Catacombs
Paris, France
The Louvre, Eiffel Tower, and Montmartre are popular among tourists coming to Paris. And only a few get to another capital attraction - the catacombs. A network of winding underground tunnels stretches under the city for more than a hundred kilometers (no one knows their exact length). The corridors arose due to the fact that for many centuries stone was mined for construction near Paris. Since the 18th century, when the city began to lack cemeteries, the dead began to be stored in catacombs. Yes, it’s hard to call it a funeral. The remains from the destroyed graveyards were carried under the city and carefully placed: skulls against one wall, bones, like a woodpile, against the other. However, modern tourists demonstrate an even less respectful attitude towards death and constantly strive to grab some bone they like as a souvenir. If you decide to look at the place where 6 million Parisians and city guests found their final refuge, know that the entrance to the catacombs is located in a small, inconspicuous house near the Montparnasse cemetery.
Ossuary
Sedlec, Czech Republic
At all times, believers wanted to rest next to the church or even within its walls. But they hardly imagined that their wish would come true in the most incredible way - they would turn into decorations for the church interior. The entire interior decoration of a small church in the Czech outback, including the coat of arms of the Schwarzenberg princes who owned this land, is made from human remains that were once buried in the church cemetery. Skulls hang in clusters from chandeliers, bones decorate wall sconces. Church authorities approve of all this infernal horror: people are buried in the church, in addition, unusual decorations make people think once again about the frailty of our existence.
Museum of Dead Souls
Rome, Italy
Do you not believe in the other world and life after death? Perhaps you will change your mind by visiting a small museum in the sacristy of the Roman church del Sacro Cuore, where evidence of the presence of the souls of the dead among us is collected. The exhibition includes hundreds of exhibits, such as a nightcap with sooty fingerprints - traces of a ghost's touch. It is interesting that, as many tourists have noticed, photographs cannot be taken in this museum - spirits do not like to leave material memories of themselves. The museum is usually closed; to visit it, you need to contact the local priest.
Dracula's Castle
Transylvania, Romania
Bran Castle is perhaps the most popular tourist destination in Romania. This is what they talk about when talking about Dracula's Castle. Whether this is true is not so important. It is beneficial to support the legend for owners, tour guides, souvenir sellers, and even tourists themselves. The result is obvious: in 2009, Bran Castle was included in the top ten most beautiful according to CNN, in 2010 - in the top ten most luxurious and expensive according to Forbes.
Perhaps there is some truth in this whole story. After the defeat from the troops of the Hungarian king Matthew Corvinus, Vlad Tepes could well have been here for some time as a prisoner. Theoretically, he could stop to rest in the castle after hunting in peacetime.
Be that as it may, Bran, flaunted on a 60-meter rock, certainly gives the impression of a mystical, and this is the main thing. A little fear and trepidation is added by the story that a vampire’s heart is kept in the well in the courtyard. You involuntarily begin to believe when you find out that the well is not real, and a whole gallery of underground passages has been dug underneath it.
Unlike everything else, the history of the construction of the castle is documented. Initially in the 12th century. it was made of wood, stone construction began in the 14th century. during the reign of Louis I the Great of Anjou. The fortress immediately became famous due to its location, on a strategically important territory connecting Wallachia and Transylvania, and was a customs post of its own. In the 20th century, the castle was transferred to the Romanian Queen Maria, becoming a summer residence ruling family. This was the case until the regime change. These days, the former owners are reclaiming their rights. What fate awaits this Romanian landmark in the 21st century? Time will tell, but in any case it’s better not to delay the visit.
Despite the absence of bats and blood stains on the walls, the castle is of interest thanks to the unique exhibition of decorative and applied arts, ceramics, silverware, interior items and furniture
The castle was built at the end of the 14th century by local residents on their own and for own funds, for which they were exempt from paying taxes to the state treasury for several centuries. In 1622-1625. two defensive towers were completed.
Built on top of a cliff and having an unusual trapezoidal shape, Bran Castle served as a strategic defensive fortress. It has 4 levels that are connected by a staircase. The halls and corridors of the castle make up a mysterious labyrinth.
In the courtyard there is a well, which, according to legend, leads to underground rooms.
Courtyard
Bran Castle has had many owners in its lifetime. First it belonged to the ruler Mircea the Old, and then to the inhabitants of Brasov and the Habsburg Empire. According to legend, the famous voivode Vlad Tepes-Dracula spent the night here during his campaigns, and the area surrounding Bran Castle was a favorite hunting ground for the ruler Tepes.
According to one version, he was tortured in the dungeons of the castle by Turkish enemies. And that’s probably why Bran Castle is also called Dracula’s Castle.
Furniture
After 1918, at the same time as the proclamation of Greater Romania, the people of Brasov, whose ancestors built this castle, gave it to Queen Maria as a sign of their love and devotion, after which Bran Castle became a royal residence. Currently, the Museum of History and Medieval Art is located here, which displays Romanian and foreign furniture, collections of weapons and armor, as well as other interesting items from the 14th to 19th centuries.
The town of Bran is also famous for its cheeses, the recipe for which is kept secret and passed down from one generation to another.
At the local market you can buy magnificent knitted items made from natural wool, as well as souvenirs, most of which play on the image of Dracula.
Witch Market Sonora
Mexico City, Mexico
Once in this strange place, you will involuntarily begin to believe in witchcraft and magic. The huge indoor market has a whole row dedicated to goods for mysterious rituals. How to use most of the products sold here can only be read in medieval witchcraft books. Hardly modern man will guess what snake blood, dried hummingbirds or dried iguanas are for. The witches themselves sit here, for a moderate fee they are ready to predict the future, help careless students pass an exam, or punish an unfaithful husband.
Mummy Museum
Guanajuato, Mexico
When there were no vacant places left in the city cemetery in Guanajuato, the authorities decided to exhume the particularly ancient dead. Imagine the surprise of the grave diggers when they saw the perfectly preserved bodies. The soil in Mexico is rich in minerals, the air is so dry that corpses do not decompose, but mummify. More than a hundred similar mummies ordinary people It was decided to exhibit them of different ages, from old people to infants, in glass cases in a special museum. To enter this kingdom of the dead, you must have strong nerves or have a unique attitude towards death - in a Mexican way.
Death Valley
Kamchatka, Russia
Not many tourists come to Kamchatka, however, if you ever find yourself there, be careful: the Death Valley is located on the territory of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve. Animals that wander there die from poisoning. The same fate awaits a person if he spends too much time there. The secret of the valley is in the poisonous gases rising in this place from the depths of the earth. There are several similar places in the world, but the “recipe” for a poisonous cocktail from Kamchatka is especially dangerous for all living things. As scientists have found out, it quickly causes paralysis, so the animal, although it senses danger, cannot leave the valley.
Snake Island
Brazil
If you look at this island from a safe distance, you will admire its beaches, palm trees, azure sea and will probably want to spend a week on it in peace and quiet. However, if you decide to do this, you will not live another day. The island fully lives up to its name. It is home to very poisonous spear-headed snakes, the poison of which causes rapid death. And don’t think that you will be able to avoid encountering formidable reptiles. Scientists have calculated that for every square meter there are from one to five snakes.
Pripyat
Ukraine
On April 27, 1986, after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, people - more than 47 thousand people - left this city. Since then, time has stopped in Pripyat; it has turned into a ghost town. Daredevils, not afraid of the still quite high level of radiation, seem to be returning three decades ago to our Soviet past and traveling through empty buildings. Residents left the city with almost no belongings: they were promised that the evacuation would be temporary, and while the owners were away, the houses would be guarded by the police. Now in all the empty dead buildings there are almost no things left, in 20 s extra years everything was stolen by looters.
Tower of Madmen
Vienna, Austria
A couple of centuries ago there was an insane asylum in this building, and now there is a museum of pathological anatomy. Its exhibits can shock even people with very strong nerves. How will you feel when you see human genitals that have been disfigured since birth or mutated by various sexually transmitted diseases? Other exhibits include a luxurious mahogany gynecological chair and mummified heads of the never-cured residents of this madhouse.
Museum medical history Mutter in Philadelphia
The Mütter Museum of Medical History is a museum of pathologies, antique medical equipment and biological exhibits located in the oldest medical training complex North America. This museum is most famous for its huge collection skulls are collected here and all sorts of unique exhibits, for example the corpse of a woman that turned into soap in the ground where she was buried. Right here Siamese twins with a combined liver, the skeleton of a two-headed child and other creepy exhibits.
in the photo:
A woman with an unusual curvature of the spine... The development of the disease began at 2 years old. By the age of 20, the disease had already affected all the joints of the body, so that she could only move with supports...
Truk Lagoon in Micronesia
A significant portion of the Japanese naval force now lies at the bottom of the shallow Truk Lagoon in Micronesia, southwest of Hawaii. The blue depths, explored by Jacques Cousteau in 1971 and strewn with the wreckage of warships and aircraft carriers sunk in 1944, have become accessible to divers. Although some people are still afraid of the crews who never left their combat posts. Ships and planes have long grown into coral reefs, but still more and more overly curious tourists who stick their noses where they shouldn’t become their victims.
Manchac Swamp in Louisiana
Boats carrying tourists sailing through the swamps by torchlight are surrounded by ancient cypress trees and long strings of moss hanging from the cypress branches. The howl heard in the distance may be that of the rou-ga-rou, the Cajun version of the werewolf.
The Manchac Swamp is also called the “ghost swamp.” They are located near New Orleans, and it’s just a goth’s dream. It is said that the swamp was cursed by a voodoo queen when she was captured in the early 20th century. As a result, three villages here perished in the hurricane of 1915. The peace of this bird cemetery is disturbed only by periodically floating corpses - a legacy of commercial activity more than 100 years ago. In addition, alligators, of which there are more here than corpses, will not disdain fresh tourist meat.
Winchester House, San Jose, California
The “Magic” Winchester House is a colossal structure with many prejudices associated with it. One fortune teller told Sarah Winchester, the heiress of a gun company, that the ghosts of those killed with Winchesters would haunt her unless she left Connecticut for the West and built such a house that it could not be completed in her lifetime. Construction began in San Jose in 1884 and did not stop for 38 years until Sarah died. Now the 160 rooms of the house are haunted by the ghosts of her madness: stairs that go straight to the ceiling, doors that open in the middle of the wall, spider motifs, candelabra, hooks. Since the house was opened to the public, there have been constant complaints about slamming doors, footsteps at night, moving lights, and door handles that turn on their own. Even if tourists don’t believe in ghosts, the place is mind-blowing with its scale.
Mary King's Dead End in Edinburgh
Several streets with a dark past hidden beneath Edinburgh's medieval Old Town. The place where plague victims were locked up and left to die in the 17th century is famous for poltergeists. Tourists here are touched on the hands and feet by something invisible. It is believed to be the ghost of Annie, a young girl who was abandoned there by her parents in 1645. A hundred years later, a period that is so loved in scary fairy tales, a large new building was built on the site of the Mary King cul-de-sac. In 2003, the cul-de-sac was opened to tourists, who were attracted by tales of its supernatural spirits.
Tourists will be led down stone steps into cramped, depressing alleys.
In addition to Annie's room, an exhibition of medieval life and deaths from the plague has been restored. The main thing is not to stop, especially when you feel the icy breath of death.
Occult Thelema Abbey in Sicily
Aleister Crowley is perhaps one of the world's most vile occultists, and this stone farmhouse, filled with lurid pagan frescoes, was once the satanic orgy capital of the world. At least that's what they thought in the 1920s.
Crowley is best known for his fans like Marilyn Manson and for the fact that he appeared on the cover of the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Crowley founded the Abbey of Thelema, named after the utopia described in Rabelais's Gargantua, whose motto was "Do what thou wilt." It became a free love commune. Newcomers were forced to spend the night in the "Chamber of Nightmares" where, pumped up with heroin and marijuana, they stared at the frescoes of earth, heaven and hell. After the popular English dandy died in the abbey, the press created a scandal and forced Mussolini to cover up the sharashka. The notorious underground director Kenneth Anger unearthed this story in 1945 and filmed it. there is a film that later mysteriously disappeared. Now the abbey is dilapidated and overgrown with grass, but several frescoes with which Crowley intimidated his followers have been preserved inside.
Tourists inclined towards the esoteric can wander around and tickle their nerves there.
Easter Island, Chile
One of the most mysterious places on earth is Easter Island, on which there are huge figures of giants carved from stone, grown into the ground under the weight of millennia. The statues look into the sky, as if guilty of some mystical crimes. And only the stone giants know where the people who installed them disappeared to. On Easter Island, no one else knows the secret of making, moving, and installing these giant statues, up to 21 meters tall and weighing up to 90 tons. But they were often moved more than 20 kilometers from the quarry where ancient sculptors worked. Now on the island, where a powerful civilization once flourished, there is barely a glimmer of life, and no one knows where the mysterious builders came from and where they then disappeared.
Well, except for those, of course, who read in childhood about the travels of Thor Heyerdahl. For them, all these secrets - how exactly the statues were made and then placed - are no longer a secret.
"Prisoner's Gate", also known as the "Museum of Torture". Hague. Netherlands
The museum is filled with all sorts of instruments designed to mock criminals. Here you can see bone breakers or other equipment for special use. Executors have always been distinguished by unimaginable imagination and cruelty, which allowed them to come up with new tortures for guilty people, and all equipment was always used for its intended purpose. The guide will tell you exactly how this or that instrument was used, and for the most daring visitors he may offer to try the equipment on himself, within reasonable limits, of course. Many visitors to this museum cannot stand even half of the excursion, preferring no longer to listen to the guide’s narration or simply fainting. Museums of this kind are not recommended for people with weak mental health, pregnant women or children. Entrance to the museum costs about five euros. During the tour you will see a number of exhibitions that show exactly how torture was carried out on people. The Hague Torture Museum is less famous than the similar Amsterdam Museum, but in The Hague the main exhibit is an ancient casemate that can only be seen here. The impression from viewing exhibits and exhibitions can be very strong, so visiting a museum better for people with strong nerves.
Loch Ness
Incredible facts
Our planet is full of interesting and mysterious places, whose history continues to captivate us for many centuries.
And although many try to explain incomprehensible phenomena with the help of science, there are places that continue to surprise us with their splendor and mysterious beauty.
Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt
The world's largest pyramid, called the Pyramid of Cheops, was built around 2550 BC. commissioned by the Egyptian pharaoh Cheops, who was buried inside. The massive triangular tomb is made up of 2.3 million stone blocks, each weighing somewhere between 2.5 to 15 tons. The construction of the pyramid itself required about 20,000 workers.
Some of the pyramid's shafts were left open, perhaps so that, according to the Egyptians, "Cheops could rise to the stars in the afterlife." Despite the fact that much has already been learned about the Cheops pyramid and the Giza complex, many facts about the construction and origin of the pyramid are still shrouded in mystery.
Roswell, New Mexico, USA
In June 1947, a suspected unidentified flying object crashed in Roswell, a small town in New Mexico, USA. It is believed that the remains of aliens were discovered there. The US military argued that such speculation was simply nonsense and in the mid-1990s issued a statement that the discovered debris was a top-secret government probe from Project Mughal.
UFO supporters disagreed, accusing the government of trying to cover up the case. It's hard to say whether the incident was a massive government cover-up, but Roswell is still considered a mysterious place. Now the city is ready to welcome extraterrestrial visitors by forming a UFO support committee and holding an annual UFO festival.
Giant's Causeway, Ireland
The Giant's Causeway is a mysterious expanse of 40,000 basalt columns located on rocky shores Northern Ireland. Its origin is associated with an ancient volcanic explosion. But Irish legend has its own version of the origin of this geological mystery in County Atrim. According to one version, a giant warrior Finn McCool built a bridge to attack his main rival the Scottish giant Benandonnera. According to another version, McCool used this bridge to rescue his beloved from the Hebrides.
By the way, the Giant's Causeway is just steps from the old Bushmills Distillery, which makes me wonder if these myths were the result of too many shots of whiskey.
Cappadocia, Türkiye
The landscape in Cappadocia seems very strange. Thanks to volcanic eruptions, this area became similar to a lunar landscape, which became a real find. In the second century, Christians, fleeing Roman persecutors, carved out these hiding places in the form of the surreal cones and chimneys of Cappadocia. They remained here for years, and their original rooms became intricate towns with wineries, bathrooms and churches.
Since the fall of the Roman Empire and the Christians scattered, this underground city has been empty. Today, Cappadocia is experiencing a revival, opening its doors to numerous tourists.
Machu Picchu, Peru
Machu Picchu is the best preserved city from the Incan Empire, sitting solemnly in the mist-shrouded Peruvian Andes. Perhaps it was thanks to the clouds that this place was hidden for so long that it acquired its name " lost city of the Incas". The structure, which was created around 1440 AD, was abandoned during the Spanish invasion. However, its hidden location became a defense against the conquistadors and the site itself was secluded until 1911, when an American historian accidentally stumbled upon it Hiram Bingham.
Many believe that this Inca site was a mountain retreat for the then ruler Pachacuti. The landscape itself: rocky mountains, emerald greenery and swirling clouds create an indescribable mysterious atmosphere here.
Easter Island
Stone faces along the coast overlook Easter Island, a small piece of land in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. These gigantic sculptures, weighing 14 tons, were called "moai", and their reason for existence has puzzled scientists since ancient times.
Why did the local Rapa Nui people spend so much time and energy thousands of years ago creating these giant faces? There was no written evidence, but one archaeologist Jo Ann Van Tilburg believes that these sculptures acted as intermediaries between the Rapa Nui chiefs and the gods, as well as heaven and earth.
Georgia Tablets, USA
The mysterious Georgia Tablet monument, approximately 6 m high, is located in the northeast of Georgia in the USA. Five granite slabs engraved on different languages, from English to Swahili, and their supposed purpose was to instruct survivors of the Apocalypse on how to rebuild society. One of the instructions reads: " Smartly regulate fertility by adding value life training and diversity of humanity".
So how was this monument built? In 1979, unknown under a pseudonym mr christian entrusted this work to a stone processing company, but his identity still remains a mystery.
Stonehenge, England
About a few hours' drive from London lies one of the world's true mysteries - Stonehenge. The legacy of this prehistoric monument consisting of large standing stones, the weight of which reaches up to 50 tons, has caused much speculation.
Some claim that the Druids built Stonehenge as a temple, others attribute its construction to the indigenous inhabitants thousands of years ago. It is also believed that it is associated with the myth of King Arthur, which claims that the wizard Merlin brought the stones to this place. No one can say who built them, not to mention how they were brought here and what the very purpose of the monument was. Stonehenge still remains the most mysterious place in the world.
Some Muscovites believe that in this place there is a certain energy source of unknown origin, and some even talk about evil spirits. According to old-timers, there used to be a cemetery on the site of Ostankino, from which the current name came (the remains are Ostankino). Moreover, only sorcerers, witches and suicides were buried in the cemetery. Some say that the roots of all local anomalies come from here.
The house on the embankment was built on the site of wine and salt warehouses and still makes a depressing impression, although the terrible Stalinist years, when every third resident of the house was repressed or committed suicide, are in the past. The gloomy house was unusual from the very beginning. For example, the 11th entrance was non-residential. According to legend, apartments were bugged from his secret premises and people were monitored. And the courtyards, although decorated with fountains, produced creepy impression stone wells. And to this day the House on the Embankment is shrouded in mysticism. There are rumors that former residents “wander” through their apartments and “visit” the corridors and staircases of the building.
Another legendary address is a house in Moscow on the Red Gate, known as the Musin-Pushkin estate. However, some people call it “The House of the Sorcerer Bruce.” The main attraction of the house is a trapezoid board, shaped like a coffin lid, between the second floor windows. Once upon a time, the outlines of an irregular cross, the names of the months of the year, numbers, astrological symbols and other incomprehensible signs were stamped on it; a rod was inserted in the middle. It was a mystical sundial made by the famous magician and sorcerer Count Jacob Bruce, who lived under Peter I. It is believed that Bruce made them by order of the owner of the house, who died by the time the work was completed.
The heirs simply laughed at the promised properties of the watch (they supposedly were supposed to predict the owner’s fate and events). And the black Count Bruce cursed the clock, bequeathing to it to show only the bad. They say that the curse came true more than once before both world wars and the revolution - then the stone of the board turned blood red. And sometimes an image appears on it white cross, supposedly pointing to the place where the sorcerer hid the treasure. True, rumor does not recommend looking for treasures - it is unsafe, they are guarded by the ghost of Bruce.
If you look at the map of the Vladimir-Shatursky Priklyazmenye, you will immediately notice the almost complete absence of populated areas. There is a mystical reason for this. In the summer of 1885, repair work was carried out on the Kolomna highway in these parts. The peasant Perfilyev contracted for 850 rubles to build an earthen dam on the Kovikha River. Arranged. Kuryshkin, a member of the zemstvo government, went to take over the dam and... disappeared. The driver Gerasim Kudrin disappeared with him. The horse and cart also disappeared without a trace. The investigation into the incident did not yield any results, and the case was closed.
And two years later, an entire convoy disappeared on the Kolomna highway without a trace. And again the police searched the forests along the highway in vain. Meanwhile, the mysterious disappearances continued. In 1893, a postman disappeared. In 1896 - a land surveyor along with a chaise and a driver. In 1897, two peasants disappeared on the road. In total, until 1921, 19 disappearances without a trace were recorded on the Kolomna tract. Several years ago, a group of enthusiastic researchers from Vladimir and Moscow discovered here a number of phenomenal phenomena caused by oscillations of the magnetic field. Enthusiasts have hypothesized that during periods of “activity” of the mysterious place, it manifests itself like the Bermuda Triangle. Researchers are also attracted by long-standing rumors about a stone ball overgrown with moss, fraught with clues to mysterious disappearances.
The main attraction of this anomalous zone is not the lake at all, but the so-called Sin-Kamen. It is said that the boulder, weighing 12 tons, can move and often changes location. In addition, sometimes at night a bluish glow emanates from it. A UFO was seen here a couple of times. Local fogs are also dangerous. Once there, you can find yourself many kilometers from the original point.
Several centuries ago, a huge number of residents of the capital could not survive 1771. There was not enough space for everyone in the city churchyards, and besides, there were many dead in the German settlement. As a result, it was decided to arrange an individual cemetery for non-Christians on one of the banks of the Sinichka River. Today, many who have visited this mysterious place talk about amazing sounds. musical instruments, coming from underground and about unusual visions.
An anomalous place, a village in the north-west of Moscow, where overflights and hovering of UFOs are observed relatively often. Local residents often note amazing atmospheric phenomena here, local heavy rains, black clouds hanging over one place, strong tornadoes, etc. In a local pond, fishermen once saw a large water funnel suddenly appear; measuring the water level and investigating this case showed that most likely there was a spontaneous discharge of water into underground voids. Around the same time, local boys saw bicycles in the sky flying along the railroad tracks (perhaps lifted by a tornado?). They say that while walking through the forest located to the left of the road on the way from Moscow, mushroom pickers more than once felt sudden attacks of horror, the cause of which remained unclear to them. In the same forest there are so-called “prodigal places”, where even old-timers can easily get lost, and “scary places” where dogs whine and cannot stay for long...
In August 1993, an expedition was carried out in the southern part of this forest, the purpose of which was to search for the area of passage of a three-star UFO observed here by a local resident in February 1993. Indeed, a hovering site of an unknown object was found, breaking the tops of trees in the forest at a height of about 5 meters above the ground. It was determined that the tops were broken not due to cross winds, but due to force applied vertically from above. Traces of mechanical impact were clearly visible on the fallen parts of the trunks, however, no traces of paint, rust or any material were found on the scuffed trees.
There is an opinion that the very name “voices” comes from the consonant name of one of the gods - Volos or Veles, the ruler of the other world. Although less creative personalities They attribute everything to voices that are supposedly heard in the ravine at night. Their origin is attributed to the lost souls of the “lost ones” who went into the ravine but did not find a way out of it. However, during archaeological excavations near the ravine, scientists discovered very real traces of ancient settlements, indicating that Slavic pagans lived and were active in this region.
Today, the ravine is in absentia ranked among the unfavorable places in Moscow, although its “badness” dates back to the depths of centuries. Either people will disappear in its vicinity, or giants in skins will flash in the fog. It is not known for certain about the direct connection of this place with the other world, but people always hang out there strange people in fancy outfits chanting incomprehensible mantras.
A long time ago, on the lands of the Ostankino estate of the Sheremetyevs, there was a cemetery for suicides. It is difficult to say whether it was the influence of the place or a difficult, unfree fate, but many serf actresses drowned themselves in ponds, which were even nicknamed “actor’s ponds.” Now there is a residential building nearby, and in the churchyard there is a television center building. Local residents and television center workers say that sometimes in these parts you can meet an ancient old woman with a stick, who appears before misfortunes and tragedies.
On a small road section stretching only 6 km, a huge number of people were killed and injured in accidents. This place has long been of interest to researchers of anomalous zones and mystical phenomena. According to local legend, the road is located on the site of an abandoned cemetery where only suicides were buried. Drivers talk about terrible visions and ghosts living in these places. Many believe that it is the souls of restless sinners that cause the living to go astray. However, skeptics believe that such phenomena can appear under the influence of electromagnetic fields arising in the places where communication cables are laid. In their opinion, they are able to influence the driver’s consciousness, creating imaginary hallucinations.
Maryina Roshcha is a district of Moscow about which there are many legends and mystical tales. Until the 18th century, this area was almost entirely covered by forest, after the cutting down of which the Maryina Grove was formed. In 1743, the local village of Maryino fell to Count Sheremetyev, who changed the appearance of the area beyond recognition. Soon Maryina Roshcha became one of the favorite vacation spots of Muscovites. However, people here were afraid to appear alone for fear of evil spirits. This is understandable, because, according to folk beliefs, suicides became mermaids, so on Semik (the third week of Easter) they went to where they buried those who died without repentance - that is, to Maryina Roshcha. It was here that the barn stood where the unidentified dead were taken. After the plague epidemic, Empress Catherine forbade burying the dead within the city, and there, on Miusy, the first plague cemetery in Moscow arose. And in Maryino for a long time there were terrible stories about the dead who did not allow passage to a lonely traveler.
Mysterious legends are associated with the brightest domo on Bolshaya Yakimanka. This is the home of the wealthy industrialist Nikolai Igumnov. To build it, he invited the Yaroslavl architect Nikolai Pozdeev. The pseudo-Russian style, very fashionable in those days, was chosen for construction. In 1893 the mansion was completed. Pozdeev managed to combine numerous decorative details into a single whole: picturesque tents, bells, vaulted arches, columns. The building turned out to be very harmonious, but the Moscow architectural environment did not accept the stranger. The barely erected mansion was subjected to scathing criticism. Igumnov, succumbing to these sentiments, quickly became disillusioned with his Yaroslavl architect and refused to pay expenses that exceeded the estimate. The disappointed and ruined architect committed suicide. It's hard to say whether this is related to tragic fate architect, but Igumnov’s mansion has always been surrounded by an aura of dark legends. The most common of them says that the owner settled his dancer-mistress in this fairy-tale palace, and when he caught her cheating, he walled up the unfortunate woman alive in the wall. Since then, her ghost allegedly wanders through the halls of the mansion, disturbing the peace of its inhabitants.
An anomalous place, according to the testimony of many eyewitnesses. Located in the northeast of the Moscow region in the area of 3 lakes, next to the village of the same name. Local fishermen said that they saw a large animal with a huge mouth floating on the surface of the water. The animal allegedly came ashore and attacked cows and even people.
In 1999, an expedition took place on the lakes, the purpose of which was to try to confirm or refute rumors about the existence of a giant lizard-like animal in the lake. On November 18, a large animal was discovered in the southeastern part of the lake at a depth of about 5 m. The animal, about 1 m thick, hung in the water a meter from the bottom and did not move. In order to scare the beast away, a small squib was detonated. The "target" slowly floated away. Around the same time, deafening blows began to be heard from under the ice - ice bursting from the frost. The expedition's conclusion after a full study of the area and water and soil samples was disappointing - the presence of a lizard in these lakes is very unlikely.
Ryazan is an anomalous zone in the Sergiev Posad district of the Moscow region, where auditory mirages are observed. One of the eyewitnesses spoke about his impressions when visiting Ryazantsy: “In the 1960s, in the summer, after 10 p.m., a young man and I walked to the village of Kirimovo along the old road from the village of Ryazantsy. I had walked this road several times before this incident. Having walked a little along the path through the forest, I suddenly heard the voices of people, barking dogs, laughter, the knocking of buckets and other sounds very close to us. You are immersed in such noise when you are in the middle of the village during the day, but there was no housing here. It became impossible to go further, as the sounds seemed to impede our progress. My traveling companion also heard these sounds. It became very scary. We stopped. We stood for 10-15 minutes, listening to what was going on around us, and then very quietly and carefully returned back. My parents and other elderly people later talked about another similar incident at the same place. I also heard a story about how, when passing by this “enchanted” place, people sometimes hear the sound of someone or something hitting a tree standing in their way with a stick. A person will pass this tree, and the blow will be heard on the next tree. There were also cases when a man suddenly appeared in front of a walking person in this place, and also suddenly disappeared. Old-timers associate these mysterious phenomena with the fact that once, according to their ancestors, many Tatars died in this place, or a convoy with gypsies died...”
Silikata Cave is a famous natural cave located near the Silikatnaya railway platform (Moscow region), about which there are many legends and stories of mysterious incidents with varying degrees of authenticity. One of the most reliable stories dates back to the initial period of the Great Patriotic War, when a bomb shelter was installed in the cave. During another bombing, a soldier from the front arrived in a nearby village and, on the advice of his fellow villagers, went to look for his relatives in the cave. Old women and children crawled out of the dilapidated entrance one by one, and finally the soldier’s wife appeared, but at that moment a huge stone slab began to sink.
The soldier threw himself under the slab, delayed its fall perhaps just for a moment, thereby allowing those remaining to escape. In front of dozens of people, the brave man was crushed by a terrible stone, however, when with their joint efforts they dug up the entrance and lifted the slab, under it they... found nothing! Relatives subsequently tried for a long time to find what they thought was still a living soldier inside the caves; during the next search, the grief-stricken mother also disappeared somewhere underground. This is the story, the legend says that the ghosts of the soldier (in the form of the “White Spirit of the Speleologist”) and the mother (in the form of the “Two-Faced One”) are still found in the far corners of the caves (several dozen cases of sightings are known).
In a mansion on Malaya Nikitskaya Street (formerly Kachalov), built in late XIX century, Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria lived for more than 15 years. The building now houses the Tunisian Embassy. In the basement of this house, the owner “arranged dates” with women. And the passion of the People's Commissar of State Security of the USSR for opposite sex gave rise to a lot of rumors after his execution. They say that the ghost of Lavrenty Pavlovich's car regularly appeared (and continues to appear) in the vicinity of the mansion. People hear an invisible car approaching them, the engine starts idling, and the sound of a door opening is heard. A few seconds later the door slams shut and the shadow of the car disappears into the night...
The old and quiet city park is perfect for romantic dates and family walks. Most of it is occupied by the 300-year-old Kuzminki estate. And like all old parks, this one is also covered in many legends. In particular, one of them concerns an elm tree that grows on the shore of one of the three park ponds. The eerie tree celebrated its 100th anniversary long ago and acquired the nickname “bough of death.” They say that on the gnarled branches of this ominous elm people were found hanging several times - as if the tree deliberately attracts suicides.
A long and narrow hole in the famous Syana cave near Moscow, where, according to local legends, the involuntary restoration of prenatal and ancestral memory occurs in people trying to get through this hole. However, the opinion of skeptics regarding this phenomenon, experienced by dozens of people, is clear - these memories are nothing more than subjective psychological associations.
Sand dunes, intricately curved trees and a mysterious atmosphere - near Ryazan there is its own anomalous zone - the so-called Fefelov Forest. This forest, located near the Kanishchevo microdistrict, attracts lovers of the otherworldly.
The reason for exploring the area was the stories of those who visited here. According to people, they were haunted by a feeling of anxiety. There is no scientific explanation for this yet, but there are hypotheses. So, according to one version, the forest invisible “something” is a clot of energy, the source of which is sand - after all, it has been proven that dunes have the ability to move. When moved, grains of sand rub, causing energy to move into environment. People feel it on themselves in the form of a warm or cold wave and darkening in the eyes.
Sharp magnetic fluctuations were also recorded in the sandy forest. Presumably, it was the waves that bent the branches of the pine trees at the roots. Biologists are in no hurry to confirm the relationship, and it remains to speculate again. It is assumed that due to changes in the magnetic background, trees also change. The tree bifurcates, the branches grow sharply upward. There are many such trees of the same size in the forest. Maybe it's a splash negative energy. Researchers cannot judge how far the negative aura spreads. Fefelov Bor is located a few kilometers from the residential district of Kanishchevo, which is surrounded on all sides by fields and ponds. In 2004, archaeological excavations took place here, and an ancient burial ground was found.
This anomalous place is located not far from the village of Lyada, Pskov region. It earned its nickname at least a hundred years ago. Even before the revolution, people began to disappear in this ravine. Those who were lucky enough to survive, for inexplicable reasons, do not remember anything. Very often, unfortunate people lose not only their memory, but also their minds. The most resonant case of disappearance of people happened here in 1974, when a group of mushroom pickers from St. Petersburg disappeared without a trace. Before that, in 1928, a team of lumberjacks disappeared here, and in 1931, several dozen kulaks exiled here along with their families disappeared.
Kurgan Sineus, Vologda region
As we remember from history textbooks, the Varangians Rurik, Truvor and Sineus came to rule Russia. Sineus ruled in the Volgograd region, and his mound is located in Belozersk, Vologda region. Although the talk about the fact that the highest mound, called the Kremlin, contains precisely the great Varangian (great in the literal and figurative sense of the Varangians, as they are remembered, were heroes), is conducted only on the basis of guesses and conjectures, and there are surprisingly many of them around the mound , and they definitely lead to only one mound that has never been properly explored, and there is no need to try to do this.
Several finds from the mound were taken by Ivan III, who ordered to clarify who was lying in the mound, and then to fill up and protect the burial site from those who were not above robbing graves, but no documentary evidence of this has survived. But there is no doubt that after the Bolsheviks came to power, almost crowds with shovels rushed to the mound. Black diggers were attracted by numerous legends that Sineus was buried in a golden coffin, that countless treasures in precious metals were buried with him, that, finally, Sineus himself was dressed in clothes decorated with gold and silver and amazing jewelry. Some studies, for example, attempts to dig approaches near the mound, which were then filled with groundwater, indirectly confirm this: a huge amount of silver ions was found in the water, which is not typical for these places. However, the one who is buried under the mound does not at all want to reveal his wealth to not very grateful descendants; any unauthorized or scientifically organized attempt to open the mound ends in trouble.
Any tunnel made at the Sineus mound was flooded with groundwater, so quickly that more than one person died when trying to get inside. Those who risked approaching this place with shovels admitted that they felt as if someone was watching them, and even “strangled” someone. Others even saw the spirit of some giant near the burial site. And once a cellar for storing potatoes, built here during the Soviet era, instantly rotted, leaving neither potatoes nor even a trace of the supports. However, there is a legend according to which one day the mound of Sineus will be revealed to descendants. But this will happen only in “the most terrible times for Rus'.” And I wouldn’t want to rush into this.
The Zhiguli Mountains have long been known for their paranormal activity. Repeatedly over the centuries, cases of UFOs and various light pillars of unknown nature have been recorded here. There are stories that before the construction of hydroelectric power stations and rising water levels, it was possible to penetrate into huge caves inside the mountains, where prehistoric animals were found frozen in blocks of ice.
There are references to various kinds of mirages appearing over the Zhiguli Mountains: in the form of a ghostly city or tower. A number of legends speak of certain white dwarfs living in the mountains, as well as ghostly elders appearing out of nowhere. Local folklore connects unexplained phenomena with the mysterious Mistress of the Zhiguli Mountains. There are also prodigal places in Zhiguli, where even experienced tourists, as if spellbound, walk in circles, returning to the starting point of the journey. Residents of the surrounding villages try to avoid them.
Mountain of the Dead, Sverdlovsk region
About 30 dead. In the Mansi language, Kholat-Syakhyl is a mountain 1079 m high in the Northern Urals. Since the 1960s, this place has also been called the Dyatlov Pass. It is on the slope of the mountain of the dead in different times Several groups of tourists died. In 1959, a group of tourists led by Igor Dyatlov went on a hike. On February 1 (the date coincides with the famous magical holiday of Candlemas), 1959, 9 people began to climb to the top. On the slope, not having time to reach the top, the group sets up camp and becomes a witness to a terrible event, the cause of which is still unclear. In panicked horror, cutting the tent with knives, the tourists rushed to run down the slope. Some barefoot, some in felt boots, half naked...
There were no signs of a struggle or the presence of other people. No signs of an avalanche, hurricane, or tornado. All the tourists died. Their skin had an unnatural purple or orange color. The damage was unnatural. Then the entire investigation, on the instructions of the 1st Secretary of the Regional Committee of the CPSU, was classified. According to legend, before this incident, 9 Mansi died on the mountain. In February 1961, another group of tourists died. In the early 90s, the Gentry newspaper published extensive material in several issues about the “Mountain of the Dead” and the results of research undertaken by Vladivostok ufologists at the same time. Today the place is easily accessible to tourists, but due to its notoriety it is practically not visited. Our expeditions have not identified any anomalies in this area at this time.
Forest "Myasnoy Bor"
Myasnoy Bor - as if by someone’s evil irony, was the name of a small settlement in the Novgorod region, for which fate had a terrible role in store - to become a bloody meat grinder, grinding in 1942 during the Lyuban operation many tens of thousands of lives and destinies of Soviet soldiers 2- th shock army Volkhov Front. There are many places in Russia generously drenched in the blood of soldiers, but Myasnoy Bor is a special place. The forests and swamps of the Novgorod region are ruinous places in themselves. And when in the swamps, on the edges of the forest, on the country roads, many human bones turn white, they become completely creepy.
It was because of the miscalculations of the military leadership that the soldiers fell into a trap - they were surrounded and destroyed. Subsequently, not considering the position strategically important, they stopped the supply of medicines and provisions. The soldiers were doomed to starvation and painful death. They fought bravely and died, but were undeservedly forgotten and, in addition, slandered. Doesn't happen in Myasnoy Bor random people: only search engines looking for the remains of our soldiers and black diggers prowling in search of military valuables. From year to year, search teams raise our soldiers for reburial, but it seems that this does not mean there are fewer of them here.
This forest communicates with people in its own way. He lets some people in, but not others. So, for 10 years now, Novgorod entrepreneur Roman Novikov has been trying to open an extreme recreation center in this “Valley of Death”. But something always goes wrong. Either in last moment It turns out that not everything is in order with the documents, or the technology is failing. But not once over the past years has Roman been able to even properly drive into the mystical forest.
Many people know that the Earth has its own energy. It plays the role of a kind of video cassette, which at certain moments records and plays back the most significant historical events.
And today, local residents say, in the forests of Myasny Bor, from time to time, distinct male voices can be heard, the smell of shag and the creaking of branches can be clearly felt. At the same time, at first it seems that there are some mushroom pickers nearby, or maybe someone is sawing the forest. But if you shout, no one responds... And it becomes really creepy. And all around there was silence, then again - voices, machine gun fire. Some people who found themselves in these places heard loud cries of “hurray,” as in old movies, when a company or platoon rises into battle... Novgorod scientists introduced a new concept into scientific use - a military anomaly. Experts believe that where soldiers died and were not buried during the Great Patriotic War, a powerful energy field arises. As a result - otherworldly voices and strange phenomena.
The very atmosphere of a ruinous swamp, overflowing with corpses, creates a difficult situation in these places. Many search engines have repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that birds do not settle or appear in places where the masses are found; the situation is corrected only after human remains are properly reburied. Probably, Myasnoy Bor is one of the few places in Russia where in reality you can catch such a rare phenomenon as chronomirages, but we do not advise you to just disturb the souls of the dead...
Lovozero, a lake that ranks fourth in size in the Murmansk region, is one of the most famous anomalous zones in Russia. What is not attributed to this object: distortion of space and time, fluctuations in the gravitational background, a healing effect on the human body... In addition, near Lovozero you can meet the Yeti - Bigfoot.
An expedition in 1920, led by A.V., was devoted to the study of this anomaly. Barchenko, head of the Murmansk Maritime Institute of Local History. The purpose of the expedition was to study the most common phenomenon in the Lovozero region - “measuring” - a mysterious mental illness that is spreading like an epidemic. “Measuring” acts like a mass psychosis, depriving people of their will and forcing them to senselessly repeat various movements one after another or indiscriminately carry out other people’s commands. The effect lasts from several hours to a day and can be repeated. The Yakuts explain “measuring” by saying that an evil spirit enters the patient’s body. The expedition constantly encountered unexplained phenomena. Many ritual objects and buildings remained from ancient culture Lapps.
Lovozero to this day remains an object special attention scientists. Expeditions headed by V.N. were sent here from 1997 to 1999. Demina. Their goal was to search mysterious country Hyperboreans. And in 2000, V. Chernobrov and his group of researchers recorded a lot of evidence local residents that Bigfoot lives in the Lovozero area.
The Medveditskaya ridge is the strongest geoactive zone, a chain of old hilly mountains, 200-380 m high, located in the Volgograd and Saratov regions at a distance of 15-18 kilometers from the city of Zhirnovsk. Eyewitnesses claim that things unimaginable for an ordinary person are happening on the Medveditskaya Ridge. Strange triangular-shaped objects, luminous round or spherical objects appear. Some locals claim to have even seen a UFO land.
The Medveditskaya ridge is also famous for its ball lightning. They say that sometimes you can observe several fireballs calmly flying low above the ground at once, which easily burn their way through thick tree trunks. By the way, burned like this in an interesting way trees are actually quite common on the Medveditskaya ridge! In addition, according to some researchers of the anomalies of the Medveditskaya ridge, these lightnings fly strictly above two tunnels located underground at a shallow depth. There are ancient legends about the existence of enchanted or cursed places in the area of the Medveditskaya ridge, about strange forest inhabitants who lived in these parts.
Devil's lair, Volgograd region
Several dead. Place on the Medvetskaya ridge in the Volgograd region. According to unconfirmed reports, spontaneous combustion of people occurs at this place. Cases of the discovery of the burnt body of shepherd Yuri Mamaev in 1990 and a similar case with combine operator Ivan Tsukanov are cited. Although the second case has nothing to do with self-ignition, Tsukanov died saving a combine harvester and a grain field from a fire, and in the first case there are too many facts indicating that Mamaev died from burning hay, nevertheless this place is considered “anomalous.”
Another famous dead place in Russia is the Death Valley in Kamchatka, which became known in the early 30s of the 20th century. Hot springs gush out on the western slope of the Kikhpinych volcano. Their small thermal areas are cut through by ravines, on the slopes and at the bottom of which weak streams of acidic hot water, steam and gases emerge. The lowest of the sites acquired an ominous reputation and was named the Valley of Death... The Valley of Death was discovered by hunters who had lost their Laika dogs.
Hunters found the bodies of dogs in the upper reaches of the Geysernaya River at the foot of the Kikhpinych volcano. Next to them, on the bare ground - not a blade of grass - lay many dead birds and animals - bears, wolves, hares. The hunters fled in horror from this “damn cemetery”, and not in vain. Soon the dogs, who had been with the people in the “bad” place, died, and the people themselves began to wither before our eyes: they became lethargic, rapidly lost weight, they began to have inexplicable headaches.
Samara Luka is considered today one of the most active anomalous zones in the world. According to experts, more than a thousand paranormal phenomena have occurred here in the last 10 years alone. For example, eyewitnesses say that they have repeatedly encountered such phenomena as “cat’s paws” - several glowing lights that can be observed over the Zhiguli Mountains, and “cat’s ears” - low rays of light that appear as if from nowhere. They also say that encounters with Bigfoot are not uncommon here. Moreover, it was seen by fully educated and sane people. For example, one of the meetings took place in the fall of 1950, a few kilometers from the road to ToAZ, at the edge of the forest. In July 1977 - new information about meeting this creature. A resident of Zhigulevsk, going into the forest, breaking away from her companion, suddenly felt someone’s presence. Turning around, she saw a creature two meters tall, covered with fur, he had deep-set eyes.
Another anomaly - in the village of Vali several years ago, for the first time in the region, anomalous ovals were noticed on granular fields. This phenomenon is truly paranormal, say ufologists. In addition, as experts say, UFOs are very fond of these places and regularly appear here. There are many other paranormal phenomena in Samara Luka.
Main glory Samara region and Togliatti brought these natural objects Samara Luka, like the White Stone rock, Leshego ravine, Gorodishche, Shamanskaya glade and, of course, Mount Svetelka. They say that wishes made on it tend to come true. There is a belief that some people who climb the mountain improve their personal lives, some are lucky in business or career, new knowledge appears, and some even begin to read minds. It turns out that the fault boundary of two geological plates runs along the above objects. It is believed that this position produces powerful geomagnetic radiation. According to the locals, “Mount Svetelka is energy.” And for this reason, these places have become a Mecca for pilgrims and scholars from all over the world.
The White Stone Rock has long been considered a place where “roads go from nowhere to nowhere, and time is powerless.” It happened that people who got there noticed that time there flowed somewhat differently than in “our” space. It seemed to them that they had only been in this place for a few hours, but in fact days had passed. They say that once a young hunter went to the rock and spent three days lost in the Leshy ravine, which guards the White Stone from the south. He came out of there gray-haired, didn’t tell anyone anything, where he was or what he saw, and only repeated: “I won’t go there again.” And then he left these places completely. They say that when people go to that place, they sometimes find themselves in a different reality, in other places, in another nature, where they have never been before. Well, here, as if on command, mobile phones and television cameras suddenly turn off and also suddenly start working again.
Village in Udmurtia
A mysterious village was found in Udmurtia, from which the inhabitants fled. People left their houses, but left all their belongings in them. 18 empty houses. The distance from the nearest settlement to this village is five kilometers. But this is direct, through the swamps. But you can't walk on them. Bypassing all the impassable places, the group of researchers covered about 15 kilometers through the forest.
Several years ago I found an article on the Internet about this village. I saved it for myself... and forgot,” says Valery Kotov, head of the Sphere-X group. “And recently people approached me. They found one of the geologists from that expedition. It was he who explained to us how to get to this village. According to geologists, the village was located in a clearing. All the trees around were burned out. There was smoke coming from the chimneys, but there was not a single inhabitant in the village. Valery Kotov and a group of researchers did not find the burnt circle, nor did they find any smoke from the chimneys. Only 18 empty houses, overgrown with raspberries, grass and young trees. The expedition looked into each of these houses. They weren't locked. The oven doors in all the houses were open. There were wooden dishes on the tables, the beds were made, and clothes hung on the chairs. All the utensils were left as if someone had gone out for a short while and should return soon.
Devil's Cemetery or Glade, Krasnoyarsk Territory
75 people are known to have disappeared or died over the past 30 years. A clearing with a hole in the center, located on the top of a small mountain, formed in 1908. One of the versions is that it was here that the Tunguska object fell, pierced the mouth of an extinct volcano, which is why the clearing itself was formed, and the hole is an unovergrown crater of the volcano. Every living thing in the clearing dies; hundreds of cows and other domestic animals that wandered into the clearing are known to have died.
In this regard, after the war, all people were resettled from these places. In the pre-war period, several hundred people died who found themselves either in the clearing itself or near it.
Elgygytgyn (Lake of Non-melting Ice) is a unique crater lake in Chukotka, located on the Anadyr Plateau, 390 kilometers northwest of Anadyr. It has an almost circular shape, the diameter of the lake is about 12 kilometers, max. depth - 174 m, area - 110 km, average annual temperature about 3 °C, altitude above sea level. - 489 m.
A few indigenous residents say that people often disappear here, strange northern mirages appear, unusual phenomena on the surface of the lake, as if some giant creature noisily emerges from the water and just as quickly disappears, so the lake is bypassed, they say, deserted this place is dead... What could it be? Scientists believe that, most likely, at the bottom of the cracks in earth's crust methane comes out, but immediately rises to the surface through the thickness ice water it cannot, it accumulates, and then comes out in a huge bubble. But for now this is just a hypothesis. Since the lake was not subject to glaciation (as scientists believe), the possibility of unknown relict organisms living in it cannot be ruled out.
Near the city of Vyborg
In the Paltsevo area near the city of Vyborg, Leningrad Region, an anomalous zone was recorded in 1991, named after three names of TaGoRa researchers (Tatyana, Golts, Raitarovsky). To the northeast of the Paltsevo area, near Vyborg, UFOs were often observed, and a mysterious disappearance of a truck on the highway occurred right before the eyes of eyewitnesses. In addition, local residents claim that when you stay in this area for a long time, you begin to feel someone’s surveillance and hypnotic gaze.
Valley of the Dead in the Caucasus
The Caucasian Valley of the Dead has a bad reputation among the local population; it is truly an anomalous zone. Strange insights can be observed here. No sheep graze or birds fly near this place. Why is this place so dark? In the 16th century there was a village here. Which has completely died out. At that time, a terrible epidemic swept through these places, claiming the lives of all the villagers. They said it was a terrible family spell that killed everyone who lived in the village. How many years have passed since those times, but no one inhabits the old ruins, no one plows the local fields, no one takes care of the garden. Because strange things still happen here. People who unknowingly wandered into these areas experienced strange visions.
Stories from local residents also talk about ghosts in these places. About the terrible headaches that unexpectedly occur to those who are on this earth. Today these places are considered negative, no one visits them. Avoiding it just in case. In the eighties of the twentieth century, one Soviet photographer, visited the Caucasian Valley of the Dead. After doing a big photo shoot, he returned to Moscow and died of an unknown disease. The film was developed by a well-known paranormal investigator. What the whole world soon saw in these photographs shocked many. In the ancient gardens among the trees, there stood the ghosts of women, surrounded by rings of very bright light. What this is, no one has explained until now.
The surroundings of Rytoye are a zone of anomalies. This is due to geological features. Isostatics vary between the Academic Ridge and Rita Deep. People acutely feel the influence, both positive and negative. Amnesia, hysteria, hallucinations and prophetic dreams are common in this area. A person staying here ages at an accelerated pace and feels incredibly tired. None of the Soviet-era hunting villages organized on this land lasted more than 2 decades. Its inhabitants died one after another, and the women suffered from infertility. Scientists assumed an increased background radiation near the river gorge, but studies and measurements of indicators could not confirm the hypothesis. The natives say that they saw a UFO near Ryty. It is assumed that in places of earth faults there is an interaction with the energy of the sun.
The most incredible rumors have long been circulating about this small island, located within the city of Rostov-on-Don. And no wonder. They say that before the start of the Great Patriotic War a UFO fell here. Unusual aircraft mistaken for a new enemy reconnaissance aircraft. However, there is an opinion that this was really one of the flying disc-shaped vehicles developed in the 30s by the German Sonderburo No. 13 on Hitler's orders. In 1939, the first “flying disc” powered by inventor Viktor Schauberger took off. In photographs preserved in the archives of the German secret society Ahnenerbe, this device looks exactly like the “flying saucer” described by UFO eyewitnesses. However, some ufologists believe that it was still not a German, but an alien ship. AND further events indirectly confirm this version.
The famous Moscow ufologist Alexey Priyma, who lived in Rostov until 1973, claims that he had a chance to read memoirs former employee NKVD about a “flying device without wings” that crashed on Green Island. One way or another, the NKVD troops launched vigorous activity on Zeleny. The place was cordoned off and security was posted. But the incident itself was classified.
However, they did not have time to finish the work, since by the beginning of the war the island was still guarded, and when the Nazis broke through to Rostov in the fall of 1941, they defended it fiercely. The Germans, no less persistently, sought to capture Green, which was of particular interest to them. Probably, a fallen unidentified flying object played a significant role in this interest. Now it’s no secret that Hitler was interested in UFOs, esotericism, extrasensory perception, etc. However, in the case of our island, it is unclear whether Hitler wanted to take possession of the alien device or return the development of his engineers so that the Russians would not unravel the secret of his new weapon.
However, besides UFOs, the island has other secrets. Strange things happen on Green from time to time. Here is one of the typical stories. Married couple I was vacationing on the island with my six-year-old daughter. While the adults were making a fire for the barbecue, the daughter disappeared. The parents, having checked the tent and made sure that the girl was not there, ran in panic through the thickets, trying to find the baby. After a couple of hours of unsuccessful searching, they decided to contact the police. And then suddenly they saw their daughter... sleeping in a tent, which they searched more than once. When the girl was woken up, she said that in the thickets near the shore she saw a large black stone and, barely touching it, fell asleep. The girl did not remember what happened after she ended up in the tent. But she insisted that she did not return there herself.
Interestingly, attempts to purposefully find the mysterious black stone lead nowhere. However, the island is covered with dense vegetation, and its western part is completely impassable. But it is this area that eyewitnesses most often speak of as an anomalous zone. Several scientific expeditions landed on the island, including those of the All-Russian Research Association “Cosmopoisk”. Instrumental studies were carried out on the western tip of the island, which revealed weak anomalies, probably associated with underground structures existing on the northwestern shore - the remains of old trenches and dugouts, as well as small underground structures of unknown purpose. The expedition members witnessed on the island sound signals of unknown origin and manifestations of the properties of a typical “prodigal place” - an anomaly in which the most incredible incidents are possible, primarily a complete loss of spatial orientation.
In the Nizhneilimsky district of the Irkutsk region, the Vidimsky tract, in which the Dead Lake is located, is notorious. In the direction where the tract is located, a glow constantly appears in the night sky with a silvery tint, and even circles remain on the ground.
People often disappear in the Dead Lake area: fishermen drown and hunters disappear. In 1992, a group of researchers from Naberezhnye Chelny got lost here. In the same area, 40 km from the village of Vidim, in 1992, a train of 23 cars carrying components of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), as well as 42 security personnel and two locomotive drivers, mysteriously disappeared. They are still searching! In June 1997, a three-member operational group of the Vidimsky village police department mysteriously disappeared. Searches also did not yield any results.
A legendary reservoir in the Oymyakon region in eastern Yakutia. According to legend, a huge animal, possibly of relict origin, lives in the lake. They say that this particular animal swallows animals and people. According to legend, the number of those “swallowed” exceeded ten people. There is no real evidence of the existence of this animal, like dozens of victims. The place is inaccessible, practically unexplored, researchers for recent years fifty were not attracted to the lake.
The so-called Molebsky triangle is located on the border of the Sverdlovsk region and the Perm region. Anomalous events constantly occur on its territory: people and animals disappear. In addition, local residents claim that they see creatures of alien origin. However, such mystical illumination of the region only benefits it. Every year, tourists and ufologists come here from all over the world to see and feel the aura of this mysterious place.
For example, in 1995, scientist Valery Yakimov decided to explore the Moleb Triangle with a group of ufologists. A group of 60 reputable researchers actually observed strange phenomena in the atmosphere that could be called UFOs. And in 1996, in the publication “Ural Pathfinder,” ufologist Maxim Shishkin described in detail cases of disappearances of groups of tourists in the 90s and described the mysterious phenomena he observed.
Cherepovets swamp
Frightening legends circulate throughout the Vologda region about this swamp. Rumor has it that it allegedly “asks” its future victims to come closer to it. Cases of suicide are very common here, and under unclear circumstances. Locals also claim that often people, unaware of the peculiarities of this place, approached it and literally disappeared without a trace within a few minutes... In the 19th century, merchants regularly disappeared here. In 1972, due to a sinkhole, dozens of military personnel who were driving heavy equipment through the swamp area died here. And nowadays, every year several local residents or tourists disappear into the swamp.
The anomalous zone in the vicinity of the city of Yuryev-Polsky, which is on the border of the Yaroslavl and Vladimir regions, is little known and is not very popular among researchers. UFOs are seen in the zone no more often than in other places; no mysterious disappearances of people or time jumps occur in it. But the forests there still have a bad reputation.
Perhaps the most striking incident occurred in 1992 with members of an amateur research group who came here after they read a newspaper article about local anomalies. The group consisted of several young people. In the village they met local guys, who told them that the ghost of a man in a noose sometimes appears in the forest. This story is old, it happened shortly after the war. As if some demobilized soldier, while drunk, killed his wife and several other people, and after sobering up, went into the forest and hanged himself. The body was found and taken away, but since then in the evening twilight, most often on the full moon, the soldier is sometimes seen in the thickets hanging on a tree. Two city “researchers” who did not believe in God or the devil decided to walk through the forest on the full moon in order to later dispel the legend. The rest remained waiting for them at the edge of the fire. By the way, the townspeople already more or less knew the local forest. It was sparse, and walking along its outskirts in the evening did not seem such a difficult task. Moreover, the moon was shining.
One of these two, Maxim, later said that they almost immediately felt fear, but did not show it, tried to stay cheerful and walked as quickly as the bushes allowed. Maxim’s friend was the first to notice a rope with a noose hanging from a tree. Both were frightened, but assumed that the villagers were probably playing a trick on them and deliberately hung the rope. However, the friends decided to complete their hike and headed to the edge of the forest, which was supposed to be several tens of meters away. But no matter how much they walked, for some reason the forest did not end.
Suddenly a tree with a rope appeared in front of them again. This was it, the guys recognized him immediately. In some incomprehensible way, friends again went to the place of suicide! They were gripped by real fear, they backed away and ran away. But after some time we came across the same tree again. Only this time there was a man hanging in the noose! The young people saw him quite clearly! Now, in real panic, the friends began to run in earnest. As if on purpose, the moon disappeared into the clouds and rose strong wind, trees swayed around. This only increased the fear of the fugitives. Stopping to catch their breath, they clearly heard behind them the crunch of branches under someone's feet. Not remembering how, the guys jumped out of the forest. And when they were running through the edge of the forest, they looked back and saw the dark silhouette of a man moving after them. It was difficult to see him in the darkness, but Maxim and his friend had no doubt that this was the same dead man.
They ran to the fire. Apparently, the fear spread to the others. Without trying to find out what kind of stranger was pursuing the members of their group, the “researchers” ran in a crowd to the village. They burst into the house, alarming the owners. Together with the guys, a guard dog ran into the house, which had never happened before, and, trembling, hid under the bed. At this hour (it was half past midnight) the whole village woke up. Dogs howled in every yard. The horses neighed loudly and fought in the stable; they eventually broke free and ran off into the meadows. Some villagers, looking out the windows, saw the dark figure of a man, but for some reason no one came out and asked who he was. On the contrary, people were afraid to even turn on the light. The next day, Maxim and his friend said that they had seen a hanged man in the forest. They were convinced that this dead man had followed them all the way to the village. Surprisingly, their story was believed. Someone remembered that this had already happened: suddenly, on the quietest night, a storm began, the animals became alarmed, and a “black man” walked through the village, in whom the old-timers recognized that same soldier. In addition to the soldier, another ghost “lives” in the forest. It can be seen during the day.
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Our vast planet is full of places that impress with their unimaginable beauty and mystery. From time immemorial, people have always been attracted to themselves. There are so many places on Earth where unimaginable events occur, and there are such amazing creatures that impress not only ordinary tourists, but also scientists who have met many. Researchers are trying to find out more about what they see, but many questions remain unanswered, and mysterious mysteries remain unsolved.
Amazing buildings
The most mysterious and unexplored places are historical buildings, about which there are various rumors and legends. And no one knows a reliable answer to the question of where they came from and in what century BC. It is very interesting to get answers to these questions, but when will this be possible? Someday people will find answers to these mysterious questions.
To figure out exactly how many such places and buildings are on our planet, we can give a whole list of specific examples.
Stonehenge
This is the very first and probably the most famous attraction that does not have reliable information about its origin. The place where this building is located is called Wiltshire, which is located in England. This monument of the world is considered the most mysterious. Around him, scientists and researchers make hundreds of assumptions that are not similar to each other. But, unfortunately, disputes do not move forward.
It is precisely because of its mystery that this building attracts people from all over the world.
This stone structure evokes a variety of fantasies. Movies were even filmed at this place. They say that this amazing miracle was created extraordinary people with high development, who thus arranged memorial place to those who died in their times. This theory - one of many - is confirmed by the fact that burials were actually found near this place.
Underwater pyramid of Yonaguni
This place is the most mysterious. From the name it is clear that it is located underground in water. Scientists have determined that this unusual building is approximately ten thousand years old. She is located in Japan. This place is especially memorable for those who like to scuba dive. It was a diver who found these pyramids about twenty years ago.
It is interesting that one of the walls of this monument has a sharp cliff that goes to a depth of about thirty meters. Some scientists suggest that this monument was at first an ordinary rock, but then people transformed it, and subsequently it acquired such appearance which it has now.
Nazca Lines
Still incomprehensible and surprising are the Nazca Lines, which are located in Peru, near the Nazca Desert. From above, these drawings look especially neat and resemble some kind of pictograms that could hardly have appeared on their own. The clarity of these lines is explained by the fact that their geographical location, which implies a constantly dry season, has preserved them in their proper, one might say, untouched form. In addition to lines, you can also see images of various animals and insects, as well as other objects.
This most mysterious place in the world has been the subject of many speculations by historians and archaeologists. They say that these amazing lines were created for religious ceremonies performed by the ancient Indians. Some believe that this is only evidence that huge looms were used in this place in the past.
New Grange Mound
No less mysterious is the mound, which is located near Ireland and is called New Grange. This mound above the ground has a diameter of 85 meters. And it reaches a height of about 11 meters. The most interesting thing about this mound is that although the roof is made of earth, which is overgrown with various grasses, the walls are not earthen, but stone, that is, made of quartz, which distinguishes this mound from all others and makes it unique.
They say that this building is about five thousand years old, of course, during this time the walls have collapsed a little, but they are neatly built. It is also very interesting to know exactly what this building looks like inside. Just entering inside, you can immediately find yourself in a long corridor that leads to a room located across.
This room consists of tall monoliths, holes in the walls, rings and other decorations carved into the walls, and a large stone bowl. Many people are surprised by what happens to the sun during the solstice in December. At this time, a thin ray of sun literally penetrates into this mound for a few minutes. The interesting thing is that the sun's ray does not penetrate through the entrance, but through a small hole that is located above the entrance.
These amazing places around the world show that our history was preceded by important events when someone unknown built these monuments. Now people just have to find out the real origin of these buildings.
But no less interesting are also places that no one created; they are so amazing that they simply lead to extraordinary admiration.
Beautiful and extraordinary places on Earth
There are many places on Earth where you can admire the beautiful, mesmerizing nature. It is in these places that the most incomprehensible and most inexplicable things happen. Here are just some examples of this.
Salar de Uyuni
Describing the most mysterious places on Earth, one cannot fail to mention the sky, which creates the impression of inversion. We can say that this is a natural mirror, which reaches ten thousand square meters in area.
There is a desert in Bolivia that is completely different from all the deserts that exist on Earth. What is its superiority and difference? This desert is unusual in that it contains many salt marshes. Therefore, we can say that it is not sandy, but salty. Surprisingly, there are also active volcanoes here, cacti grow here and there are geysers. It is truly huge in size. But when the rainy season comes, it becomes even more extraordinary than before. When it rains, here on the dry lake the water is practically not absorbed into the ground, but creates a giant mirror. Many people who have been there say that it feels like the sky has turned upside down.
The end of the world
The sea is considered one of the extraordinary places on our planet, namely the junction of two seas - the Baltic and the North. This place is located in Denmark, near the city of Skagen. Local residents called this place the end of the world, since the junction of these seas is so clearly visible that it seems that one world ends and another begins.
This miracle is explained by the fact that in the waters of these two seas there are two separate currents of different densities. Therefore they do not mix, but create separate border, which is clearly visible.
Forest with crooked trees
The forest in which the trees grow is considered even more mysterious and inexplicable. unusual shape. This forest is located in Poland. It did not grow on its own, but was planted before the Second World War in the thirties of the twentieth century.
This forest has about four hundred trees that have a bend in the trunk in one direction, it looks so synchronized and smooth that it is simply surprising. It is difficult to find a sensible explanation for such unimaginable growth of pine trees. We can say that this landmark in Poland is one of the most memorable, which is why the state carefully protects it. It also assigned the status of a nature reserve to the forest.
Sable Island
When considering the most mysterious places on the planet, it is important to mention the island, which is located in the Atlantic Ocean. Interestingly, its dimensions are 42 meters by one and a half meters. But this is not the only thing that is mysterious and amazing. What is more strange is that it is precisely near it that ships cannot sail normally. According to statistics, approximately seven hundred ships have already been shipwrecked.
This fact is explained by the fact that this island is not located in a very good place. Namely, at the intersection of two currents, cold and warm, the Labrador and Gulf Stream. These two different currents create constant strong storms near the island, which are characterized by heavy fog and high waves. For this reason, many sailors are simply unable to see the low, flat island, which is barely visible from under the water.
It is also interesting that this island has the ability to move. It has been observed that Sable in the ocean can move at a speed of two hundred meters per year. The surprising thing is that not a single island can move faster in the ocean, and the ocean floor itself moves only a few millimeters per year. Therefore it is also considered inexplicable.
It is also worth noting that the reason for this movement is that the island is under pressure from two sides. On one side the ocean erodes, and on the other side the current brings sand. Because of this, the island also not only changes its position, but also its size, sometimes growing, sometimes decreasing. It is because of this that ship captains cannot be one hundred percent sure where exactly this island is located, as well as what size it is.
Despite the fact that we live in the 21st century, no one on the planet can claim that the world around us has been fully studied. We have achieved a lot, learned a lot, and invented a lot, but dark spots that are beyond our consciousness still remain. Many of the mysteries of the past have been able to reach us, which is truly incredible!
This is confirmed by the numerous anomalous zones that scientists and archaeologists find from year to year. A lot of time and effort was devoted to studying them, but no one was able to show the world an explanation of any mystical place.
And since the unknown has attracted people at all times, we decided to tell you about ten unusual, mystical and mysterious places that are located in our country - Russia.
In the Rzhevsky region there is another mysterious and anomalous place, which is called the “cursed stream”. This small stream flows through a gloomy coniferous forest. It is very dark and damp here even on a clear sunny day. All visitors to this area have a feeling of anxiety and fear for no reason. However, something else is interesting. The fact is that with the onset of darkness you can see a mirage near the stream - silhouettes of soldiers filling their flasks with water from the stream. And if you rewind a few years ago - until the time of World War II, in this place there were Soviet positions that were under enemy mortar fire. Unable to get out of the enemy's encirclement, the tired and hungry soldiers were able to survive only thanks to the flowing stream, which prevented them from dying of thirst.
Shushmor (Ushmor) tract. Moscow region
This anomalous zone is one of the oldest and scary zones in the Moscow region. For more than a hundred years, people have been mysteriously disappearing there. The vegetation in these places is also surprising - huge ferns, the size of an adult person, there are square trunks of birches, pine trees two girths thick... There are completely no populated areas nearby, the guards advise not to even approach these places. After studying this territory, experts concluded that the influence of this zone on people is similar to the Bermuda Triangle. Ball lightning can often be seen here, and thunderstorms occur here much more often than in other places.
There have been many attempts to explain the disappearance of people and the phenomena in Shushmore, but there are no clear conclusions yet.
Between the Arkhangelsk region and Karelia there is the Solovetsky archipelago, consisting of several islands. The main feature and attraction of the Solovetsky Islands are the mysterious constructions left by Stone Age people. These structures are labyrinths or babylons, made of stones laid in a long row (mostly boulders) in a configuration reminiscent of a spiral. Labyrinths have one entrance, which is also an exit. In the center of the labyrinths there is a cluster of stones in the form of a small hill. The significance of these structures still remains a mystery to archaeologists, however, the main assumption is the hypothesis of local historian N.N. Vinogradov that there were ancient burial places where the souls of the deceased live, which, according to local beliefs, have the ability to enter the world of the living and cause them various harm. The essence of these buildings is to ensure a safe transition to another world for the souls of the dead, as well as to prevent the souls of the dead from getting confused and unable to get out to living people thanks to the tangled paths and ridges of stones.
Ukok plateau. Gorny Altai
This place in Altai is considered absolutely unique. This plateau is located at the junction of the borders of four countries: Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. This plateau is located at an altitude of 2000 -2600 m, it is surrounded by the snowy peaks of the Southern Altai and the South Chuya ridge.
This Altai Tibet is one of the most amazing places in Russia. The ancient land contains a huge number of mysteries and hundreds of legends. Local residents have long considered Ukok “the end of the inhabited world,” because this edge of the world lies just before firmament, but a mere mortal cannot see this region; only powerful spirits can do this.
The plateau has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, this is confirmed by archaeological finds dating back to the 8th - 3rd centuries BC. There is a version that aliens flew here. At the end of the 20th century, “ Altai princess", and although the girl belonged to the middle class, she became an object of religious worship. The mummy was perfectly preserved thanks to low temperatures. Residents of Altai associate all the hardships that followed this event with the disturbance of the peace of Ak-Kadyn.
The picture that you will see near the plateau is a lifeless, endless, gloomy surface of sand and rubble, wind and dust storms. And the secrets that this land keeps are inexhaustible.
Medveditskaya ridge. Volgograd region
This place is located on the border of two regions and is a chain of old hilly mountains, their height ranges from 200 to 380 meters. This place has long been shrouded in many legends and secrets, and they are not based on simple inventions of local residents. A very interesting fact is that not far from one of the villages a burial ground was dug in which the skeletons of huge people whose height exceeded 2.5 meters were discovered; on the other bank of the Medveditsa River another burial of people was found, but their average height was 50-60 cm! This area is also famous for its increased UFO activity. Locals claim that these space guests come to them almost every week, and to confirm their words they show unusual traces on the grass and on the ground. These marks are completely different forms– triangular, octagonal, round. Later, grass or bushes still grow in these places; local residents have repeatedly tried to plow up these traces and continue to use these lands for their intended purpose, but, alas, they did not succeed. When tractors approached these areas, their engines always stalled, and therefore it turned out to be more profitable to leave these traces of space aliens alone than to constantly repair the engines.
There is also a slope of crazy lightning here and it is famous for ball lightning, which appears with enviable regularity, and in any weather. The “intelligent” behavior of these fireballs seems surprising and incredible - they move along the same route, can “stop” in the air, and unite in groups. These lightning burns or mutilates the trees, so the entire slope is covered with thin, mutilated trees. And during the study, scientists received amazing results - many trees were burned out from the inside, as if lightning had struck them from underground.
This place is fraught with many secrets that have not yet been solved and may not be solved soon.
More in mid-19th this has been known for centuries mysterious land. While studying the basins of the Chona, Vilyui, and Olekma rivers, naturalist scientist R.K. Maak heard from the local population mysterious story about strange huge cauldrons buried in the ground. The legend also mentioned how these strange objects ended up on the ground - first there was fire, then darkness, and only then everyone saw huge round-shaped objects. Even then, part of these boilers was underground and only a “small” edge was visible on the surface. At first, everyone thought that these boilers were made of copper, but over the course of several decades there were many attempts to break off a piece of this metal, but this was not possible; even just scratching the surface of the boiler did not work, although different tools were used for this.
Modern researchers have discovered only reservoirs that have a suspiciously regular round shape, and many more identical bare hills with a sharp top. Upon closer examination, these turned out to be large cubic blocks, about a meter high. Flying around the stone mountains, the researchers were surprised by their shape; it was a regular rounded shape, and one of the hills could easily be called a pyramid with regular, clear “shelves.”
Near these cauldrons there is always very lush vegetation, even the grass there is taller than human height, dogs begin to fearfully look around with their tails between their legs, and people seem to see some objects moving across the sky. People who were near boilers later develop health problems, and these problems cannot be treated. There are many versions about the origin of these boilers from an unknown metal, but all of them have not yet been confirmed.
Moleb triangle. Perm region
It is considered the first anomalous zone on the territory of the USSR. This triangle on the territory of our country carries no less mysteries and secrets than the famous Bermuda Triangle. Various types of UFOs are often observed here, luminous bodies, most often these are balls, a change in the passage of time is often observed, objects can float above the ground and then fall again, people hear different sounds - creaks, groans, body temperature may rise, dizziness and headaches appear. In this triangle there are zones with “their” anomalous phenomena and each of them has its own name. “Witches’ Rings” will make a very strong impression on anyone, because here huge, strong trees are uprooted and neatly stacked. And in the photos taken in this place, balls with white spots appear. Near the Black River, time changes course. At Vyselki, many see mysterious creatures or strange visions, and those who spent the night here are haunted by nightmares for a long time. Many inexplicable things can be seen or felt here, and although many are trying to give a scientific explanation for the events taking place here, the anomalous phenomena of the Moleb Triangle cannot be ignored!
Kholat-Syakhyl (Kholatchakhl). Sverdlovsk region
This mountain is located on the border of the Sverdlovsk region and the Komi Republic, next to it there is another mountain, but it does not have a name, but between them there is a pass, which is known throughout the country as the Dyatlov Pass.
Translated from the Mansi language, the name is translated as Mountain of the Dead, although many locals say that it is the Mountain of the Nine Dead. There are many legends, but they all agree on one thing: if nine people go to this mountain, then all participants in the hike will face inevitable death. According to local belief, this mountain is considered sacred; only shamans (and even then, not all) can go there; the Mansi themselves avoid this place and do not advise others. Kholatchakhl is located far from large populated areas, so not all tragic incidents became known and reflected in documents. The first case of death on the mountain of the dead became known in the 30s of the last century, then the body of a female geologist was found. Her tongue was torn out, her eyes were gouged out, and a grimace of horror was frozen on her face. Next known fact there was a death of fugitive criminals, there were nine of them. However, no one began to investigate the death of the fugitives; a version that satisfied everyone was invented.
Then the famous tragic incident with a group of young climbers led by Igor Dyatlov. All members of the expedition died, there were also nine of them. The bodies of all the boys were mutilated, and most importantly, horror was frozen on everyone’s faces. There are many versions of what happened, but none of them explains the entire set of facts. After this tragedy on Kholat-Syakhyl, another group of nine people died, people who were on this mountain, but not as part of the groups, disappeared. Many bodies were not found, and those that did find the cause of death could not find out.
There were probably many more similar cases in this place. The Mountain of the Dead keeps many terrible secrets that have never been revealed, but all these secrets attract tourists, but before you decide to go to this mountain, remember the words of the ancient legend: “Do not disturb the sacred place of the dead.”
Devil's glade. Krasnoyarsk region
This anomalous zone is located in the Angara taiga of the Kezhemsky region. This disastrous place was formed (according to the stories of old-timers) almost a hundred years ago. Eyewitnesses observed a huge hole in the ground, which was blazing with unbearable heat, and black smoke was pouring out of it. When this place burned out, a large black bald spot appeared on the ground, which had anomalous properties. Animals that wandered into this terrible clearing either died or, maddened with fear, jumped out from the “ashes”, but soon they still died.
The round bald spot that appeared began to negatively affect all living things in the area, even birds flying over this area died, people approaching this disastrous place began to experience an insurmountable terrible fear, the trees surrounding the Devil's Cemetery bent towards the center with their charred trunks. Over time, the Devil's Glade became covered with the bones of dead animals, and presented an eerie sight - a black ashes with bleached bones, because even in winter it was never covered with snow. Since their appearance near and on the Devil’s Glade, several dozen people have died or disappeared without a trace, and entire expeditions have disappeared that tried to unravel the mystery of this devilish place. This place attracts many researchers, but, alas, the reasons for the strange and creepy anomalies have not yet been found.
Vottovaara. Karelia
This mountain in Karelia has a bad reputation among the local population - old people begin to be baptized just at the mere mention of this place, women and children are not allowed there, they are forbidden to talk loudly near the mountain, and they are not advised to go there out of curiosity. And those who do end up on Vottovaara see before them an ominous landscape that is reminiscent of old fairy tales about Baba Yaga and Koshchei the Immortal. There are trees around that are incredibly twisted and deformed, “tied” into bizarre knots, and this clearly could not have happened due to the fault of wind or frost, stones are piled up all around, violating all the laws of physics, and there are no birds or animals. Creepy...
Why are local residents afraid of the mountain? After all, Death Mountain is located five kilometers from Vottovaara. This name appeared during the Great Patriotic War; in July–August 1942, a partisan brigade of about 650 people died here, and already in the post-war years, timber industry workers began to find the remains of partisans. And one of the search engines came across an amazing and creepy place. The area of this terrible place is about six square kilometers. Scattered throughout the territory are stones covered with brown moss, reminiscent of blood stains, trees in unimaginably creepy poses, you can see hundred-year-old pines, but their height is... only a meter! Everywhere there are many seids - lonely stones that in an unknown way lie on smaller stones. There are several versions about the appearance of seids: an earthquake, the descent of glaciers, the creation of human hands, but none of them has been proven. There is a kind of amphitheater here, of a regular round shape, and a staircase to heaven... It has thirteen steps, but immediately after the last step there is a cliff. The lakes are somewhat strange in appearance; they either have almost no water or are more like swamps. The clock may go faster or slower, strange bright lights appear, water boils at an abnormal temperature. People feel sudden anxiety, their pulse quickens, fear and depression appear, while others, on the contrary, feel a surge of strength and energy. This is one of the favorite places of psychics, magicians and sorcerers.