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Strange things have been found in the backyard
Untouched bomb shelter
In 2013, a married couple, Chris and Colleen Otkasek acquired in the district Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, California) house in the backyard which was fallout shelter built in the 60s of XX century.
Chris and Colleen thought from the shelter after more than fifty years, should be nothing left. Furthermore recess in the ground. But as it turned out, they were wrong.
Shelter, built in 1961 as an engineer in nuclear engineering Alvin Kaufman, preserved in perfect condition.
Stocks that were in the shelter were completely intact and included aluminum foil, paper towels, sleeping pills, and various canned jars of coffee.
In addition, the couple also discovered a huge number of books and magazines - apparently planned to banish boredom Kaufman reading in the case if he had to spend in the shelter more than one day.
Car brand Ferrari, bury
In 1978, in Los Angeles two children decided to play in the back yard of the house where they lived. Picking in the ground, they suddenly found the car brand Ferrari Dino 246 GTS!
With the help of local police and teams of workers dug up the car and pulled out of the pit.
The investigation revealed that the car was stolen from a resident of Alhambra (Los Angeles County, California) named Rosendo Cruz four years ago. Very strange that none of the people living then in the area where criminals hid Ferrari, did not report the incident to the police. According to the respondents, they did not notice anything suspicious. According to one version, the locals could be in cahoots with the attackers kidnapped cars, although its involvement in the crime they categorically denied.
Cost dug out of the ground the car experts have estimated at 18 thousand dollars ($ 75,000, based on the current exchange rate). Ferrari took the insurance company to pay damages which Rosendo Cruz (paid him the amount of 22,500 dollars), and then put the car on sale. It was rumored that the car bought some mechanic. He personally took it at auction and left, leaving no address. Ferrari again disappeared without a trace.
The story of the missing car interested in a Los Angeles journalist, and he decided to find his current owner. It appeared to be a Brad Howard. He purchased a Ferrari Dino 246 GTS in 1978, a local businessman, who in turn bought it from the insurance company.
Why cars buried in the backyard of a house in Los Angeles? Many believe that it was an insurance scam. The kidnappers probably had to break a car, but regretted it and decided to hide in the ground until better times.
Gold coins worth $ 10 million
In February 2013 a married couple living in the Sierra Nevada, who wished to remain anonymous, was walking her dog in the backyard of his home. Suddenly, their attention was attracted by a rusty tin box sticking out of the ground. They dug up and carried her into the house.
What was surprising spouses when they opened the box and saw it as a gold coin $ 20, dating back to 1890 mi years.
Couple hurried back to the place where she was buried deal, and found a total of eight tins, which was the dream of any numismatist - 1427 gold coins with a par value of $ 27,980 issued during the period from 1847 to 1894.
Coins are well preserved, about a third of them were completely new and, apparently, never been in circulation.
Numismatists Cajun Don and David McCarthy helped to determine the value of the coins, known as the "Treasure Saddle Ridge", and prepare them for auction. In the near future Cajun going to put them up for sale on the site Amazon.com.
As coins were in the backyard of the couple living in the Sierra Nevada, remains a mystery. In March 2014 the representatives of the US Mint officially announced that "had no information as to whether the listed coins from" Treasure Saddle Ridge "stolen or not».
"Damned money", bringing death
In August 2011, picking broccoli in the garden in the backyard, an unemployed resident Dzhonsberga (Illinois) Wayne Sabadzh found 150 thousand dollars hidden in a nylon bag.
Man, fearing that the money can be stolen, did not want to hang it on the offense, and called the police. Authorities said that if the beneficial owner of money does not turn up to the end of 2012, they will get the full amount of the person who found them, that is Wayne Sabadzhu.
But the "owner" showed up. More precisely, just two - 87-year-old neighbor Sabadzha, Dolores Johnson, and the owner of the liquor store Naperville. Johnson, who suffered from dementia and died in January 2012, on the court stated that "got rid of the money because they were accursed."
The judge ultimately decided to return most of the money daughters Johnson, and the remaining amount to give Wayne Sabadzhu as a reward.
Sabadzh, who once said that "the past ten dollars he spent on cigarettes," died 10 days before he had to pay a fee. Money received Sabadzha father, Kevin, but not before experienced cardiac arrest after learning of his son's death.
Fossil weighing more than 450 pounds
In 1978, Gary Johnson, a student of the Graduate School of Rolling Hills (Eng. Rolling Hills High School; Rancho Palos Verdes, California), who was fond of archeology, found in the ground in the backyard of his house huge fossil weighing more than 450 pounds. Purging it of clay and mud, the guy invited expert in order so that he could assess his discovery.
Expert examination of the fossil, said that no importance it is not represented; then forgot about it by as much as 35 years.
In February 2014 Johnson watched TV and got to a report of fossilized skull of a giant sperm whale (weighing more than 270 pounds and the age of 12 million years), which is found in the school Chadwick School, just a few hundred meters from the spot where he found the fossil of many years ago. After the transfer of Gary decided to call Thomas Howell, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Thomas examined the fossil and concluded that its age is about 14-16 million years. It consists of the jaw and the skull mustached whale is one of the world famous twenty samples of fossilized whalebone. "This is a very rare fossil that we were looking for a very long time", - said Thomas Howell.
Now fossil found Johnson, kept at the Museum of Natural History, where its scientists continue to study.
Millennial remains of Native American
In early 2014, a resident of Salt Lake City (Utah), trying to dig a pond in the backyard of his home in the land of the remains found. The fact that they belonged to a man, no doubt about it, so man, do not hesitate to call the police.
The police sent the remains to the examination, the results of which showed that they once belonged to Native Americans living in Utah one thousand years ago.
State government handed over the remains to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which after appropriate research to rebury them.
Treasure chest with 650-year-old jewelry
In 2007, a resident of the Austrian city of Wiener Neustadt, Andreas K., digging in the backyard of his home, found the treasury, which houses more than 200 precious items: rings, brooches, decorative buckle, gold and silver plates, and much more.
Andreas did not immediately report their findings to the authorities. He put the jewels found in a drawer, took it to the basement and forgot about it. The man remembered the treasury only two years later, when he was about to move to another house.
Experts examined the jewels came to the conclusion that their age is about 650 years old, and they are incredibly valuable.
Andreas K., who was absolutely not interested in money, he decided to donate "sensational find" (according to representatives of the Austrian Federal Office for the Protection of monuments and cultural values) City Museum.
Bomb during World War II
In Orlando (Florida) is a large area, which is built on the site of a former landfill bomber during World War II. Its inhabitants are still found on the sites "gifts" of the time in the form of unexploded ordnance.
The first bomb discovered in 1998 near the treadmill at the stadium of the local high school. Since then, on school grounds, a total of 126 were found shells and rockets.
Several bombs were also found in the backyards of the locals. Although the United States Army Corps of Engineers received $ 10 million to ensure that "clean" area, people still now and then stumble on their plots on the deadly remnants of war.
Housing prices in the area since 1998 have fallen sharply. Its residents have sued numerous lawsuits against builders, accusing them of negligence and demanding monetary compensation.
Lois Lane
In 1996, 47-year-old actress Margot Kidder, who played the role of Lois Lane in the film Christopher Reeve Superman (1970-1980), was found in the backyard of a house in Glendale (California) four days after it declared wanted.
Police said the actress was "frightened and behaved like a paranoid." Obviously, because of serious mental disorders.
Kidder lying on the ground, her clothes were dirty. Her front teeth were missing and messy hair cut. The woman claimed that she had been attacked and had to flee.
Kidder after the examination was diagnosed with "biopolyarnoe disorder." She underwent the necessary treatment and now lives a normal life with her daughter.
Source: muz4in.net
In 2013, a married couple, Chris and Colleen Otkasek acquired in the district Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, California) house in the backyard which was fallout shelter built in the 60s of XX century.
Chris and Colleen thought from the shelter after more than fifty years, should be nothing left. Furthermore recess in the ground. But as it turned out, they were wrong.
Shelter, built in 1961 as an engineer in nuclear engineering Alvin Kaufman, preserved in perfect condition.
Stocks that were in the shelter were completely intact and included aluminum foil, paper towels, sleeping pills, and various canned jars of coffee.
In addition, the couple also discovered a huge number of books and magazines - apparently planned to banish boredom Kaufman reading in the case if he had to spend in the shelter more than one day.
Car brand Ferrari, bury
In 1978, in Los Angeles two children decided to play in the back yard of the house where they lived. Picking in the ground, they suddenly found the car brand Ferrari Dino 246 GTS!
With the help of local police and teams of workers dug up the car and pulled out of the pit.
The investigation revealed that the car was stolen from a resident of Alhambra (Los Angeles County, California) named Rosendo Cruz four years ago. Very strange that none of the people living then in the area where criminals hid Ferrari, did not report the incident to the police. According to the respondents, they did not notice anything suspicious. According to one version, the locals could be in cahoots with the attackers kidnapped cars, although its involvement in the crime they categorically denied.
Cost dug out of the ground the car experts have estimated at 18 thousand dollars ($ 75,000, based on the current exchange rate). Ferrari took the insurance company to pay damages which Rosendo Cruz (paid him the amount of 22,500 dollars), and then put the car on sale. It was rumored that the car bought some mechanic. He personally took it at auction and left, leaving no address. Ferrari again disappeared without a trace.
The story of the missing car interested in a Los Angeles journalist, and he decided to find his current owner. It appeared to be a Brad Howard. He purchased a Ferrari Dino 246 GTS in 1978, a local businessman, who in turn bought it from the insurance company.
Why cars buried in the backyard of a house in Los Angeles? Many believe that it was an insurance scam. The kidnappers probably had to break a car, but regretted it and decided to hide in the ground until better times.
Gold coins worth $ 10 million
In February 2013 a married couple living in the Sierra Nevada, who wished to remain anonymous, was walking her dog in the backyard of his home. Suddenly, their attention was attracted by a rusty tin box sticking out of the ground. They dug up and carried her into the house.
What was surprising spouses when they opened the box and saw it as a gold coin $ 20, dating back to 1890 mi years.
Couple hurried back to the place where she was buried deal, and found a total of eight tins, which was the dream of any numismatist - 1427 gold coins with a par value of $ 27,980 issued during the period from 1847 to 1894.
Coins are well preserved, about a third of them were completely new and, apparently, never been in circulation.
Numismatists Cajun Don and David McCarthy helped to determine the value of the coins, known as the "Treasure Saddle Ridge", and prepare them for auction. In the near future Cajun going to put them up for sale on the site Amazon.com.
As coins were in the backyard of the couple living in the Sierra Nevada, remains a mystery. In March 2014 the representatives of the US Mint officially announced that "had no information as to whether the listed coins from" Treasure Saddle Ridge "stolen or not».
"Damned money", bringing death
In August 2011, picking broccoli in the garden in the backyard, an unemployed resident Dzhonsberga (Illinois) Wayne Sabadzh found 150 thousand dollars hidden in a nylon bag.
Man, fearing that the money can be stolen, did not want to hang it on the offense, and called the police. Authorities said that if the beneficial owner of money does not turn up to the end of 2012, they will get the full amount of the person who found them, that is Wayne Sabadzhu.
But the "owner" showed up. More precisely, just two - 87-year-old neighbor Sabadzha, Dolores Johnson, and the owner of the liquor store Naperville. Johnson, who suffered from dementia and died in January 2012, on the court stated that "got rid of the money because they were accursed."
The judge ultimately decided to return most of the money daughters Johnson, and the remaining amount to give Wayne Sabadzhu as a reward.
Sabadzh, who once said that "the past ten dollars he spent on cigarettes," died 10 days before he had to pay a fee. Money received Sabadzha father, Kevin, but not before experienced cardiac arrest after learning of his son's death.
Fossil weighing more than 450 pounds
In 1978, Gary Johnson, a student of the Graduate School of Rolling Hills (Eng. Rolling Hills High School; Rancho Palos Verdes, California), who was fond of archeology, found in the ground in the backyard of his house huge fossil weighing more than 450 pounds. Purging it of clay and mud, the guy invited expert in order so that he could assess his discovery.
Expert examination of the fossil, said that no importance it is not represented; then forgot about it by as much as 35 years.
In February 2014 Johnson watched TV and got to a report of fossilized skull of a giant sperm whale (weighing more than 270 pounds and the age of 12 million years), which is found in the school Chadwick School, just a few hundred meters from the spot where he found the fossil of many years ago. After the transfer of Gary decided to call Thomas Howell, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Thomas examined the fossil and concluded that its age is about 14-16 million years. It consists of the jaw and the skull mustached whale is one of the world famous twenty samples of fossilized whalebone. "This is a very rare fossil that we were looking for a very long time", - said Thomas Howell.
Now fossil found Johnson, kept at the Museum of Natural History, where its scientists continue to study.
Millennial remains of Native American
In early 2014, a resident of Salt Lake City (Utah), trying to dig a pond in the backyard of his home in the land of the remains found. The fact that they belonged to a man, no doubt about it, so man, do not hesitate to call the police.
The police sent the remains to the examination, the results of which showed that they once belonged to Native Americans living in Utah one thousand years ago.
State government handed over the remains to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which after appropriate research to rebury them.
Treasure chest with 650-year-old jewelry
In 2007, a resident of the Austrian city of Wiener Neustadt, Andreas K., digging in the backyard of his home, found the treasury, which houses more than 200 precious items: rings, brooches, decorative buckle, gold and silver plates, and much more.
Andreas did not immediately report their findings to the authorities. He put the jewels found in a drawer, took it to the basement and forgot about it. The man remembered the treasury only two years later, when he was about to move to another house.
Experts examined the jewels came to the conclusion that their age is about 650 years old, and they are incredibly valuable.
Andreas K., who was absolutely not interested in money, he decided to donate "sensational find" (according to representatives of the Austrian Federal Office for the Protection of monuments and cultural values) City Museum.
Bomb during World War II
In Orlando (Florida) is a large area, which is built on the site of a former landfill bomber during World War II. Its inhabitants are still found on the sites "gifts" of the time in the form of unexploded ordnance.
The first bomb discovered in 1998 near the treadmill at the stadium of the local high school. Since then, on school grounds, a total of 126 were found shells and rockets.
Several bombs were also found in the backyards of the locals. Although the United States Army Corps of Engineers received $ 10 million to ensure that "clean" area, people still now and then stumble on their plots on the deadly remnants of war.
Housing prices in the area since 1998 have fallen sharply. Its residents have sued numerous lawsuits against builders, accusing them of negligence and demanding monetary compensation.
Lois Lane
In 1996, 47-year-old actress Margot Kidder, who played the role of Lois Lane in the film Christopher Reeve Superman (1970-1980), was found in the backyard of a house in Glendale (California) four days after it declared wanted.
Police said the actress was "frightened and behaved like a paranoid." Obviously, because of serious mental disorders.
Kidder lying on the ground, her clothes were dirty. Her front teeth were missing and messy hair cut. The woman claimed that she had been attacked and had to flee.
Kidder after the examination was diagnosed with "biopolyarnoe disorder." She underwent the necessary treatment and now lives a normal life with her daughter.
Source: muz4in.net
