Day: June 18, 2009

90% of this video is worthless–mostly, a slightly pudgy guy looking around suspiciously, as if someone were following him.  There’s also the not-insignificant matter of the Indiana Jones soundtrack. But at the :48 second mark you do get to see how the interior latch of a secret door works.  After the guy pulls the book… Continue reading Hidden Room Latch

I’ve seen a number of images of Pripyat, the city that was summarily abandoned after Chernobyl, but this one takes the cake. I love the starkness and contrast of black and white. What is Pripyat? Pripyat was a planned town and a factory town. It was an artificial town that was built from scratch in… Continue reading Pripyat, Abandoned City of Chernobyl

In September 2008, the U.S. Coast Guard seized a 59-foot submarine 370 miles SW of Guatemala.  The submarine contained four crew members and 237 (!) bales of cocaine. An anomaly?  No, because less than a week alter, another 60 footer was seized. Between the two submersibles about seven tons of coke worth nearly $200 million… Continue reading Covert Drug Smuggler Submarine