On March 13th, 1872, an expedition led by the Archibald von Dimitri explored the southern province of Bassett. However, communication was lost after their arrival in the Pagoda Valley and wave after wave of search parties were sent, but none were able to recover his team. After three painful years or search, Archibald’s team was proclaimed dead. But on the winter of that year, the whole expedition team returned but residents stated that they were not the people they once were and none of them were willing to explain what had happened during their absence. As of that day, the phenomenon was then referred to as The Ghost of Pagoda Valley.
Throughout the years, many explorers and, eventually, documentary film-makers labeled the valley as the Phenomenon of the Century, claiming that anyone able to solve the mystery would make history. Scientist had explained this as the ripping of the universe, creating a worm-hole to another dimension and that explaining would deem them as insane; whereas skeptics believe it to be a man-made trap door and that those who were taken as hostage were forced not to reveal the secret.
