A skeptic's guide to an astonishing universe of mysteries beyond the sure grasp of science. Bainton offers a serious conpendium of enigmatic phenomena, from rains of apples, jelly, spiders, and blood to cursed ships and ghost boats, archaeological oddities, and UFOs and aliens.
Discusses unexplained mysteries and wonders, including UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Bermuda Triangle.
New mysteries, as well as variations on recurring ones, continue to surface on a weekly basis around the globe, from showers of frogs over Hungary to birds falling to earth in Arkansas. This book examines everything from the experiments being done with the Large Hadron Collider to classic maritime mysteries involving inexplicably missing crews.