Part II
Mysterious Stories
The Mary Celeste Ghost Ship
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This is quite the story. The Mary Celeste was an American two masted vessel built in Nova Scotia in the year 1860. Originally christened as the Amazon, the American ship would trade hands quite often until Captain Briggs got his hands on in, in 1867, and renamed it the Mary Celeste.
The Amazon didn't have a good reputation as three Captains had already died while owning it. So, Captain Briggs and a few more shareholders got a good deal when they invested in it.
In 1872, Captain Briggs, his wife and daughter, along with a crew of eight set sail for Italy, as they cargo 'ed about 1700 caskets of alcohol. Only to be found intact but crew missing, on December 5th 1872 in the Atlantic ocean, drifting 1000 miles west of Portugal. The Mary Celeste never reached its destination.
Very similar to the SS Cotopaxi hoax, except that this one really happened. The one lifeboat was missing. The Captain, his wife and daughter, the crew, all gone but the ship is found absolutely intact. Pirates were excluded from the investigation as nothing was missing - except a few barrels that were empty.
Clothes were neatly in order, food and water for six months. The Captain's log's last entry dated of November 5th and everything was normal. They had encountered high velocity winds and storms but all was fine.
Mutiny? No signs of it. So, if for some reason they decided to abandon ship, why leave everything behind? All belongings remained on the vessel.
Some say that the mystery has been solved as clogged pumps had put the vessel at risk, along with navigational errors that brought them some 120 miles or so of where they thought they were. So, the Captain decided to abandon ship to reach land.
Here's the hitch. Captain Briggs was a reputable Captain, a man of experience. Navigational errors? Doubtful. By any means, he also knew that the pumps were clogging but made no mention of it in his log, as all was fine?
Something happened. No one knows what. But it happened in an area known as the Bermuda Triangle.
Mysterious Stories
The Mary Celeste Ghost Ship
This is quite the story. The Mary Celeste was an American two masted vessel built in Nova Scotia in the year 1860. Originally christened as the Amazon, the American ship would trade hands quite often until Captain Briggs got his hands on in, in 1867, and renamed it the Mary Celeste.
The Amazon didn't have a good reputation as three Captains had already died while owning it. So, Captain Briggs and a few more shareholders got a good deal when they invested in it.
In 1872, Captain Briggs, his wife and daughter, along with a crew of eight set sail for Italy, as they cargo 'ed about 1700 caskets of alcohol. Only to be found intact but crew missing, on December 5th 1872 in the Atlantic ocean, drifting 1000 miles west of Portugal. The Mary Celeste never reached its destination.
Very similar to the SS Cotopaxi hoax, except that this one really happened. The one lifeboat was missing. The Captain, his wife and daughter, the crew, all gone but the ship is found absolutely intact. Pirates were excluded from the investigation as nothing was missing - except a few barrels that were empty.
Clothes were neatly in order, food and water for six months. The Captain's log's last entry dated of November 5th and everything was normal. They had encountered high velocity winds and storms but all was fine.
Mutiny? No signs of it. So, if for some reason they decided to abandon ship, why leave everything behind? All belongings remained on the vessel.
Some say that the mystery has been solved as clogged pumps had put the vessel at risk, along with navigational errors that brought them some 120 miles or so of where they thought they were. So, the Captain decided to abandon ship to reach land.
Here's the hitch. Captain Briggs was a reputable Captain, a man of experience. Navigational errors? Doubtful. By any means, he also knew that the pumps were clogging but made no mention of it in his log, as all was fine?
Something happened. No one knows what. But it happened in an area known as the Bermuda Triangle.
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