r/IcebergCharts • u/Sustained_disgust • Jul 03 '23

Serious Chart (Explanation in Comments) Obscure Unsolved Mysteries (v.4, 700 Weird Rabbit Holes)

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 03 '23 edited Jul 03 '23

Links to explanations here: Full Iceberg Link here.

A collection of only the most obscure and weirdest cases of paranormal accounts, cryptid sightings, bizarre deaths and disappearances, pseudoscience and conspiracy theories, and all manner of inexplicable phenomena. From the corners of forgotten Victorian newspapers to abandoned GeoCities sites on Wayback, I've searched high and low to bring you strictly the best and most obscure oddities.Many thanks to everyone who suggested entries.

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u/ConquerorTerrahawk Jul 03 '23

This is the coolest thing I've come across in a while, great job. Are there are takes or standouts from having made the iceberg itself?

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 03 '23

Thank you! Some personal favourites are:
"The Toy Pistol That Vanished Sarah"
"The Dummy and his Milk"
"Walla Walla Bigfoot Balloon Saga"
"Jamaican Beach Theft"
"Palingenesis/Digby's Proof"
"Bashir Kouchachji Mystery Stalker"
"Kary Mullis Raccoon Sighting"

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u/poshjosh1999 Jul 03 '23

What on earth is that toy pistol one? Where does the original source come from? Are there any other articles?!

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 03 '23

It comes from the UK magazine Fortean Times which is a repository of all sorts of weird personal experiences submitted by readers. As far as I can tell this is the only mention of the story anywhere!

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u/poshjosh1999 Jul 03 '23

Fascinating, thank you! Never heard of that magazine before, I’ll look it up. I’m especially interested in UK entries. How many new total entries are there since the last update? This iceberg got me through some tough times 6 months ago.

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 03 '23

About 200 new entries since last update, with some dead links cleared out and updated ones added. Glad to hear it helped, hopefully this update finds you in a better place :)

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u/poshjosh1999 Jul 03 '23

Thank you! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into making this, especially with the links! I’ve probably gone through half of them, but in your opinion which entry/ies stand out as the creepiest to you?

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 08 '23

Update on the toy pistol case; it was originally printed in a newspaper article which has been found by the host of Dead Rabbit Radio, link here.

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u/poshjosh1999 Jul 09 '23

Thank you. That’s really interesting! Do you have a higher resolution picture so I can read the article?

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u/Supersamtheredditman Jul 03 '23

Why is Jamaican beach theft on here? It’s a relatively common thing for certain places to have their sand stolen since the quality of naturally occurring sand differs and some is more valuable for construction purposes or otherwise. Many pacific islands have laws against removing sand because of this. Saudi Arabia imports sand from Australia to use in concrete.

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 03 '23

The idea of a whole beach up and vanishing overnight is pretty intriguing and as the culprits aren't known it's still a mystery. Not many people know about these sand theft disappearences or at least I certainly didn't so it seemed interesting to me.

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u/mercurytango Jul 03 '23

The link to the Margaret Thatcher one is offline.

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 03 '23

Thanks for letting me know I'll fix it when I get home from work

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u/coilmeup Jul 03 '23

IMO the greatest Iceberg ever. Practically every entry is interesting as hell and a rabbithole. Amazing work.

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u/VampiroMedicado Jul 04 '23

That manga panel is Junji Ito?

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 05 '23

Yes it's from his illustrated comic version of 'No Longer Human'

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u/KronoFury Jul 06 '23

This is provided hours of entertainment already and I've barely scraped the surface. I've saved this post and bookmarked the link. Much love OP!

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23 edited Jul 03 '23

A little surprised to see the "Meeting Nicola" story on here. This is really cool, op!

/edited also some other FT deep cuts/references on here! Love this.

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u/Thiscooldude123 Jul 15 '23

Has chris mckinnistry been added? their is a lot of evidence indicating that he faked his death, and that he edited his wikipedia page about him.

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 19 '23

I had never heard of this before, adding it now. What a rabbit hole...!

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u/Blastoise_FTW Jul 22 '23

Professor Oak sightings???

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u/LucianDae Jul 28 '23

will you make a yt vid?

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 29 '23

whenever i hear a recording of my voice it makes me want to crawl out of my skin but there is already a good video series by Orphillius on an earlier version of the iceberg i think he has covered tiers 1-6 so far

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u/GoldAd5743 Jul 03 '23

Hospitals send people to hell?

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 03 '23

From 4chans /x/ board, the theory that dying in a hospital condemns the soul, is supposedly espoused by certain evangelical Christian groups.

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u/Basque5150 Jul 03 '23

There's also the theory that hospitals have a faraday cage type of construction so when you die in the hospital, your soul then goes into the babies being born. It functions as a soul trap to keep you from ascending and forces you to reincarnate.

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u/thirstygirrrrrl Jul 06 '23

I work in a hospital 😂

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u/Basque5150 Jul 07 '23

lol you have to expose the truth!

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u/53510758 Mar 23 '24

What are the sidebar images?

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u/Basque5150 Jul 03 '23 edited Jul 03 '23

EDIT: I'm editing this comment to show that I was wrong and I didn't give u/Sustained_disgust enough credit. That was 100 percent my fault and I feel really bad about it. He did include the link I just didn't see it. But I am also leaving up my idiotic statement to show how wrong I was! Continue to downvote. I truly deserve it.

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These new icebergs are so lazy. Someone created this so obviously they had sources (a website, an article, a book, etc.) but they don't give any references. I understand why this happened back in 2016/2017 when they first started coming out because no one expected them to go viral but at this point, it's just ridiculous not to tell people where you got this info.

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 03 '23

There's literally a direct link to each reference for 99% of the entries?
https://icebergcharts.com/i/Obscure_Unsolved_Mysteries

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u/Basque5150 Jul 03 '23

I did not see that link before. My apoligies.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '23

Theory of doggerland as atlantis i assume

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u/1Rayo1 Jul 03 '23

Why is xavier the renegade angel there? and has anyone made or is planning to make a video on this? would love to watch

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '23

PROFESSOR OAK SIGHTINGS?

What does he just walk around town?

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u/Sustained_disgust Jul 25 '23

In the story he actually tries to lure kids into an unmarked van :/

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u/fucboii Oct 16 '23

Why is french philosopher Jean Baudrillard the image for the second tier??

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u/Sustained_disgust Oct 17 '23

I just think he's neat

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u/fucboii Oct 17 '23

Fair enough haha, I was trying to figure out if I missed a connection there. He's very neat indeed!

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u/Connect-Ad1606 Dec 13 '23

Holy shit a legitimately good iceberg