Presidential Similarities

Remarkable similarities have been found that connect the late American presidents, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.  Both these men were assassinated.  Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was born in 1839; Kennedy’s killer Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1939.  Both presidents were shot in the head from behind, on a Friday, and in the presence of their wives.  Lincoln’s secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theatre where he was assassinated; Kennedy’s secretary, whose name was Lincoln advised him not to go to Dallas, where he was assassinated.  Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 and John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960!

Vanishing Vessel

The Gaul was the most modern trawler of its day.  It was equipped with the latest technology and was designed to withstand all extremes of weather.  The people of its home port, Hull, England, nicknamed it The Unsinkable.  In February, 1974, the ship disappeared without a trace with 36 men on board.  Relatives of the lost crew refused to believe it.  They thought that perhaps the vessel had been kidnapped by a foreign power,  but the Gaul’s disappearance has never been solved.

Disappearance in the Desert

Two British Royal Air Force pilots, Lieutenants Day and Stewart, crashed in the Iraqi desert in 1924.  Rescuers rushed to the scene as fast as they could.  There was no sign of the two men.  Their footprints were visible in the sand for a short distance from the wrecked plane.  Then the prints suddenly stopped.  The pilots were never heard of again, and no logical explanation for their disappearance has ever been given.

The Diamond Shoals Ghost Ship

The cargo schooner Carroll Deering was found aground on Diamond Shoals, North Carolina, on January 30, 1921.  Her sails were still set but there was no one on board, except for two cats. A meal was set on the table but it had not been touched.  The vessel had been sighted the previous day and had appeared quite normal.  There was no clue as to what had happened to the crew, and until this day, no one knows what happened to the crew of the ghost shop of Diamond Shoals.