When Mt. Vesuvius erupted near Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 C.E., the volcanic ash left the bodies of the victims frozen in time. This victim of Pompeii was one of the last to die, having climbed four meters above ground level in hopes of escaping their fate as the ash piled up around them.Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images This Pompeii victim appears to have been attempting to crawl to safety in their last moments.

Nature's most incredible gems aren't the ones you can see, but rather those you cannot.The Most Astounding Transparent Animals: Barreleye Fish The first photos of this strange fish alive and in its natural habitat were not published until 2004, although the species has been recognized since 1939. Found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans at a depth of between 600 to 800 meters, there are 14 different types of Barrelfish.

When Travis Walton Was Abducted And Probed For Five Days National EnquirerA newspaper headline details Walton’s five-day disappearance, which he attributes to an alien abduction. On Nov. 5, 1975, Travis Walton was purportedly abducted — and didn’t return for five whole days. When he did, he had quite the explanation for his disappearance. Dismissed as a mentally unstable liar, Walton chronicled his alleged alien stories in The Walton Experience three years later, which was adapted into the science-fiction classic Fire In The Sky.

Shirley Ledford, The Halloween Murder Victim Of The “Toolbox Killers” TwitterA harrowing tape of Ledford’s Halloween murder led to the conviction of the so-called “Toolbox Killers.” By Oct. 31, 1979, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris — the so-called “Toolbox Killers” — had already killed four women. That Halloween, the sadistic murderers abducted their final victim, 16-year-old Shirley “Lynette” Ledford. According to Oxygen, Ledford had decided to hitchhike home after a party in Burbank, California.

A century before the American Revolution, there was Bacon's Rebellion.Wikimedia CommonsThe burning of Jamestown during Bacon’s Rebellion. Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676 holds its place in the history books as the first rebellion (but obviously not the last) in the English colonies of the New World. Yet as historic as it was, Bacon’s Rebellion was also a petty, bigoted insurrection led by a lazy incompetent against a corrupt governor — and it nearly destroyed the colony of Virginia.