00:00Did you know that three men disappeared from a lighthouse without a trace?
00:03On December 26, 1900, the ship Gesperus arrived at the Flannan Isles lighthouse in Scotland.
00:09They found the door open, the table set for tea, an overturned chair, and no trace of the guards.
00:15James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald MacArthur had disappeared without a trace. Only silence.
00:21Last entry in the diary December 13.
00:24Brutal storm, December 17th.
00:26Lighthouse intact, lamps off.
00:28Did a giant wave sweep the men away?
00:30Panic in the dark?
00:32Supernatural phenomenon?
00:33Mutiny and suicide?
00:35The mystery inspired poems and films.
00:37In 2024, a documentary explored theories about magnetic anomalies.