The Lore Thread

Legends, Myths, Mysteries, History, Movies,

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Welcome to The Lore Threads.

A place for stories that sound fake, but aren’t.

Myths.
Mysteries.
Strange history.
Forgotten legends.
Movie lore.
Dark origins.

One thread at a time.

First story soon...

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@histories_arch He stretchin? Or practicing his golf swing?

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@Dr_TheHistories nah, kangaroo is just an asshole jock of the animal kingdom

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@WithoutHistory Ancient Egypt really makes you realize that “afterlife fear” wasn’t just about dying. It was about being erased completely.

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@romanhistory1 The empire burned, the Senate turned, and Nero still died thinking of himself as the artist of the story

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@historyinmemes Some legends survive because they are tragic.
This one survived because it was tragic and had a punchline.

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@konstructivizm The most interesting thing here isn’t whether it shows aliens.

It’s how fast humans turn unknown symbols into modern stories.

Sometimes the mystery says more about us than the people who made it.

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@UnearthedHQ Choquequirao has that rare feeling of a place still keeping most of its secrets. Machu Picchu feels discovered by the world. This feels like the mountain hasn’t fully decided to reveal it yet.

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@Megalithic12000 The Olmec heads are already impressive without forcing the Gobekli Tepe connection. Moving 40-ton basalt across that landscape is the real mystery here.

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@Dr_TheHistories The Völva feels powerful because she wasn’t ruling people directly. She was standing at the edge of the known world and saying what others were too afraid to hear.

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@WholesomeMeme No advice. No overthinking. Just cuddle deployment.

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@konstructivizm Galaxy mergers are terrifyingly beautiful because this is destruction on a cosmic scale, but from far away it looks like choreography.

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That is the haunting part.

Westerling became one of the most infamous names in Indonesia’s struggle for independence.

Yet he was never properly tried for the killings tied to his command.

He died in the Netherlands in 1987.

For Indonesia, his name remains a reminder that colonial violence was not only about occupation.

It was about power deciding who could live, who could die, and who would never face judgment.

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This is the history of Raymond Westerling.

The Dutch officer sometimes remembered in Indonesia as the “Smiling General.”

A man tied to one of the darkest chapters of the Indonesian Revolution.

But the disturbing part is not only what he did.

It is how long he escaped justice.

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Westerling’s story did not end in Sulawesi.

In 1950, after sovereignty had been transferred to Indonesia, he became involved with APRA, an armed movement opposed to the Republic.

APRA launched an attack in Bandung.

Dozens of Indonesian soldiers were killed.

The attempt failed, and Westerling fled.