Disappearance of Agnieszka Gromelska

On October 21, 1991, 14-year-old Agnieszka Gromelska was last seen in Zuromin, Poland in 1991. There is little information in this case in at least English sources. 

Agnieszka is a white female and 14-years-old at the time. She is 173cm (5'6"). She has brown hair and blue eyes. She has a birthmark on her back.

SOURCES:

The Doe Network

The Itaka Foundation

WANTED: Mieczyslaw (Mike) Widziak

Mieczyslaw (Mike) Widziak began sexually assaulting his 13-year-old daughter and continued to do so for 3 years. He became more and more violent and police were made aware of the situation. He was arrested but failed to appear for the charges. He is originally from Poland and made regular visits at the time.

He is a white male born in May of 1955. He is 79 kg (175lbs) and 175 cm (5'9"). He has grey hair and blue eyes. 

SOURCES:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Parents for Megan Law

The Dröbnitz Girl

 

In 1939 the body of a girl was found in a bog in Dröbnitzer Moor, Dröbnitz (Drwęck) Poland. In an attempt to recover the mummy both of her legs were removed at the hips and were left in the bog. The mummy was well preserved and with x-rays, it was determined all internal organs were recognizable and extremities were well preserved.

The body would be dubbed The Dröbnitz Girl and was between 12 to 14-years-old when she died. She likely lived and died in the iron age during the Hallstatt period around 650 BCE. She was wrapped in a large sheepskin cloak with her arms crossed over her chest. A wooden comb and a crest were found with her body. It's believed that this was a ritual funeral instead of sacrificial.

The body was destroyed or lost during WWII so further research could not be done. There is some information though. Samples of the bog suggest when the body was placed in a shallow pond that silted up and became a peat pond. Her stomach contents had the presence of leaves, flowers, residues of peas, wheat, meat fibers, and animal fats. High amounts of pollen were also discovered leading them to believe she may have been buried in the spring. She had evidence of malnutrition, whipworm, roundworm, and their eggs in her stomach. Which at the time would not have been uncommon

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Mummipedia

Disappearance of Boleslaw Nowak

In 1967 21-year-old Boleslaw Nowak lived in the worker's hostel and his little brother lived at the Coal Miner's House nearby in Knorow, Poland. He worked in the coal mines of Slask, his most recent job was at a coal mine in Knorow Szczakow. He was also serving his military service. 

On the night of May 16, 1967, Boleslaw came to see his younger brother. He had been beaten up and claimed that the ORMO forces. His brother advised him to see the head coal moner on the night shift and ask him for work in the baths. 

After this, he was never seen again. He didn't show up to work, or the hotel, or have been employed in the territory of Slask.

Boleslaw is a white male and was 21-years-old at the time.He has dark hair. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Ktokolwiek Widział

Murder of Andrew Podpinka

In May of 1955, Andrew Podpinka was born in Sobotka, Poland. In May of 1979, he married his wife who was pregnant with their child. In Jan. of 1983 the family immigrated to Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It wasn't until 1986 when Andrew achieved an Australian Citizen status. His wife achieved hers in March the next year.

Around 1:30 P.M. on 4 March 1999, Andrew's wife and daughter left their home on Hannans St., Morley to go shopping. The 43-year-old decided to stay at home alone. At 2:45 a neighbor had seen Andrew standing in front of his home. 

Around 3:45 his wife and daughter had come back home. This was when they found Andrew's body laying on the floor of the main bedroom of their home. He had been stabbed multiple times. 

SOURCES:

Crime Stoppers West Australia

Find A Grave

The Crooked Forest of Poland

Just outside of Gryfino, Poland there is a little forest of strange trees. It's known as Krzywy Las or the Crooked Forest. 400 pine trees grow crookedly. At the base, the trees curve and make a J shape and all the trees curve towards the North. No one knows how these trees came to be this way.

It's known that the trees were planted around the 1930s and around 10 years later is when the trees were curved.. The reason or even how it had happened is a mystery. One that may never be solved.

These trees could have been curved for convenience as the curve may have made it easier to make certain things like boats, rocking chairs, etc. It seems only 400 were affected, but it could be possible that the farmers were stopped due to WWII.

Some theorize that it may have been a political statement. Around the time that it was estimated to have happened WWII was happening. It may have done to make a political statement by local farmers. A similar statement happened in 1939 by planting larch trees in a pine forest in Zernikow, Brandenburg in Germany.

Some think that it's possible that during the Invasion of Poland in WWII enemy tanks may have caused damage. That possibly the tanks plowed through the young forest and caused them to flatten and grow the way they did. It seems unlikely that the trauma caused was from this.

Some theorize that the trees were an act of nature.  There are trees around the world that have experienced this curve. Except in those cases, the curves are rough and these are smooth Maybe it was due to harsh a heavy snowfall or harsh winds. Some think that it may be due to soil creep. The only problem with that though is that the forest lays on flat land. Soil creep typically happens on hills or sloping land. Or maybe they suffer from a genetic mutation that causes this.

Between WWII and the 1970's Gryfino was abandoned. It's understandable why no one knows why the trees were this way.


SOURCES:
https://www.historicmysteries.com/crooked-forest-poland/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/crooked-forest-poland-krzywy-las
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/what-could-have-caused-polands-crooked-forest/

Disappearance of Szczepan Miszewski

15-year-old Szczepan Miszewski was last seen on November 24, 1980, in Ustka, Pomorskie, Poland. He was taking out the trash when he had disappeared. He's a white male 180 cm or 5'11". He has green eyes and hair color is unlisted. 

SOURCES:

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/1119dmpol.html

http://www.zaginieni.pl/jak-pomagamy/poszukiwanie-zaginionych/zagineli/profil-osoby/?o=490