Tell me some scary and/or mysterious things that are local to your area, but not necessarily well-known to the rest of the world. [more inside]
posted by amyms on Sep 30, 2009 - 65 answers

Have car, seek roadtrip and adventure! What are some secret/mythical/mysterious/epic places in WA state (or nearby states), that would be a destination fit for pilgrimage? Centralia / Silent Hill is in PA. The Abyss is in SC, Area51 is in NV, Mesa Verde is in CO, Barringer Crater is in AZ, etc etc. What mysterious secret places can be pried from the Northwest? [more inside]
posted by anonymisc on May 14, 2009 - 11 answers

Mysterious blue boxes, Pioneer Courthouse, Portland? [more inside]
posted by gc on Jan 15, 2009 - 10 answers

I'm looking for fictional stories (books, movies, short stories, plays, comic books, TV shows, etc) which involve a search for the identity of a mysterious person. [more inside]
posted by lockedroomguy on Nov 3, 2008 - 41 answers

Recommend me some moody Jazz . . . [more inside]
posted by querty on Aug 30, 2008 - 20 answers

Help me identify this account of a mysterious underground civilization. [more inside]
posted by anazgnos on Mar 26, 2008 - 3 answers

What sort of electronic device did this thing come from? More pics here, here and here. It was lying on my bedroom floor, and I have no idea where it came from. What is it, and were did it come from? Any ideas?
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese on Mar 2, 2008 - 10 answers

Some program on my new computer automatically makes a sound that kind of sounds like a broom sweeping every few minutes. [more inside]
posted by andrewzipp on Sep 5, 2007 - 8 answers

Mysterious bangkok street photos.
I was recently in Bangkok and took, on my camera phone, two photos (one in focus one not).
Could anyone explain/wildly speculate what occured to create this scene? ie. What the ball is and why was it steaming/smoking? What is the sandy stuff on the floor? How did it come to crush a motorbike? [more inside]
posted by selton on Jun 1, 2007 - 10 answers

Could these small, non-itching red welts be caused by bedbugs? [more inside]
posted by fermion on Mar 13, 2007 - 17 answers

who are these gentlemen? [more inside]
posted by Satapher on Mar 20, 2006 - 19 answers

Someone I know is getting multiple phone calls per day to their cell phone from an unlisted "Private Number" (so says the cell screen). The caller hangs up after about 10 seconds without saying anything. Nothing can be heard in the background, except possibly a rustling sound. Because of the nonresponse, it is unclear whether a human is making the call or if it is somehow automated. [more inside]
posted by _sirmissalot_ on Jul 24, 2005 - 20 answers

There's a funny smell in our hallway. It smells like fish. Mainly fish, almost coppery, but definitely fish-like. Our hallway is not much wider than the door, and 4 or 5 feet long. There is an entrance to the attic, a radiator, a rug, and our phone in there. It's not the rug. It's not the radiator. It's not the attic. It's not the phone. [more inside]
posted by ralphyk on May 29, 2005 - 15 answers