Facundo Astudillo Castro (August 23, 1997 – about August 15, 2020) was an Argentine citizen who disappeared on April 30, 2020, after being stopped by police during strict lockdowns in Argentina due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was traveling by hitchhiking from Pedro Luro to Bahía Blanca when he was stopped at a police checkpoint near the town of Mayor Buratovich. His last known image, taken on the day he disappeared, shows him being held by police for breaking the lockdown rules, with his hands near a police vehicle numbered RO 23360.
Brennus (or Brennos) was a leader of the Senones, a Gallic tribe. Around 387 BC, he defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Allia. Later that same year, he led an army of Cisalpine Gauls in an attack on Rome.
Acropolis Roquepertuse was an ancient Celtic religious center. It is near the city of Velaux, 16 miles west of Aix-en-Provence and north of Marseille, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of southern France. The site was first recorded in 1824 in the Bouches-du-Rhône civil records when a partially buried statue of a cross-legged warrior was found in the garden of the parish priest.
Michael Clark Rockefeller was born on May 18, 1938, and disappeared on November 19, 1961. He was an American anthropologist, art collector, and member of the Rockefeller family. He was the son of Nelson Rockefeller, who later became New York Governor and U.S.
“The Wicker Man” is a 1973 British folk horror film directed by Robin Hardy. It stars Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee. The screenplay was written by Anthony Shaffer, who was inspired by David Pinner’s 1967 novel “Ritual.” The film’s music was composed by Paul Giovanni.
A druid was a member of a high-ranking priestly group in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids served as religious leaders, judges, keepers of knowledge, doctors, and advisors to leaders. They did not leave written records.
Samhain (pronounced SAH-win or SOW-in) is a Gaelic festival that takes place on November 1. It marks the end of the harvest season in autumn and the beginning of winter, or the “darker half” of the year. It is also the name for November in Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
The Fomorians or Fomori (Old Irish: Fomóire, Modern Irish: Fomhóraigh / Fomóraigh) are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. They are often shown as hostile and monstrous beings. Originally, they were believed to come from under the sea or the earth.
Maeshowe (also spelled Maes Howe; Old Norse: Orkahaugr) is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave located on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was likely built around 2800 BC. In Scottish archaeology, it is named after the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, a structure found only in Orkney.
The Zanclean flood, or Zanclean deluge, is believed to have filled the Mediterranean Sea again about 5.33 million years ago. This flooding ended the Messinian salinity crisis and reconnected the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. It is possible that there were already some connections to the Atlantic Ocean before the flood.