Top 20 Deep Sea Mysteries That Will Freak You Out

[Music] 71% of the planet's surface is covered in water that's a whole lot of space for secrets to hide welcome to watchmojo.com pelling or even sinister deep-sea discoveries and oceanic enigmas number 20 the gulf of mexico shipwreck in May of 2019 a group of researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were conducting tests with underwater drones in the Gulf of Mexico when sonar picked up this mysterious wreckage we all want to thank you guys for one finding this shakedown engineering getting assault in marine archaeologists across the globe were immediately contacted to watch via livestream as the drone explored the ship apart from the number 20 109 the researchers were unable to identify much about this ship of unknown origin it's estimated to have been constructed 200 years ago and based on the charred timber it was likely burning when it sank just looking at this style this is the thickness of this copper the size of these guys I'm thinking we're probably a little later in the 19th century more towards about 1850 what tragic fate befell this vessel here's hoping we can learn more as NOAA continues to investigate either way it's in good company the Gulf is home to many such mysterious vessels this is the Okeanos Explorer we are now on the sea floor this is dive 12 from the northern Gulf of Mexico we are diving on a shipwreck number 19 a deadly undersea Lake so there's a dead amplifier that's what we mean by the jacuzzi of despair we generally think of all water within a given space as being homogenous but variables like temperature and the salinity levels can create entirely distinct sections like lakes in oceans the jacuzzi or sometimes hot tub moniker is because it's warmer than a near by four degrees Celsius ocean water during return visits in 2015 researchers recorded temperatures from seven point eight up to 19 degrees at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico 3,300 feet below the surface of the ocean research have found just such a body of water 12 feet deep and roughly 32 feet across this undersea Lake might be small but it certainly packs a punch dubbed the jacuzzi of despair it kills any sea creature foolish enough to test its depths spending too long an itch can send an eel into toxic shock this highly salinated water rich in methane and hydrogen sulfide is seriously toxic little is understood about the surreal undersea environment but researchers think it might give us insight into the conditions on extraterrestrial planets number 18 Julius sound recorded in 1999 Julia is the name given to a mysterious sound picked up by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration it only lasted fifteen seconds but it captivated the scientific community and amateur theorists alike NOAA suggested that it most likely originated from an iceberg colliding with the landmass of Antarctica but this cannot be proven what we do know is that it was loud enough to resonate across a massive section of the ocean those willing to consider more out their possibilities have suggested it could be the sound of a massive unknown creature rumors abound about NASA satellite photos showing a huge shadow moving in the waters off of Antarctica around that time but no such images have surfaced number 17 Adams bridge but Hamas a - also known as Adams bridge is a series of limestone shoals that form a rough connection between the northwest coast of Sri Lanka and Pam Bowen Island 30 miles away the history of lomasa - is intertwined with local legend according to hindu lore it was built by an army of warrior monkeys known as Vanara to help the gods rama save his wife sita from the demon king Ravana while this origin story is widely treated as myth rather than reality there are those who assert that Adam's bridge was in fact built and was never a naturally occurring land bridge an American Science Channel has made startling revelations that the Ram Sita bridge commonly called the Adams bridge connecting India and Sri Lanka is man-made and not natural all we know for sure is back in the 15th century it was entirely above sea level and traversable how these stones got here is a mystery and what a team of geologists date the stones the mystery deepens number 16 macro pin of micro stoma macro pin is a small dark fish with large fins a tiny mouth and a remarkable pair of eyes I think that's a weird name wait till you see the fish it belongs to first discovered in 1939 this mysterious and thoroughly alien looking creature wasn't photographed alive until 2004 the fish discovered alive by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact it spends its life at depths between 2,000 and 2,800 feet and though it has been caught a number of times over the years it's fragile Anatomy has made it incredibly challenging to study from the barreleye family macro pin and micro stoma has a translucent domed head which coupled with its unique tubular eyes gives it an advantage over its prey when it spots food it can rotate its eyes to look forward to include its mouth in the field of view the tubular eyes are extremely well-suited for capturing light in its dark habitat while its domed head allows it to not only look forward but also up through its own head unique sure but also super creepy looking number 15 the gull of combat ruins discovered in the early 2000s these alleged ruins are still generating controversy decades later located off the coast of Gujarat in the Gulf of Khambhat this archaeological site is seemingly made up of city like structures and home to various artifacts but because the area was dredged rather than being explored via more careful methods of excavation the scientific community is divided as to the significance of the results the structures are compelling but the relevance of the carbon dated materials from the site is hotly debated if they are indeed the tools of an ancient settlement dated at ninety five hundred years old that would make the Gulf of Khambhat ruins the oldest known civilization number fourteen Australia's cannibal shark just as lions rule the savanna great white sharks ruled the Seas okay technically killer whales have been known to target them but that's not what happened here the recent discovery has led to a cutting-edge theory great white sharks Australian scientists were shocked and utterly perplexed when a nine foot long great white shark was apparently devoured it had been tagged with a tracker as part of a study and when said tracker washed up on shore the data contained within showed a sudden spike in temperature followed by a staggering 1900 foot dive a temperature that could only be achieved inside the belly of another living animal after careful investigation the researchers were left with only one possible conclusion it was eaten by a cannibal shark of the same species estimated to be 16 feet long and 2 tonnes terrifying right both great whites tend to avoid conflict cannibalism is not unheard of number 13 the Baltic Sea anomaly in 2011 Swedish diving team ocean X was searching for sunken treasure in the gulf of bothnia they stumbled instead upon something far stranger using sonar equipment to take a rough image of the object they reported it was 200 feet in diameter and more distinct design patterns that seemed unnatural adding to the mystery of the Baltic Sea anomaly is the fact that according to the team there was electrical interference in the area preventing them from getting a clearer image it's definitely sharp edge and it I haven't seen this before and when I just look at it now it definitely looked like man made the team has even suggested that it could be a UFO needless to say scientists are skeptical okay that's sort of true according to the ocean Explorer team it's not actually obviously a spacecraft it's not even made of metal it doesn't hurt though that the structure looks vaguely like the Millennium Falcon or ebon Hawk from Star Wars number 12 light wheels in the Persian Gulf we're starting to notice a pattern here if you're on the hunt for an oceanic mystery of your very own explore a gulf sometimes poetically referred to as ghosts of the ocean light wheels are large glowing circles of light that appear on the water and have been observed for decades some reports actually go all the way back to the 18th century often measuring hundreds of feet in diameter these eye-catching anomalies have been explained away most notably by oceanographer kurt kala as the result of bioluminescent plankton and seismic waves well plausible such theories struggle to explain the variety of shapes that the light wheels take or the fact that they appear to spin at varying speeds number 11 the milky seas effect when Maddie did Raven about siren smurfo bad omens and the like in the end we're no more since left in them an immense toothed sailors tall tales are often dismissed as mere superstition well the milky seas effect is one story that we can confirm even if we don't entirely understand it historically sailors have reported seeing large sections of the sea become a pale milky white or blue and emit a faint glow now thanks to modern technology we know that the milky seas effect is not only real but the result of bioluminescent bacteria well that's all well and good we still can't figure out what causes these sudden explosions and bacterial populations or the other variables that result in this unique site number 10 left a cephalus gigantis described by Anton Berlin in 1930 and Peter Henry John Castle in 1959 left a cephalus gigantis is an extremely rare species of eel thought by some swim the ocean depths only to such specimens have ever been studied and they were in the larval state meaning that they were nowhere close to reaching maturity but even as a larva one specimen was roughly six feet in length and given that eel larvae is typically 1/32 of its adult length that would suggest a truly monstrous ilka maturity now contemporary scientists have suggested that leftist epaulettes gigantis was likely misidentified and would not grow substantially beyond that point but without further study it's impossible to say leftist cephalus gigantis could be the reality behind sea serpents number nine the Aegean Sea ruins in 2015 researchers hailing from Greece and Sweden made one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of the 21st century working south of Athens in the colada Bay the team was exploring fertile territory the area is rich in archaeological sites but nothing could have prepared them for what they found what began with a few pottery fragments led researchers to uncover the ruins of an entire lost city one that occupied somewhere in the ballpark of 12 acres of land the city dates back to the Bronze Age and was seemingly protected by a wall complete with defensive towers structures unseen until now in any other ancient greek sites how this seemingly once great city fell however is anyone's guess number 8 the colossal squid this terrifying deep-sea beast was first discovered in 1925 and its existence admittedly lends a certain credibility to all those myths about sea monsters because colossal squids are so elusive our knowledge of their Anatomy is somewhat limited but based on beaks that have been recovered it's been hypothesized that at maturity they could weigh up to 1,500 pounds and measure 30 to 33 feet in length Steve was expecting the squid to be more than 30 feet long it's only half that only a handful of specimens have ever been found which makes sense given that they generally inhabit the Antarctic Ocean and dwell at depths of up to 7,200 feet as if the colossal squid size wasn't intimidating enough they're armed with both swiveling and three pointed hooks on their limb number seven the ruins of Dwarka the lost city of Dwarka is one of the rare instances of a miss possibly being confirmed as fact according to legend the Hindu deity Krishna founded the now legendary city of Dwaraka long ago the city is sacred in the Hindu faith and is said to have been unparalleled in its beauty and splendor rich in greenery wildlife and palaces they've found some walls and they found some stuff that carbon dates thirty-two thousand years ago it was utopia that is until it was swallowed up by the sea the Dwarka of legend has understandably long been dismissed as a work of fiction but in the 1980s with the discovery of underwater ruins off the coast of the modern-day coastal town of Dwarka people were forced to reconsider that assumption the research continues to this day number six the Bimini Road gentlemen I propose that we find Atlantis find that power source and bring it back to the surface dubbed the road to Atlantis the Bimini Road or Bimini wall as some would argue is a rock formation that runs for half a mile underwater in the Bahamas located near North Bimini Island this mysterious marine landmark is made up of large roughly rectangular limestone blocks which seem to form a road or wall like pattern if you look at the Bimini Road descend on one side of the centre the other side has a clear defined pathway analysis of the stones including carbon dating has led researchers to conclude that the Bimini Road is a natural formation resulting from erosion and the currents but given that there are two other similar patterns in the area and considering the fact that some of the stones appear to be stacked atop one another there are some who maintain that there's more to the Bimini Road than carbon dating suggests Bimini Road has been dated at around two thousand four thousand years old too young to be a part of Atlantis but again the accuracy of carbon dating is admittedly questionable number five the Atlantis of Japan various underwater ruins around the globe have been posited as the lost city of Atlantis upon their discovery but if there's one that leads the pack it's the Yonaguni Monument experts call it one of the greatest discoveries in the history of underwater as with the Bimini Road many have dismissed these underwater rock formations as being naturally occurring but the structure is oddly geometrical and includes reliefs that vaguely resemble animal carvings and what appears to be the remnants of columns as such there are some like professor Masaaki Kimura who've argued in favor of this being the remnants of a lost civilization possibly the lost continent of MU another name for Atlantis so if a ten thousand year old civilization existed it would be a big surprise it would be unbelievable number four bloop the Julia recording certainly made waves in the scientific community but if there's one deep sea sound file that people never seem to get tired of debating it's the bloop and it's not just scientists versus conspiracy theorists not even researchers within relevant field seem to be able to agree about its origins there were occasionally rarely but occasionally there were sounds that we just could not identify this ultra low frequency high amplitude sound was recorded in 1997 first it was speculated that the sound was caused by icebergs dragging along the ocean floor but then in 2002 Christopher Fox of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration speculated that it had been produced by an animal flash-forward another 10 years and the NOAA was once again pointing towards ice quakes number three the Megalodon the other alternative human history across various cultures is chock-full of myths and legends about sea monsters that tormented sailors of yesteryears unlike the Leviathan or the Kraken however we know for a fact that the Megalodon once swam these sees the word Megalodon literally means big tooth and these seven-inch teeth are almost all the remain of this extraordinary creature no skeletons have ever been found measuring up to 59 feet in length and reaching upwards of 59 metric tons these prehistoric terrors certainly earn the name the general scientific consensus is that they went extinct millions of years ago but there are those who believe they continue to survive in secret and it's not just Discovery Channel fueling the speculation species like the coelacanth and megamouth shark remind us that anything could lurk in the ocean depths number two the lost submarines of 1968 life aboard a submarine isn't for the faint of heart you are literally trapped in a long metallic cylinder hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean when something goes wrong it often goes very wrong despite the inherent risks however for such vessels going missing in quick succession makes for an incredible coincidence with 318 lives and for subs lost in a single calendar year 1968 is the most deadly year in submarine history since the end of World War two the USS scorpion the i ns dakar the Minerva and the k-129 hailing from the states Israel France and the Soviet Union respectively all disappeared under mysterious circumstances and continue to be the subject of speculation decades later before we continue be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one the Bermuda Triangle roughly defined by Puerto Rico Miami and the island of Bermuda this triangle is the subject of much superstition using the terminology of today you would call the triangle well I mean you know this is the oldest fake news story in the world for the record this is among the most heavily traveled stretches of ocean in the world and most trips are completed without incident but the accidents and disappearances that have transpired are notably strange the Ellen Austin incident allegedly saw not one but two crews disappear from a derelict ship found in the Triangle the USS Cyclops was a u.s. Navy ship that disappeared with all 309 sailors there are countless such stories leaving an enduring shroud of mystery over these stormy seas ships that have shown up absolutely empty no sign of any struggle yet the crew is just vanished do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 19min 22sec (1162 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 08 2020