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unsolved mystery stories: 5 news summaries

Disappearance Turns Grand Gourmet Tour Into Manhunt

Swiss man vanishes 40 stops into trek to 68 restaurants with 3 Michelin stars

Aug 5, 08 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swiss motorcycle courier Pascal Henry was more than halfway through his quest to visit every Michelin three-star restaurant in the world when he vanished June 13, the Independent reports. At Spain’s El Bulli, Henry went to his car to retrieve his wallet and never returned, leaving a restaurant journal... More »

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restaurant • Michelin star • unsolved mystery • Pascal Henry

Mysterious Human Feet Baffle Police

Speculation afoot around washed up body parts

Jun 25, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are struggling to explain a string of washed up human feet found on beaches along one 125-mile stretch of British Columbia. So far five of the grisly, sneaker-clad appendages have been found, and all are right feet. “It’s a mystery,” said one Royal Canadian Mounted Police... More »

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Canada • mystery • British Columbia • unsolved mystery • missing person • DNA evidence • feet • severed feet

Mystery of Little Prince Author's Fate Solved

German vet tells archaeologist, 'I shot down Saint-Exupéry'

Apr 11, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of aviation’s great mysteries has been solved: What happened to Antoine de Saint- Exupéry, the French pilot and author of The Little Prince, who disappeared in 1944. A bracelet turned up in the Mediterranean a decade ago, then a sunken aircraft. An archeologist diver, not satisfied to... More »

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France • aviation • World War II • mystery • author • unsolved mystery • Luftwaffe • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Boeing 777 in Spotlight After London Crash

Popular passenger jets had piled up
3.5M hours without such an incident

Jan 23, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - British and American investigators are still piecing together flight data to determine why a Boeing 777's engines suddenly refused to increase power just short of landing, causing the plane to crash-land at London's Heathrow airport on Thursday. The unexplained crash has drawn worldwide puzzlement, as the popular passenger plane previously... More »

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Boeing • British Airways • plane crash • Britain • unsolved mystery • Heathrow Airport • Boeing 777 • engine failure

36 Years Later, Hijacker's Fate Still Intrigues

DB Cooper and his $200K parachuted out of plane, into legend

Nov 24, 07 10:09 AM CST
(Newser) - The legend was born in 1971. A hijacker who said he had a bomb traded 36 plane passengers for $200,000 and passage to Mexico. The Boeing 727 took off from Sea-Tac Airport, and the man known as DB Cooper parachuted out the back and into history. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer... More »

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FBI • hijacker • unsolved mystery • DB Cooper • Sea Tac Airport

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