the article mentioned the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the lakshadweep nidus in 1851 , the theories about the magnificum 's range ( most monstrumologists agreed it was limited to the remote islands of the indian ocean and parts of eastern africa and asia minor , but that belief was based more on native traditions and stories than on hard scientific evidence ) , and the sad stories of the men who went looking for the faceless one , the ones who returned empty-handed and the ones who did not return at all .