it easier to track down Kupa later.
Cooper was carrying a parachute and jumping off the plane from behind the boarding ladder to escape. Subsequently, the aviation authorities strengthened the improvement measures of the design of the aircraft to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. In addition, the incident prompted the airport to install metal detectors for the first time
Mrs. Babuska
In 1963 John F. Kennedy During the film analysis of the image of president F. Kennedy's assassination, a mysterious woman was discovered. She was wearing a brown coat and a headscarf (this turban is where her nickname is, and she wears it in the style of a Russian grandmother, which is called Babushkas in Russian). The woman was holding something in front of her when the camera appeared, and later learned that it was a camera. She appears in the shot several times, and even after most people have left the area after taking the photo, she still stays where she is and continues shooting. She appeared in front of the camera immediately after she was seen leaving for a while and heading east to Elm Street. Afterwards, the FBI publicly asked the woman to come out voluntarily and provide them with the film she had filmed, but she refused.
In 1970, a woman named Beverley Oliver volunteered to claim that she was Mrs. Babuska, but there were many contradictions in her account. In the end, everyone thought she was just a liar. To this day, no one knows who Mrs. Babuska is or what she did there. Even stranger is her refusal to come out and give her evidence to the world.
Caspar Hausel
On 26 May 1828, a teenager appeared on the streets of Nuremberg, Germany. He carried a letter addressed to a captain of the Sixth Cavalry Regiment. The anonymous author of the letter wrote that the boy had been nursing the boy on October 7, 1812, when he was an infant. He said he never let the boy leave his room a step. Now the boy wanted to be a cavalryman, so the captain should take him in or take him with him. Howel, the boy, said he could recall as much as he could, that he spent almost all day alone in a small dark house (no smaller than a single bed) with a length of 2 meters and a width of 1 meter and a height of 1.5 meters, sleeping in a bed made of only straw and a Trojan horse as a toy. Hauzel said the first person he came into contact with was mysterious and that he met him shortly after his release. This man gave him a lot of care but did not give him a real look. According to legend as early as 1829, Caspar Hauser was the successor prince of baden, born on September 29, 1812, and died a month later. It is said that the prince was replaced by a dying baby. The real Casper Hauzel was the one that appeared in Nuremberg 16 years later. Later, Hauzel died of a stab wound to the chest, possibly caused by himself. According to Hazel, he was stabbed by his custodians when he was a baby.
In 2002, the University of Münster in Germany extracted and analyzed hair and body cells from clothing and hair claimed to be Kasper Hauser. Compare his DNA sample with fragments of Astrid van Mittinger's DNA. Miedinger was a descendant of Queen Stephanie's maternal line, and if Caspar Hauser was really the heir apparent prince of baden, then Queen Stephanie should be his mother. The results showed that the sequence of the DNA was inconsistent, but this divergence was not enough to rule out their relationship, since this was most likely caused by a genetic mutation.
Poe toasts the drinker
Poe Toastman is also nicknamed by a mysterious man who goes to Poe's tomb every year to pay homage to the object. This strange tradition began in 1949, exactly a century after Poe's death, each time on Poe's birthday (January 19). According to Wikipedia: "In the early morning of that day, a man dressed in black, presumably a man, entered Westminster Parliament Hall with a silver rattan and a cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. The man came to Edgar Allan Poe's grave and raised a glass of brandy for a toast. Before leaving, the toaster left three roses and half a bottle of brandy on the tomb. ”
The toaster wears a black hat and wears a black coat and wraps his face in a scarf. There were often clusters of journalists and followers watching the entire toast, and no one ever tried to interfere with the toaster or come forward to uncover his scarf, most likely out of respect for the tradition
Mr. Jochani
Mr. Giochani (died in 1968) was the nickname of an anonymous jewish teacher. This teacher taught many of the most admired students in Post-World War II Europe (including Emmanuel Lirnas, pictured, and Ellie Welsel). Few people know about Mr. Jogani, including his real name. Where he came from and how his entire life history was kept secret. In Uruguay, his tombstone (who died in Monteverde, Uruguay) reads: "Bless the wise Master Giovanni in memory, and his birthday and life will be forever dusted like a mystery." The text was written by Elie Welsel, who was also the architect of the tombstone.
Mr. Jochani himself left no famous works, but he left a valuable wealth of knowledge through his students. Mr. Giochani dressed like a tramp, but he was a master of human learning in many fields, including science, mathematics, philosophy, and especially the Talmud, a Jewish code. Most of the details about his life come from the articles and conversations of his students.