Where can it be and why are so many people searching for it?
In the early 1970s Tatunca Nara, last Chieftain of the Ugha Mongulala, revealed the existence of his tribe’s greatest secret—the vast city of Akakor, hidden deep in the Amazon jungle. Several have died trying to find the lost city, but no Westerner has yet laid eyes on it. Why could that be?
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In 1836 John Audubon included the Washington Eagle in his book The Birds of America. Initially accepted as a new species of eagle critics began questioning the claim when they couldn’t find the bird in the natural world themselves. Was it real or did Audubon make it up?
Some of Our Research:
An overview of the bird
Audubon’s life
The prank on Rafinesque
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United States of Absurdity
According to legend a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz wandered out of the Superstition Mountains with a sack of high grade gold. Ever since his death in the 1890’s people have been searching for his mine and the mother lode. So far nobody has found it.
Some of Our Research:
The basic overview
A lot of extra details
Was it found?
In the 4th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato revealed the existence of a lost continent called Atlantis. Was Plato’s tale true? Or did he just make it up? A lot of people have been trying to figure that out for a long time now.
Some of Our Research:
The story of Atlantis
The expanse of Atlantipedia
A rational approach
This week Team Sideways tackles three separate mysteries with one common theme: Lost Treasure!
Lost Galleon of Pearls
For over several hundred years stories have circulated that a Galleon was stranded in the Salton Sink in Southern California. Native peoples and settlers alike have been claimed to have spotted it. Now that the area is filled with water we may never know if it was truly there.
A little about the area
So many stories
Poverty Island Treasure
According to legend a vessel smuggling French gold to the Confederates sank in Lake Michigan just off of Poverty Island. For over one hundred years people have claimed to have snagged to treasure just to lose it again at the last minute. Is it real or just a legend?
An overview
A local write-up
Lasseter’s Reef
Harold Bell Lasseter announced in 1929 that years before he’d stumbled upon a huge deposit of gold in the middle of Australia, and assembled an expedition to go find it again—a journey which Lasseter would not survive. Did Lasseter’s Reef ever really exist?
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New facts?
