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 Mystery: August 31, 2022 Issue [#11537] |
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I really enjoy mysteries set in mysterious places or around mysterious ideas like Dan Brown's "Da Vinci Code" where we trek through a vast scape of holy places and symbolism seeking the illusive holy grail! Or Indiana Jones on his archeological quests. Even Poirot went to Egypt and dealt with a mummy's curse!
Would it be cool to use the Singing Sands from one of 35 deserts as a site! Characters could be researchers and perhaps see something going on that they shouldn't see! No one knows how these sands hum like bees or sound like Gregorian Chant. {which I love hearing). Perhaps the size of grains or the speed at which they whistle through the air creates it. 
In Prince Edward Island there is another beach where the sand sings due to the high silica content. I have walked on it and indeed a tone with every step!
What about a mystery set around the ancient Voynich Manuscript, written in the Renaissance in Northern Italy 600 years ago and even now interpreting the script remains a mystery. Many have tried to decode the mixture of handwritten Latin letters, Arabic numbers, and unknown characters. Recently there has been a little break through using Hebrew as a base for the language. The 240 page book is filled with words and images of plants, astrology signs, floating heads,, fantastic creatures (including dragons), castles, women bathing, etc. Researchers have broken sections in to different categories like biology, cosmology, pharmaceutical, and even recipes. The work goes on.
The Easter Island Heads even had bodies apparently! 
Could you write a mystery in a mysterious place? 
