Simply Weird

Tales from around The World that are bizarre and unexplained. From Time Travel to Out of Place Artefacts, Read it Here

St. Brendan's Island

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/st-brendans-island 20th Jan 2023 - A mysterious ''Phantom Island'' said to exist in The Atlantic – St. Brendan's Island was first written of in the late 15th Century AD by Spanish …

Daruma Doll

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/daruma-doll 20th Jan 2023 - Another Japanese ''Good Luck'' artifact – a Daruma Doll is a symbol of Good Luck thru Perseverance. These are small, wooden or ceramic Rounded ' …

Okiagari Koboshi

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/okiagari-koboshi 20th Jan 2023 - A ''Toy'' dating back to 14th Century AD Japan, ''Okiagari-Koboshi'' is a semi-rounded device, made of formed and hardened paper, which is weighted in …

''A Jonah''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/a-jonah 20th Jan 2023 - A Nautical Term, should someone be unlucky enough to seen as a ''Jonah'' – on a Ship of any Class, was to be infused with extreme Bad Luck. Deri …

The Saratoga Ghost Light

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-saratoga-ghost-light 20th Jan 2023 - Located in a portion of Southwest Texas (US) known as ''The Big Thicket'', this region is a rather large area of swamp and forest land. It is also not …

The Vampire of Croglin Grange

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-vampire-of-croglin-grange 20th Jan 2023 - A rather unusual tale of Vampirism dated to 1875, The Vampire of Croglin Grange is thought to be strictly an Urban Legend and Folk Tale....mostly. The …

Statue Rubbing

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/statue-rubbing 20th Jan 2023 - A superstitious piece of Folk Custom – ''Statue Rubbing'' is many thousands of years old. The practice of seeing various carved icons as ''Good …

The Paulding Light

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-paulding-light 20th Jan 2023 - A phenomenon dating to 1960 – The ''Paulding Light'' is indicative to Paulding, Michigan (US). Several local Legends assign either that the ''Li …

Jaberwock

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/jaberwock 18th Jan 2023 -  The mythical Creature from English Author Lewis Carroll's ''Through the Looking Glass'' (1871), the quite nonsensical Monster was encountered by …

The Johannes Cuntis Case

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-johannes-cuntis-case 18th Jan 2023 -  As we have seen many times in this Thread, various People thru History have been ''accused'' of being actual Vampires. And while most of these a …

Demon Burials

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/demon-burials 17th Jan 2023 - As we have seen with ''Vampire Burials'', even those thought to be possessed or capable of possession were subjected, after death to various ''safegua …

Vampire Burials

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/vampire-burials 17th Jan 2023 -  ''Vampire''.....''Nosferatu''......''The Undead''.....All popular names for the one of the more popular Supernatural Beings which can be found i …