They Called It A Swamp Ghost, But It Became A Treasured Find

They called it the Swamp Ghost. It had been sitting in the middle of the jungle in Papua New Guinea for many years, yet nobody really knew where it came from. At first, it didn’t gain much attention and only the locals came and went.

David felt his pulse quicken as it came into view, like a stark white dagger in the landscape. But it was only when he laid his shaking hands upon it that he realized just what he’d done.

Almost Impossible

From the view of a trained eye, one would know that this object held a lot of value, not only monetarily but also historically. Yet, its appeal with the local community made it difficult for anybody to attempt to explore it, much less remove it from the site.

One day, two men braved the woods and headed towards the deepest part of the swamp to attempt to put an end to the mystery that had surrounded it for decades.

What They Could Not Understand

One of the early sightings of the Swamp Ghost was in 1972, when the Royal Australian Air Force conducted a routine flight across the Papua New Guinea jungle, not really trying to find anything but just going through the motions.

At first, everything was normal and the pilots were happily chatting about random things.

However, something in the thick of greens stood out and caught their attention — turning their blood to ice in their veins.

Something White

For miles, all they could see were stretches of green but the scene changed abruptly when something white seemed to call out to the from the middle of all the thick trees. It bore an odd shape and they couldn’t make out where it was from their altitude.

They could have just left it alone, but curiosity got the better of them.

A Curious Case

The pilots decided to move the helicopter closer to the site, which was mostly composed of swampland. The nearer they came, the wider their eyes grew.

They could see that half of it was submerged in the water while the rest was covered by the thick, tall grass, so it was hard to draw a conclusion as to what it was, at first. The villagers, however, had known of it for decades.