The mystery of a kidnapped prince in Baden, Germany, has finally been solved after two centuries of speculation and intrigue. In 1812, young Prince Kaspar Hauser, who was around 16, appeared mysteriously in Nuremberg with no knowledge of his past, sparking rumors that he was a missing royal. Some believed he was the rightful heir to the Grand Duchy of Baden, stolen as a baby to secure another family's rule. Modern scientists recently re-examined the case using advanced DNA analysis. They compared Kaspar's genetic material to known descendants of the Baden family and concluded there was no match, proving he wasn’t the lost prince. Credit: Grand Duchy of Baden: By Elevatorrailfan, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42274670 Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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00:00It's true that any mysterious story loses all its charm when scientists reveal the truth.
00:06The royal intrigues of the past centuries can be solved with the help of modern technology.
00:11And fairy tales can be explained with the help of science.
00:15And now we'll see how it happens.
00:18There is a state called Baden in southwestern Germany.
00:21Until the 20th century, it was a sovereign state.
00:24We're not gonna study its history now, but let's look at an interesting case that occurred
00:29there in the 19th century.
00:31At that time, Baden was ruled by Grand Duke Karl and Grand Duchess Stephanie.
00:36On September 29, 1812, the duchess gave birth to a son, the future heir.
00:42But unfortunately, he passed away 18 days later.
00:46A terribly sad story that spawned many rumors about the unnamed heir.
00:51People whispered among each other that an unrelated grandmother, Countess Louise Caroline
00:56von Hochberg, had replaced the heir with another kid, and that the real prince was
01:01hidden from everyone in an unknown place.
01:04But why would Louise Caroline do this?
01:07Because Stephanie could no longer give birth to an heir, and one of Louise Caroline's
01:11son could get the throne.
01:13Whoa!
01:14Royal intrigues like a TV series.
01:16Yeah, being a little prince at that time was quite dangerous.
01:20Okay, Duke Karl's heir passed away, or was hidden, it's unknown.
01:26But 16 years had passed since then, and everyone had forgotten about him.
01:30But then, out of nowhere, a mysterious guy, about 16 years old, appeared on the streets
01:36of the place that is now Nuremberg.
01:38He was just wandering around the town square.
01:41He had no documents, no money, no food.
01:44He was exhausted, wore dirty clothes, and looked hungry.
01:47He hardly spoke because of a lack of strength and could hardly write his name, Kasper Hauser.
01:54But in his hand, he was clutching an unsigned letter.
01:58According to the contents of the letter and the guy's words, he spent all his life in
02:02a cramped dark dungeon from which he never came out.
02:06All this time, he was fed and cared for by an unknown benefactor.
02:11The guy had never seen their face and didn't know who they were.
02:15After that, suddenly, he found himself in the center of the city.
02:20Rumors began to spread around the city that this was the heir from Baden, the real one
02:24that was replaced.
02:26People really believed that he was the missing prince from the past and looked for evidence
02:30confirming their theory.
02:32However, there was nothing but rumors about this.
02:35The guy had to wait almost 200 years before the technology that could determine his identity
02:40appeared.
02:41In the mid-1990s, genetic data showed that Kasper Hauser didn't belong to the Baden
02:48line.
02:49However, most tests were disproved.
02:51In general, a long series of investigations began to determine the DNA of the mysterious
02:56guy.
02:57And only recently, scientists have finally been able to put an end to this issue.
03:02They used the technology that helped study Neanderthal DNA fragments.
03:07The new method showed more accurate results.
03:10And yes, it turned out that Kasper Hauser's DNA didn't match the genetic code of the
03:15members of the Baden family.
03:17Scientists are confident that new technologies for analyzing genetic material will help decipher
03:22other historical mysteries.
03:25But who was this Kasper Hauser?
03:27Scientists don't know.
03:28It's not even known which way to look to determine his genealogy.
03:33Now it's time for a creepy story.
03:36Listen carefully to these words.
03:38We are inhabitants of the land of St. Martin, who is regarded with peculiar veneration in
03:44the country which gave us birth.
03:46The sun does not rise upon our countrymen.
03:49Our land is little cheered by its beams.
03:52We are contented with that twilight which, among you, precedes the sunrise or follows
03:57the sunset.
03:58Moreover, a certain luminous country is seen, not far distant from ours, and divided from
04:05it by a very considerable river.
04:08It sounds like some kind of a letter from an unknown fairy tale, right?
04:12Do you know who said that?
04:13A young brother and sister who appeared out of nowhere in a small English village in the
04:1912th century.
04:20But the strangest thing was that the skin of these guys was green.
04:26Some people think it's true, others are sure it's just a fairy tale.
04:30But in any case, it's a pretty strange story.
04:33The story of the Green Children of Woolpit.
04:37This event took place during the reign of King Stephen in the middle of the 12th century
04:41on the territory of the ancient village of Woolpit.
04:45In Old English, it sounded like wolf pit, a pit for catching wolves.
04:49In 1150, not far from this pit, a group of locals found two little kids, a boy and a
04:55girl with green skin.
04:58They couldn't explain who they were or where they came from because they spoke with a strange
05:02unknown language.
05:04They looked nervous and scared.
05:06People brought them to the house of Sir Richard de Calme.
05:09The nobleman gave food to his young guests, but they refused to eat, despite the fact
05:15that they looked very hungry.
05:16They muttered strange words and barely spoke to Sir Richard.
05:20This went on for several days.
05:22But then they saw green beans in the garden and began to eat them greedily right out of
05:26the ground.
05:28Which one of you would consider this picture creepy enough?
05:31Seriously, it looks like a scene from a horror movie.
05:34A green boy and a girl found at a wolf pit eating beans with their bare hands right out
05:39of the ground.
05:41According to the canon of the genre, more terrible events should happen next.
05:45Livestock gets sick, vegetables and fruits rot, a mysterious voice whispers in the halls,
05:52mold grows on the ceiling, and an unknown sticky liquid seeps through the walls.
05:57Eww!
05:58What if these kids would summon some monster and drag Sir Richard into the underworld?
06:03Fortunately, none of this happened.
06:06Richard treated the kids with love and within several years taught them to eat regular food.
06:12And if you believe the records of that time, this affected their skin color.
06:16They lost their green hue and became healthier.
06:19In addition, Richard taught them to speak English.
06:22And when he questioned them about what had happened to them, they said they didn't
06:25know how they got to the village.
06:28They told him this,
06:29We only remember that on a certain day, when we were feeding our father's flocks in the
06:34field, we heard a great sound, such as we are now accustomed to hearing at St. Edmund's
06:39when the bells are chiming.
06:41Then while listening to the sound in admiration, we became on a sudden, as it were, entered
06:47and found ourselves among you in the fields where you were reaping.
06:51You have already heard the rest of their words at the beginning of this story.
06:54It was pretty creepy.
06:56So Richard took the kids to the nearest church.
06:59No one could figure out where these kids had come from.
07:01For many years, the girl worked for Richard and then got married.
07:05Her brother unfortunately passed away.
07:08Almost a thousand years have passed since these strange events, but it seems that scientists
07:13finally know the secret of the green children of Woolpit.
07:18At that time, the king was persecuting Flemish immigrants in England.
07:22Some of them probably hid near the village of Woolpit, where they raised their kids.
07:26A lack of food could have caused the green color of their skin.
07:30When they returned to a normal diet, their skin became normal.
07:34By the way, certain foods can have too much influences on how you look.
07:39For example, if you eat carrots for a long time, then your skin will have a yellowish
07:43tinge.
07:44If that brother and sister ate green beans daily, this could trigger the production of
07:49a certain green pigment.
07:50Okay, this mystery is more or less clear.
07:53But what about their unknown language?
07:56Most likely, they spoke like their parents, that is, in their native Flemish language.
08:01That's why the villagers couldn't understand them.
08:03And that strange story about the place where they lived can be explained by a rich imagination.
08:09But honestly, it would be cool if there was something really magical in this story, don't
08:14you think?
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