It is worth it for a person or group of people to disappear without a trace, to start building all sorts of, sometimes supernatural versions of what happened. The people in this compilation have disappeared once and for all and their stories have become legends and rumors.
When a person disappears, and worse - a group of people, it always raises questions. And also gives rise to a lot of rumors. Sometimes there are urban legends and other amazing stories. Most of the people on this list have disappeared for unknown reasons and their whereabouts, dead or alive, have not been disclosed. However, if the disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle can still be tried to be explained logically, then how can a person in a wheelchair disappear after a stroke, leaving only a cloak?
1. The fearless explorer Percy Fawcett was last seen in 1925 while he and his son Jack were searching for an ancient lost city in the Brazilian jungles. Many suspected that they had been killed by local residents or torn to shreds by animals. Even more absurd versions have been proposed, for example, that Fawcett became the head of the tribe. His image partially inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create a literary character - Professor Challenger.
2. At the end of the 16th century, a group of English colonists established a settlement on the island of Roanoke in present-day Carolina. John White, artist and friend of Sir Walter Raleigh, was appointed governor. In 1587, the White sailed briefly to England, and three years later returned to Roanoke. Upon arriving on the island, he found the colony empty. They all disappeared without a trace, including England's first child, Virginia Dair. To this day, no one knows what happened to the "lost colony".
3. In 1809, Benjamin Bathurst, a British diplomat, mysteriously disappeared in Germany while staying at a hotel. Various versions of his disappearance have been discussed in the press: it could have been a murder, kidnapping by the French government, or suicide...
4. In 1763 a scandal broke out in the quiet village of Shepton Mallet. Owen Parfitt, 60, who had a stroke and could barely move, disappeared sitting in a chair by the entrance to his sister's house. After him there is only a coat. Investigating the incident led to nothing, the mystery remained unsolved.
5. Royal Fleet diver Lionel "Buster" Crabbe mysteriously disappeared in 1956 when he was sent to spy on a Soviet ship. The Russian later claimed to have killed Crabbe when he discovered he was installing a magnetic mine on the ship's hull. Some believe that he was captured and taken to the Soviet Union.
6. One of Britain's greatest undiscovered secrets is the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers on the Scottish island of Flannan in December 1900. Versions of their disappearances ranged from alien abduction to murder. But, most likely, it will just get confused by the sea during a storm.
7. British explorer George Bass became famous for his research in Australia. In February 1803 he traveled to Tahiti and the Spanish colonies on the coast of Chile and did not return. Some historians have suggested that he may have participated in the smuggling out of Chile and killed there. In this photo, you can see his image on a postage stamp.
8. On November 8, 1974, the day after his children's nanny was found beaten by his ex-wife, the British Lord Lucan disappeared. Although reports of him came from all over the world, they were never discovered. In 1999, he was officially pronounced dead.
9. When Edward IV died unexpectedly in 1483, his brother Richard III took the throne, declaring Edward's two younger sons illegitimate. They settled in the Tower of London and disappeared shortly afterward. Popular legend has it that Richard killed the children, but the secret remains to this day.
10. In 1948, a British plane carrying 31 passengers disappeared around the infamous Bermuda Triangle. During the investigation, neither fragments nor bodies were found. The scientists involved admit that they didn't have to solve any more difficult tasks than this. A year later, another British plane disappeared into the air somewhere between Bermuda and Jamaica.
11. The mysterious disappearance of Agatha Christie for 11 days in 1926 is the same mystery as printed in her detective novels. The writer, who was eventually discovered at the Harrogate Hotel, never explained why she disappeared. Popular versions are considered a nervous breakdown and a desire to embarrass or worry the husband (who then announced his desire to divorce). Others think it's just an advertising gimmick...
12. Victor Grayson, who became the first Socialist elected to the English Parliament, mysteriously disappeared one evening in 1920, telling friends that he had to stop at the Queen Hotel in Leicester Square for a short time. It was rumored that the deputy had made several enemies in the highest echelons of power. He was allegedly killed in order to stem an investigation he was conducting over government corruption.
13. In 1845 British explorer Sir John Franklin and his 128-strong team disappeared after they set out in search of the Northwest Passage. It is not known exactly what happened to the crew. An analysis of human remains found at Beachy and King William in the 1980s suggests that after their ships got stuck in the ice, many people died from disease, starvation, and lead poisoning. There have also been cases of cannibalism...
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