Incredible incidents from life. The most mysterious and inexplicable cases of disappearances (20 photos)
Over all times, the crowns of nature have accumulated many amazing stories about themselves. Some of them are truly frightening, others are alarming, and others amaze and even inspire achievements. So what situations that happened to people in different eras have the right to be called the most extraordinary of all?
Among the amazing stories about the lives of people side by side with wild animals, the story of Marina can be considered almost the canonical embodiment of Edgar Rice Burroughs' stories about Tarzan.
Chapman, then a little 5-year-old girl, ended up in the Colombian jungle in the 50s of the last century. She ended up in impassable forests because she was kidnapped and then, for some reason, left there by unknown men. Soon the baby was found by a group of monkeys. Its representatives began to show a good-natured interest in a larger, but still similar individual. The girl quickly got used to it and became part of the community: she began to move on all fours, steal food, look for fleas and, if possible, make some sounds.
After 5 years, Marina accidentally exposed herself to poachers, who immediately decided to make money from the young creature and send her to a brothel. However, due to her age, Chapman only performed the work of a maid there. Then the girl’s bitter fate continued with beatings and imprisonment in the mafioso’s house, where she found herself after escaping from a brothel. Soon justice prevailed, and Mowgli found good people. One of the women became her adoptive mother.
Today Marina lives in Bradford, UK, with her husband and children. She again mastered human speech and even learned to be a chef. However, the amazing story from her life still reminds us of itself. For example, Chapman can still confidently move on all fours, climb trees and give a tough fight.
Bird child
The next amazing story from life will also be dedicated to the baby, only it is no longer 50, but more than 280 years away from modern times. In 1735, the German Schmidt family from the small town of Tauha was preparing for the birth of their 4th child. The couple, 28-year-old Johanna-Sofia and 38-year-old Andreas, not only did not expect to face premature birth at 8 months of pregnancy, but also to see what it would bring with them...
The baby that emerged combined the features of a human and a chicken. The strangeness of the phenomenon was further enhanced by the fact that all the previous offspring of the couple were absolutely normal and healthy. Gottlieb Friederici, who published the work “The Rarest Human Monster,” once took on the task of explaining this amazing case; it was he who preserved the baby’s body in alcohol, which then ended up in the Waldenburg Museum in Germany. However, even today, progressive doctors and researchers have not been able to identify the nature of the appearance of such a creature and find in history other examples of people with a cleroid-shaped skull, the absence of ears, an underdeveloped lower jaw, an abnormally sized heart and long fingers ending in claws. Scientists were only able to establish the gender of the bird child, who brought another mystery into this life - it was a girl.
Three-eyed patient
Some amazing cases from life are able to bring the main acting persons a lot of inconvenience. For example, once in China, doctors discovered a 25-year-old man with 3 eyes. For all time, humanity has encountered such precedents only 3 times.
Uncharacteristic for ordinary people an additional eye was located at young man on the temple on the left side. The eye included all the necessary elements: eyelid, pupil, lacrimal gland and even the brow ridge. But he also had one significant drawback - he could not see anything at all, and also significantly worsened the vision of his “partners”.
Blood that conquers poison
The next one is amazing and incredible story will also be associated with unexplained features human body, however, in this case you will need to move to India. Today it is home to Singh Abu, who has earned the nickname "Lord of Snakes", although he could also be dubbed "Lord of Death". The fact is that this man experimentally found out: the bites of crawling dangerous viper not only do not kill him, but even make him stronger!
Research has found that Indian blood has an unusual composition that breaks down poison and then turns it into useful substances. nutrients. This is truly amazing, but circulating in circulatory system Lord of the Snakes liquid does not belong to any group known today (0, A, B, AB). Singh-Abu decided to turn the lucky break into a business and make a living from his uniqueness: he is currently showing people performances where he walks barefoot on a reptile-infested floor and performs various tricks with them.
Tears made of plastic
And here is another story, which is considered one of the most amazing not only in North Africa, where the phenomenon girl Hanuma lives, but throughout the world. How many people have cried at least once in their lives? Of course, there are many. However, the main character of this story is not familiar with tears in the usual sense.
The baby grew up as a non-capricious and obedient child, so her parents did not immediately notice her peculiarity. Only when the girl matured enough to help her mother with housework did the couple realize how different she was from the rest. One day Hanuma was cutting an onion when suddenly hard grains like beads fell from her eyes. This amazing case would have remained the property of the North African family if its head had not decided to use beautiful and easy-to-cut crystals in his jewelry work. Stories about beautiful jewelry began to pass from buyer to buyer, until the product was purchased by a researcher interested in its composition. He found out that the main element, namely Hanuma's tears, is a special type of plastic, the manufacturing method of which is still unknown to the world.
Scientists have still not been able to explain this amazing story. The most interesting and joyful thing is that the “grains” falling from the eyes do not in any way interfere with Hanuma’s real life. They harden on the eyelashes, do not stick to the skin, do not spoil vision and do not cause pain.
Funny incidents and coincidences
Among the most amazing stories from life are not only those that can cause bewilderment, but also those that simply make you smile. Here are some of them:
- After landing on the surface of the Moon in 1969, American Neil Armstrong immediately said the phrase: “I wish you success, Mr. Gorski!” Once upon a time, while still a boy, the future astronaut witnessed a quarrel between a couple living nearby. During the showdown, Mrs. Gorski blurted out that the neighbor's shooter would rather fly to the moon than her husband could satisfy a woman.
- A phenomenal incident happened in 1965 in a village in Scotland. Residents gathered at the local cinema to enjoy the film "Around the World in 80 Days". At the moment when the frame showed sending hot air balloon and the cutting of the rope, the spectators heard a roar. It turned out that exactly the same ship had landed on the roof!
- In 1966, a 4-year-old boy named Roger Losier nearly drowned near Salem, USA. He was noticed in time and pulled out of the water by the brave Alice Blaze. In 1974, Roger, without knowing it, repaid the debt to the savior, namely, in the same place, he saved from death a man who turned out to be her husband.
In fact, at the time of his disappearance, Harold Holt (N8 from the list) was 59 years old and, according to friends, he complained of heart problems. And the area where he went swimming is famous for its strong and dangerous currents. The exact day of his disappearance is unknown, but on other days white sharks are seen in local waters... The fact that his body was not found does not mean that the person disappeared, it’s just that in such cases they write “missing” in the criminal case.
- On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart (N14 on the list) and her partner Fred Noonan took off from Lae, a small town on the coast of New Guinea, and headed for the small Howland Island located in the central Pacific Ocean. This stage of the flight was the longest and most dangerous - after almost 18 hours of flight in the Pacific Ocean, it was difficult to find an island only slightly rising above the water. a daunting task for navigation technology of the 30s. By order of President Roosevelt, a runway was built on Howland specifically for Earhart's flight. Here officials and representatives of the press were waiting for the plane, and the Coast Guard patrol ship Itasca was located off the coast, which periodically maintained radio contact with the plane, served as a radio beacon and blew a smoke signal as a visual reference. According to the ship’s commander’s report, the connection was unstable, the plane was heard well from the ship, but Earhart did not respond to their questions (was the receiver on the plane broken?). She reported that the plane was in their area, they couldn’t see the island, there was little gas, and she was unable to find the direction of the ship’s radio signal. Radio direction finding from the ship was also unsuccessful, as Earhart only appeared on air for a very short time. The last radiogram received from her was: “We are on line 157-337... I repeat... I repeat... we are moving along the line.” Judging by the signal strength, the plane should have appeared over Howland any minute, but it never appeared; there were no new radio transmissions... In other words, the plane was unable to establish contact with the ground, perhaps it was on the wrong course and flew past / did not see Howland, the fuel was running out and when it ran out, an emergency landing was made on water , for which the aircraft was not adapted, with all the ensuing consequences.
By the way, in May 2013 it was announced (including by Interfax) that the supposed wreckage of the plane was discovered by sonar on the ocean floor in the area of the atoll in the Phoenix archipelago (my picture). And in this case, it turns out that the plane did not find the landing site and, following its course, flew into the ocean until the fuel ran out...
1994 - Mauro Prosperi from Italy was discovered in the Sahara Desert. Incredibly, the man spent nine days in the sweltering heat but survived. Mauro Prosperi took part in the marathon race. Due to a sandstorm, he lost his way and got lost. Two days later he ran out of water. Mayro decided to open the veins, but it didn’t work out: due to the lack of water in the body, the blood began to clot very quickly. Nine days later, the athlete was found by a family of nomads; by this point, the marathon runner was practically unconscious and had lost 18 kg.
Nine o'clock at the bottom
The owner of the pleasure yacht, 32-year-old Roy Levin, his girlfriend, his cousin Ken, and most importantly, Ken’s wife, 25-year-old Susan. They all survived.
The yacht was calmly drifting under sail in the waters of the Gulf of California when a squall suddenly came from a clear sky. The yacht capsized. Susan, who was in the cabin at that time, sank along with the boat. It happened not far from the coast, but in a deserted place, and there were no eyewitnesses.
"It's incredible that the ship sank without being damaged," says salvor Bill Hutchison. And one more accident: while diving, the yacht turned over again, so that it lay on the bottom in a “normal” position. The “swimmers” who found themselves overboard did not have life jackets and belts. But they were able to stay on the water for two hours until they were picked up by a passing boat. The owners of the boat contacted the coast guard, and a group of scuba divers was immediately sent to the scene of the disaster.
Several more hours passed.
“We knew that one passenger remained on board, but we did not expect to find her alive,” continues Bill. “You could only hope for a miracle.”
The portholes were tightly battened down, the cabin door was closed hermetically, but water still seeped in, thereby displacing the air. The woman used her last strength to keep her head above the water - there was still an air gap right at the ceiling...
“As I looked out the window, I saw Susan’s chalk-white face,” says Bill. Almost 8 hours have passed since the disaster!”
Freeing the unfortunate woman was not an easy task. The yacht was at a depth of twenty meters, and handing over scuba gear to it would mean letting water inside. Something had to be done urgently. Bill went upstairs to get an oxygen tank. His colleagues motioned to Susan that she should hold her breath and open the salon door. She understood. But it turned out differently. The door opened, but a lifeless body in an elegant cocktail dress floated out. She still took some water into her lungs. Seconds counted. Bill picked up the woman and rushed to the surface. And I did! The doctor on the boat literally pulled Susan out of the other world.
Mechanic on the wing
1995, May 27 - during tactical maneuvers, the MiG-17, having left the runway and got stuck in the mud, ground service mechanic Pyotr Gorbanev and his comrades rushed to the rescue.
Through joint efforts they were able to push the plane onto the GDP. Freed from the dirt, the MiG began to quickly pick up speed and a minute later rose into the air, “grabbing” the mechanic, who was bent around the front part of the wing by the air flow.
While climbing, the fighter pilot felt that the plane was behaving strangely. Looking around, he saw a foreign object on the wing. The flight took place at night, and therefore it was not possible to see it. They gave advice from the ground to shake off the “foreign object” by maneuvering.
At this time, the silhouette on the wing seemed very similar to a person to the pilot, so he requested permission to land. The plane landed at 23:27, having been in the air for about half an hour.
All this time, Gorbanev was conscious on the wing of the fighter - he was held tightly by the oncoming air flow. After landing, they found out that the mechanic escaped with severe fright and two broken ribs.
In the arms of a tornado
Renee Truta survived after a terrible hurricane lifted her 240 meters into the air and 12 minutes later dropped her 18 kilometers from her home. As a result of the incredible adventure, the unfortunate woman lost one ear, broke her arm, lost all her hair and received many minor wounds.
“Everything happened so quickly that it seems to me that it was a dream,” Renee said after being discharged from the hospital on May 27, 1997. I was posing in front of the camera, and then something picked me up like a dry leaf. There was a noise like a freight train. I found myself in the air. Dirt, debris, sticks hit my body, and I felt a sharp pain in my right ear. I was lifted higher and higher, and I lost consciousness.”
When Renee Truta came to, she was lying on a hilltop 18 kilometers from her home. From above, a freshly plowed strip of land about sixty meters wide was visible - this was the work of the tornado.
Police said no one else in the area was injured by the tornado. As it turned out, similar cases have already happened. 1984 - near Frankfurt am Main (Germany), a tornado lifted 64 schoolchildren (!) into the air and dropped them unharmed 100 meters from the “take-off” site.
Great Hanging
The yogi hung on eight hooks hooked to the skin of his back and legs for a full 87 days - for a regular workout.
A yogi from the city of Bhopal, Ravi Varanasi, hanged himself quite deliberately, right in front of an astonished public. And when, three months later, he moved from a hanging position to a standing position, then, as if nothing had happened, he began to perform a set of physical exercises.
During the "great hanging" Ravi of Varanasi was one meter above the ground. To increase the effect, the students pierced the skin of his hands and tongue with needles. All this time, the yogi ate quite moderately - a handful of rice and a cup of water throughout the day. It hung in a structure that resembled a tent; when it rained, a tarpaulin was thrown over the wooden frame. Ravi willingly communicated with the public and was under the supervision of the German doctor Horst Groning.
“He remained in excellent physical shape after hanging,” says Dr. Groning. “It’s a pity that science still does not know the methodology of self-hypnosis that yogis use to stop bleeding and relieve pain.”
Girl - night lamp
Nguyen Thi Nga is a resident of the small village of An Theong in Hoan An County in Binh Dinh Province (Vietnam). Until recently, the village itself and Nguyen were not distinguished by anything special - a village like a village, a girl like a girl - she studied at school, helped her parents, and picked oranges and lemons with her friends from the surrounding plantations.
But 3 years ago, when Nguyen went to bed, her body began to glow brightly, as if phosphorescent. A huge halo enveloped the head, and golden-yellow rays began to emanate from the arms, legs and torso. In the morning they took the girl to the healers. They did some manipulations - but nothing helped. Then the parents took their daughter to Saigon, to the hospital. Nguyen was examined, but no abnormalities were found in her health.
It is unknown how this story could have ended if Nguyen had not been examined by the well-known healer Thang in those parts. He asked if the glow was bothering her. She replied that no, but that she was only worried about the incomprehensible fact that happened on the second day of the new year according to the lunar calendar.
“The most favorable time for the grace of the Almighty,” the healer reassured her. – At this time, God rewards what he deserves. And if you haven’t earned anything yet, then you will still deserve it.”
Nguyen regained her peace of mind. But the glow remains...
Giantess from Krasnokutsk
Giants are rare in the world: per 1,000 people there are 3-5 over 190 centimeters tall. The height of Lisa Lysko, who lived in the last century, goes well beyond this limit...
Lisa's parents - residents of the provincial town of Krasnokutsk, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkov province - were small in stature. There were 7 children in the family. No one, except Lisa, was any different from their peers. Until the age of three, she grew up as an ordinary child, but at the age of four she began to grow, one might say, by leaps and bounds. At seven years old, she rivaled adult women in weight and height, and by the age of 16 she was 226.2 cm tall and weighed 128 kg.
It would seem that a giantess needs more food, and her other requirements are different compared to an ordinary person. But nothing like this was observed in Lisa. She had a moderate appetite, sleep and behavior - the same as ordinary people.
Uncle, who replaced Lisa's deceased father, began traveling with her around Russia and other countries, demonstrating her as a miracle of nature. Lisa was beautiful, smart and quite developed. During her travels, she learned to speak German and English and received a secondary education. In Germany, she was examined by the famous professor Rudolf Virchow. He predicted that she should grow another 13 inches (57.2 cm)! Further fate Lisa Lysko is unknown. Was the professor's forecast justified?
Living microscope
During the experiment, a piece of meat and a plant leaf were placed in front of 29-year-old artist Jody Ostroit. Nearby stood an ordinary electron microscope. Jody carefully examined the objects with the naked eye for a couple of minutes, then took a sheet of paper and depicted their internal structure. Researchers could then go up to the microscope and see that the artist had enlarged the scale without distorting the essence of what was being depicted in the least.
“It didn’t come to me right away,” says Jodie. – At first, for some reason, I began to scrupulously draw the texture various items– trees, furniture, animals. Afterwards I began to notice that I was seeing much more small details, elusive to the ordinary eye. Skeptics say that I use a microscope. But where can I get an electron microscope?!”
Jody Ostroit sees the smallest cells of matter, as if photographing them, and then transfers them to paper with ultra-thin brushes and a pencil. And here in front of you is a thin “photograph” of the spleen of a rabbit or the cytoplasm of a eucalyptus tree...
“It would be better if my gift went to some scientist. Why do I need it? For now my pictures are selling out, but the fashion for them will pass. Although I see deeper than any professor, but only in the literal sense of the word...”
Hair in the stomach
Tammy Melhouse, 22, was rushed to a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona with severe abdominal pain. We barely had time, a little more - and the girl would have died. And then the surgeons removed a huge... hairball from the digestive tract.
Tammy admitted that when she gets nervous, she chews her hair: “I didn’t even notice how I was doing it, I just mechanically bit off and swallowed. Gradually they accumulated in the stomach. I lost my appetite a long time ago, and then wild pain began.”
X-rays showed the presence of some large figurative formation. The surgery to remove the tangle lasted 4 hours, and Tammy was discharged home a few days later.
Captain behind the windshield
1990, June 10 - Captain Tim Lancaster of the BAC 1-11 Series 528FL survived after a prolonged stay outside his aircraft at an altitude of about 5,000 m.
Wearing a seat belt isn't just important for car drivers: the captain of British Airways BAC 1-11, Tim Lancaster, will probably remember this basic safety rule forever after June 10, 1990.
Controlling the plane at an altitude of 5,273 m, Tim Lancaster relaxed his seat belt. Soon after this, the airliner burst windshield. The captain immediately flew out through the opening and was pressed with his back to the fuselage of the plane from the outside.
The pilot's feet were caught between the steering wheel and the control panel, and the cockpit door, torn off by the air flow, landed on the radio and navigation panel, breaking it.
Flight attendant Nigel Ogden, who was in the cockpit, was not taken aback and firmly grabbed the captain’s legs. The co-pilot managed to land the plane only after 22 minutes, all this time the captain of the plane was outside.
The flight attendant holding Lancaster believed he was dead, but did not let go because he was afraid that the body would get into the engine and it would burn out, reducing the plane's chances of landing safely.
After landing, they found out that Tim was alive, doctors diagnosed him with bruises and fractures right hand, finger on the left hand and right wrist. After 5 months, Lancaster took the helm again.
Steward Nigel Ogden escaped with a dislocated shoulder and frostbite on his face and left eye.
A story about the most amazing cases in history when people managed to survive despite the fact that it was absolutely impossible to escape in such a situation.
Classmates
People fell out of a plane without a parachute, fell from a height of several kilometers, and still remained alive. Would you say that this is impossible? See for yourself. The most amazing cases of people surviving during accidents and malfunctions in the sky.
Captain behind the windshield
25 years ago, on June 10, 1990, the captain of the BAC 1-11 Series 528FL, Tim Lancaster, survived after a prolonged stay outside his aircraft at an altitude of about 5 thousand meters.
Wearing a seat belt is important not only for motorists: the captain of British Airways BAC 1-11, Tim Lancaster, probably always remembered this basic safety rule after June 10, 1990.
While flying the plane at an altitude of 5273 meters, Tim Lancaster relaxed his seat belt. Shortly thereafter, the airliner's windshield burst. The captain immediately flew out through the opening, and his back was pressed against the outside of the plane's fuselage.
Lancaster's legs were caught between the wheel and the control panel, and the cockpit door, torn off by the airflow, landed on the radio and navigation panel, breaking it.
Flight attendant Nigel Ogden, who was in the cockpit, was not taken aback and firmly grabbed the captain’s legs. The co-pilot was able to land the plane only after 22 minutes, all this time the captain of the aircraft was outside.
The flight attendant who was holding Lancaster believed that he was dead, but did not let go, because he was afraid that the body would get into the engine and it would burn out, reducing the chances of the plane landing safely.
After landing, it turned out that Tim was alive, doctors diagnosed him with bruises, as well as fractures of his right hand, a finger on his left hand and his right wrist. Five months later, Lancaster took the helm again.
Steward Nigel Ogden escaped with a dislocated shoulder and frostbite on his face and left eye.
Mechanic on the wing
When on May 27, 1995, during tactical maneuvers, a MiG-17 left the runway and got stuck in the mud, ground mechanic Pyotr Gorbanev and his comrades rushed to the rescue.
With joint efforts, the plane was pushed onto the GDP. Freed from the dirt, the MiG began to quickly pick up speed and a minute later took off into the air, “grabbing” the mechanic, who was bent around the front part of the wing by the air flow.
While gaining altitude, the fighter pilot felt that the car was behaving strangely. Looking around, he saw a foreign object on the wing. The flight took place at night, and therefore it was not possible to see it. They advised me to shake off the “foreign object” from the ground by maneuvering.
And at that moment, the silhouette on the wing seemed very similar to a person to the pilot, so he requested permission to land. The fighter landed at 23:27, having spent about half an hour in the air.
Gorbanev spent all this time conscious on the wing of the interceptor - he was firmly held by the oncoming air flow. After landing, it turned out that the mechanic escaped with severe fright and two broken ribs.
Jump from 7 thousand meters without a parachute
In January 1942, navigator Ivan Chisov flew out to bomb German troops in the area of the Vyazma station. Their flight was attacked by Messerschmitts, which soon knocked out Ivan’s bomber. It was necessary to leave the burning plane, but the Germans were finishing off our pilots in the air, so Ivan decided to take a long jump down.
However, when it was time to open the parachute, the navigator lost consciousness. As a result, he fell from a height of 7000 meters (according to other sources - from 7600) onto the slope of a huge snowdrift, and then slid for a long time along the snowy slope of the ravine.
When Chisov was found, he was conscious, but suffered several serious fractures. After recovery, Ivan became a teacher at the navigation school.
Don't get a single scratch after jumping from a height of 5 thousand meters
A unique case that occurred with 21-year-old Sergeant Nicholas Stephen Alcade on March 24, 1944, is officially documented.
During a raid on Germany, his bomber was set on fire by German fighters. It so happened that the flames also destroyed Nicholas's parachute. Not wanting to die in the fire, the sergeant jumped out of the plane, believing that he would die faster this way.
From a height of 5500 meters, the guy fell onto the branches of pine trees, and then into soft snow and lost consciousness. When Alcade woke up, he was surprised to note that not a single bone was broken.
Looking at the stars above his head, the sergeant took out a cigarette and lit it. He was soon discovered by the Gestapo. The Germans were so amazed by what happened that they even gave him a certificate confirming this miraculous rescue.
Meeting with Paul McCartney after a successful fall from a height of 10 thousand meters
There are several types of rich people: some worked tirelessly all their lives, others had only one idea in a million that helped them fly to the top, others were born into rich families and never worked a single day in their lives, others simply bought a lottery ticket. for a couple of bucks and now they don’t know where to spend the millions that have fallen on their heads.
Today we will talk about inheritances and those impressive fortunes that came as a real surprise to many. Most often, an inheritance is left to reimburse relatives for funeral expenses, rituals, etc., but sometimes the amount is a little more. Several million dollars more.
1. The waitress inherited $500,000 from a customer.
Seventeen-year-old waitress Sarah Woods in her town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in 1992 became friends with Bill Cruxton, who often visited the cafe where she worked as a waitress. He was a widower and she lost her father at the age of 10, which brought them closer together. Woods often helped the old man around the house, doing minor cleaning and so on. Cruxton, in turn, said that he imagined his children exactly like Sarah. He died at the age of 82 from heart attack. Already in the hospital, just before his death, he indicated Woods’ phone number as a close relative and named her as his heir. So she suddenly had $500,000, a house and two cars. Woods spent the money on the right cause, on her studies.
2. 17 randomly selected Portuguese inherited an aristocratic fortune
The Portuguese aristocrat Luis Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara was a wealthy, childless bachelor. He died of natural causes at the age of 42. And on the day of his death, seventeen unsuspecting Portuguese people received a call and were informed that they had become the heirs of one of the richest people in Portugal. Louis randomly selected all these people from a telephone directory 13 years before his death. In addition to 25,000 euros, he bequeathed a 12-room apartment, a house and a car. All this was divided among seventeen strangers.
3 Homeless Brothers Inherited $6.6 Million From A Grandmother They Never Knew
Solt and Geza Peladi lived in a cave a few kilometers from Budapest and scoured the city in search of more or less valuable garbage, so that they could later sell it for pennies. Their grandmother lost them a long time ago and could not find them for a long time. After her death, lawyers contacted social services to find the two lost brothers and report that they were now six-and-a-half million richer. It's a miracle that the lawyers managed to find them because their birth mother abandoned them when they were just one year old.
4. Sergei Sudev inherited 950 million euros from his uncle, whom he barely knows
Sergei knew his uncle from Germany very poorly. He saw him only once and did not expect anything. After the news that he became the heir to almost a billion euros, no one expected Sergei to react this way. Sergei doesn’t see any sense in this money. As he says: "One more headache" The entire city does not allow him passage, and he has to drive to work in a colleague’s car. The almost billionaire earns only 150 euros a month, he studies part-time at the Faculty of Journalism and works as a DJ on a local radio.
5. Mort Sacher inherited $6 million from uncles he thought were poor.
An accountant from New York spent his childhood watching his parents work 100 hours a week in the bakery owned by his uncles, Henry and Joe. They were paid with leftover bread and cookies, and his whole life was a struggle until he was 36. It was at this age that he learned that his uncles were much more successful than he could have imagined, because he was the one who inherited $6 million from them . His parents refused this money when their son suggested that they take the inheritance that they rightfully deserved. Now Mort continues to write his memoirs and is in no hurry to spend a lot of money.
6 Tony Chan Inherited $4.2 Billion By Conning A Weird Woman
Once the most rich woman in Asia, Nina Wang, having learned that she had cancer, rewrote her will, thereby making Tony Chan, a feng shui master, happy. He promised that a special practice would help her live forever, if, of course, she did not forget to mention him in her will. Before this, all the money was intended for her family and a small part was supposed to go to charity. When the will was announced, the relatives immediately filed a lawsuit, and the court decided the case in favor of the original contents. Chan was arrested for fraud and forgery.
7. Eva Paolo Inherited $40 Million From Her Lost Father
It took a simple Argentine maid nine years of hard work trials and even exhuming the body for DNA comparison to confirm his relationship with Baron Rufino Otero. Paolo always guessed that her father was of noble blood, and her mother took this secret to the grave.
8. A teenager inherited an island with hidden treasures from his grandfather.
Josh saw his grandfather only a few times, but this did not stop him from becoming the sole heir to his grandfather's incredible fortune. Samuel (Josh's grandfather) never approved of his daughter's marriage for religious reasons, but he doted on his grandson. He left 80 acres of farmland and another 36 acres of land as a private island. The will also stated precious stones, hidden somewhere on the island “in a jug”. Josh's mother and Samuel's daughter says she always played "treasure island" with her father as a child.
9. A homeless man ran away from the police who wanted to tell him the good news of receiving a $6 million inheritance.
Tomas Martinez, 67, lived on the street in Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia. One day, the police approached him as he slept on a bench to tell him that his late wife, from whom he had divorced several years earlier, had left him $6 million. Martinez decided they wanted to arrest him for drug possession, vagrancy or alcoholism, and ran away. Local newspapers trumpeted about him, tried to find him and made fun of the newly minted millionaire: “A local millionaire ran away from his inheritance...” The surprising thing is that the whereabouts of the millionaire are still unknown.
10. Charles Vince Millar left his fortune to "the woman with the most children"
Charles Vince Millar was a successful Canadian lawyer and businessman who loved to play pranks on greedy people. At the time of his death, he had no relatives or children left, so the text of the will was full of unusual requests. The strangest and most unusual one obliged the lawyer to transfer part of the capital into cash 10 years after his death and give all the money to the mother with many children. This period was called the “stork race”, and at the end it flared up litigation. After careful verification, 4 women divided the money among themselves, and each received $750,000. They had 9 children each.
