Top 10 Creepiest Real-Life Expedition Mysteries

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Can you think of any more failed expeditions? Let us know in the comments below!

[@Candyzevbra]

no unforuntalely

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@Maria Kelly ...ok

[@TaskForce_911]

The expedition of Christopher Columbus was a failure actually as he wanted to find the Eastern part(Asia) and especially India but he went onto find USA and landed in Hawaii.

[@kevinrwhooley9439]

An expedition that was a kinda success was the 1914-1917 Endurance expedition of the Irishman Ernest Shackleton. The goal was to make the first land crossing of Antarctica with 27 other men. Their ship got trapped in the ice for 10 months before sinking. The crew then endeavoured to travel 1300km in lifeboats to South Georgia to be rescued. Despite the starvation, the storms and the freezing cold, no one died. So it was a failure in that they didn't achieve their goal but it was a sorta success that nobody perished.

[@jonathanpedersen7654]

I'm from Alaska and we read the book on Shackleton in high school...very fascinating.

[@roachknightzequ8854]

Damn, I have always been super fascinated by the age of exploration. There needs to be more films about these.

[@yinloveyang]

Right I'm soo tired of those mega movies about heroes.... it need to be over as soon as possible.

[@Candyzevbra]

Bruh I'm supposed to be asleep lol

[@muriminjiraini.5476]

WELL me too but hey

[@skylixx005]

Me too. It's 5:30 AM 🤡🤡🤡

[@burningchrome70]

Yeah...

[@kswiss89]

George bass and the Venus sounds like an awesome band name

[@Wolfe911]

I just watched a doc on Mallory and Irvine. The guy you showed went back up to find Irvine. A body matching the description of a climber in clothing from Irvine's time had been seen by a Chinese climber in 1960, and then again by a Sherpa in 1995 in a cutout (forgot the term). Unfortunately when they finally were able to get to the spot, I want to say last year but maybe a little earlier, the body was gone. Believed to have been dragged over the abyss of the North face by an avalanche.

[@juliancardenas623]

Damn that's a shame. I remember being fascinated while watching the documentary. It was really good. Good looks for that bit of info

[@TheMimlis]

I do belive that Mallory and Irvine was the first to clime mount Everest. But without Irvines camera it will never be proven.. *sign*

[@Luubelaar]

@@TheMimlis - and even if we do find Irvine, and the camera, and it's proven they were first to the top, the current record holders will still hold it as they came back alive.

[@TheMimlis]

@@Luubelaar Well, not for being the first to climbe the mounten, that would then go to Mallory and Irvine. But they would be the first ones to climbe the mounten and return alive.

[@stokeswait1984]

Lost city of Z was actually pretty creepy! The film I'm talking about!

[@yusufobaidat4730]

Worth watching ?

[@immacentaur8793]

Chandler:still in Amelia Earhart?? Ross:the woman just vanished...

[@lacyinmon1004]

Great video Rebecca. Very interesting!!!¡

[@drago22x]

The one in the number one spot had more odd details than them just leaving their tents, and one missing their eyes, and tongue. There was also traces of radiation on them.

[@mduerson627]

Eyes and tongues are the first things scavengers go for--soft tissues that are easy to access. The radiation thing has also been debunked. The hikers had no higher radiation exposure than your average Soviet citizen of the day.

[@drago22x]

@@mduerson627 what about the burns some of them had?

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[@mauricedavis2160]

Thank you for featuring lesser known(at least by me!), failed/disasterous expeditions, excellent episode indeed!!!🙏👍👻

[@TheKikukiku89]

Super pumped for thisssss! Quicktime!

[@85pros39]

I was waiting for this..

[@famousscreen6329]

It's really interesting. There are so many things that we didn't even know about and we don't even think about them on a daily basis. I love watching and creating trivia videos. 😍

[@terminator1567]

There is so much in the world we don’t know about.

[@justsomeonehere884]

Ur 1st

[@c4217]

we know everything

[@WatchMojo]

@@c4217 oh reallllly

[@WatchMojo]

Indeed!

[@stacypare7955]

Fun fact.. we will never know even half of what this planet has to offer.

[@carolind6264]

I’m surprised you did not give the Franklin Expedition its own entry on this one. There’s cannibalism, madness, sporadic clues and endless questions that will likely never be answered.

[@terminator1567]

Top 10 Mysteries That Will Never Be Solved

[@akhimahathir2004]

@@frazer2564 No

[@bruhinator1805]

Where the bodies are hidden

[@ApocalypsePrime]

Nah man they died/sunk/lied lol

[@yinloveyang]

Dyatlov expedition will always be left in my mind what the hell happened. The same with the Elisa Lam case too.

[@keatonpark1089]

It’s been solved

[@sophiekerr8964]

If you’re still interested, the channel Ask A Mortician has a video from a month ago talking about how the movie Frozen helped solve the mystery. It’s an excellent, in-depth video. Definitely recommend it!

[@kevinrwhooley9439]

According to the rescue workers involved with the Dylatov Pass Incident, there were absolutely no signs of an avalanche occurring nearby. The hill the tent was located on was also not steep enough to produce an avalanche, so no, it was definitely not an avalanche that caused the tragedy.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

Exactly. I think they thought they heard a creature approaching their campsite and they fled the site to get to safety.

[@mandayho]

Number 1. Finding my dad

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mandayho ooooh I’m sorry

[@19TAURUSGIRL91]

Saaaame 😅

[@eric.waffles]

Ty for attempting to actually pronounce the names correctly. So many channels butcher anyone’s name that doesn’t sound Caucasian lmao

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[@someonedead8798]

Nice

[@user-kp6eh2wp3o]

I don't understand why the Amelia Earhart section didn't mention that the antenna snapped during take off. As a matter of fact you can see it happen in this video. If you look as their in the take off run you can see a puff of dust. What snapped was the part of the radio system that picked up radio signals. Though they could still transmit they could not receive. You can hear Earhart, calling out to get their bearings, but since they couldn't hear any response, the worst happened.

[@Josh-tr7jv]

Was not expecting to hear The Darling Downs on this list, the Condamine river is just outside my town

[@bcabskmbonqcnb]

General consensus in Japan is that Uemura felled into the crevasse and died.

[@siksic6192]

How about the ill faded Rick Moranis expedition? He was last seen trying to complete the arduous task of sitting through big bully at it's world premier and hasn't been seen since.

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[@charliejohnson1937]

The last theory about Dyatlov Pass Incident is that they were attacked by a Bigfoot like creature. No joke.

[@Dnll88]

Percy Fawcett R.I.P.

[@christineparis5607]

In looking for the lost city of Z, Percy Fawcett had to be the worst possible explorer to invade the area where suspicious tribal peoples made their home. He was more of an "East India Company man", accustomed to commanding, bullying and taking out his moods on the poor and down trodden natives of India, who were completely unlike the proud and savagely efficient natives of South America. Not only did he think being rude and stern with the locals was proper policy, he took his young son and his sons best friend, both in college and with zero experience in the kind of expedition Percy enjoyed. The friend was miserable and wanted to leave before they had even gotten started, realizing he was completely unsuited and unprepared for the upcoming dangerous months, and possible years, ahead of them, he had also begun a romantic relationship "back home" and just wanted to go be a small town boy in college after all. Fawcett was relentless in encouraging them to "make their mark" on history and find fabulous riches in a city made of solid gold that he was sure was there waiting for them in the jungle. Even more tragically, for years after they vanished, expedition after expedition went searching for them, and also disappeared without a trace. I think up to 100 people died trying to find them. There is a book and film that explores the likely possibility that Percy had insulted the natives in the deep interior and they, not having it, had killed them....

[@garycook1376]

On the last one you forgot the most interesting facts such as the radioactivity on the bodies and the tents

[@jiliangoslin7616]

Yea, I was surprised they didn't mention it since that's a pretty big piece of the mystery. Maybe they didn't say anything because they don't have an answer for it...

[@shop99er]

Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan weren't anywhere near Hawaii when they vanished. Howland Island, their never-reached destination for that leg of the trip is 1700 miles from Hawaii. Gardner Island, where some believe they crashed, is another 350 miles away.

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[@duhmilkz]

Pretty sure they actually found bones on some island that they originally determined wasn't Amelia and then they found some of her belongings in the same spot or something and found out it was actually her and that she was eaten by some giant crabs that are indigenous to the area.

[@riripari2042]

I read a Wonder Woman comic about Amelia Earhart. In the story she ended up crashing on Themyscira. After being interrogated she stayed there trying to fix up her plane. She ended up staying there for the rest of her life and took Diana under her wing to teach her how to fly. Cute story.

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Watch the Star Trek Voyager episode "The 37's".

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Why?

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The Briori

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[@Tulifm]

Top 10 people who got lost exploring. No creepy facts

[@tinyelvisbkwd]

It's a little odd to call "running out of fuel and crashing into the Pacific" "mundane". It's still a terrifying way to die.

[@MrRonald327]

Watch out for monsters.

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[@Top_Nepper]

*Nathan Drake wants to know your location*

[@nancyM1313]

The Newlyweds on the Grand Canyon. 1800's Around. The boat/food & supplies were found. Sorry can't remember their names. Good video👍

[@aaronj_girv]

Glen & Bessie Hyde disappeared in 1928

[@nancyM1313]

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[@Elizabeththegreatest]

Ah, yes, the Northwest Passage, one of those things that people have wanted to exist, but never has!

[@jordanserpa]

You can book a cruise through the northwest passage.

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

@@jordanserpa Really? I thought it wasn't real!

[@ciarandolan7695]

Yeah its real, global warming has made it more easily traversable. There was originally only a very small timeframe that it could be navigated, which made it overly dangerous and superfluous in comparison to other routes. It was attempted initially by Europeans as a means of accessing the spice islands and the wider Asian market.

[@elbertderf803]

i think the Japanese ate Amelia and Noonan.

[@EmelyPhan]

Wasn't there a picture of her back facing the photographer and her partner that the Japanese or American conformed that Amelia was in that photo and she apparently captured and died in a camp or something?

[@izakcuerpo8987]

The last one was the on the mountain that hikers went was a secret russian bomb testing site and the light on the sky was the bomb exploding

[@oldenweery7510]

I bet the Hysterical Channel would claim, "The aliens did it!" Seriously, I've seen a couple of TV programs that said that evidence was found during and after WWII that the Japanese not only had captured Earhart and Noonan were not only captured by the Japanese military, but their plane was still intact, too. On the other hand, the famous female aviatrix, though celebrated as a skilled and daring pilot, really wasn't all that skilled: she seemed incapable of learning proper use of, and procedures for, her radio equipment, even deciding to leave behind the trailing antenna that, if she'd known proper radio procedure, might have saved their lives. Also, the existing maps and charts of the Pacific were often woefully inaccurate, making Howland Island, their refueling destination, very difficult to find. The Pacific is one humongous place! Stay safe, everyone.

[@HaloExMachina]

There is research suggesting that Amelia Earhart did send out distress signals. Also, while the official cause of the Dyatlov Pass incident is an avalanche, there is evidence and a great deal of belief against that theory. Of course, there is no definitive proof.

[@JuanHernandez-uv1vz]

What about the Donner Party?

[@RayvenTheNight]

When it comes to them , it's been figured out what happened to them and all the events of it

[@JuanHernandez-uv1vz]

Adam that’s true you got me on that one

[@flyboy152]

It wasn’t an expedition, just a bunch of settlers who got lost.

[@johnrexteologia6046]

i find the top 1 to be really creepy. perfect for a horror movie

[@Merylstreep1949]

George Bass and the Venus, best indie hipster band name of 2020, I'm totally gonna steal it.👍

[@metroplexgrimlock7089]

There is one mystery but not expedition based. It's more of an argument between two sides who like the story. It is whether or not the Bismarck was sunk by the allies or if the crew sank the ship themselves.

[@mauricedavis2160]

Does my "find real ground beef at taco bell expedition count?" Because I'm still looking 👀!!!🙏👍🤔

[@highmanbeing1591]

About Dyatlov. Why would they rip their tents from inside out to escape from an avalanche? 🤔

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

I think it was likely to get away from what they believed to be an approaching creature.

[@sweetfighter2592]

If it was an avalanche, the snow might have started to fall on their tents, and they weren't able to access the exit to the tents.

[@unknownbyself]

There's a theory that the cause of the bizarre actions of the climbers was a combination of mass hysteria and hypothermia. Hypothermia has a symptom called paradoxical undressing, where the afflicted goes into shock and feels hot, thus undressing and doing bizarre things.

[@lindokuhlekenene9319]

"His expedition captured dozens of indigenous citizens".. "CAPTURED"???

[@unknownbyself]

Fancy way of saying he enslaved the locals.

[@Merylstreep1949]

I heard in the lost city of Zed, they found a tricked out chopper with the name Grace on the gas tank

[@gaminganimators7000]

I searched James Knight but some other guy appeared

[@patodonnell3328]

Josh Gates!!!!! Everyone should watch Destination Truth and Expedition Unknown.

[@mycroftsanchez901]

Earhart vanished near Howland Island, nowhere near Hawaii.

[@darrellrone6843]

Well for the last one if animals got them would it be evidence and of a avalanche something just not right

[@MegaPianoplayer1]

Most of these don't strike me as being creepy. Mysterious, yes, because we don't know exactly what happened, but not creepy. It's just a series of coincidences and unfortunate but not unusual events. I'm sure back in the 1600s and 1700s, way more people than we realize "disappeared" because they didn't have the technology and ability to find people who just wondered off the wrong way and got lost or killed by natural forces.

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Hi

[@jaredquinney204]

Interesting

[@redguardgaming902]

Depressing and mundane is not what i'd call "creepy" and "mysterious"

[@SurvivorSoup]

D.B. Cooper?

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[@WaterShipdown66]

It sucks that Amelia Earhart died as a PRISONER OF WAR.

[@stanleygeorge7781]

#7 mojo you forgot to add that 3 bodies were found buried and well preserved.

[@BubblesTheBard]

You forgot to mention one thing about Dyatlov Pass; there was a massive radiation spike in the area where they were found

[@newthrash1221]

It wasn’t massive.

[@tianapitesr8553]

Gotta travel in hezmet suits.

[@blbbtactical6969]

The Power Rangers always were looking for "Zed" as well.. Js 😉

[@msn64man1]

Top 20 anime that failed badly

[@2Gambi2]

yes, yes .... "creepy" someone went somewhere and disappeared ... end of story ... maybe except for the last one ...

[@Khaosblakheart]

So... Roanoke isnt even an honerable mention? SHAME

[@aaronj_girv]

Not technically a expedition, more of a lost colony.

[@rush1er]

If Amelia Earhart and I were on a plane and she asked if I wanted to join the Mile High Club I'd be like " Uh no, no I'm actually supposed to be somewhere right now so..."

[@MsKathleenb]

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[@jji6236]

What if leichardt’s team was attacked by some unknown cryptid or monster in Australia?

[@Alldaboss]

Hmmmm leaving Australia then disappearing seems pretty common

[@chihuahua_0]

What was number 9?

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Top 10 reasons COVD19 is whooping our ass..

[@AdanRayner]

No Scott expedition!?

[@MrWizeazz]

Michael Rockefeller (1961) being eaten better be on here.

[@LittleMissLion]

Just FYI, "aborigine" is considered offensive here in Australia. While it's better to always check with different Aboriginal groupings for their preference, when in doubt try Aboriginal Australians, Indigenous Australians or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

[@multiyapples]

Carolyn Booth not affiliated with Watchmojo or from Australia but I never knew that. Thanks for educating us.

[@LittleMissLion]

@@multiyapples no problem 💛

[@michaelbalonMI]

Love this story and the movie, always been so interested in there disappearing

[@septiyanadipurwanto9880]

How about Michael Rockefeller?

[@dannyz5512]

Would maybe add the Donner party ??

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Anyone else get offended when they tell you to “go into your phone and turn on notifications...

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Spot on pronunciation of "Brisbane" :)

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I'm Really Scared Right Now!

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Finally....

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The donner party

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[@jamescorden6380]

Nothing creepy they just went missing

[@kirin1369]

Dyatlov pass.

[@flyboy152]

It's the #1 entry, so what's your point?

[@kirin1369]

@@flyboy152 I'm just fascinated by their story, the myths and legends behind that mountain, and how they really died.

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An awesome