Do you believe in supernatural phenomena like vampires, ghosts, or honest politicians? We can’t be certain about the other two, but ghosts are very real. Ghost ships, for example, have evoked fear in weak-minded humans for centuries. Their ominous fleet consists of ships that were crashed, abandoned, and ships that just mysteriously disappeared, only to then suddenly pop-up in front of some horrified sailors without a camera.
Here are some of the most infamous ghost ships that haunt the world of the living!
1. El Caleuche
“On windless nights, eyewitnesses say, you can hear music and laughter coming from El Caleuche.”
El Caleuche appears at night, slowly floating out of the fog covering the Chilean coast. The superstitious locals claim that the ship guards coastal waters and punishes those who want to harm the ocean and its inhabitants. According to self-proclaimed experts, the ship crew consists of sailors and witches who died in shipwrecks around this area.
2. Erebus and Terror
On May 19, 1845, the Royal ships of Great Britain, Erebus and Terror, departed from the coast of England in the direction of the Canadian Arctic. The scientific expedition, led by Sir John Franklin, was planned to go beyond the deadly waters of the Northwest Passage, which separates the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. But something went horribly wrong. Of the 134 soldiers and officers, none returned. As the rescue mission participants later discovered, the ships were most likely trapped in an ice trap near King William Island. On June 11, 1847, Franklin kicked the bucked, and by April 22, 1848, both ships were completely dead.
3. Copenhagen (København)
The Danish sailing ship Copenhagen left Rio de la Plata on December 14, 1928, heading for Australia. It was a rather rare vessel for that time, but it was well equipped and had a radio, an auxiliary engine, and spacious lifeboats at its disposal. “Copenhagen” maintained radio contact with the Norwegian steamship “William Bloomer,” but after December 21, the connection was lost along with any sign of the ship. There were many theories concerning its mysterious disappearance, but most likely, the ship collided with an iceberg. Two years later, sailors began to whisper about encounters with a similar five-masted ship. Some say it’s still haunting the local waters.
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