Black Box example essay topic

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The natives living in the northern part of the Himalayas Mountains were all surrounded by the mysteries of the black box for years - a box which contained numerous mysteries that were bizarre and interesting, yet had claimed many lives of innocent people mysteriously. The folks claimed that it was some sort of magical stuff belonged to the devil while those fascinated by it, suggested that it might be a box which contained evil spirits. Yet, no one had definite or solid evidence to their answers. Not only that, but no one also really knew the exact location of it - it might be in the Mount Everest or the pristine Kangchenjunga Mountain - and so, remained a mystery to the people.

Because of this mystery, it sparked the curiosity of four mountaineers - John, Edmund, Peter and Robbie - who decided to scale the Kangchenjunga Mountain in search for the location of the black box and also to dig out the truth of it. Whether it would fail or not, they decided to give it a shot. Just before midnight on 13 Nov, the curious team set out of the ascent. Their confidence boosted by the beautiful and calm state of the mountain - there was little wind and the vision was clear for the mountaineers. Everyone was, therefore, satisfied with it but they still could not find the black box, despite the fact that they had been climbing for more than 10,000 m constantly. The sky had just turned into darkness, peppered with stars as the mountaineers felt worn-out after all the continuous climbing and searching.

Just as they were fighting on and on, John - the leader of the expedition - spotted a dark and odd thing embedded in the cold, icy ice. He halted for a moment and decided to check out what it was; He took out his axe and began to dig the ice along with his members. After about 10 minutes, they extracted the thing and were all flashing smiles as they looked down at the thing; they had found the black box Carefully, Edmund examined the black box - it was totally black in colour and was shaped like a coffin carved with many bizarre and fear-provoking figures and shapes. Not only that, but it had also a curious hole - it might be a lock which might led to the secret of it.

Next, he inserted his finger into the hole and tried to pry open the box while John took out his camera to have a good photo of it. The whole team tingled with excitement as they watched Edmund trying to open the box. There was a moment of silence, except for the howling of the wind which was getting louder and louder, as they all waited patiently for the box to be opened. Suddenly, there was a noise - the box had opened.

Slowly, Edmund lifted the cover of the box as John began to take pictures. However, they regretted - there was nothing in the box except for a skull. Edmund picked up the skull and then examined it for a moment. Suddenly, the skull's eye sockets brighten up into a bright emerald light.

All of them froze and were too afraid to utter a word. A haze of fear surrounded them as they watched the sockets attentively while John now began to take pictures of the skull. Then, there was a flash and the next moment, the crew vanished; there was no screaming or any trace of them - they just disappeared. What was left behind was John's camera.

The next day, another expedition found the camera and one of them sent the film for development and was puzzled by the pictures - there were all photos of skulls. The person then looked at the end of the photo which was printed with the date - March 15, 44 B.C. The man was puzzled.