5 Mysterious People in the World

Somerton Man
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VIVA – For hundreds years, this world still full stories of mysterious people. These people appear and disappear without a trace despite evidence of their identity. However, they have never been revealed until now.

A report by youtube channel, Mindblogger, here’s a list of top 5 mysterious people in the world whose trace are still mysterious until this day.

1. DB Cooper
On November 24th, 1971, the name of D. B. Cooper or “Dan Cooper”, the plane hijacker of a Boeing 727 flight, fly from Portland Oregon to Seattle Washington. He announced that he was the one who hijacked the plane through a letter that he left to the stewardess at the airport.

DB Cooper

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By his letter, he said that he brought a bomb in a suitcase, not only that, DB Cooper also asked money of 200 thousand dollars and 4 parachutes, after all his requests were fulfilled, then he flew by jumping from the plane no one knew when he escaped.

Some people think he escaped in the middle of the night, when the police were caught off guard. Since then, he has never been seen and his identity has never been revealed.

2. Somerton Man
Referring to a man who was found dead on Australia's Somerton beach on December 1th, 1948, the man who was found still wearing his neat clothes was considered a victim of ordinary homicide by the local police.

Until this day, his identity has never been revealed. Somerton Man left a small piece of paper in a small pocket inside his pants. It is full of questions because the paper reads 'Tamam Shud' which means (finished).

The word is a poem from the book 'The Rubaiyat' by the Persian poet Omar Khayyam. The word Tamam Shud later became famous and was attached to the name of this case.

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3. Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper is a mysterious people who has carried out serial murders in Whitechapel, England in the 19th century or in 1888. Jack was identified as a mysterious man with a long black robe, during the action Jack the Ripper had killed 5 prostitutes in the Whitechapel area.

Jack the Ripper

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He killed his victims in a very sadistic way, all of them (victims) were found with very awful injuries to their bodies and missing internal organs, several letters and postcards believed to be from Jack the Ripper were investigated by involving the police, experts and the whole people in Whitechapel.

But it still doesn't work, even though it has been carrying out its action for 3 months, Jack the Ripper's identity has not been revealed until now.

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4. The Man in Iron Mask
This nickname refers to a man who wears a mask and lives in a closed prison in Paris, the man wears a mask made of iron metal. He never takes off the mask until the end of his life.

This iron masked man died on November 19, 1973, at the end of 1980, a writer named Alexander Doomes said that the masked man was an identical twin of King Louis 14. Another witness, came from a writer in the kingdom during the reign of King Louis 14, he was Joseph de Lagrange Chancel.

According to the letter that accompanied him, the man’s name was Eustache Dauger. The letter instructed the governor to prepare a cell with multiple doors – to prevent anyone outside from listening in.

The prisoner was told that if he spoke to anyone of anything other than his immediate needs, he would be killed. The Governor was the only person who was to see the prisoner, and he provided him with his daily food. When the prisoner died, all of his belongings were destroyed. Until this day, no one knows who he was. 

5. Tank Man 1989
Tank Man is the nickname given to a man who stands in front of a tank. The man stands tall in front of a moving tank in Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989.

This man whose identity was never recognized became famous and became a symbol of peace thanks to his brave actions, he stood in front of a running China type 59 tank and managed to stop it, the photo was taken from the 6th floor of the Beijing Hotel and became very famous, but unfortunately the man (Tank Man) has never been identified until now.

So, that's a list of 5 of the top mysterious people whose real identities are not yet known.

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