By Tim Binnall
Whether it was the mummified remains of a monkey unearthed in the walls of an old department store in Minneapolis or a puzzling pickle jar that kept showing up on the side of a highway in Missouri, 2018 provided more that its fair share of strange mysteries that left us scratching our heads. Here's a selection of some of the most confounding cases that we're still pondering as the year comes to a close.
Mysterious Seismic Event Stumps Scientists
Spontaneous Human Combustion Claims Another Life in England?
Pickle Mystery Grips Missouri Town
Bizarre 'Reindeer Circles' Caught on Film
Strange Darkness Stumps Siberians
Weird 'Mystery Object' Washes Ashore in Australia
Odd Snow Formations Found in Argentina
Mysterious Mummified Monkey Found in Minneapolis
'Unidentified Floating Object' Stumps Dutch Museum
Mysterious Hum Recorded in Sweden
Fortunately for those in need of some closure, there were also a handful of mysteries that emerged in 2018 that were quickly solved as well as a few new solutions offered for some classic cases.
Montana Mystery Creature Solved
DB Cooper Confession Deciphered?
Mystery of the Turkish 'Crying Cemetery Girl' Solved
Water Study Inadvertently Solves Easter Island Moai Mystery?
Viral 'Mystery Rocket' Identified
Voynich Manuscript Solved Via AI?