Places that Abandoned Us

[pickinduck]

What about places that abandoned us? There are lots of them like Sandy Island and The Garden of Edin.

[sherlew99]

What a neat little twist on the subject. I looked up Sandy Island and found this interesting article by the Washington Post.

Scientist unravels mystery of Coral Sea’s ghostly Sandy Island
By Joel Achenbach,April 14, 2013
A research ship cruised through the Coral Sea, east of Australia, bearing down on Sandy Island. The digital scientific databases used by the researchers showed the island to be 15 miles long, north to south, and about three miles wide. Manhattan-sized.

But when the ship reached the place where the island should have been, the researchers saw only open ocean. The water was nearly a mile deep. Sandy Island simply wasn’t there. Or, it turned out, anywhere.

How could an island supposedly discovered in 1876, and appearing on many maps ever since, vanish? Did it sink beneath the waves like the mythical Atlantis? Or was it always a figment of some mariner’s imagination?

The bizarre and complicated story of ghostly Sandy Island is a cautionary tale about what we know and don’t know in the 21st century — and how, even with satellite technology and modern surveying instruments, the ocean can still spring a surprise.

Click here to read the rest of the article.


Also Atlantis would probably fit into this category as well.

[pickinduck]

Does it say it was still showing up on satellite images?

[sherlew99]

The article only says that it showed up as a "big, black blob" on Google maps. It was later removed and I doubt that it's been added again.

[pickinduck]

Hy-Brazil

[pickinduck]

Brigadoon

[sherlew99]

Dec 2, 2013 19:57:36 GMT -6 pickinduck said:

Hy-Brazil

This is quite interesting as well.

Brasil, also known as Hy-Brasil or several other variants,[1] is a phantom island which was said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. In Irish myths it was said to be cloaked in mist, except for one day each seven years, when it became visible but still could not be reached. It probably has similar roots to other mythical islands said to exist in the Atlantic, such as Atlantis, Saint Brendan's Island, and the Isle of Mam.

link

[sherlew99]

Dec 2, 2013 20:44:11 GMT -6 pickinduck said:

Brigadoon

I'm not finding much more online about this legendary village except for references to musicals and books.

[pickinduck]

LAND OF THE LOST

[pickinduck]

Dec 2, 2013 20:52:23 GMT -6 sherlew99 said:

Dec 2, 2013 20:44:11 GMT -6 pickinduck said:

Brigadoon

I'm not finding much more online about this legendary village except for references to musicals and books.

Here is something.

brigadoon.co.za/legend.htm

[pickinduck]

One of the reports says that the island of Hy-Brazil is perfectly round.

[pickinduck]

Shangri-La

[pickinduck]

Several people have reported visiting Hy-Brazil. One even bought back a bunch of gold.

[sherlew99]

Dec 2, 2013 21:20:46 GMT -6 pickinduck said:

Shangri-La

Hmm, there's supposed to be an actual town called Shangra-la, but I don't know if it's near a mountain pass or not.

link

[pickinduck]

This is some of what I got from Ancient Aliens about Hy-Brasil.
1497 John Cavit
1674 Captain John Nesbit of Ireland visited and bought back gold & silver and reported inhabited by giant black rabbits.
1872 Last seen by author T.J. Westrop & crew.

*I may have spelt some things wrong.