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Man-made, made by Nature, or did humankind finish what Nature started? These enigmatic, sunken stone structures off Okinawa, Japan, located 60 to 100 feet beneath the ocean surface, have the Japanese wondering if their homeland was once part of the lost continent of Mu.

Stone terraces, right angled block and walls, and stone circles encompassing hexagonal columns look intriguingly, if not conclusively, man made. Some believe it to be the lost city of Atlantis...you decide.

No one knows for sure whether Atlantis is real or just another one of those myths. Atlantis has been found all over the world but no one knows for sure where Atlantis really is. Plato was one of the first to discuss Atlantis history. Since that time, scholars have debated whom the descendants of the legendary lost city of Atlantis might be.

It is believed by some people, that there was a great disaster, causing it to sink, many miles below the surface of the water or there is the universal flood, that is written in such stories as there is in the bible. Know one knows exactly where this 'lost' city is found, or for that matter if it even exists.

According to some historians, Crete, of the Greek Islands is actually the city of Atlantis. You can find more about this on our Unknown Land page

ScienceDaily-Apr. 3, 2008-A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a University of Washington fish expert.

The fish, sighted in Indonesian waters off Ambon Island, the bodies of these fist-sized fish are soft and pliable enough to slip and slide into narrow crevices of coral reefs.

The ocean is an interconnected mass of saltwater covering 78% of the surface of the earth, often called the world ocean. The world ocean has an area of about 361 million sq km, an average depth of about 3,730 m, and a total volume of about 1,347,000,000 cu km. Each cubic mile of seawater weighs approximately 4.7 billion tons and holds 166 million tons of dissolved solids. The average temperature of the oceans is 3.9°C (39°F).

More than 600 new species of fish have already been discovered by a major ocean census and thousands more may be lurking undetected. Some 300 scientists from 53 countries are creating a record of all known marine life. Some 95% of the ocean is still unexplored biologically.

The Loch Ness Monster is an alleged sea monster in cryptozoology, identified neither as to a family or species, purportedly inhabiting Scotland's Loch Ness. The Loch Ness Monster is one of the best-known cryptids studied by cryptozoology. Popular belief and interest in the animal have waxed and waned over the years since it came to the world's attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is largely anecdotal, with minimal, and much disputed, photographic material and sonar readings: there has not been any physical evidence uncovered as of 2008. Local people, and later many around the world, have affectionately referred to the animal by the diminutive Nessie since the 1950s.

On the contrary, man has discovered many species that were once thought to be extinct. This alone is enough for many who have gathered photographic evidence, and so many accounts of sightings, to continue looking into these mysterious, elusive, water dwelling, and dinosauric sea monsters.

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle. A fact that is unexplained about the Bermuda Triangle is that electromagnetic compasses that normally point to the magnetic north pole, point to the true north pole when used inside the area of the Bermuda Triangle. This phenomena happens in only one place other than the Bermuda Triangle, at the Devil's Sea off the east coast of Asia.

The triangle is generally assumed to run from Bermuda to Puerto Rico to Miami and back to Bermuda.

Of first reports, Christopher Columbus while sailing our seas, had sailed in the Bermuda Triangle back in 1942. He wrote that he and his crew experienced unexplained compass readings and lights in the sky. At that time, the area was not called the Bermuda Triangle. It was these reports of strange phenomena, and confirmed stories of disappearing ships and planes, that gave the area it's wide attention and famous name during the 1950's.

Some latest research suggests that natural causes could be responsible for the sinking of ships. One theory states that pockets of gases below the ocean floor are released occasionally. This releasing of gases could bubble to the surface in many tiny bubbles, and with enough of them and the water becoming less dense, could allow a ship to sink as it sailed through the bubbles. On the other end of the spectrum. If the gases released were to form only a few huge bubbles, upon reaching the surface they could create an explosive power, that creates enough disturbance to sink a ship.

There are many reports of unexplained, disappearing aircraft over the area, strange compass reactions, and lighting phenomena in the Bermuda Triangle. While this area is closely covered by paranormal investigators and scientists alike, some reports are showing that in reality, this area has no more frequently missing ships or planes, than any other location of this size and geographical nature, around the globe.