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Each of us has secrets that we are not ready to share even with our closest friends.
But if the secrets of most people are personal and, relative to the whole world, small and insignificant, then the secrets that we will talk about still haunt the best modern scientists and researchers.
Most likely, no one will be able to reveal the secrets. After all, the creators of the secrets, which we will talk about now, took all their secrets to the grave.
10 Axel Erlandson (1884-1964)
Axel Erlandson was the creator of arbosculpture. Arbosculpture involves the creation of sculptures using living tree trunks. Axel began experimenting with growing oddly shaped plants as early as 1919, considering his work a mere hobby.
But soon trees with geometric trunks began to attract the attention of the people, and then Erlandson’s works began to be talked about in wide circles. The garden-museum, created in 1947 by Axel, attracted the attention of the inhabitants of the whole country, as well as tourists from other parts of the world.
Axel Erlandson died in 1964, taking with him to his grave the secret of creating unusually shaped tree trunks. During his lifetime, when asked how a farmer manages to grow real works of art, Axel laughed it off, saying that he was simply asking the trees to grow.
9. “Jerome” (1840-1912)
A man of mystery who took with him to the grave the secret of his appearance and past. The young guy was discovered by Canadian fishermen and they named him “Jerome”, as this is the only word that a person uttered.
Both of the guy’s legs were amputated, looking at the fresh stitches, the fishermen easily established that the operation was performed shortly before they found the crippled Jerome. Next to the guy was a jug of clean water and a piece of bread, nothing more was found with Jerome.
Until the end of his life, the guy did not talk, occasionally repeating the mysterious “Jerome”. It was also noted when trying to communicate with the guy that he would become angry and behave aggressively when he heard a certain series of words. What happened to Jerome, why his legs were amputated and who committed the atrocity with this man could not be established.
8. Stranger (1793-1816)
The mystery revolves around an unknown girl who died within the walls of the Gadsby Hotel. When the husband and wife moved in in the autumn of 1816, the hotel staff immediately noted that the girl was dying. She was dying of typhoid fever and the girl’s condition worsened hourly.
On the day when the sad fate of the stranger was a foregone conclusion, her husband gathered within the walls of the hotel room all the staff who saw and communicated with the couple, as well as the doctor and the owners of the institution.
The man asked the audience never to reveal the identity of the dying woman and her husband to anyone. All those present accepted the conditions and the world still does not know what kind of mysterious couple visited the Gadsby Hotel in the fall.
The girl nevertheless died, her husband buried her in the cemetery of St. Paul, and he himself disappeared in an unknown direction.
7. “Leather Man” (circa 1839-1889)
The identity of the Leather Man has not yet been established, although the name of Jules Bourglay is engraved on his tombstone, the authenticity of which was soon refuted by the French publication.
The secret is tied not only to the fact that the identity of the Leather Man could not be established, but also to the fact that he devoted his whole life to a circular journey along the same route.
Exactly 584 kilometers, each stop in a certain village. As the years passed, many villagers began to recognize the Leather Man, some even waiting for him in their own parts, knowing the exact time of the arrival of the tramp.
The leather man was a local legend who never made it to his destination one day. When the tramp did not appear in the next village, its inhabitants sounded the alarm, already well aware that the delay of the Leather Man was connected with his death.
The body of “Jules” was found in one of the caves in New York, after the doctors decided that the death was due to oral cancer.
6. Arne Berling (1905-1986)
Beurling went down in history as the man who was able to break the German cipher used to transmit information during World War II.
The code was incredibly complex, and the Germans were sure that no one would be able to crack their cipher. However, Arne completed the task in two weeks, having only an encrypted message, a pencil and paper in front of his eyes.
The Burling hack is still considered the most outstanding achievement in the field of cryptography. When Beurling was asked about how to break the German code, Arne only answered with a smile that wizards do not reveal their secrets.
5. James Black (1800-1872)
James Black was the creator of the famous knives, which were distinguished by their rigidity and flexibility. It was believed that Black found out the secret of the production of damask steel, and applied the developments in the creation of his masterpieces. But it is still not known exactly what the “secret ingredient” of Black knives was.
James produced all his developments behind an impenetrable leather screen. Black stopped creating knives after 1939, when a former partner who broke into his house blinded the master.
4. Edward Leedskalnin (1887-1951)
Leedskalnin became famous for the fact that he single-handedly erected a stone park, which later became known as the Coral Castle. The main material used in construction is fossilized corals, and each sculpture in the stone park weighed from 18 to 20 tons!
How Edward was able to create a coral masterpiece is still unknown to anyone, because he worked alone and late at night, so that no one could watch the process. Eyewitnesses said they saw stone blocks that seemed to float through the air.
Leedskalnin admitted that he collected stone sculptures in the same way that the ancient Egyptians used to build the pyramids. Needless to say, this method has not yet been known to anyone, except, apparently, Lidskalnin?
3. Johan Bessler (1680-1745)
Johan invented a self-sustaining mechanism that allowed the machine to move and generate power without the aid of fuel. Bessler’s invention went through many tests, but none of the inspectors could understand how Johan’s machine worked without interruption for 54 days!
How the machine is arranged and what allows it to be self-propelled, Bessler concealed with great care. The inventor even developed paranoia due to the fact that he did not have a patent for his own invention.
In the end, in a fit of rage, Bessler destroyed his inventions and all possible building schemes, taking the secret of a self-propelled machine with him to the grave.
So far, no one has been able to repeat Bessler’s invention, so most people agree that Johan was just a good deceiver. However, this assumption does not explain in any way the fact that the machine invented by Bessler worked without any fuel for a whole 54 days.
2. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Benjamin Franklin had an illegitimate son, William, whose mother the politician hid until his death. He was raised by William Franklin and his wife Deborah. Some believed that Deborah was William’s biological mother.
However, at the time of the birth of the child, Deborah and Benjamin were not officially married, and in order to protect his future wife from dishonor, Benjamin invented a story that William’s mother was unknown.
After that, people said that the boy’s mother could be an ordinary city prostitute. But, of course, no one will ever know the truth.
1. Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737)
Stradivari, both in the years of his life and in our time, is considered a real genius in the field of creating stringed instruments. During his life, he made about 1100 musical instruments, and about 650 have come down to our times.
Until now, researchers are trying to figure out the secret formula for designing violins that differ in sound from instruments of other masters.
The experts never managed to come to a consensus and understand what is the secret of the highest quality of Stradivari instruments.