HISTORY
A historical purposes, the legend of "ghost ship" surfaced in the early seventeenth century. However, few scholars are aware that their true origin was conceived in absolute sea, but on land. The extensive sands of the Sinai desert were the setting in which this drama unfolded, with the protagonist to a simple goldsmith named Al Samiri, rather than a captain.This character, have the Hebrew chronicles, was commissioned to melt few jewels and gold requisitioned to model the famous "Golden Calf". Returning Moses with the Tablets of the Law, I immediately wanted to punish with death those responsible for that image starting with the craftsman who forged. But the Creator, insists the story stayed the hand of the patriarch condemning AL SAMIRI to wander aimlessly forever, like an outlaw.He also banned all contact with their peers and never find rest.Later in time, the tradition reminds ASHAVER, the shoemaker of Jerusalem. By denying aid to Christ on his way to Golgotha, he was punished to stay forever walking without stopping, denying the relief of death. As the centuries passed, new fixtures adorned the original argument, placing the nomadic forced into Spain, and then in the Netherlands in early 1600.Although its existence was soon challenged, the liturgy of ASHAVER -and other equally represaliados- his contemporaries fed the myth in the countries bordering the North Sea. Legend Castle FALKENBERG, close to Germany, resumed the plot converting it into a drama where two brothers passionate affection of a local lady disputed. As it left injured retaliated killing the couple, but their bad conscience prevented him overcome felony.Repented, sought advice from a confessor, who urged him to fly out to sea and, once there, waiting for a signal. This came in the form of a brig in which two figures forced him to climb. Once inside he was punished in a cabin until the end of time to purge their crime. With more sadistic dyes, the story ended with his soul raffled daily among the crew, using a dice game.At the same time, the fame of Dutch captain BARENT FOKKE, nothing God-fearing man, earned him an alliance with the devil. Marino outstanding, his ship ran Africa and the Indian Ocean, investing less time than its competitors, earning the popular suspicion. Obsessed by rounding the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) though it cost him an eternity, shocked the local society, and when they returned from his last expedition led superstitions of all kinds.
THE FLYING DUTCHMANThe maritime folklore is your favorite ghost ship and this is the Flying Dutchman. A boat that has inspired paintings, horror stories, movies, and even an opera. The ship was first mentioned in late 1700 in a book byGEORGE BARRINGTON and from that moment the legend continues to grow, thanks to a series of apparitions that have reported some fishermen and sailors throughout the world. The Flying Dutchman is a boat that left Amsterdam captained by a man named Van der Decken direction of the East Indies. When faced with a dangerous storm near the Cape of Good Hope, VAN DER DECKEN, I decide to move forward, killing his first official who opposed, and professing that "he would cross the Cape, even if God punished him doing navigate until the Day of Judgment! "Despite the efforts, the ship sank in a storm, and legend has it that from that moment the ghost of Van der Decken was doomed to sail the seas forever.
THE MARY CELESTE
Undoubtedly, the most famous of all ghost ships is the MARY CELESTE. Maybe because it's a true story recorded and documented. A merchant ship found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872. The ship normally by following the direction of the wind when it was found, but found no trace of the captain or crew. There were no signs of struggle, no personal items. Load of more than 1500 barrels alcohol was intact, so that the possibility of piracy discarded as an explanation.In all these years there have been some theories to explain the strange discovery of the Mary Celeste, these include its passengers were killed by a tornado, the crew rebelled, or even that passengers ate flour contaminated with fungus or that led to hallucinate and go crazy. The most likely theory is that a possible storm or any kind of technical problems premature evacuation of the crew in lifeboats would have required, and later the same die at sea. However, the mystery surrounding the MARY CELESTE has created much wild speculation, and others have suggested from sea monsters and ghosts to alien abductions. In this context, whatever may be the true explanation.
LADY LOVIBOND
England has a long tradition of legends about the ghost ship, the Lady Lovibond is probably the most famous of them. According to history, the captain of the Lady Lovibond, Simon Peel, had just married, and decided to celebrate it by performing a cruise ship. He Feb. 13, 1748, brought his new bride, despite the belief that bring a woman aboard the ship was unlucky. As fate, or perhaps bad luck, the first officer of the ship strikes up a fleeting connection with the recent Peel woman after the celebrations, Angry and overwhelmed by jealousy, Pel boat intentionally directed toward a sandbar. After impact, the boat sinks, killing all passengers. Legend states that this ship can still be seen in the vicinity of that place every 50 years. In the years 1798, 1848 and 1998, several testimonies of this ghost ship sightings were documented.
THE LITTLE JEWELThe Little Jewel was a fisherman boat was found abandoned in the South Pacific in 1955. The ship with its 25 passengers and crew headed to the Tokelau Islands when something mysterious happened to him, and it was not until hours later that messages rescue were heard and launched rescue efforts. A massive air search was conducted, but could not find the lost ship, and it was not until five weeks they met the drifting 600 miles from its original course. They also found traces of his crew or passengers, nor its load. The ship was badly damaged, especially one of its sides. The examination which made the local authorities showed only trivial data. The ship radio was tuned to the universal distress signal SOS, and cover the case of a doctor with some bloody bandages found. Never heard anything more about the passengers or crew and the mystery of what happened has not been revealed. The most popular theory is that pirates killed the passengers and threw their bodies into the sea.
OCTAVIO
THE STORY OF OCTAVIO is the classic story of a ghost ship. Although it is now considered a simple legend continues to be really attractive and unique. The story goes back to 1775, when it is said that a whaler called the HERALD stumbled across Octavio floating aimlessly off the coast of Greenland. The crew of the Herald boarded the Octavius, where they found the bodies of the crew and frozen arctic cold passengers. Most prominently, the crew also found the ship's master, who was still sitting at his desk, and beside the log whose last record was 1762, which means that Octavian had been floating for 13 years.According to legend, over time and through the blog discovered it was discovered that the captain had ventured to make a quick return to England from the East through the Northwest Passage, but the ship was trapped in ice. If true legend, this would mean that Octavio had completed part of the journey across the Atlantic like a ghost ship.
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THE BAYCHIMO
One of the most fascinating cases of ghost ships of truth concerns the Baychimo, a freighter that was abandoned and left adrift in the sea near Alaska for nearly 40 years. The ship was owned by the HUDSON BAY COMPANY, and was launched in the early 20s and was used to trade in hides and skins with the Inuit of northern Canada. But in 1931, the Baychimo got stuck in the ice near Alaska, and after many attempts to break free of the ice, his crew was airlifted to safety area. After a blizzard, the ship free of the ice, but was badly damaged and was abandoned by the Hudson Bay Company, who assumed it would not be the next winter. Incredibly, the Baychimo managed to stay afloat for the next 38 years, and continued to drift through the waters of Alaska. The ship became a local legend, and was frequently sighted aimlessly near icebergs by Eskimos and other vessels. It was addressed several times, but weather conditions prevented save.The last time was the Baychimo was in 1969, again frozen in the ice of Alaska, but has since disappeared. It is believed that the ship sank, but recently several expeditions were launched to find the ghost ship nearly 80 years.
CARROLL A. DEERING
Perhaps the most famous ghost ship of the coast this is the Carroll A. Deering, a schooner that ran aground near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1921. The ship had just returned from a shopping trip to deliver coal in South America, and had been last seen south of Hatteras by a lighthouse near Lake Lookout. It ran aground on the sandbank of Diamond, an area famous for causing shipwrecks, and stayed there several days before I got any help. When he arrived, the Coast Guard found the ship completely abandoned. Navigation equipment and logbook were missing, and there were two lifeboats, but otherwise there was no sign of any kind of trap.A deeper investigation by the US government discovered that many other boats had disappeared under the same circumstances by the same dates.There were several theories rejected, but the most popular remains that the ship fell victim to pirates or bootlegger. Others suggest that the mutiny could have been the cause, since it is said that the first officer Deering had some animosity towards his captain, but has not found any definitive proof. The mystery surrounding the ghost ship has fueled rumors, and many have proposed that could have been responsible for some paranormal activity claim that the ship passed through the Bermuda Triangle as evidence that some phenomenon might be possible otherworldly.
OURANG MEDAN
The history of Ourang Medan begins in 1947, when two American ships received a distress call while sailing through the Strait of Malacca, off the coast of Malaysia. The caller identified himself as a member of the crew of Ourang Medan, a Dutch vessel, and supposedly stated that the captain and crew were all dead or dying. The messages began to be distorted before losing the signal ending with the words: "I die". The ship quickly went to the scene to help. When they arrived, they found the Ourang Medan intact, but the entire crew, including the dog, were dead, their bodies and faces were stiff with terrifying postures and expressions, and many suggest that something was not there. Before rescuers could investigate further, the ship mysteriously caught fire and had to evacuate.Soon after, it says that exploded and sank. While the details and the general veracity of the history of Medang Ourang still widely discussed, there have been a number of theories that could have killed the crew.The most popular of these theories is that the ship was carrying nitroglycerin or some kind of nerve agent was not properly secured and leaked through the air illegally. Others, meanwhile, have claimed that the ship was the victim of a UFO or some other type of paranormal phenomenon.
SS VALENCIA
The SS Valencia was a steamship that sank off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1906. The ship encountered bad weather near Cape Mendocino, and after drifting away, hit a reef and was when it started taking on water.The crew began to lower the lifeboats, remaining 108 passengers on board, but some capsized and others simply disappeared. Valencia finally sank, and only 37 of the approximately 180 passengers on board survived. Five months later, a fisherman found a lifeboat with 8 skeletons in a nearby cave. The search was launched, but nothing was found. Thanks to its dramatic end, the Valencia became the source of numerous stories of ghost ships. Sometimes the sailors sometimes claim they can see the spectrum of steam to drift near the reef in PACHENA POINT, and even today, the boat is the source of wild theories and sightings of ghost ships.In a rare setback, 27 years after the sinking of the Valencia, one of the lifeboats was found floating peacefully in nearby Barkley Sound. It was said that "ghost boat" was in a remarkable condition, and even retained most of the original structure of the painting.
THE CALEUCHE
One of the best known stories of Chiloe mythology of southern Chile is the Caleuche, a ghost ship that appears every evening near the island of Chiloe. According to local legend, the ship is a kind of be aware that navigates the waters of that area, taking with him the souls of all the people who have drowned at sea.When present, said the Caleuche is amazingly beautiful and bright, and always accompanied by the sound of festive music and people laughing. After a while, disappears or immersed himself in the water. According to the Chilota mythology, the spirit of the drowned is called the boat Chilota siren, Pincoya, and Picoy three "water spirits" who resemble Chilota sirens. Once aboard the ghost ship, the drowned man is allowed to resume the life he had before he died.
