The Voynich text seems not to be a hoax:

http://phys.org/news/2013-06-voynich-text-hoax.html

For those who never heard of it, a book was 'found' in the 1400's that had images of plants not known in modern science and text in some language that has no analog in any other known language on Earth. The main gist was it was just a hoax where the 'letters' were just gibberish but new supercomputer analysis puts the complexity level a bit higher than English or Chinese.

Here is a Wiki on the subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript

If it is a hoax, it is an extremely talented one. The 'words' seem to mean something. It is not just gibberish.

Here is one dude who thinks he has 'solved' it:

YouTube

So, what, are these the field notes of a marooned ancient astronaut from planet Xorkon?

Interesting. I've never heard of this manuscript, but I've read through the Wikipedia article on it. I think the theory that it was written by an East Asian in an obscure and/or extinct Asian dialect using an invented alphabet has some promise. I understand that the argument against this theory is that the illustrations appear to be distinctly European in style -- but maybe the manuscript was a collaborative effort by an Asian and a European, with the latter supplying the illustrations.

A Martian. It could have been written by a Martian. Or a mad Russian.

Originally posted by Soothfast
Interesting. I've never heard of this manuscript, but I've read through the Wikipedia article on it. I think the theory that it was written by an East Asian in an obscure and/or extinct Asian dialect using an invented alphabet has some promise. I understand that the argument against this theory is that the illustrations appear to be distinctly European ...[text shortened]... the illustrations.

A Martian. It could have been written by a Martian. Or a mad Russian.