The Silence Feast Mystery

In 1923, archaeologists discovered a sealed chamber beneath a Mongolian monastery containing

47 mummified monks sitting in perfect circles. Their mouths were sewn shut with gold

thread. When researchers cut the stitches on one mummy, they found its mouth

packed with human teeth that weren't its own. The monastery records revealed a ritual

called the Silence Feast where monks believed swallowing the teeth of the dead would trap

wandering souls inside them, preventing hauntings. But here's what made investigators

flee the site. Every mummified monk was positioned facing inward toward an empty space in

the center. And in that empty space, fresh wet footprints led directly to