Gary Cagne’s Survival Begins in a Violent Storm In late November 1976, 27-year-old Canadian sailor Gary Cagne was crossing the Tasman Sea between Fiji and New Zealand. He was traveling alone in his 31-foot wooden boat. The voyage had already…
A Thief Stole a Parrot and Ran On the morning of September 20, 1909, a man named Terry Rooney was walking down a busy street in San Francisco, California. He passed shops, restaurants, and cafes. Then something in a shop…
The Frosty the Polar Bear Escape In 1978, residents of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, got an unexpected visitor in Slater Park. It was not a stray dog or a wild animal from the surrounding area. It was an 800-pound polar bear…
A Late-Night Joyride Takes a Strange Turn On the night of March 9, 1974, a 44-year-old man named Don Yearwood was walking along a sidewalk with two friends in Florida. They had been drinking for hours and were still passing…
The Mysterious Doctor Who Appeared in a Hospital One afternoon in June 1975, Marie Daniels was preparing to leave a hospital room in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her husband, Harold, was lying in the bed beside her. He had undergone surgery…
On May 15, 1978, a man in Tucson, Arizona, heard something that should not have been possible. He picked up a Mayday signal from a boat in trouble off the Florida coast. The problem was that Tucson was thousands of…
A Baby Suddenly Stops Breathing One afternoon in January 1978, Janet Whittle was at home in St. Helens, England, feeding her three-month-old daughter, Lisa. After feeding and burping the baby, Janet placed Lisa in her crib and went to the…
On March 7, 1946, a 10-year-old boy was working in a field in South Africa when a sudden storm changed everything. The boy was leading a team of oxen while they pulled a heavy plow. He was trying to finish…
The Murder of Danny Longstreet Early in the morning of March 14, 1997, Danny Longstreet left his home in Higginson, Arkansas, for another quiet police shift. Longstreet was 39 years old and had joined the Higginson Police Department less than…
The Strange Phone Call On the afternoon of October 27, 2000, a secretary at a major electronics company in Taiwan answered a phone call at her desk. Instead of a normal conversation, she heard frantic screaming. The caller sounded like…