1. The Caleuche
One of the most famous legends of mythology describes Caleuche Chilota southern Chile, a ghost ship that appears every night near the island of Chiloe. According to local legend, the ship is a kind of conscious state of the screen that the waters around the area, bringing with him the spirit of all those who have drowned in the sea. When I saw, which said striking Caleuche beautiful and bright, and always accompanied by the party music sound and people laugh. After appearing for a while, the ship was then said to disappear or submerge themselves under water. Chilota According to mythology, the spirits who were called to a sinking ship by Sirena Chilota, which Pincoya, and Picoy, three Chilota "water spirit" which is similar to a mermaid. After the ship ghost ship, which sank said to be able to continue their lives like before they die. 2.The SS Valencia
SS Valencia ships that sank off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1906. The ship was experiencing bad weather near Cape Mendocino, and after the float, of course, hit a reef and began taking water. The crew immediately began to lower the boat holds 108 passengers on the ship into the water, but some of this upside down, and one just disappeared. In Valencia finally sunk, and only 37 of about 180 people on board survived. Five months later, a fisherman claims he has found a life raft with 8 frame in a nearby cave. Search launched, but found nothing. Thanks to a dramatic end, Valencia eventually become a source of ghost ship stories. Sailors would often claim they can see the ghost of steamboat floated near the reef in Pachena Point, and to this day the ship was the source of theory and frequent sightings of wild ghost ship. In a strange, 27 years after the sinking of Valencia, one of the raft was found floating peacefully near Barkley Sound. The "ghost raft" was said to be in exceptional condition, and even still have most of the original paint layer.
3.The Ourang Medan
The story of Medan Ourang began in 1947, when two American ships receive emergency calls while navigating the Strait of Malacca, off the coast of Malaysia. The caller introduced himself as a member of the crew Ourang Medan, a Dutch ship, and should state that the captain and crew all dead or dying. Messages become jumbled and strange before weakening and ending with the words: "I'm dead." Ships quickly ran to the scene to assist. When they arrived, they found that Ourang Medan no damage, but that whole crew, even the dogs were dead, their bodies and faces are locked in a pose and expression of fear, and many point to something that was not there. Before the rescuers can investigate further, a mysterious ship on fire, and they have to evacuate. Soon after, Medan Ourang said to have exploded and then sank. While the details and the whole truth of the story Medan Ourang still much debated, there are several proposed theories about what might have caused the deaths of the crew. The most popular is that the ship was illegally transporting illegal nitroglycerin or similar nerve agents, which are not completely safe and leak out into the air. Others, meanwhile, has claimed the ship was a victim of UFO attack or some type of paranormal events.
4.The Carroll A. Deering
Perhaps the most famous ghost ship from the East coast is the Carroll A. Deering, a schooner that ran aground near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1921. The ship had just returned from a commercial trip to deliver coal in South America, and was last seen in the south of Hatteras by a ship near the Cape Lookout lighthouse. It ran aground on the famous Diamond Shoals, an area famous for causing the wreck, and sat there for several days before any help could reach it. When they arrived, the Coast Guard found that the ship was completely abandoned. Navigation equipment and a notebook is lost, as well as two lifeboats, but otherwise there are no any signs of fraud. A massive investigation by the U.S. government followed, which found that several other ships have mysteriously disappeared around the same time.Some theories put forward at last, the most popular is that the victims of a pirate ship or rumrunners. Others suggest that it may be the cause of rebellion, as the first pair Deering known to bear some hostility to the Captains, but no proof has even been found. The mystery surrounding the ghost ship has prompted wild speculation, and many argue that the paranormal activity may have been responsible, citing the ship through the Bermuda Triangle known as evidence that such phenomena may be to blame the other world.
5. The Baychimo
One of the most astonishing cases from real life about Baychimo ghost ship, a cargo ship that was abandoned and left floating in the sea near Alaska for nearly forty years. The ship was owned by Hudson's Bay Company, and launched in the early 1920s and used to trade pelts and fur with the Inuit in northern Canada. But in 1931, Baychimo became trapped in pack ice near Alaska, and after many attempts to break free, the crew finally flown out of the area to safety. After a heavy snow storm, the ship managed to escape from the ice, but it was badly damaged and abandoned by the Hudson Bay Company, who thinks it will not last the winter. Amazingly, Baychimo managed to survive, and for 38 years, it remained floating in the waters of Alaska. The ship became a kind of local legend, and is often seen floating aimlessly near the frozen ice packs by Eskimos and other ships. When it went up several times, but weather conditions always make the rescue almost impossible. The Baychimo was last seen in 1969, once again frozen in the ice of Alaska, but has since disappeared. The ship was believed to have drowned in the early years, but recently several expeditions have been launched in the search for nearly 80 years now a ghost ship.
6. The Octavius
Although now considered more legend than anything else, the story of Octavius remains one of the most famous of all ghost ship story. The story dates back to 1775, when it is said that a whaling ship called the Herald stumbled across Octavius floating aimlessly off the coast of Greenland. Crewmembers of the Herald rose Octavius, where they found the bodies of the crew and passengers all frozen by the arctic cold. Most notably, the crew discovered the ship's captain was still sitting at his desk, mid completing a log entry from 1762, which means that Octavius had been floating for 13 years. According to legend, he eventually discovered that the captain had risked to make a quick return to England from the East through the Northwest Passage, but that ship has become trapped in the ice. If true, this would mean that Octavius had completed part of the Atlantic as a ghost ship, its crew and captain of the long dead from exposure to the elements
7.The Joyita
The Joyita was a fisherman and charter boat found abandoned in the South Pacific in 1955. The ship, along with 25 passengers and crew, was on his way to the Tokelau Islands when something happens, and not until hours later that the Joyita late reported and rescue efforts launched. A massive air search conducted, but failed to find the missing ship, and not until five weeks later that stumble upon Joyita merchant ship drifted about 600 miles from its original course. There are no signs of passengers, crew, cargo, or a life raft, and the ship was badly damaged and listing to one side. Further examination by the authorities discovered that the ship radio tuned to the universal danger sign, and a search of the deck to find a doctor bag and some bloody bandages. None of the crew or passengers are never seen again, and the mystery of what happened has never been revealed. The most popular theory is that the pirates killed the passengers and threw their bodies into the sea, but other claims including everything from the insurgency and kidnapping insurance fraud.
8. The Lady Lovibond
Britain has a long tradition of legends about the ghost ship, and the Lady Lovibond is probably the most famous. As the story goes, the Lady Lovibond captain, Simon Peel, had just married, and decided to bring the ship on a cruise ship to celebrate. He brought his new bride, will take place along the long voyage to the belief that bringing a woman on board a boat is bad luck-and sail on February 13, 1748.Unfortunately for Peel, his first mate also fell in love with his new wife, and after watching the celebrations, people become angry and overwhelmed with jealousy and deliberately direct the boat to turn off Goodwind Sands, a sand bar known for causing the accident the ship.Lady Lovibond sank, killing all passengers. As legends go, since Lady Lovibond accident can be seen sailing in the waters around the Kent every 50 years. This was shown in 1798 by several different ship captain, and in 1848 and 1898, when it should have seemed so real that some ships, thinking that a ship in distress, actually sent the raft to help it. Lady Lovibond again seen in 1948, and while there are no confirmed sightings in the last year in 1998, continues to be one of the most famous legend of the ghost ship in Europe.
9.The Mary Celeste
No doubt the most famous of all real-life ghost ship Mary Celeste is a merchant ship found in homeless and adrift in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872. The ship was in seaworthy condition, with all the screens are still awake and full of food stores in the cargo, but his boat, the captain's log book and, more importantly, the entire crew, disappeared mysteriously. There are no signs of struggle, and personal belongings of crew and cargo of more than 1500 barrels of alcohol was touched, apparently ruling out the possibility of piracy as an explanation. In the years since the bizarre discovery, a number of theories have been proposed about the possible fate of Mary Celeste crew. These include that their passengers were killed by tornado, that the crew rebelled, or even eating flour contaminated with fungi carry all passengers to hallucinate and become crazy. The most likely theory remains that the storm or some kind of technical problems led before his time leaving the crew to the ship in lifeboats, and that they later died at sea.However, the mystery surrounding the Mary Celeste has created a lot of wild speculation, and others have suggested everything from ghosts to sea monsters and the kidnapping of foreigners may be an explanation.
10. The Flying Dutchman
Maritime folklore, there is no more famous ghost ship Flying Dutchman instead, which has inspired many paintings, horror stories, movies, and even an opera. The ship was first mentioned in the late 1700s at George Barrington's Voyage seaman book to Botany Bay, and since then his legend continues to grow, thanks to various sightings were by fishermen and sailors. As a story, the Flying Dutchman is a ship out of Amsterdam captained by a man called Van der Decken. The ship was making its way toward the East Indies when faced with a dangerous weather near the Cape of Good Hope. Determined to intersection, Van der Decken was supposed to be crazy, kill the first mate, and vowed that he would cross the Cape, "even if God will let me sail to the Judgement Day!" Despite best efforts, the ship sank in a storm, and as the legend runs , Van der Decken and now a ghost ship doomed to sail the seas forever. To this day, the Flying Dutchman who continues to be one of the most sighted of all ghost ships, and people from deep-sea fishermen to Prince of Wales have all claimed to have seen a never-ending journey across the ocean.
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