The most terrible places in Russia, chilling blood. Thor's Well, USA

Perhaps the Bermuda Triangle is the most famous anomalous zone in the world, but Russia also has something to tickle the nerves of lovers of unusual adventures.

Since ancient times, these places have been called lost or cursed and we preferred to avoid them so as not to cause trouble. Today, extreme tourism in such places is only gaining momentum. If you also don’t mind testing yourself for strength, and maybe getting to the bottom of the truth yourself, here is a list of places that you simply must visit.

1. Death Valley (Yakutia).

“Yelyuyu Cherkechekh”, or Valley of Death - this is how the Yakuts dubbed a strange area in the area of ​​the Vilyui River, where, according to legend, strange metal objects are hidden in the ground, posing a danger to all living things. Local residents avoid this remote area. Rare eyewitnesses say that there is a flattened arch protruding from the ground, under which there are many metal rooms, where even in the most severe frosts it is as warm as in summer. In ancient times, there were brave souls among the local residents who spent the night in these rooms. But then they began to get very sick, and the one who spent the night several times even died.

In 2002, a group of students from Yakutsk attempted to find the boilers. On the very first day of their stay there, they felt slightly unwell - dizzy and weak. Deciding that this was the manifestation of fatigue caused by a long trek, the students pitched a tent and went to the river for water, where, according to them, they discovered a mysterious structure sticking out of the ground, which really resembled a metal cauldron. The size of the boiler was about 10 meters in diameter. They tested its strength with a sharp screwdriver, an ax, and a hammer, but there was no scratch or dent left on the matte surface, as if covered with fine silver crumbs. The guys did not find the underground structure with many rooms that the old Yakuts spoke about. However, they noted that around the “cauldrons” there grew huge burdocks, which were not typical for those regions, and strange grass, twice the height of a person. An inviting warmth emanated from the “cauldron” discovered by the tourists, and the guys decided to spend the night, placing a tent next to the strange structure. Throughout their stay in the anomalous zone, the guys tried to break off at least a piece from the edge of the cauldron in order to return to Yakutsk to find out its composition. But all their attempts were unsuccessful: the material turned out to be extremely hard.

2. Lavozero tundra (Murmansk region).

A small section of Khibiny Kola Peninsula. In addition to the vegetation, which is completely anomalous for the north, there is another attraction here - the Angvundaschorr rock (72 meters), on which, according to legend, there was an imprint of the body of the giant Kuyva. Many many years ago, he greatly disturbed the local aborigines, for which he was incinerated by their harsh pagan gods. But even now, the superstitious fear of local residents of the Lavozero tundra is simply amazing - even specialists in mass psychosis go there to study...

At the end of the 50s, the first mountaineering and tourist groups appeared here, which were attracted like a magnet by the Angvundaschorr peak. No one managed to conquer him. Moreover, in some cases, ascents ended in the death of climbers, moreover, experienced climbers. In the summer of 1965, a group of four people left for the Lavozersk tundra and did not return. Only the remains of their bodies could be found. How and why they died is still a mystery. A few years later, 11 more people died inexplicably. Just in case, all mountaineering and tourist routes along the Lavozero tundra were closed. Now this place is accessible again and attracts crazy extreme sports enthusiasts... Not all of them come back.

Silicates Cave (Moscow region).

A cave in the Moscow region near the Silikatnaya railway platform. According to rumors, during the Great Patriotic War, a bomb shelter was equipped in the cave. During another bombing, a soldier from the front arrived there in search of his family. People crawled out of the dilapidated entrance one by one, and finally the soldier’s wife appeared, but at that moment the huge stone slab began to sag... The soldier threw himself under the slab and stopped its fall, allowing the rest to get out. In front of dozens of people, a cobblestone of immeasurable size buried a brave man under it. However, when the people jointly dug up the entrance and lifted the slab, they did not find the remains of the hero! Relatives tried for a long time to find the soldier inside the caves. During the next search, the grief-stricken mother also disappeared somewhere underground. Legend has it that the ghosts of the soldier (in the form of the White Spirit of the speleologist) and the mother (in the form of Two-Face) are still found in the far corners of the caves.

4. Mountain of the Dead (Sverdlovsk region).

Perhaps the most famous anomalous zone in Russia is the Mountain of the Dead. This is exactly how Kholat Syakhyl is translated from the Mansi language - the name of height 1079 in the Northern Urals. On its slope mysterious circumstances 2 groups of tourists died in a row (including the famous Dyatlov group): people who fled, clearly in panic, were found dead near the camp. The victims had a strange reddish skin tone and many internal injuries and bleeding. Forensic experts were unable to find the cause of death. In superstitious fear, locals attribute these and other similar deaths to ancient spirits, mystical rituals, and UFOs that often appear here. What actually happened is a mystery.

5. Lake Pleshcheyevo (Yaroslavl region).

Lake Pleshcheyevo, on which the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky stands, among other things, is famous for nebulae appearing out of nowhere in the form of a milky slushy haze. Once in the “nebula”, a person finds the only “path” along which someone seems to be leading him. Moving forward, the traveler begins to see all sorts of fantastically positive glitches. After some time, the “lost” person comes to his senses and realizes that he is 15-20 km from the start of his hike. Sometimes the police and dogs spend the whole day searching for a person who has disappeared in the “milk fog,” and he, some time later, comes out smiling blissfully from the other side of the forest.

6. Blue-stone (Yaroslavl region).

A legendary boulder that has been located since ancient times near the village of Gorodishche, near Pereslavl-Zalessky. According to ancient legends, a spirit lives in this stone, fulfilling dreams and desires. At the beginning of the 17th century, the church decided to destroy the pagan relic - the local deacon ordered the Blue Stone to be dumped in a deep hole and buried. But a few years later, the boulder mysteriously peeked out from under the ground. After 150 years, the people decided to lay a “magic” stone as the foundation of the bell tower. The stone was loaded into a sleigh and transported across the ice of Lake Pleshcheevo. The ice broke and the Blue Stone sank to the bottom. But soon the fishermen began to notice that the boulder was mysteriously changing its location, slowly moving along the bottom. Half a century later, he ended up on the shore at the foot of Yarilina Mountain, where he still lies.

7. Popov Bridge (Kaluga region).

A building on the Pesochnaya River in the southwest of the Kaluga region. According to the stories of local residents, the engines of cars and motorcycles stall on the bridge, horses and dogs often do not want to cross it, and strange ghosts and visions occasionally appear here. One day, on a bridge, a strange old man got into a passing car, in whom the driver recognized with horror his deceased fellow countryman, and the translucent old man himself disappeared from the moving car before reaching the village. This message is difficult to verify, since the eyewitness himself died six months later. Local residents from the nearby villages of Uleml and Korenevo believe that what is happening is connected with a curse once cast by a local witch, or with a nearby cemetery.

8. Nikandrovsky Monastery (Pskov region).

A once destroyed, but now restored monastery in the Porkhov district of the Pskov region. Local residents said that from time to time they saw the figures of ancient ghost monks on the ruins (there were no real monks there for a long time). Someone once tried to capture local exoticism on film, but instead of two monks, only two luminous spots appeared on the film. Nuns also appeared - strange women in black, melting into the air right before our eyes.

9. Vodyanoy from Vedlozero (Karelia).

In 1928, over the village of Shuknavolok near Vedlozero, local residents spotted the flight of a ten-meter cylindrical body. Having broken through the ice, the mysterious object went under the water, after which residents began to meet a strange big-headed creature on the shore - a little more than a meter tall, with thin arms and legs. At the sight of people, the creature immediately dived into the water, for which it was nicknamed the merman. Other strange phenomena were also observed in those places. So in 1932, a dense black cloud “descended” on the village. After his disappearance, a jelly-like substance remained on the ground, which the peasants collected in bottles and used as medicine.

10. Myasnoy Bor (Novgorod region).

A swampy forest in the Novgorod region, in which a huge crowd of soldiers died during World War II. The remains of thousands of people still lie in remote places. The very setting of a disastrous swamp, stuffed with corpses, creates a not particularly pleasant environment. Many search engines have repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that birds and animals do not settle or appear in places where the dead are found in large numbers. The situation improves only after the corpses are properly reburied. There is complete chaos going on in the forest: as soon as you are left alone, voices, steps and even cries of “hurray” begin to appear, as if the restless souls of the dead are still going on the attack...

There are an abundance of places in the world where strange and inexplicable natural anomalies occur. Below is a list of a few, but not all, unusual areas around the world.

1. A waterfall that does not freeze even at -30 degrees Celsius is located in China. However, the flow of water suddenly freezes right in the middle of summer for completely inexplicable and mysterious reasons.

2. In Kazakhstan (Talykurgan region) there is a tiny lake, the area of ​​which is only about 600 m2. There are no fish living in it and even no algae, since the water in the reservoir remains icy even at the height of the summer season, and does not even dry out even on the hottest days. It’s surprising that when trying to explore this small lake, divers, even with a whole tank of air, began to suffocate after just a couple of minutes. The phenomenon of this lake is also a mystery.

3. Assam is one of the states of India. Here, every August, birds fall from the sky, seemingly in an unconscious state, and do not resist when they are picked up. The reasons for these events have also not been identified.

4. For a long time this plant was considered a state secret of Australia. Vulemi are prehistoric pine trees, about 150 million years old.

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5. There is a strange hypothesis, but one that has its supporters, which was made on the basis of an analysis of the sizes and contours of both the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica. The researchers noted that their outlines are almost completely identical. The hypothesis is that as a result of some strong shaking of the planet (perhaps when a meteorite fell), Antarctica was “squeezed out” from reverse side planets. It sounds absurd, but who can know the truth?

6. Another natural anomaly. Scientist Raoul Cano found living microorganisms in a small fragment of amber, which were named after him - Cano spores. But what is surprising is the fact that the spores somehow got into the resin a long time ago, 25 million years ago. It turns out that they have been alive since then...

7. The iridium anomaly is located in a place near Rome - the content of the iridium element there is three hundred times higher than normal. This layer lies deep in the earth's crust, and research suggests that it was formed during the extinction of the dinosaurs. Such anomalies were also found in Spain, Denmark and on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Researchers suggest that this is evidence of a meteorite fall.

8. Surprisingly, if a person walks through a place where just a few minutes ago lightning struck the ground, he could die. This phenomenon is called the “thunder bald spot,” which is essentially a high-voltage zone.

9. Zero drift is an interesting and mysterious phenomenon, familiar to many who often use high-precision measuring instruments. Even with the most careful meteorological measurements, there are constant errors because the environment is constantly changing some of its characteristics or parameters and this is reflected differently on the device’s sensors. What exactly is continuously changing is not yet clear.

10. On the coast of the island of Crete, as a rule, in the middle of summer, fog appears in the morning. Many observers of this natural anomaly describe how, in the vicinity of the Franca Castello castle, a scene of a terrible battle appears over the sea. Sometimes the sound of weapons and screams can even be heard. This mirage moves from the sea and dissolves at the castle walls. 150 years ago in this place There was a skirmish between the Turks and the Greeks, and there is a rumor among the people that the ghosts of the dead soldiers after the war still continue to fight on the seashore.

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Some Muscovites believe that there is some kind of energy source of unknown origin in Ostankino, 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.

House on the embankment

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, gave the eerie impression of 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.

The Mystery of Bruce's Coffin

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 of a white cross appears on it, 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.

Shaturskie Swamps

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.

Lake Pleshcheyevo and Sin-kamen

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.

Basurman crypts

Several centuries ago, great amount 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-religious people on one of the banks of the Sinichka River. Today, many of those who visited this mysterious place talk about the amazing sounds of musical instruments coming from underground and about unusual visions.

Pokrovka village

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.

Golosov ravine in Kolomenskoye Park

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 strange people in bizarre outfits always hang around there, chanting incomprehensible mantras.

Akterkin Ponds

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.

Road of Death - Lyubertsy-Lytkarino highway

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 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.

Marina Grove

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 favorite places rest for 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.

Secrets and legends of the Igumnov house

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 is difficult to say whether this is connected with the tragic fate of the 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-lover 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.

Bear Lakes

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 people

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...”

Silicates Cave

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 equipped 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 and delayed its fall, maybe 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 “Two-Faced”) are still found in the far corners of the caves (several dozen cases of sightings are known).

Beria's House

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...

Kuzminki Park

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.

Pike hole

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.

Fefelov Bor

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. Perhaps this is a surge of 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 were carried out here, and an ancient burial ground was found.

Damn ravine

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 were taken from the mound 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 some were even “choked.” 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.

Zhiguli Mountains

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, they walk in a circle, 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 was on the slope of the mountain of the dead that several groups of tourists died at different times. 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 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 “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 many tens of thousands of lives and destinies in 1942 during the Lyuban operation Soviet soldiers 2nd Shock Army of the 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. There are no random people in Myasny Bor: only search engines looking for the remains of our soldiers and black diggers scouring for 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 the past 10 years, Novgorod entrepreneur Roman Novikov has been trying to open an extreme recreation center in this “Valley of Death”. But something always goes wrong. Either at the last moment it turns out that not everything is in order with the documents, or the technology fails. 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, distinct sounds can be heard from time to time. male voices, the smell of shag and the creaking of branches is 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

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 Murmansk maritime institute 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 the ancient Lapp culture were also discovered.

Lovozero remains the object of special attention of scientists to this day. Expeditions headed by V.N. were sent here from 1997 to 1999. Demina. Their goal was to search for the mysterious country of Hyperborea. And in 2000, V. Chernobrov and his group of researchers recorded many testimonies from local residents that Bigfoot lives in the Lovozero area.

Medveditskaya ridge

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 see several calmly flying low above the ground at once. fireballs, 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 people who lived in these parts forest dwellers.

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.

Death Valley in Kamchatka

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 water emerge. hot water, steam and gases. 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 headache.

Samara Luka

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 above Zhiguli Mountains, and “cat ears” - low rays of light that appear as if from nowhere. They also say that meetings with Bigfoot. 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 a meeting with 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 meadow 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 passes through 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.

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, they suddenly turn off and just as suddenly start working again Cell phones and television cameras.

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. From the nearest settlement This village is about five kilometers away. 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.

Lake of never-melting ice

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 people say that people often disappear here, strange northern mirages appear, unusual phenomena on the surface of the lake, as if some gigantic creature noisily emerges from the water and disappears just as quickly, so they bypass the lake, they say, this place is deserted, dead... What could it be? Scientists believe that, most likely, methane emerges from cracks in the earth’s crust at the bottom, but it cannot immediately rise to the surface through the thickness of the icy water; it accumulates, and then comes up 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 in this area, when long stay you begin to feel someone's observation 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.

Cape Ryty on Lake Baikal

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- a common occurrence 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.

Mysterious Green Island

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 the opportunity to read the memoirs of a former NKVD employee 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 landed on the island scientific expeditions, including 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.

Vidimsky tract

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.

Lake Labynkyr (Yakutia)

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.

Moleb triangle

The so-called Moleb triangle is located on the border of the Sverdlovsk region and 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 people often 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.

Mysteries of the witch forest

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, nothing happens in it mysterious disappearances people, no time jumps. 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, he 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 it was probably the villagers playing a trick on them and hanging the rope on purpose. 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, a strong wind rose, and the 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 broke 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, whom the old-timers recognized as that same soldier. In addition to the soldier, another ghost “lives” in the forest. It can be seen during the day.

Nikolskoe cemetery. Last refuge of officials

One of the mysterious places in Russia - the old Nikolskoye cemetery at the famous Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg was opened back in 1861. Today, the once famous cemetery is quite neglected, although the highest clergy of the Lavra were once buried here. The marble mausoleums were askew, and the family crypts were mostly roughly broken into, because since the end of the 20th century, cases of grave digging have been repeatedly noted at the Nikolskoye cemetery.

“Black archaeologists” hunting for the regalia of bishops and ministers buried in the Nikolsky necropolis are not embarrassed even by the fact that the cemetery has long been famous for the fact that here, among centuries-old trees and abandoned graves, right in the center of St. Petersburg, it is possible to meet nose to nose with evil spirits.

Nowadays, the Nikolskoye cemetery is being put in order by the city authorities and the monastery. They are restoring ruined graves and cutting down thickets. An alley of holders of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky has also been created. The cemetery is becoming popular again, especially the “front” part, but, unfortunately, not the one where outstanding writers, scientists and the crown of the clergy are buried, but new pompous alleys with the burials of officials and businessmen.

Satan usually walks through the Nikolskoye cemetery in the form of a huge black cat. According to legend, at the end of the 19th century, a certain monk lived near the cemetery, who was famous as a skilled healer. But the sick did not know that the monk was healing them... with powder from the bones of the dead. The monk was not a monk at all - he studied black magic and worshiped Lucifer, and wore a cassock only to divert his eyes. For his soul, he received the ability to heal.

The black monk's dream was to obtain the elixir of immortality, and the devil provided him with the recipe: Holy holiday Easter monk tied the girl to the cross, gouged out her eyes, cut off her tongue and placed a cup under the stream of blood. But he did not have time to drain the cup full of the victim’s blood: while performing all the rituals, he forgot that this must be done before dawn. With the first rays of the sun, he fell to the ground dead.

Those who came to visit the graves of their relatives on Easter morning were amazed by what they saw: a dead girl tied to a cross, and a monk whose mouth was filled with worms, and one of his legs was covered with hair and looked like a cat's paw! It was after this terrible incident that they began to meet a huge black cat at the Nikolskoye cemetery. Surely the evil one is looking for a new victim and longs to possess new souls, and doesn’t he receive them in exchange for pointing the way to the richest burials?

Bypass channel. The line between the worlds of the living and the dead

For what reason does a person feel good in some places, but in others, which at first glance are much more pleasant and prosperous, commit suicide? Esotericists and parapsychologists explain this by the curse of lost places, which remain so, even “dressed” in granite and marble.

The Obvodny Canal in St. Petersburg has long had a bad reputation. At first it was the outskirts of the city, but today the Obvodny Canal area is the most prestigious center. But... the residents here don’t stay long, especially sensitive people. In any way they try to get out of the “cursed place”, exchange or sell their housing on the banks of the “ditch”, the waters of which attract suicides like a magnet.

Sometimes a person is not even able to explain why it was here that the thought of suicide occurred to him. Many people call the Obvodny Canal Bridge “the border between two environments” - the world of the living and the world of the dead.

In the black waters of the canal you can often see the faces of suicides, both those who died recently and centuries ago.

Some of the unfortunate people who manage to be saved even claim that they did not want to jump into the water at all and that someone’s invisible hand simply threw them over the bridge railing!

Even in the time of Peter 1, the founder of St. Petersburg, the location of the current canal enjoyed a bad reputation among the local population - the Karelians. Here was the home of a sorcerer, famous for his ability to bewitch enemies. When laying the canal, the sorcerer was executed, but his blood, shed at this place, continues his dirty work to this day, drawing into the world of shadows the souls of careless victims - the descendants of the conquerors of the Karelian lands.

Obvodny Canal is the largest canal in St. Petersburg. It connects the Neva and Ekateringofka rivers. For many years, the canal served both as a waste drain and as a water intake point for the numerous factories that mushroomed on its navigable shores. Today the canal has become shallow, and only dilapidated premises remind of factories. Many buildings are being restored, but even office clerks are trying to find work outside the area, complaining of constant headaches that haunt them in this place and depression.

Some researchers of historical secrets claim that there was no sorcerer in these parts, but a sorcerer who worshiped pagan gods lived here. It was his temple that was destroyed, and the sorcerer himself and six innocent Karelian cult ministers were killed on the site of the future canal. What is true and what is fiction is unclear, but the fact remains: in the waters of the canal, suicides more often see the faces of girls in white, and local residents claim that, despite the external comfort, the psychological atmosphere in the area of ​​​​the Obvodny Canal is depressing.

Building with a rotunda on Gorokhovaya. A dream in exchange for life

Every resident of St. Petersburg who is interested in his city can show the way to the house with a rotunda on Gorokhovaya Street near the Fontanka. Behind the old door leading to an inconspicuous mansion is hidden a real miracle, invisible from the street - columns arranged in a circle and directed upward towards the dome and an elegant cast-iron spiral staircase, on which, at midnight, according to legend, none other than himself appears devil.

How the round structure could end up inside a standard house, history is silent. The mansion was rebuilt many times, but the rotunda always remained inside - no one dared to break this mystical building.

The rotunda has unique acoustics: if you stand in the middle of the structure at the top and quietly whisper something, the phrase will seem to fly around the vault in a circle and return to the speaker... from behind! It turns out that the rotunda can whisper anything in your ear - you just need to get here and find the necessary words!

In the history of St. Petersburg you can find a mention that the owner of the mansion with a rotunda was once a prominent freemason, Count Andrei Zubov. It was here, under the dome, which was securely hidden from prying eyes by the attic floors of the house, that the initiation rites of new members of the St. Petersburg Masonic Lodge were performed.

Grigory Rasputin, who was often called the Holy Devil, also often visited the house with the rotunda. His mansion was located right next door. They say that Satan himself appears on the stairs at midnight, who can fulfill any person’s dream, but... the petitioners usually turn out to be dead in the morning. They can enjoy their dream come true only for a few hours - until dawn.

The Rotunda is, without a doubt, a mysterious place. If you look at the columns from below, you get a feeling of dizziness and flight. The world around begins to spin like the wheel of samsara - fate, the steps of which cannot be changed by any forces except... the rotunda! Before the residents of the house with a mysterious structure inside put a lock on the doors of their entrance, protecting their possessions from uninvited visitors, all the walls around were covered with the cherished desires of people who strive to change their lives. Many of those who came here say that after visiting this place their wildest dreams came true.

Moscow State University building. Stalin's mystical pyramid

Right in the middle of Moscow, almost in its very center, rise stepped high-rise buildings - the so-called “Stalinist high-rises”. They were erected in the middle of the 20th century by order of I. Stalin. It is no secret that the leader was very interested in mysticism, and he wanted to strengthen the influence of his own personality throughout Russia, and especially in Moscow.

It is not for nothing that paranormal properties are attributed to the pyramids. They were built by most of the great civilizations: the ancient Egyptians, Mayans and Aztecs, pyramids were found in Mesopotamia and Crimea, and even Lenin was buried not just anywhere, but in a stylized pyramid!

Everyone who studied the effects of pyramids on the human body noted that these structures have exclusively positive aspects. But besides the fact that the pyramids of high-rise buildings, which are located along the Moscow ring line, undoubtedly influence the health of those who live in them, other factors should be noted: literally each of these buildings has its own mysteries and secrets.

All 8 “Stalinist skyscrapers” were founded on the same day and hour: exactly at noon, September 7, 1947, on the significant day of the 800th anniversary of Moscow. And although their foundation was only symbolic, and real construction began only two years later, Stalin preferred to listen to the opinion of astrologers. They were the ones who chose the favorable date. High-rise buildings still stand firmly today and, undoubtedly, are an adornment of Moscow.

Some claim that the rather deep basements of the Moscow state university connected by a special metro line to the underground strategic town in Ramenki. But this is not nearly as curious as the fact that in the middle of the 243-meter tower of Moscow State University there is an archive floor where documents, drawings and sketches of designs for the building are stored, which according to the plan, instead of a spire, was to be crowned with a huge figure of Stalin. The university was supposed to be named in his honor, but... the tyrant died, and the temple of science was named after Lomonosov, although even the letters to be fixed on the facade were already ready! The statue of the leader, who became famous for bloody repressions, was also not installed on the Moscow State University tower. To this day, the dissatisfied spirit of Stalin often wanders around the premises, shifting old folders from place to place and raising archival dust.

Mikhailovsky Castle. The Emperor's Last Refuge

Mikhailovsky Castle is one of the mysterious places in Russia. The last residence of the unfortunate Emperor Paul 1 was his own brainchild - Mikhailovsky, otherwise known as the Engineering Castle, which was built by his decree in St. Petersburg on the site of the summer palace of his grandmother, the late Empress Elizabeth I.

Mikhailovsky Castle is named after St. Michael, who appeared to a soldier on guard at the site where the castle was later built. Perhaps the emperor deliberately spread the legend of the vision in order to justify the rather dubious need for the urgent construction of a new residence. This is the only one famous case in the history of Russian architecture, when a secular architectural structure was named not in honor of the owner, by the name of the territory or purpose, but in honor of the saint.

The majestic structure was erected in just 4 years according to the design of the great Russian architect V. Bazhenov. The construction was supervised by another outstanding architect, V. Brenn, who also designed the interiors of the palace.

Pavel 1 was obsessed with the idea of ​​​​creating his residence throughout for long years. The Mikhailovsky Castle was built in such a hurry that for its construction they took the missing materials from the construction sites of St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Tauride Palace, and the work did not stop even at night, carried out by the light of lanterns and torches!

In November 1800, on the day of the Archangel Michael, the castle was solemnly consecrated, but the palace was finally completed only a year later. 1801, February 1 - the emperor moved his family to a new palace, which looked more like a medieval fortress. But Paul was in such a hurry that he did not pay attention either to the cold reigning in the unheated palace, or to the dampness, from which a fog hung in the halls to such an extent that even the lights of thousands of candles could not disperse it.

The Emperor lived in Mikhailovsky Castle for only 40 days. On the night of March 11-12, Paul 1 was killed by conspirators in his own bedroom. The royal family left Mikhailovsky Castle, never to return there again. The palace-fortress, the only example of palace romantic classicism in Russia, gradually began to fall into disrepair.

The death of Paul 1 was predicted by Blessed Ksenia of Petersburg herself. She said that Paul would live as many years as the letters in the inscription on the frieze of the Resurrection Gate of the new palace. “To your house belongs the holiness of the Lord for the length of days,” the inscription read. It contained exactly 47 letters - the emperor died in the forty-seventh year of his life.

Maybe a hasty escape royal family from the castle was caused by the fact that the spirit of the late emperor never left the place of violent death. The ghost of Paul 1 appeared almost every night! He was seen by soldiers and officers of the palace service, as well as by random passers-by, who repeatedly noticed the luminous figure of the late emperor in the dark windows of the palace.

Elyuyu Cherkechekh. Land of the Criminal Alien

Yakutia - in the upper reaches of the Vilyui River, there is an anomalous zone - the Yeluyu Cherkechekh valley, the name is translated from Yakut as “Valley of Death”. These places have long been known to hunters and enjoy a bad reputation among them. There are several huge metal objects of incomprehensible purpose, reminiscent of huge boilers, and Yakut legends brought to us events that probably took place so long ago that it is impossible to say exactly when, with whom and why a man-made disaster occurred, which threw all these incomprehensible things here, into the land of permafrost items.

In addition to his disgusting nature, the Criminal Alien, according to legend, “spreads infection” and “releases balls of fire.” Translated into modern language, it is possible to say with confidence that the Yakuts have been passing on from mouth to mouth for centuries tales about an alien ship that crashed in these parts.

Hunters claim that underground in Yeluyu Cherkechekh there is a metal corridor with a large number of metal rooms. In the midst of winter, they are as warm as in summer, but anyone who stayed overnight in such a room would then be sick for a long time, and spending the night there twice would mean dooming oneself to a quick death.

Not far from Yeluyu Cherkechekh flows a river named Algyi Timirnit, which means “The Big Cauldron has drowned.” On its shore there is in fact a huge, apparently copper cauldron, sunk so deeply into the soil that only its edge is visible above the surface. The size of the boiler is such that trees grow inside it!

Gold miners who saw the cauldrons in the 1970s said that the diameter of the spheres of unknown metal ranged from 6 to 9 m, and the substance from which they were made could not be taken by a hammer or a well-sharpened chisel. On top of the “cauldrons” there is a layer similar to sandpaper, but even this layer could not be scratched with any tools. Abnormally lush grass and trees grow around the spheres. A group of gold miners who spent the night in the “cauldron” did not feel any impact, but one of the miners lost all the hair on his body after a month. Another had three tiny non-healing ulcers on the side of his head that touched the metal in his sleep, which never completely healed until the end of his life.

All this - abnormal vegetation, lost hair, and ulcers - indicates that the “boilers” have a greatly increased background radiation. It is not for nothing that the Yakuts avoid them and, without good reason, do not dare to spend the night in them, although it is warm inside in the most severe frosts. Moreover, legends northern people they talk about the evil giant Wat Usumu Tong Duurai, whose name translated from Yakut means “Criminal Alien, who perforated the earth with a fiery tornado, destroying everything around”!

Of course, when you read about such places on the Internet and look at photographs, it seems that this is a montage, or that people are giving this place too much importance. But it’s a completely different matter when you find yourself in one of these very places, see all this in reality and understand how many mysteries our planet hides.

Medveditskaya Ridge - an anomalous zone in the Volgograd region

What was the reason for such a strange appearance of the Medveditskaya ridge? There are many versions - from strong activity of ball lightning to a UFO landing.


There is also evidence that under the Medveditskaya ridge at a depth of 8-30 meters, there are giant tunnels with a diameter of 7-20 meters (larger than the tunnels in the metro) built by someone unknown and when, possibly stretching for many kilometers.


During the war, their entrances were blown up by sappers. Again, legends appear about UFO bases or about the underground city of the Volga robbers who stored their looted treasures there.

Idol on the Medveditskaya ridge

Perm anomalous zone, Molebka

Monument to the alien Alyosha in the village of Molebka

Locals warn visitors

Devil's Game or Mars in the Volgograd region

Arkaim - an ancient city in the Ural steppe

Aerial photograph of Arkaim

Drunken Forest - an anomaly in the Ryazan region

Okunevo - a mysterious place in the Omsk region

Patomsky crater in Siberia

47TH KILOMETER OF YAROSLAVSKY HIGHWAY - an anomalous place in the northeast of Moscow, where, according to the observations of numerous eyewitnesses, UFOs often fly by. The zone was studied most intensively by ufologists in the late 1980s - early 90s, as well as in 1996-97.

WHITE GODS- an ancient structure of unknown purpose, located in a tract near the village of Vozdvizhenskoye in the Sergiev Posad region in the northeast of the Moscow region in the town of Belye Bogi.
Here in a deep forest stands a building made of wild stone. correct form the hemisphere is about 6 m in diameter and 3 m in height. According to legend, there was a pagan altar here, the layout of which resembles that of Stonehenge.
In 1983, a magnetometric group was sent to the town of Belye Bogi, and the survey revealed a number of magnetic anomalies. Apparently, this is not the only building in the Moscow region:

DUSHONOVO- a small village in the northeast of the Moscow region, located near the so-called Protasovskaya anomalous zone. It was here, between the villages of Protasovo (see), Ogudnevo (see) and Dushonovo that a famous contact took place on April 30, 1990.

OGUDNEVO- a small village in the northeast of the Moscow region, located near the so-called Protasovskaya anomalous zone. It was here, between the villages of Protasovo (q.v.), Ogudnevo and Dushonovo (q.v.) that the famous contact took place on April 30, 1990. Later in 1998, at a low altitude above Ogudnevo, a glow of an unknown nature was observed at night, the nature of which was never revealed.

PROTASOVO (Moscow)- a small village located near the so-called Protasovskaya anomalous zone. It was here, between the villages of Protasovo, Ogudnevo (see) and Dushonovo (see) that the famous contact took place on April 30, 1990. Then, 100 m from the bank of the Pruzhenka River, a small quadrangular UFO landed, leaving a trace measuring about 2x3 m with 4 supports. Residents of Protasovo observed not only the landing of the object, but also a humanoid approaching one of the village houses. A little later, the UFO took off and flew over Ogudnevo and Malye Petrishchi towards Fryanovo.

* * * Directions to Protasovo: From the Moscow metro station Shchelkovskoye, by regular bus from the bus station. Drive northeast for about 1 hour.

KOSKINO- a village in the Solnechnogorsk district of the Moscow region, half a kilometer from which there is an area previously frequently visited by UFOs. The most famous incident occurred after rain, in the afternoon around 17.00 on July 21, 1975. A 6-7 year old boy, Tolya MALYSHEV, went to paint the sunset. A disk with a diameter of about 17 m, with a ring of light around its perimeter, landed behind him. 2 men and 1 woman came out of the facility and invited him inside. We flew to some lunar base and to a planet “located 3 light years away.” Malyshev returned home at 10 p.m. The contact was later confirmed by a number of independent experts. Malyshev was later unofficially awarded the title of “First Soviet Starship” (the inscription was made on a large grandfather clock given to him). Later, the history of the contact in Malyshev’s memory greatly decreased; he began to forget many key points things that happened to him.

In the clearing where Malyshev first observed UFOs, anomalous phenomena were later repeatedly recorded.

* * * Directions to Koskino: By bus or train from Leningradsky station in Moscow to Solnechnogorsk; then by bus to Koskino or by bus 21 to the “New Homes” stop in the village of Krivtsovo; then on foot.

LOSINOSTROVSKY TRIANGLE- an anomalous place one kilometer from the end of the Paper Clearing in the Losinny Ostrov National Park within the city of Moscow. If you believe the stories of park employees ["Megapolis-Express" 1998, No. 8, p. 15], birds and animals avoid this place, people occasionally disappear here and other “devilish things” happen here. However, for most AY researchers in Moscow, these reports raise skeptical doubts.

* * * Directions to the place: 1) By Moscow metro to the station "Ulitsa Podbelskogo"; then take the bus and walk to the place. 2) From the Botanical Garden metro station by train to the Belokamennaya platform;

MARINA GROVE- an area of ​​Moscow about which many legends and mystical tales are composed. 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 popular 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:

NOVOMOSKOVSKAYA ZONE- geoactive area between Khomyakovo and Yasnogorsk stations in the north of the Tula region. Local researchers have noticed that on this railway section people get hit by a train in the most seemingly safe situations. It is in this zone that a tectonic fault of a large ring structure passes through the subsoil, which, as expected, affects the psyche through some kind of telluric radiation. The impact of the fault even affects the atmosphere; in any case, it was here that the Chernobyl cloud released its last radionuclides without crossing the boundaries of the fault. ["RG" 1997, September 19, p. 30]. In 1997, the regional Tula newspaper "Young Communard" put forward a hypothesis that the death of Anna Karenina under a train was also due to underground radiation.

By the way, in June 1999, as the railway newspaper Gudok reported, a resident of St. Petersburg returning home died on this stretch: a random bullet flew into a dirty window, broke the glass and hit him directly in the heart. The police dismissed the version of a contract killing - the man was not visible from the side of the road because of the glass. So it's an accident again?

* * * Directions to the Novomoskovsk zone: By train "Moscow-Tula" to Yasnogorsk station; then walk south along the railway track

LAKE PLESHCHEEVO- a legendary reservoir near the city of Pereslavl-Zalessky in the south of the Yaroslavl region. Since ancient times, the picturesque place has attracted the attention of local residents and visitors, gradually acquiring numerous myths and legends, including those about amazing animals and strange half-humans, half-fish supposedly living in the water.

No objective evidence of the existence of anything unusual in the lake has yet been obtained. A large number of tourists go on holiday around the lake every year; here, teachers and staff of the chemical, biological and other faculties of Moscow State University annually hold a summer camp for gifted child prodigies from all over the country ["RV" 1998, April 8-14, "Literary Page" ]. Their work is mainly limited to biological and ecological research in the lake area.

* * * Travel to Lake Pleshcheevo: by car or train (direction "Moscow-Yaroslavl") to Berendeevo station; by bus to Pereslavl-Zalessky, then on foot or by car along the roads to the northwest of the city

NIKITA'S CAVE- a system of caves near Moscow about 7 km long on the right bank of the Rozhaika River, a tributary of the Pakhra. They are located approximately 8 km south-southwest of the Syanskie Caves on the Pakhra River, near Domodedovo Airport, right under the houses of local residents and summer residents. Compared to other caves near Moscow, Nikita caves are quite dirty; the entrance downwards gets clogged with mud from time to time, however, speleology enthusiasts periodically dig out the entrances.

* * * Directions to the caves in Nikitskoye: By train from the Moscow Paveletsky station (or from Varshavskaya metro station, Nagatinskaya metro station to Domodedovskaya station; then by bus N 21 to the village of Nikitskoye or on foot first to the west, then to the south just 6 km past state farm Konstantinovo and the village of Avdotino; then from the bus stop walk north 10 minutes, cross the bridge, along the river go along the right bank upstream for 5 minutes to 2 springs, then climb up 30 m to the central entrance. Additional entrances are located along the river on the right and to the left, tens and hundreds of meters from the main entrance, you can find them after asking local residents or methodically inspecting the holes near the paths leading up from the river. Be sure to be in the caves with a guide! Observe all safety precautions!

CAVE SILICATES- 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 reliability. One of the most reliable stories dates back to the initial period of the Great Patriotic War, when a bomb shelter was equipped 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 and delayed its fall, maybe 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 the 90s, the entrances to the cave were filled in due to the construction of an elite holiday village in this place, however, amateur speleologists have already made several attempts to dig a bypass hole. The opening of the caves was planned for 1996-97, but so far this has not been done.

* * * Directions to the Silicate Cave: By train to the Silicate platform; further on foot. Only with a guide

SYANA'S CAVE- the most famous of the limestone caves near Moscow artificial origin, located on the steep left bank of the Pakhra River near the village of Novlenskiye Vyselki. Most often, the appearance of caves dates back to the 18th century, around then the extraction of white stone began here for the construction of fortresses, temples and chapels; in the 30s of the 20th century, the local stone was used to strengthen the runway of the Domodedovo airport, after which the workings were closed. In the 60s, the total length of the tangled network, according to some estimates, exceeded 90 km, however, after the cave was closed in 1969 (the official reason was the disappearance of a child in the cave), the ownerless cave managed to partially collapse. According to measurements in 1996, the cave, located at a depth of 25-30 m, has a large number of drifts 0.4-3.5 m high, with a total length of 27.5 km (only some talk about a more modest length of 11 km).

Most of the drifts are now numbered and mapped, many of the sections have their own, sometimes strange ("First Car Stop", "Elevator", "SS-20"), sometimes fairytale ("The Three Little Pigs"), sometimes romantic, and sometimes just indecent names... In 1988, Moscow students again dug up one of the three former entrances - the Cat's Lair, and from that moment they began to monitor the condition of the vaults and, as far as possible, tear off the blocked entrances. The “regulars” began to call themselves system specialists, and the cave, accordingly, a system, meaning by this not so much a system of moves, but a special system of traditions, behavior, morality, etc. In fact, system specialists gradually turned into a separate youth movement. Some system engineers are also members of the Amateur Song Club (Amateur Song Club). Every second Sunday in September, the anniversary of the cave and the opening of the next season are celebrated here, during which up to several hundred speleologists and art song lovers gather underground at the same time.

Despite the fairly large number of visits, quite few accidents occur in the cave. The last death of an amateur speleologist occurred in 1991, the unfortunate man was buried under falling stones from the ceiling. From time to time, newbies or tipsy would-be speleologists get lost in the cave, however, more often than not, there is no tragedy. Usually, the first to look for the lost person are those who see in the visitor log the entry “so-and-so entered at that time, I’m going to leave at that time” and do not find a note about a timely exit. But sometimes inexperienced “dummies” wander so far that the search with the help of their amateur speleologists leads nowhere. So, in January 1998, the system specialists were unable to find their lost comrade and, in a panic, were forced to turn to the rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Only on the third day of the search did professional mine rescuers discover a fugitive as white as death in one of the most remote, poorly explored drifts...

In addition to the “usual” attributes for Russian caves in the form of ghosts of “White” and “Black” speleologists, the Syans also have a number of features. For example, almost surreal galleries, painted with mystical paintings and illustrations in the spirit of the novel “The Master and Margarita”. The local super-narrow and quite long (it doesn’t seem like much) “Pike Hole” is also overgrown with fame and legends, which, according to local belief, restores the memory of their own birth in all those who crawl safely through it. Somewhere in the center of the cave, you may well be surprised to see a strange stone structure - in fact, it is a “Stone Age TV” with antennas made of bones. But the biggest surprise awaits a newcomer in the Central drift; the first acquaintance with this surprise usually ends with a cry of horror or a friendly squeal. Here, on a large limestone stone, there is a local deity - the incomplete skeleton of Aristarchus, near which students, who cannot be called superstitious, carefully stack the “gifts” they brought. How and under what circumstances this human skeleton got underground - there is no reliable information about this, and although you will probably be told a couple of heartbreaking stories, it is no longer possible to establish the truth. Once upon a time, next to Aristarchus, who had darkened with time, lay his friend (or girlfriend?) - a relatively new, still white skeleton. In the summer of 1997, he disappeared in an unknown direction. Some say that the skeleton “came to the surface on its own on a terrible, stormy Friday night,” others claim that “the skeleton was identified as a speleologist who had once disappeared and was buried with honors.”

Finally, the most mysterious and completely unexplored grotto can rightfully be called the Milky Way grotto, to which those who have visited it attribute the most incredible and magical properties. The material of the ceiling, which reflects the light of the lantern with thousands of sparkles (and even glows for a while in the dark with phosphorescent light) really creates an elevated mood and a feeling of extraterrestrial beauty for everyone present. Among the numerous epithets bestowed on this one of the most inaccessible grottoes, the most common statements are: “The Milky Way is the temple of Syan,” “this is a place of conversation with the Higher Mind,” “this is a bridge to other worlds,” and “The Milky Way is a room for fulfilling wishes.” (analogous to the same room in the film "Stalker"). However, the majority of those who visited " Milky Way" states that the usual definitions are not suitable for this place, and its mystery will never be solved.

One has to think that if you have one cherished wish- it's worth a try. What if it works out?.. But just don’t take risks without a guide, otherwise, after half an hour of wandering through endless labyrinths, you will have only one cherished desire - to get out into the light as soon as possible!

* * * Directions to Syan: From the Moscow metro station "Domodedovskaya" by bus south to the Pakhra River in the Novlenskiye Vyselok area; then walk 300 m to the cave.

POKROVKA- an anomalous place, a village in the north-west of Moscow, where UFO flights and hovering 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 found that the tops were broken off not because of the side wind, but because of the 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. It was not possible to find any other oddities or anomalies; dozens of photographs of the area were taken, and later in one of the photos, engineer Andrei SYDNEV discovered a dark object of irregular triangular shape.

* * * Travel to the anomalous zone: By bus or train from the Leningradsky station (or from the Petrovsko-Razumovskaya metro station) to the Pokrovka platform; further on foot with a guide

PAKHRA RIVER - small river south of Moscow, on the banks of which there are several strong anomalous zones. Famous physicist and researcher anomalous phenomena Boris ARTOMONOV has repeatedly spoken about his joint expedition with A. Karavaykin to this place. In one of the anomalous zones on the river near Podolsk, they were able to photograph flying luminous balls at night. According to other researchers, there are also UFO landing sites near the coast of Pakhra, however, a comprehensive study of these places has not been carried out.

* * * Travel to Pakhra: By regular bus or train from Moscow to Podolsk; then walk or drive along the river. Preferably with a guide.

PIKE LAZ- a long and narrow passage (climb) in the famous Syana cave near Moscow (see above), where, according to local legends, involuntary restoration of prenatal and ancestral memory occurs in people trying to get through (climb with a “pike”) 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.

* * * Directions to Shchuchy Laz: By bus to Pakhra or Novlenskie Vyselki village; walk 300 m from the bus stop to the entrance to the cave; go along the drifts to the north according to the plan. Be sure to be accompanied by a guide! The manhole is dangerous for people with a full complexion. We do not recommend wearing leather, loose outerwear with long hems

SHUSHMORE- a tract located presumably on the border of the Vladimir and Moscow regions. The group of Alexey LIPKIN from Sergiev Posad was collecting information about this place. In September 1998, the next search for this zone, with the assistance of Sergiev Posad researchers, was carried out by Kaluga ufologists led by Andrei PEREPELITSIN, but unfortunately, they did not lead to a positive outcome. Thus, information about the presence of a megalithic structure has not yet been confirmed.

* * * Travel to Shushmor: By bus, car, train to Shatura, then to Cherusti; by car or on foot 8 km north to the village of Pustosha; then walk through the forest about another 15 km to the north. The exact location is unknown. Searches must be undertaken only with the participation of the above-mentioned researchers!

As for the Shatura swamps, I can add another small newspaper article:

“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, which contains the answer to mysterious disappearances."

Newspaper "UFO" 26(89) dated June 28, 1999. Heading "Hot News".
"RUSSIAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER"

“... The area, naturally, to this day is not protected by anyone, not even fenced.
As soon as the scientists left these mysterious places, numerous eyewitness accounts of UFOs and other anomalies appeared. Some see phosphorescent objects hovering over Klyazma, others meet “humanoids” of the most unexpected shapes and colors on the paths. Burnt circles in the grass have long been interpreted by rumor as traces of alien ships, strange cylinders and “stones” - the remains of alien technology... Some local illiterate old lady today will easily explain to you that millennia ago there was a city of aliens, who then, apparently , flew away. Or maybe they became extinct: who knows? The most surprising thing is that in all this there is not so little food for scientific research. Members of the Moscow socio-scientific organization "Ecology of the Unknown" come to the conclusion that the north-east of the Moscow region and, in particular, the outskirts of Klyazma, stand on a powerful geological fault. It was in such places that the ancients built settlements, fortifications, temples, erected “holy” stones for worship, and later - temples.

Fault sites, according to Olga Tkachenko, a full member of the Russian Physical and Geographical Societies, are distinguished by high geoactivity. Anomalous phenomena sometimes occur in these zones, for which modern science cannot explain. But ufologists consider them as links in a single chain. All “miracles” - from telekinesis and poltergeists to UFOs and “little green men” - are a flow of information from another, “parallel” world that we have yet to discover. ..."

Newspaper "Trud" 135 (23118) dated July 25, 1998, article by Natalia LESKOVA
"DO "GREEN PEOPLE" LIVE IN KLYAZMA? IN THE VILLAGE OF MAKSIMFOVO PODMOSKOVOV
A Citadel has been found, the age of which is about 3 thousand years."

YAKHROMSKAYA ZONE- a geoactive place in the north of the Moscow region. It is famous for its beautiful scenery and is quite often visited by hikers in the summer and skiers in the winter (there is a ski camp and equipped ski slopes). Researchers of the unknown, in particular geophysicist Anton PLATOV, are busy here searching for signs of ancient sanctuaries that once existed.

* * * Travel to the Yakhroma zone: From Savelovsky station, Timiryazevskaya metro station or from the Lianozovo platform by train to Yakhroma station (about 1 hour); from the platform, go right to the bus stop, take the bus to the village of Ilyinskoye (runs until 18:00), go to the end (or follow the road 8 km to the southeast, then to the east). From the stop in the center of the village, go back 150 m, go down the mountain to the right, go east 2 km along the Yakhroma River (to the left of it) along a well-trodden dirt road. After crossing the stream (you don’t have to cross the river), in the clearing you will notice a strange seven-headed pine tree on the left, and a wooden idol on the right. Here or in the nearest area you can set up camp and put up tents.

LAKES BEAR- a possible 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.