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Compiled by Marc Carlson
It was last edited 27 June 2004

Timeline of A Mysterious Universe
(an exercise in persistence, and change)

Notes:

There are numerous contradictions and what appears to be outright fantasy in the following entries. Rather than force a determination as to what material is "better" than the others, I've tried to include it all equally. I've broken this up into several files for ease of handling.

1. Dates marked with an asterisk (###*) indicate a guess on my part.
2. Material marked with an asterisk in parentheses (*) is public "Real World" information. Please note this does not mean that I am claiming that they really happened, just that they are purported to have happened.
3. An "i" in brackets [I] denotes conspiracy or Illuminati events.
4. A "j" in brackets [J] denotes events specifically relating to the Kennedy Assassination.
5. An "m" in brackets [M] denotes something to do with "Monsters" or "Mysterious Events"
6. A "u" in brackets [U] denotes something to do with UFOs.

The Timeline

• 18th century and before
• 19th century
• 20th century (Before and including WWII)
• 20th century (After WWII to 1960)
• 20th century (1960 to 1980)
• 20th century (1981 to 1999)
• 21st century (2000 to Present)

• A Pictish stone depicts what might be the Loch Ness Monster

• St. Columba encounters the Loch Ness Monster

• [M] Marco Polo hears of a giant bird capable of lifting an elephant. It is supposed that this is the Madagascar Elephant Bird. About this time they become extinct.

• [M] 1st recorded sighting of "Champ", or the Lake Champlain Monster, by Pierre de Champlain.

• An English explorer brings back the 1st reports from Africa regarding a "hairy man" called Pongo ("gorilla")

• [M] The French blue diamond mysteriously vanishes.

• [M] Daniel McGiniss discovers a clearing on Oak Island, where he figured must be some buried treasure. He returned the next day with John Smith and Anthony Vaughan. They only manage to dig down 30'.