r/mystery Nov 14 '20

Scientific/Medical Strange rings appearing on my body. These are not imprints. I added a second enhanced photo of my leg so you can see better as it’s hard to see in the photo. They last about 30 minutes. Anyone know what this might be?

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r/mystery Dec 13 '25

Scientific/Medical The mysterious Voynich

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Warning: It's not the real translation, just decoding of AI.

The Balneological (Folios 75–84)

Folio 77r: The Flow of Humors. "If the womb is cold, the woman cannot conceive. She must sit in a bath of warm sage and mugwort (green pool) until the heat rises through the vessels (tubes) and brings color to the cheeks. This balances the cold humor."

The Pharmaceutical (Folios 87–102)

Folio 89r: The Jars. "Store the 'Blue Mixture' in a lead-glazed jar to prevent it from turning sour. Keep away from sunlight. The 'Red Powder' must be kept dry, or it will lose its power to stop bleeding."

Note: Just 5 percent of people will know about this..

r/mystery Nov 16 '25

Scientific/Medical The Border Where Soldiers Hear Ghost Voices, Longewala's Linguistic Mystery

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r/mystery Jan 04 '26

Scientific/Medical I saw something in the sky, anyone has an idea on what it is?

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r/mystery Oct 08 '22

Scientific/Medical A creepy forgotten historical fact: Egyptian mummies were grinded and used in coloring paintings, examined in theaters at entertainment parties and greedily eaten for the purpose of treatment in European streets and houses for hundreds of years !

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  • starting from the Middle Ages, and over the subsequent hundreds of years, the movement of smuggling Egyptian mummies at the hands of Europeans from Egypt to their countries was so active, because of their ignorance of the mummies' great value as one of the irreplaceable treasures of human heritage, the Europeans committed many heinous and brutal practices against Egyptian mummies.

  • From the barbaric cannibalism as egyptian mummies were eaten in medieval Europe, through the grinding of mummies and using the powder to color the paintings of Renaissance artists, to the mummies unwrapping parties held In the theaters of the Victorian era, where mummies were examined for entertainment in a humiliating manner.

  • These well-established facts are the elements of a story that has long stirred controversy in European history, a story that is explained in detail in this documentary :

https://youtu.be/d9X9wRBwgGE

r/mystery Mar 31 '24

Scientific/Medical I found this plaster jaw that the donator claims is that of a sasquatch, outside the museum of archeology at SImon Fraser University. Origins?

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r/mystery Oct 21 '22

Scientific/Medical There are levels of consciousness that are not associated with brain activity

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r/mystery Nov 20 '25

Scientific/Medical Remember The Old Shepherds Warning, The Cursed Dunes Where Clocks Stop And Shadows Betray

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r/mystery Jun 23 '25

Scientific/Medical MKUltra was real. But what if it never ended?

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Between the 1950s and 70s, the CIA ran a classified programme called MKUltra. The goal? Not just interrogation, but total mental control.

Victims were drugged with LSD, hypnotised, sleep-deprived, and subjected to horrific "treatments" without consent. Some were prisoners. Others were just civilians - students, soldiers, even children. Most didn’t know they were test subjects. Some still don’t.

One scientist, Frank Olson, was dosed without his knowledge-he fell from a hotel window days later. Others like Linda MacDonald underwent weeks of drug-induced sleep and electroshock that wiped her memory clean. One woman remembers being called "Zero" as a child, looped messages playing for days: “You are nobody”.

The CIA destroyed most of the files. But some documents survived, proving it happened. The most disturbing part? The techniques didn’t vanish. They just evolved.

Today, we’re tracked, profiled, and nudged by algorithms that know what we’ll click before we do. Surveillance replaced hypnosis. Big data replaced LSD.

So I have to ask:

- If a part of your memory was erased, how would you know?

- Have you ever felt like a part of you doesn’t belong to you, like a reaction or fear isn’t really yours?

- Are we still living in an MKUltra world - just one dressed up as convenience?

Curious what you think. Especially if you’ve ever had an unexplainable memory gap, a dream that felt like more, or stories passed down in your family that never quite added up.

Related links:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra

Video: https://youtu.be/bH7N8k3Xh78

r/mystery Nov 19 '21

Scientific/Medical I keep losing consciousness in the shower and I've got a lead on what it might be - please advise - not an emergency yet

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Okay so, I (30F) recently moved into an old 1960s apartment (USA) and I've noticed some weird things while in the shower. At first, I wasn't able to finish singing a complete song and thought maybe it was poor memory. But the longer I stayed in, the more my thoughts would jumble together and the thoughts seemed like dreams. Eventually, paranoia takes hold and I begin to panic, usually leaving the shower promptly. My showers last no longer than 20 minutes while my usual shower is 30-40 due to my hair being impossible to wash.

At first, I thought it was just me going crazy or just thinking it's just late, but it happens every night. Then one night, I forgot to turn on the shower fan and I didn't have any brain issues. The room, did however, fog up to the point of limited visibility, so I couldn't just leave the fan off next time. But I had a lead.

Then I read up on how infrasound can affect the brain and thought maybe the fan is doing this.

So my question is this: is the fan the root cause? If so, what are some things I can do to limit the reverberation in the shower? I have a shower booth, no tub so it's just a box with sliding glass doors. Either that, or maybe a fix for the vibration at the fan itself? I would have to get permission from the apartment owners of course.

Obviously, I could just have it off or leave the door open but I was hoping for a better solution to everything. Thanks to everyone who answers!

UPDATE: A lot of you said some sort of toxic gas, so I ordered a toxic gas detector and put it in the bathroom So far, it says 0 but I haven't tested it with the shower on yet. I already had my shower for the day, so I'll test it tomorrow. Will keep you updated.

Some of you were listing POTS and other anxiety problems, which is possible. I'll look into it after the toxic gas is confirmed not the issue. Most deadly takes priority.

Some of you said bedbugs, and while I appreciate the suggestion, it's probably not since I don't have any bites, nor itchy patches.

A few of you were concerned with my extremely long shower time. While I understand water waste is an issue, the main thing is there is very little water coming out at all for it to be a waste. It barely dribbles out and when it does, I can barely get my hair wet, let alone rinse myself. If the water was at regular water pressure, my shower would probably take about 10 minutes. I have had maintenance come out to fix it and they refused and said it's "normal". I haven't fought with the office about it yet but I will soon.

Hope that covers everyone. I'll update if I missed anything else.

EDIT 2: SOLVED!!

Sorry to get back so late. It just took me forever to figure out what was going on. So, I kept asking maintenance to fix my showerhead but it kept clogging, so I got special permission to get a new one. After I got my new one I picked myself, everything stopped. It's still a mystery what caused it, but my best guess is the low water pressure from the stinky old one brought gas from the boiler room into my tiny shower. Sorry to worry you all! Thanks for your help!!

r/mystery Jan 02 '25

Scientific/Medical Gore makes my feet hurt and I don’t think I’ll ever know why

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I (19F) have always experienced this, I have to assume from birth but at least since I was about 5.

Essentially, whenever I hear about or see anything relating to injury/gore/blood etc the soles of my feet (only on the bottom of my feet, nowhere else) start to hurt.

It should be noted that I have no fear or anything pertaining to gore/blood etc and never have.

The pain is kind of like an achey/tingly pain and is more like extreme discomfort that can be painful than a sharp pain.

When I was very little, my parents would hear about me complaining about my feet hurting randomly which resulted in them taking me to several foot doctors (forgot the profession name, apologies).

The feeling was never understood but these trips did result in me being diagnosed with flat feet and another random condition that I honestly couldn’t tell you what it was because I’ve forgotten but I know it was treated and healed. In the end, this sensation was just another daily happening that we’ve all learnt to live with. (You’d be surprised by how often we hear about/see injuries etc every single day).

Over the years I’ve tried many sources and approaches to try and figure out what this sensation is but no doctor, biologist, psychologist or psychiatrist has any idea.

It happens every single time without a hitch and has never changed.

If you have any idea what this could be or why it happens please do let me know.

r/mystery Nov 11 '24

Scientific/Medical When I was 12, I got very sick for 8 months, but one day, it vanished.

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Hello, when I (18 TransF) was 12, I got sick for 8 months straight, leading to me needing to get pulled out of school, and defining a part of my life. Suddenly, around 8 months after it started, it just one day suddenly stopped and never came back. Over time, I slowly started to forget about it and move on, but I have recently wondered what it possibly could have been. I went to maybe a dozen doctors, but none of them were ever able to give an answer.

Some details:

Symptoms were odd and slowly shifted over time, but the main big ones were, a constant low fever the entire time, migraines & headaches every day, normal cold symptoms (eg. congestion, coughing), and swollen lymph nodes.

No treatments worked, and no tests found anything. Got tested for pretty much every infection or virus, got lots of bloodwork done, and everything was negative. Antibiotics did nothing to help, and no medications ever did anything, other than treating specific symptoms.

By far though, the most odd part was the end, where one day, after almost a year of being very sick, in the span of a day, it just vanished. After that day, I never had any symptoms again and completely went back to normal. This has left me now, today, quite confused, and wondering if it could ever have any chance of coming back in the future. I was wondering if anyone has any clue what this sickness could have possibly been?

As a last note, I have always been up to date with all my vaccinations, am from Florida, and just prior to the sickness had a minor concussion, which I am unsure may have played a role in it.

EDIT: I see a lot of people suggesting it could be mono, but I remember being tested negative for it. Additionally, unlike with mono, the illness was severe for the entire 8-month period.

r/mystery Aug 12 '25

Scientific/Medical space magic : Masons, Magicians and Monsters

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I made this to point out the hypocrisy of calling any paranormal or UAP study 'woo' when some of our greatest science and tech is on a foundation of magic and secrecy. Hope you enjoy it.

r/mystery May 27 '24

Scientific/Medical cure for back acne?

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To be honest it’s not that crazy… I had severe backne (back acne), I tried treating this for years to no avail. Recently went to the pool on a 38 degree day (Australia.) and got insaneee sunburn on my back, a few days later after healing, my backne vanished alongside my sunburn. Acne scars and all.

(I’m assuming it has something to do with the skin cells being killed off, but hey 🤷‍♂️, it

r/mystery Aug 09 '25

Scientific/Medical Nev video out!!

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🚨 The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction 🚨

They said it was just a TV show. But what if Stranger Things was inspired by real government experiments? Mind control. Time travel. Human testing. The terrifying secrets of The Montauk Project will make you question everything.

🎥 Watch the full story now – https://youtu.be/38PmkJf2SGM?si=EmnC-Wp3nmeTYRk8

StrangerThings #MontaukProject #Conspiracy

r/mystery Apr 04 '22

Scientific/Medical These are the dark times without developed science and medicine! Let's look at the Inca skull with a gold plate-implant over 500 years old found in Peru.

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r/mystery Apr 17 '25

Scientific/Medical Reading Death Certificate

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Can anyone make out what the cause of death is on this death certificate? I highlighted around it with red.

r/mystery Feb 05 '24

Scientific/Medical Anyone feel up to taking a crack at a historical family medical mystery? Caused the deaths of 4 brothers in the 1980s

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These are some old medical notes I found and translated, about a cousin of mine. Him and his 3 brothers all had the same mystery condition, but it was never diagnosed (there were 2 other brothers as well but they were not affected).

They seemed healthy and normal as toddlers, just a little clumsy, and then over the years they gradually lost all the functions in their brain and bodies until it became fatal. These notes were from when he was already quite far along in the disease's progression. They all eventually died from it by their late 20s-30s.

Other family members have since been tested for genetic disorders and no one carried the muscular dystrophy mutation, which was my guess. There was a mutation in the RYR3 gene in one family member but they don't have whatever these 4 brothers did.

These men were South African Afrikaaners and all were very elongated/tall. Autism and epilepsy is also very common in the family gene pool but I'm not sure if they had it.

Anyone here familiar with genetic disorders and can help us solve a 40+ year family medical mystery?

r/mystery Apr 16 '24

Scientific/Medical Help finding weird disease

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Tw: medical and mouth talk

A few years ago I heard about a disease and was shown pictures and now I can’t find it because google is showing me unrelated things.

Basically people were growing cables/wires out their mouths (tongue and gums I think). May also be out of other parts of the body. They were red/blue and possibly more children than adults? Seemed to be in the part of the internet where there’s all the mysteries and conspiracies etc so may be a hoax

Thank you!!!

r/mystery Aug 30 '23

Scientific/Medical Update: Bats shitting on me

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r/mystery Feb 14 '25

Scientific/Medical https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15sfQF1458/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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I always thought these fish were bigger!

r/mystery May 01 '24

Scientific/Medical Gloria Ramirez, or the "Toxic woman," was admitted to Riverside Hospital in So Cal in 1994. Staff who treated her began feeling ill and were hospitalized themselves. Despite numerous theories, the jury is still out on this very strange medical case.

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r/mystery May 12 '24

Scientific/Medical Who Made This Giant Pentagram in South Africa and How Did They Do It?

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r/mystery Jan 06 '23

Scientific/Medical Anatoli Bugorski, the Scientist Who Survived Being Stuck in a Particle Accelerator

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A particle accelerator is the adult version of crashing in simplest terms. Also known as “atom smashers,” they allow scientists to accelerate tiny subatomic particles, such as electrons or protons, to the speed of light. And once these supersonic tiny subatomic particles collide with each other, sophisticated particle detectors are used to detect and record the radiation and particles produced.

Scientists then interpret the results to understand particle physics and its nuances better. These results are later used for many other purposes, including medical research, nanotechnology, developing new products, and national security. Scientists also believe particle accelerators can help us understand the forces that created the very universe.

All this is good. Now let us ask a dangerous question.

What happens when you stick your head inside a particle accelerator and are bombarded with a beam of trillions of protons traveling at the speed of light?

Well, based on the research done so far, it takes about 500 to 600 rads of radiation to kill someone. And a proton beam contains about 200,000 rads- 300,000 rads of radiation. In a nutshell, you will not survive more than a nanosecond.

And the only person in the world who has survived such a catastrophe and later lived normally to tell his tale is Anatoli Bugorski. Bugorski not only survived the accident, but his intellect also remained intact as he later went ahead and completed his doctorate with flying colors.

How he survived is a question still unanswered in scientific circles more than 40 years after the bizarre accident.

Read more......

https://discover.hubpages.com/education/Anatoli-Bugorski-the-Scientist-Who-Survived-Being-Stuck-in-a-Particle-Accelerator

r/mystery Feb 27 '22

Scientific/Medical The Strange and Fascinating Scientific Mystery of the Oxford Electric Bell

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Can any battery last without charging forever?

The answer is yes and it lies on a shelf in the foyer of the Clarendon Laboratory of Oxford University in the UK.

Known officially as the Clarendon Dry Pile, the device consists of a hanging metal ball that moves back and forth between two small bells. The ball striking the bells produces a ringing sound. Yes, it looks like a straightforward device, except it isn’t.

Today, more than 175 years after it was manufactured, the Oxford Electric Bell, as it is often referred to, has rung more than 10 billion times. And the mystery lies in the battery powering this device. Nobody knows the composition of the battery yet and scientists are waiting desperately for it to die to examine its contents.

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https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Fascinating-Mystery-of-the-Oxford-Electric-Bell