🗑 She pulled a dirty box from the trash—just some old junk, she thought 🫢 But when she opened it, her hands shook 🤯🫣 Maps to nowhere, symbols that shouldn’t exist, faces that stared back 😨 Experts are still trying to make sense of it—but some say it was never meant to be found… see what’s inside in the article below! 👇
A user on the Reddit website, with the nickname “thatsmybox,” shared a strange story. She had recently started renting a couple of rooms in an old building. While cleaning one day, she came across an unusual wooden box among some trash. The box looked old, worn, and had something inside. But when she opened it and saw what was in there, she got so scared that she threw it away right away.
Some people in the comments told her she should go back and get the box. We agree with them because it seems she found the well-known “Box of Crazy,” which is linked to a mysterious man named Daniel Christiansen.
Daniel Christiansen is a person about whom little is known. Some say he came from Europe and moved to the United States either in the 1920s or after World War II. One version claims he was a Dutch historian and scientist, while another suggests he worked as an agent for the German organization “Ahnenerbe,” which studied mystical and occult topics. No matter what the truth is, he spent his final years in the U.S. and left behind the “Box of Crazy” along with a pile of strange drawings.
Inside the box are maps, sketches, notes, and many drawings made in the field, as if the artist quickly captured what he saw and later tried to correct mistakes from memory. Some researchers believe Christiansen’s work is connected to time travel or encounters with beings from other worlds. It’s possible he was imagining such things, creating scenarios in his mind, or maybe he was drawing from personal experiences.
The drawings, though strange, show careful attention to details. They look like the work of someone with an engineer’s mindset, trying to focus on the most important parts. Some people compare them to ancient cave drawings. If people long ago had better tools than sticks, they would have made their drawings clearer. But just like those ancient drawings, Christiansen’s work seems to show what mattered most to him, with key features carefully highlighted. His art often includes scenes from the Bible and old myths from different cultures. Maybe he was simply trying to draw those old stories in his own way.
No one knows for sure who Daniel Christiansen was, what exactly he did, or how much art he created. His work turns up now and then, usually when someone is sorting through old junk. These drawings are rare, and you could call them treasures, as each piece is unique. But in reality, they don’t hold much value. Their worth lies in the mystery they create.
