Stories of unexpected and mysterious disappearances are not uncommon, but in the case of the two missing airmen, Flight-Lieutenant W. T. Day and Pilot Officer D. R. Stewart, they left behind unmistakeable traces … traces which led absolutely no-where!

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Read more about this strange mystery in the public-domain book “Wild Talents” by Charles Fort, [1933]

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Heiress, Dorothy Arnold, vanished off the bustling streets of New York. What happened to Dorothy and what happened on the lake at the exact same time? This is one of the strangest stories in the annals of the weird.

Incredible, but true!

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Prairie Ghosts: THE VANISHED HEIRESS

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“Though three men dwell on Flannan Isle
To keep the lamp alight,
As we steered under the lee we caught
No glimmer through the night…”

W.W. Gibson: “Flannan Isle”

Lighthouses always evoke an air of mystery and solitude and many lighthouses have ghost stories attached to them. One of the most famous stories attached to a lighthouse is the mysterious happenings in December 1900.

On the 15th December, 1900, the steamer Archtor was on passage from Philadelphia to Leith. The weather was poor and as they approached Flannan Isle, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, they noticed that the familiar lighthouse lamp was not burning.

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On their arrival at Oban, they reported the matter to authorities but no immediate action was taken.

The island lighthouse had a three man team, with a fourth man on shore leave. Although planning to arrive on the 20th December the relief craft, Hesperus, along with Joseph Moore, the relief man, only managed to arrive at the isle at noon on the 26th December.

On arrival, they noticed that the flagpole did not have the flag flying, provision boxes which should have been left on the dock were not there and more strangely none of the men were waiting to greet them from the beach. Despite blowing the ship’s whistle and setting off a flare, the beach and lighthouse remained ominously silent.
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An inquest into the mysterious disappearance of the crew of the KAZ II catamaran began in Townsville, Queensland, headed by Queensland state coroner Michael Barnes.

The KAZ II mystery which was reported earlier here on Level Beyond, is one of the strangest cases of crew disappearances in Australian maritime history and is being compared to the mystery of the Marie Celeste.

The inquest heard that the three men Derek “Des” Batten, 56, Peter Tunstead, 69, and Jim Tunstead, 63, had been well prepared for their trip. The planning for the trip had begun 10 weeks prior and underwent training in the lead-up to the voyage.

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They also heard that Des Batten had more than 25 years experience with boats and had been a volunteer with Fremantle Sea Rescue for a year and a half. He was well-versed in safety procedures and regulations.

The trio had planned to sail by day,rest at night and had promised not to take any risks on the eight week voyage. At the time of the voyage, all three men were in good health.

Jenny Batten told the inquest that the boat which she had purchased with her husband was an easy one to handle. “I do not believe he would panic he was so safety conscious,” she continued.
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