Atlantis really real, or

was it fake? Atlantis is a mystery that

lays the bottom of the

ocean. Plato, the man

credited for building At-

lantis, was born in

c.428B.C.E , and he died

in c.348 B.C.E . He was

born in a place called

Athens, Greece .The leg-

end says that Plato built

it for his wife for them to

live in.

The nickname is

the Lost City., because

they are not certain as to

what happened to it. Ex-

plorers believe they may

have found the evidence

of this Lost City in the

ocean. The building was

man made. It is not often

shown on maps

Atlantis was pro-

tected by Poseidon, the

god of the sea.. But,

there are theories that the

Atlantis got destroyed by

a huge volcano. Long

ago stories were told

about the Atlantis being

built and who built .Was

The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid ,which is a creature or plant whose existence has been suggested but has not been dis-covered or documented by the scientific community. Nessie (or Loch Ness Monster) lives in Loch Ness, Scotland. The ques-tion of why the Loch Ness Mon-ster is still a mystery leads back to “what” it is. The fact that no scientific method has been able to prove it’s existence has made it almost playful for people to

make up stories/legends of it’s existence (some ( some for per-sonal gain). These stories over time become folklore/legends. Stories of the Loch Ness Mon-ster date back to the 6th Cen-tury (565 AD). The first photo-graphic evidence was taken in 1934 but it’s origin is in ques-tion. Many think the photo-graph, and many others have followed it, is a hoax (fake). Dr. Robert Wilson took that 1934 picture. At first he took more

1934 Nessie picture by Dr. Robert Wilson than one picture but only one printed clear. (INFORMATION FROM ,THE LOCH NESS

MONSTER BY DELRIO MARTIN (2002).

Scientists think the Lost

City is located above.

Atlantis: Is it a Real City? I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

The Bermuda

Triangle

2

The Salem

Witch Trials

2

The Mystery

of the Great

Pyramids

3

The Legend of the Loch Ness Monster

Y A R B R O U G H

E L E M E N T A R Y S C H O O L

The Riddler M A Y 2 1 , 2 0 1 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

By Emma

Plato pictured above.

By Taylor

Did You KNOW?

That only one man was

“accused” of being a

witch and he was

stoned to death.

“The

crew

had

Vanished!”

The Salem Witch Trials

How It All Started Late in the month of Au-

gust,1920, 11 ship crew members

got ready for a long voyage. The

men planned to sail the ship Car-

roll A. Deering to South America

from Maine. The ship was carry-

ing lots of coal. By January

1921 ,the boat was coming back

to Maine. On the day of January

9, the ship stopped at the island

of Barbados somewhere in the

Caribbean Sea. January 31, the

crew of another ship found the

Carroll A. Deering floating of North

Carolina’s coast. The crew had vanished!

Facts The Bermuda Triangle is a section in the Atlantic Ocean bounded by

Puerto Rico, Bermuda, and Miami.

The Bermuda Triangle is called The Bermuda Triangle because the island

of Bermuda is at the point of the triangle that is formed by Puerto Rico,

Bermuda, and Miami. (Look at picture above)

It is twice the size as Texas.

It is also known as The Devil’s

Sea.

Sink or Swim

The most common way of seeing

if someone was a witch was to tie

their hands and feet together and

through them into the nearest

lake or pond and if they sank

the were innocent and if they

floated they were guilty because the

What Happened?

The Salem witch trials were a sad era of

time of history over 1,000 women were

killed. The way the trials got their name

was it started in Salem Virginia. But the

trials soon spread to all corners of the

U.S. What was MAKING them do it. Is

the real mystery!

The Bermuda Triangle P A G E 2

Above is an illustration of

a witch trial

during this time.

T H E R I D D L E R

This is a picture showing Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico forming the Bermuda Triangle

By Clara and Sky WHAT IS

STONING? Stoning is where they

would pt 20 pound stones

on your chest until you

suffocate

The Mystery of the Great Pyramids

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

The first pyramid was built

in 1700 B.C. by King

Djoser. Today about 80

pyramids have

been discov-

ered in Egypt.

The pyramids

were first used

by ancient

Egyptians.

Then they

were built by

the Aztecs and

the Mayans.

They were used to store

treasures. They were also

sometimes used for sol-

diers to be safe. But they

are mostly known for put-

ting wrapped dead people

( A ka, mummies ) in it.

The most popular pyramid

is the great pyramid of

Egypt. The great pyramids

were created mostly out of

sandstone.

The great pyramid

of Egypt is the most fa-

mous structure in Egypt. One

of the newest theories of how

the pyramids were built was

the ancient Egyp-

tians wanted to

honor sun god,

Ra.

Another

theory is the

pyramids were

simply contriv-

ances for purify-

ing the water of

the muddy Nile

for people to

drink. A third idea is the pyra-

mids were a gift for the Queen

of Sheba.

Finally, it is believed

the pyramids were barriers

against the sandy irruptions.

Above is a great pyramid

found in Egypt.

By Charlie

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