Case file · High strangeness
The lost children of the Hypogeum
A story popularised by the National Geographic Magazine in August 1940 says a group of Maltese schoolchildren and their teacher vanished in the tunnels of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum; a visitor, Lois Jessup, added tales of giants in the depths.
1940 CE · 35.87, 14.51 · status: legend
The sceptical view
Heritage Malta notes there are no newspaper reports, missing-person records or signs of collapse; the tale may have been told to keep children out of the site.