fandomhigh | History: An Exploration of Overlooked Historical Events ; Tuesday ; Period 3

It was time for class again and Riley had thrown together a class at some point last night when he'd been unable to sleep. Apparently, insomnia was a time for productivity.

"Welcome back, guys," he greeted, nodding at them. "Today, we're going to talk about the Baltic Sea Anomaly. This is actually a fairly recent event. In 2011, a Swedish diving team made a bizarre discovery in the Baltic Sea."

Riley held up a picture of said anomaly.

"The researchers said it was 197 feet in diameter which means it wasn't a small object. But, they had no real explanation as to what it was. The researchers thought it was stone but no volcanic activity has ever been reported in the Baltic Sea so it had to be something else. In 2012, the team returned to the site of the anomaly to do more research and hopefully figure out what the thing was. After reaching the site, the team reported that all their electronic equipment, including a satellite phone would not work within 200 meters of the site. After closer examination, the anomaly was described as a 'huge mushroom' with a thick pillar rising 26 feet out of the seabed with a 13 foot thick dome on the top. Ocean X. the research team, says they observed wall-like features on the formation’s surface, straight lines, right angles, and circular shaped stones."

He paused and passed a copy of the picture out to the students. "In July of 2012, it was suggested that the object may be a Nazi anti-submarine defense system that was used during the Second World War, which had wire mesh to confuse British and Russian submarine radar. If the anomaly is an anti-submarine defense system, the discovery could have historical significance. It could also help explain why electrical equipment has been known to not work near the area. "

Riley crossed his arms and smiled. "And, of course, there are people who think it's a UFO or even a secret government spacecraft. The location of the anomaly is completely unknown to this day. Everyone has an opinion on this thing. Me? After the things I've seen recently, I'm gonna go with some secret government facility but I might be wrong. So today, we're just gonna talk, take it easy. Tell me the strangest thing you believe in. Are you someone who believes in ghosts and aliens and angels? Or are you a cold, hard scientist?"

Riley nodded at one of the students to get them started.

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Jackson Whittemore

Stiles Stilinski

Raven Darkholme

Rilla Blythe

Cecil Palmer

Victor Mancha

William Murdoch

Kathy Li

Listen to the lecture, take a look at the photo, talk to each other, sleep, eat, whatever!

Riley wants to know the depths of your beliefs! Share if you believe in ghosts, goblins, angels, and aliens. Or share if you like cold, hard science!

Look at Jackson volunteering his thoughts in class! Even though he was lounging in his chair a little bored-like, that was still pretty special. "Does that question even have a point in Fandom?" he asked. "If people don't believe in crap like ghosts and aliens and like werewolves or whatever, then they also don't believe in half the people at this school."

He was maybe not taking into account that even he himself believed in the existence of certain things here, but not at home.

"Hey, I didn't even realize you knew how to talk," Riley quipped once Jackson decided to share. "That's an amazing discovery in its own right."

If you were going to be like that Jackson, Riley wasn't going to hold back. "As to your question, it does have a point. Most people are going to take that question and possibly elaborate on their thoughts now versus their thoughts when they were home. Or they'll share about the extent of their beliefs. Perhaps someone's very religious and believes in a higher power and an afterlife but they don't believe in aliens. It's all a matter of perception. But thanks for your very thought provoking comment."

Well, that just got Jackson to shrug and fall back into his comfortable classroom silence.

He didn't care enough, anyway.

Cecil frowned thoughtfully. "Well, angels don't exist, of course. The City Council said so, and the angels got really annoyed. The lights over Arby's, everyone knows those are aliens, right?" He rolled his eyes. "I mean they're not exactly subtle. And my big sister - at the school, I mean, I haven't got one at home - is a ghost."

He shrugged. "And I'm not a scientist, but my boyfriend ♥Carlos♥ is. But he's not cold or ... well, no more than you'd expect under the right circumstances." He cleared his throat.

Riley tilted his head. "Angels don't exist but you personally know that angels got annoyed when they were told that? But they don't exist?"

How did that work?

"Right," Cecil confirmed. "They got a bit unruly, even. Personally, I'm not too worried, though. They'll probably just go back to Old Woman Josie's house and watch ~~meta for~~ NCIS with her."

"I'm basically logical, but I believe in everything," Victor put in. "But most of it's real back home. Also, I think the sub defense explanation for the thing in the photo is probably right on."

William did not like cold hard science. William loved cold hard science.

William was also Catholic, and angels were definitely a part of that faith. But that, he felt, was something intensely personal that he wasn't going to get into in the middle of class.

William had also lived in Fandom for several years now. So he was going to make that point ~~if somewhat late~~ that Jackson's narrative had mentioned.

"Before arriving here in Fandom I would have said that such 'supernatural' beings were simply the product of overactive imaginations," William admitted. "However, time spent living here has forced me to acknowledge that there are realities where such things do exist."

He's around, if needed!

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