5 Bizarre Unexplained Artifacts That Disappeared

Father Carlos Crespi Croci was an Italian monk who moved to Ecuador in 1923, where he established orphanages and schools for the poor. The natives offered him countless artifacts, which eventually became a precious collection. Some of the relics contained hieroglyphs that were believed to come from ancient Babylonia or even otherworldly civilizations. But after Father Crespi passed away, part of his collection inexplicably vanished...

Before becoming a Salesian monk, Father Crespi studied Anthropology at the University of Milan. He was later assigned to the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, to spread the Gospel and build a community.

Thanks to his vast knowledge in education, culture, farming, and anthropology, Father Crespi quickly established orphanages and schools for the poor, eventually building a self-sufficient community.

The priest became a beloved humanitarian among the indigenous people, who thanked him for all the good he brought to the country.

As an anthropologist, Father Crespi was also profoundly interested in the culture of the numerous Ecuadorian tribes. As a way of expressing their gratitude, the natives bestowed Father Crespi with many artifacts from all over the country and beyond.

Over his 50 decades of service, Father Crespi collected more than 50,000 objects. His collection has been described as one of the most valuable archaeological treasures on Earth.

Among those ancient gifts was a set of golden plates that some of his followers believed were created by a lost civilization with extraterrestrial help.

Father Crespi's treasures were stored in the Church of Maria Auxiliadora. He then set up a museum to exhibit his relics and artifacts with the Vatican’s approval.

In 1962, a devastating fire destroyed most of the objects. After the death of the beloved priest, the artifacts that survived the fire mysteriously disappeared.

Rumors circulated that the missing relics were shipped off to the Vatican, while others might have been sold to private collectors or stolen by locals.

In surviving footage of the museum, Father Crespi is shown with some artifacts while explaining that they do not seem to belong to the Americas. Some of them even resembled ancient Babylonian relics.

The Central Bank of Ecuador claimed to have purchased what was left of Father Crespi’s collection. In 2016, members of the Ancient Origins community visited their facilities and examined the abandoned objects.

The collection was there, but the golden plates and some of the most controversial artifacts consisting of gold carvings and hieroglyphs were nowhere to be found…