Creepy and unexplained paranormal stories. Paranormal Activity

This article brings to your attention several paranormal phenomena that scientists and skeptics have been puzzling over for many years and cannot come to a definite conclusion.

Taos Rumble

The Taos hum is a low-frequency noise of unknown origin. This phenomenon got its name thanks to the city in which it was recorded - Taos, New Mexico. In fact, such phenomena are not unique to this small town: the appearance of unexplained noises has been noticed in different countries around the world.

Audio recording of the Taos Rumble:

Often, these sounds are attributed to industrial origin. And yet, the situation in Taos is somewhat different: only 2% of the local population hear the noise. In addition, people who have heard the Taos hum note that it is amplified inside buildings, and in the case of ordinary noise of industrial origin the opposite would be true.

Basically, the nature of this phenomenon is explained in different ways:
1. Ordinary industrial or other noise produced by machines, acoustic systems, etc.
2. Infrasound, which can be of geological or tectonic nature.
3. Pulsed microwaves
4. Electromagnetic waves
5. Sound waves from low-frequency communication systems (for example, communications on submarines)
6. Radiation in the ionosphere, including that produced within the framework of HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program)
It is important to note that the source of the noise has not been conclusively determined, despite numerous studies carried out by local universities as well as individuals.

Near Death Experiences

Near-death experiences are the general name for the personal experiences people have at the time of their clinical death. The following phenomenon may answer questions about the possibility of life after death. Many people who have experienced clinical death claim that such life exists.

NDEs include physiological, psychological and transcendental aspects. Although different people describe the events that happen to them after clinical death differently, many elements are common to all:

• The first sensory impression is a very unpleasant sound (noise);
• Understanding that he has died;
• Pleasant emotions: calm and tranquility;
• The feeling of leaving the body, floating above your own body and observing others;
• A feeling of moving upward through a bright tunnel of light or narrow passage;
• Meeting with deceased relatives or clergy;
• An encounter with a being of light (often interpreted as a deity);
• Consideration of past life episodes;
• Reaching a boundary or boundaries;
• Feeling of reluctance to return to the body;
• Feeling warm despite lack of clothing.

It is also known that in some cases the experiences following the seventh stage, on the contrary, are extremely unpleasant.
Communities of people who experience or study the paranormal are more open to interpreting near-death experiences as evidence of the existence of an afterlife. In turn, scientists often interpret this phenomenon as hallucinations or fiction.
In 2008, a study was launched in the UK that will study 1,500 patients who experienced clinical death. The study will involve 25 hospitals in the UK and US.

Doppelgangers - ghostly doubles

In literature, doppelgängers (German doppelganger - “double”) are demonic doubles of people, the opposite of a guardian angel. The appearance of a doppelganger often foreshadows the death of the hero. Despite the fact that they are generally considered to be literary characters, there are several historical sources that indirectly prove the existence of these creatures.
One of these is the testimony of Queen Elizabeth I, recorded by a chronicler shortly before her death. According to the queen, she saw herself lying on the bed of her bedroom, or rather her double, who, according to her, was very pale.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe saw his own double, dressed in a gray suit trimmed with gold, while riding a horse towards Drusenheim. At the same time, the double was driving in the opposite direction. Eight years later, while traveling from Drusenheim along the same road, Goethe noticed that he was wearing the exact same suit as the one he had seen on the double.
It is known that Catherine II also saw her copy moving in her direction. Frightened, she ordered the soldiers to shoot her.
An unusual incident of a similar nature also happened to Abraham Lincoln: the reflection he saw in the mirror had two faces. Being a superstitious person, Lincoln remembered what he saw for a long time.

The sudarium from Oviedo is a piece of fabric measuring 84 x 53 cm with blood stains. Some people are inclined to believe that this sudarium was wrapped around the head of Christ after his death, as mentioned in the Gospel of John (20:6-7). It is believed that both the sudarium and the shroud were used in the funeral ritual. During the study, the purpose of which was to confirm or refute the authenticity of the sudarium, blood stains remaining on the fabric were examined. As it turned out, the blood on the sir and the shroud belongs to the fourth group. In addition, most of the stains on sudariya come from fluid from the lungs. This is explained by the fact that often people who were crucified died not from loss of blood, but from suffocation.

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Communication with the dead, leaving the body, reading thoughts, clairvoyance... It is difficult for eyewitnesses of such phenomena to talk about them for fear of being branded crazy. Our experts suggest listening to witnesses to paranormal incidents without making judgments. So, Paranormal Stories narrated by eyewitnesses.

“...Beyond the body”

This happened sixteen years ago. I slipped, fell and hit the back of my head hard - and suddenly I found myself outside my body. From somewhere above I saw myself lying on the floor and people fussing around me. Then a dark tunnel appeared in front of me. I flew along it towards the warm, blessed light that was visible ahead... And unexpectedly returned to my body.” Thirty-five-year-old Mikhail, an employee of a pharmaceutical company, talks for the first time in several years about what he experienced in a state of clinical death. “I tried to talk about it with the doctor, who brought me to my senses. She replied that these were delusional visions that arose due to the fact that my brain was starved of oxygen. But she didn’t explain why I saw from the side how she was giving me artificial respiration! The doctor didn’t even want to listen, she just gave me a sedative.”

Mikhail decided not to talk about it anymore, and also to keep secret those “sudden exits from the body” that happened to him more than once later. “I was scared at first,” he says. “I tried not to pay attention to these paranormal phenomena and immersed myself in my studies. But these “stories” were repeated about once a year, and I went to a psychiatrist. I told him that at such moments I seem to move into something that is nearby, for example a tree, and I can feel what it feels. Probably in vain! The doctor asked if I was using drugs. As a result, he prescribed me tranquilizers and added that my symptoms were an unconscious dream of omnipotence and could indicate the beginning of a split personality.

I left his office in horror, imagining myself in a mental hospital.” A successful professional career has reassured Mikhail about his mental health, but he still fears the “attacks” will return.

Everything incomprehensible is scary, and paranormal phenomena and stories - especially!

“Disputes between those who believe in such phenomena and skeptics are fruitless,” says Stefan Allix(Stephane АШх), founder Institute for Paranormal Research(INREES, France). – Some present their evidence, others refute them with the help of classical theories. Our goal is to bring together the efforts of researchers, psychologists and doctors and provide those who have lived through such experiences with an environment where they can be heard, remembering what matters most: their humanity.” Of course, such perceptual phenomena can be caused by very real mental disorders. “Therefore, it is necessary first of all to listen to the person carefully and impartially,” explains the psychotherapist Isabelle de Cosco(Isabelle de Kochko), who studies cases of obsession and obsession at the INREES Institute. “If “out-of-body experiences” may seem like harbingers of a possible illness, then “communication” with the deceased can easily be confused with psychosis, and obsession can be mistaken for paranoia or multiple personality disorder.”

An unbiased look at paranormal stories

Only by listening carefully to the person and observing how he shares his experiences can we avoid making too hasty diagnoses. Does the narrator show emotions that are natural during such experiences? Is he trying to convince the listener that he is right at any cost? Is he balanced in everyday life? If we listen nonjudgmentally and openly, abandoning common prejudices, then an eyewitness to a paranormal phenomenon will be able to assess the extent of his adequacy. “As a rule, this is a painful experience, and not a disease, because it does not disrupt the structure of the personality,” I am sure Raymond Moody(Raymond Moody), author of the worldwide bestseller " Life after life ", in which he first collected and published stories of those who experienced clinical death. “Those I have met,” he writes, “are not victims of psychosis. They are normal, stable people participating in society. They have a job and a position in society that excludes irresponsibility. They have relatives, friends, and they can clearly distinguish what happens to them in their dreams and in reality. Meanwhile, all these people claim that what they experienced was not a dream, but actually happened to them.”

These words are confirmed by the story of 28-year-old Anastasia: “I have had visions since childhood. At first I was very scared and tried to tell my loved ones about it. But they turned away and turned the conversation to something else. I realized that it’s not worth talking about at all.” Later, Anastasia discovered the ability to perceive other people's physical pain from a distance. “But it’s only now that I’ve graduated from medical school that I’ve gained confidence in myself and am beginning to explore what may be the gift of healing,” she concludes. On this path, she is supported by meetings with people who have experienced the same thing as her, and with scientists who are looking for an explanation for this.

"I know my son is alive"

The son of 42-year-old Andrei died in a car accident at the age of sixteen. After this, events began to occur for which the father could not find rational explanations. Not everyone close to him could understand him.

“Three days after Nikita’s death, I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night - something was glowing above the bed. I always tried to think logically and was not at all inclined to think about God, about the other world, about meetings with the dead... My son was dead, I thought, and that’s it. That night, when I saw the light, I checked to see if the curtains were drawn, if the window was closed... I was too exhausted by grief to worry or think - and fell asleep again. What happened three months later seriously shook my convictions. One evening, my wife and I were in Nikita’s room, and suddenly someone slapped me twice on the back of the head. “Someone hit me!” – I looked back. “Maybe it’s Nikita,” Alena whispered. We didn't talk about it anymore. Alena is a believer, although she rarely goes to church. She then read a lot about the afterlife. I almost unconsciously began to accept this idea: it eased my grief, and most importantly, it explained something. The sudden slap on the head was quite consistent with Nikita’s spontaneous manners.

Soon Alena suggested going to a clairvoyant. I agreed out of curiosity, I thought: what if this meeting will bring me relief? At the very beginning of the session, the clairvoyant's head jerked forward, he said that someone slapped him twice on the back of the head. In his opinion, Nikita thus wanted to communicate that he died immediately. It was a great relief for us: we were not shown his body, and we imagined the worst. The clairvoyant met us for the first time, but, looking at the photograph of his son, he immediately described in detail his character, habits, and his relationship with us. “Maybe it’s just a physiognomist’s talent?” – I thought. But then he accurately described our apartment and said that before his death, Nikita bought his girlfriend a gift and now asked us to give it to him. This both amazed and reassured me. Did it console you? No. I think that after the death of a child it is no longer possible to become the same as before. But my idea of ​​death has changed a lot. Moreover, strange incidents continued: the sound of footsteps was heard, the door slammed, things disappeared or appeared. At first glance, it looks like an accident. But taken together they took on a special meaning. For example, I discovered strange SMS messages on my mobile phone. Where are they from? But even calls to the provider did not help; the number they came from could not be traced.

And I became stronger in the conviction that it was my son who was sending me messages. It’s a pity that the friends we confided in then limited themselves to a condescending answer: “Well, as long as it makes you feel better.” When they found out that we were visiting a clairvoyant, they began to dissuade us: “You might be lured into a sect.” Despite the suffering, I did not go crazy. I realized this when I talked to people who had experienced similar things. Now, four years later, I live as rationally as before. But my life has changed. Minor difficulties no longer irritate me, and I no longer chase praise and recognition. Now I have more tolerance and less selfishness. I did not become a believer, but in my own way I opened up to spiritual life. And I know that my son is alive, because I felt it.”

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Russia is rich not only in oil, gas, diamonds, Tchaikovsky, Aivazovsky and Dostoevsky (unlike exhaustible mineral resources, our cultural values ​​will never run out). In the vast expanses of our Motherland, a lot of strange things are happening, mysterious and inexplicable, but there's nothing to worry about. On 1/6 of the earth's landmass there is enough room for everyone: aliens, ghosts, prehistoric animals, psychics and supernatural monsters unlike anything else in the world.

1. Meeting of astronauts with a UFO

The pioneers of space exploration had a hard time: the technologies of the beginning of the space age of mankind left much to be desired, so emergency situations arose quite often, like the one faced by Alexey Leonov, almost ended up in outer space.

But some of the surprises that awaited space pioneers in orbit were not related to the equipment at all. Many Soviet cosmonauts who returned from orbit spoke about unidentified flying objects that appeared near earthly spacecraft, and scientists still cannot explain this phenomenon.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok said that during his stay at the Salyut-6 station in 1981, he observed a bright luminous object the size of a finger rapidly encircling the Earth in orbit. Kovalenok called the crew commander, Viktor Savinykh, and he, seeing the unusual phenomenon, immediately went to get a camera. At this time, the “finger” flashed and split into two objects connected to each other, and then disappeared.

It was never possible to photograph it, but the crew immediately reported the phenomenon to Earth.

Sightings of unknown objects were also repeatedly reported by participants in Mir station missions, as well as employees of the Baikonur Cosmodrome - UFOs appear quite often in its vicinity.

2. Chelyabinsk meteorite

On February 15 of this year, residents of Chelyabinsk and surrounding settlements observed an extraordinary phenomenon: a celestial body whose luminosity when falling was 30 times greater than the Sun. As it turned out later, it was a meteorite, although various versions of the phenomenon have been put forward, including the use of secret weapons or the machinations of aliens (many still do not exclude this possibility).

Exploding in the air, the meteorite split into many parts, the largest of which fell into Lake Chebarkul near Chelyabinsk, and the remaining fragments scattered over a wide area, including some regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. According to NASA, this is the largest space object to fall to Earth since the Tunguska bolide.

The “guest” from space caused quite significant damage to the city: the blast wave broke the glass in many buildings, and about 1,600 people received injuries of varying severity.

The series of “space” adventures for Chelyabinsk residents did not end there: a few weeks after the meteorite fell, on the night of March 20, a huge luminous ball hovered in the sky above the city. It was observed by many townspeople, but there is no exact explanation yet of where the “second Sun” suddenly appeared, especially at night. However, some believe that the ball arose due to the reflection of city lights on specifically located ice crystals in the atmosphere - that night Chelyabinsk was covered with thick cold fog.

3. Sakhalin monster

The remains of an unknown creature were found by Russian army personnel on the coast of Sakhalin Island in September 2006. In terms of the structure of the skull, the monster is somewhat reminiscent of a crocodile, but the rest of the skeleton is completely unlike any reptile known to science. It also cannot be classified as a fish, and the local residents to whom the soldiers showed the find could not identify it as any creature living in these waters. Remains of animal tissue were preserved, and judging by them, it was covered with wool. The corpse was quickly taken over by representatives of the special services, and its further study took place “behind closed doors.”

Now most experts are inclined to believe that these were the remains of some kind of cetacean, according to some versions - a killer whale or a beluga whale, but others object that the creature differs in its skeleton from both of them. An alternative to the “accepted” point of view is that the remains belonged to a prehistoric animal, which were probably still preserved in the depths of the World Ocean.

4. Seeing off the mermaid

Mermaids are one of the main characters of Russian folklore. According to legend, these spirits living in reservoirs are born as a result of the painful death of women and children, and rumor says that meeting a mermaid does not bode well: they often seduce men, luring them into the abyss of a lake or swamp, steal children, They scare animals and generally behave in a manner that is not very decent. According to tradition, in order for the year to be successful and fertile, villagers brought various gifts to the mermaids, sang songs about them and held dances in honor of these restless souls.

Of course, now such beliefs are not nearly as widespread as in the old days, but in some parts of Russia rituals associated with mermaids are still held. The most significant of them is considered the so-called Rusal Week (also known as Trinity Week or Farewell to the Mermaid) - the week preceding Trinity (50th day after Easter).

The main part of the ritual is the making and destruction of a stuffed mermaid, accompanied by fun, music and dancing. During Rusal Week, women do not wash their hair to protect themselves from perfume, and men carry garlic and walnuts with them for the same purpose. Of course, at this time it is strictly forbidden to go into the water - so as not to be dragged away by some bored mermaid.

5. Russian Roswell

The military missile range near the village of Kapustin Yar in the north-west of the Astrakhan region is often found in reports of the most strange and inexplicable incidents. Various UFOs and other curious phenomena are observed here with amazing regularity. Because of the most notorious case of this kind, Kapustin Yar received the nickname Russian Roswell by analogy with the city in the American state of New Mexico, where, according to some assumptions, an alien ship crashed in 1947.

Almost a year after the Roswell incident, on June 19, 1948, a silvery object shaped like a cigar appeared in the sky above Kapustin Yar. On alert, three MiG interceptors were scrambled into the air, and one of them managed to shoot down a UFO. “Cigar” immediately fired a certain beam at the fighter, and it crashed to the ground; unfortunately, the pilot did not have time to eject. A silvery object also fell in the vicinity of Kapustin Yar, and was immediately transported to the test site bunker.

Of course, many have repeatedly questioned this information, but some documents of the State Security Committee, declassified in 1991, indicate that the military more than once saw something above Kapustin Yar that does not yet fit into the framework of modern science.

6. Ninel Kulagina

During the Second World War, then Nina Sergeevna Kulagina served as a radio operator in a tank and participated in the defense of the Northern capital. As a result of her injury, she was discharged, and after the blockade of Leningrad was lifted, she got married and gave birth to a child.

In the early 1960s, she became famous throughout the Soviet Union as Ninel Kulagina, a psychic and owner of other paranormal abilities. She could heal people with the power of her thoughts, determine color by touching her fingers, see through fabric what was in people's pockets, move objects at a distance, and much more. Her gift was often studied and tested by specialists from various institutions, including secret scientific institutes, and many testified that Ninel was either an extremely clever charlatan or actually possessed anomalous skills.

There is no convincing evidence of the first, although some of the former employees of Soviet research institutes claim that when demonstrating “supernatural” abilities, Kulagina used various tricks and sleight of hand, which was known to the KGB experts investigating her activities.

Until her death in 1990, Ninel Kulagina was considered one of the most powerful psychics of the 20th century, and the inexplicable phenomena associated with her were called the “K-phenomenon.”

7. Dragon from Brosno

Lake Brosno, located in the Tver region, is the deepest freshwater lake in Europe, but it is known throughout the world mainly because of the mysterious creature that local residents believe lives in it.

According to numerous (but, unfortunately, not documented) stories, an animal about five meters long, resembling something like a dragon, was seen in the lake more than once, although almost all observers describe it differently. One of the local legends says that a long time ago, the Tatar-Mongol warriors who made a halt on the shore of the lake were eaten by the “dragon from Brosno”. According to another story, in the middle of Brosno one day an “island” suddenly appeared, which disappeared after some time - it is assumed that it was the back of a huge unknown beast.

Although there is no reliable information about the monster supposedly living in the lake, many agree that some strange things do sometimes happen in Brosno and its environs.

8. Space Defense Forces

Russia has always sought to protect itself from all possible external (and internal) threats, and more recently, the defensive interests of our Motherland also include the security of its space borders. To repel an attack from space, the Space Forces were created in 2001, and in 2011, the Space Defense Forces (SDF) were formed on their basis.

The tasks of this type of troops include mainly organizing missile defense and controlling the military satellites that coordinate it, although the command is also considering the possibility of aggression from alien races. True, at the beginning of October of this year, answering the question whether the East Kazakhstan region is ready for an alien attack, Sergei Berezhnoy, assistant to the head of the Main Test Space Center named after German Titov, said: “Unfortunately, we are not yet ready to fight extraterrestrial civilizations.” . Let's hope the aliens don't know about this.

9. Ghosts of the Kremlin

There are few places in our country that can compare with the Moscow Kremlin in terms of mystery and the number of ghost stories that are found there. For several centuries it has served as the main citadel of Russian statehood, and, according to legend, the restless souls of the victims of the struggle for it (and with it) still roam the Kremlin corridors and dungeons.

Some say that in the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great you can sometimes hear the crying and lamentations of Ivan the Terrible, atoning for his sins. Others mention that they saw the spirit of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in the Kremlin, three months before his death, when the leader of the world proletariat was seriously ill and no longer left his residence in Gorki. But the most famous ghost of the Kremlin is, of course, the spirit of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, who appears whenever the country is in for a shock. The ghost smells cold, and sometimes he seems to be trying to say something, perhaps warning the leadership of the state against mistakes.

10. Black Bird of Chernobyl

A few days before the infamous accident of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, four plant employees reported seeing what looked like a huge dark man with wings and glowing red eyes. Most of all, this description is reminiscent of the so-called Mothman - a mysterious creature that allegedly appeared repeatedly in the city of Point Pleasant in the American state of West Virginia.

The Chernobyl plant workers who met the fantastic monster claimed that after the meeting they received several threatening calls and almost everyone began to have vivid, incredibly scary nightmares.

On April 26, the nightmare happened not in the dreams of the employees, but at the station itself, and the amazing stories were forgotten, but only for a short time: while they were putting out the fire that raged after the explosion, survivors of the flames said that they clearly saw a 6-meter black bird that flew out from the clouds of radioactive smoke pouring out of the destroyed fourth block.

11. Well to Hell

In 1984, Soviet geologists launched an ambitious project to drill an ultra-deep well on the Kola Peninsula. The main goal was to satisfy scientific research curiosity and test the fundamental possibility of such deep penetration into the thickness of the planet.

According to legend, when the drill reached a depth of about 12 km, the instruments recorded strange sounds coming from the depths and most of all resembling screams and moans. In addition, at great depths, voids were discovered, the temperature in which reached 1100 °C. Some even reported a demon flying out of the well and a flaming "I Win" sign appearing in the sky after eerie screams were heard from a hole in the ground.

All this gave rise to rumors that Soviet scientists had drilled a “well to hell,” but many of the “evidences” do not stand up to scientific criticism: for example, it is documented that the temperature at the lowest point that the drill reached was 220 °C.

Perhaps, David Mironovich Guberman, one of the authors and managers of the Kola superdeep well project, spoke best about the “well”: “When they ask me about this mysterious story, I don’t know what to answer. On the one hand, stories about the “demon” are bullshit. On the other hand, as an honest scientist, I cannot say that I know what exactly happened here. Indeed, a very strange noise was recorded, then there was an explosion... A few days later, nothing similar was found at the same depth.”

So this girl and guy, armed with video cameras, tried to find out why no one had been living in this house for many years, and the last inhabitants left it in such a hurry that they left all their things.

In just over four minutes, a couple of lovers of paranormal phenomena suffered such fear that it is almost impossible to convey in words. Mysterious knocking and creaking almost immediately began to sound in the dark apartment. A children's car suddenly arrived from the darkness of the corridor. The old mattress rolled up on the bed began to move. The mirrored closet door slowly opened by itself, and through the translucent curtain a mysterious silhouette extended its arms towards them. The video is short and creepy, but the viewers themselves will have to judge whether it’s true or a skillful production. Watch the video “Paranormal Activity in Real Life” in good quality 720 HD. All materials from 2017 and 2018 are contained on Youtube.com and are available on our website without registration.

A lot of strange, mysterious and inexplicable things are happening in the vast expanses of our Motherland, but there is nothing to worry about. On 1/6 of the earth's landmass there is enough room for everyone: aliens, ghosts, prehistoric animals, psychics and supernatural monsters unlike anything else in the world.
1. Meeting of astronauts with a UFO

The pioneers of space exploration had a hard time: the technologies of the beginning of the space era of mankind left much to be desired, so emergency situations arose quite often, like the one that Alexey Leonov encountered when he almost ended up in outer space.
But some of the surprises that awaited space pioneers in orbit were not related to the equipment at all. Many Soviet cosmonauts who returned from orbit spoke about unidentified flying objects that appeared near earthly spacecraft, and scientists still cannot explain this phenomenon.

Vladimir Kovalenok
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok said that during his stay at the Salyut-6 station in 1981, he observed a bright luminous object the size of a finger rapidly encircling the Earth in orbit. Kovalenok called the crew commander, Viktor Savinykh, and he, seeing the unusual phenomenon, immediately went to get a camera. At this time, the “finger” flashed and split into two objects connected to each other, and then disappeared.
It was never possible to photograph it, but the crew immediately reported the phenomenon to Earth.
Sightings of unknown objects were also repeatedly reported by participants in Mir station missions, as well as employees of the Baikonur Cosmodrome - UFOs appear quite often in its vicinity.
2. Chelyabinsk meteorite


On February 15, 2013, residents of Chelyabinsk and surrounding settlements observed an extraordinary phenomenon: a celestial body entered the Earth’s atmosphere, which was 30 times brighter than the Sun when it fell. As it turned out later, it was a meteorite, although various versions of the phenomenon have been put forward, including the use of secret weapons or the machinations of aliens (many still do not exclude this possibility).
Exploding in the air, the meteorite split into many parts, the largest of which fell into Lake Chebarkul near Chelyabinsk, and the remaining fragments scattered over a wide area, including some regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. According to NASA, this is the largest space object to fall to Earth since the Tunguska bolide.


The “guest” from space caused quite significant damage to the city: the blast wave broke the glass in many buildings, and about 1,600 people received injuries of varying severity.
The series of “space” adventures for Chelyabinsk residents did not end there: a few weeks after the meteorite fell, on the night of March 20, a huge luminous ball hovered in the sky above the city. It was observed by many townspeople, but there is no exact explanation yet of where the “second Sun” suddenly appeared, especially at night. However, some believe that the ball arose due to the reflection of city lights on specifically located ice crystals in the atmosphere - that night Chelyabinsk was covered with thick cold fog.
3. Sakhalin monster


The remains of an unknown creature were found by Russian army personnel on the coast of Sakhalin Island in September 2006. In terms of the structure of the skull, the monster is somewhat reminiscent of a crocodile, but the rest of the skeleton is completely unlike any reptile known to science. It also cannot be classified as a fish, and the local residents to whom the soldiers showed the find could not identify it as any creature living in these waters. Remains of animal tissue were preserved, and judging by them, it was covered with wool. The corpse was quickly taken over by representatives of the special services, and its further study took place “behind closed doors.”


Now most experts are inclined to believe that these were the remains of some kind of cetacean, according to some versions - a killer whale or a beluga whale, but others object that the creature differs in its skeleton from both of them. An alternative to the “accepted” point of view is that the remains belonged to a prehistoric animal, which were probably still preserved in the depths of the World Ocean.
4. Seeing off the mermaid


Mermaids are one of the main characters of Russian folklore. According to legend, these spirits living in reservoirs are born as a result of the painful death of women and children, and rumor says that meeting a mermaid does not bode well: they often seduce men, luring them into the abyss of a lake or swamp, steal children, They scare animals and generally behave in a manner that is not very decent. According to tradition, in order for the year to be successful and fertile, villagers brought various gifts to the mermaids, sang songs about them and held dances in honor of these restless souls.
Of course, now such beliefs are not nearly as widespread as in the old days, but in some parts of Russia rituals associated with mermaids are still held. The most significant of them is considered the so-called Rusal Week (also known as Trinity Week or Farewell to the Mermaid) - the week preceding Trinity (50th day after Easter).
The main part of the ritual is the making and destruction of a stuffed mermaid, accompanied by fun, music and dancing. During Rusal Week, women do not wash their hair to protect themselves from perfume, and men carry garlic and walnuts with them for the same purpose. Of course, at this time it is strictly forbidden to go into the water - so as not to be dragged away by some bored mermaid.
5. Russian Roswell


The military missile range near the village of Kapustin Yar in the north-west of the Astrakhan region is often found in reports of the most strange and inexplicable incidents. Various UFOs and other curious phenomena are observed here with amazing regularity. Because of the most notorious case of this kind, Kapustin Yar received the nickname Russian Roswell by analogy with the city in the American state of New Mexico, where, according to some assumptions, an alien ship crashed in 1947.
Almost a year after the Roswell incident, on June 19, 1948, a silvery object shaped like a cigar appeared in the sky above Kapustin Yar. On alert, three MiG interceptors were scrambled into the air, and one of them managed to shoot down a UFO. “Cigar” immediately fired a certain beam at the fighter, and it crashed to the ground; unfortunately, the pilot did not have time to eject. A silvery object also fell in the vicinity of Kapustin Yar, and was immediately transported to the test site bunker.
Of course, many have repeatedly questioned this information, but some documents of the State Security Committee, declassified in 1991, indicate that the military more than once saw something above Kapustin Yar that does not yet fit into the framework of modern science.
6. Ninel Kulagina


During the Second World War, then Nina Sergeevna Kulagina served as a radio operator in a tank and participated in the defense of the Northern capital. As a result of her injury, she was discharged, and after the blockade of Leningrad was lifted, she got married and gave birth to a child.
In the early 1960s, she became famous throughout the Soviet Union as Ninel Kulagina, a psychic and owner of other paranormal abilities. She could heal people with the power of her thoughts, determine color by touching her fingers, see through fabric what was in people's pockets, move objects at a distance, and much more. Her gift was often studied and tested by specialists from various institutions, including secret scientific institutes, and many testified that Ninel was either an extremely clever charlatan or actually possessed anomalous skills.
There is no convincing evidence of the first, although some of the former employees of Soviet research institutes claim that when demonstrating “supernatural” abilities, Kulagina used various tricks and sleight of hand, which was known to the KGB experts investigating her activities.
Until her death in 1990, Ninel Kulagina was considered one of the most powerful psychics of the 20th century, and the inexplicable phenomena associated with her were called the “K-phenomenon.”

7. Dragon from Brosno


Lake Brosno, located in the Tver region, is the deepest freshwater lake in Europe, but it is known throughout the world mainly because of the mysterious creature that local residents believe lives in it.
According to numerous (but, unfortunately, not documented) stories, an animal about five meters long, resembling something like a dragon, was seen in the lake more than once, although almost all observers describe it differently. One of the local legends says that a long time ago, the Tatar-Mongol warriors who made a halt on the shore of the lake were eaten by the “dragon from Brosno”. According to another story, in the middle of Brosno one day an “island” suddenly appeared, which disappeared after some time - it is assumed that it was the back of a huge unknown beast.
Although there is no reliable information about the monster supposedly living in the lake, many agree that some strange things do sometimes happen in Brosno and its environs.
8. Space Defense Forces

Russia has always sought to protect itself from all possible external (and internal) threats, and more recently, the defensive interests of our Motherland also include the security of its space borders. To repel an attack from space, the Space Forces were created in 2001, and in 2011, the Space Defense Forces (SDF) were formed on their basis.
The tasks of this type of troops include mainly organizing missile defense and controlling the military satellites that coordinate it, although the command is also considering the possibility of aggression from alien races. True, at the beginning of October of this year, answering the question whether the East Kazakhstan region is ready for an alien attack, Sergei Berezhnoy, assistant to the head of the Main Test Space Center named after German Titov, said: “Unfortunately, we are not yet ready to fight extraterrestrial civilizations.” . Let's hope the aliens don't know about this.
9. Ghosts of the Kremlin


There are few places in our country that can compare with the Moscow Kremlin in terms of mystery and the number of ghost stories that are found there. For several centuries it has served as the main citadel of Russian statehood, and, according to legend, the restless souls of the victims of the struggle for it (and with it) still roam the Kremlin corridors and dungeons.
Some say that in the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great you can sometimes hear the crying and lamentations of Ivan the Terrible, atoning for his sins. Others mention that they saw the spirit of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in the Kremlin, three months before his death, when the leader of the world proletariat was seriously ill and no longer left his residence in Gorki. But the most famous ghost of the Kremlin is, of course, the spirit of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, who appears whenever the country is in for a shock. The ghost smells cold, and sometimes he seems to be trying to say something, perhaps warning the leadership of the state against mistakes.
10. Black bird of Chernobyl


A few days before the infamous accident of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, four plant employees reported seeing what looked like a huge dark man with wings and glowing red eyes. Most of all, this description is reminiscent of the so-called Mothman - a mysterious creature that allegedly appeared repeatedly in the city of Point Pleasant in the American state of West Virginia.
The Chernobyl plant workers who met the fantastic monster claimed that after the meeting they received several threatening calls and almost everyone began to have vivid, incredibly scary nightmares.
On April 26, the nightmare happened not in the dreams of the employees, but at the station itself, and the amazing stories were forgotten, but only for a short time: while they were putting out the fire that raged after the explosion, survivors of the flames said that they clearly saw a 6-meter black bird that flew out from the clouds of radioactive smoke pouring out of the destroyed fourth block.
11. Well to Hell


In 1984, Soviet geologists launched an ambitious project to drill an ultra-deep well on the Kola Peninsula. The main goal was to satisfy scientific research curiosity and test the fundamental possibility of such deep penetration into the thickness of the planet.
According to legend, when the drill reached a depth of about 12 km, the instruments recorded strange sounds coming from the depths and most of all resembling screams and moans. In addition, at great depths, voids were discovered, the temperature in which reached 1100 °C. Some even reported a demon flying out of the well and a flaming "I Win" sign appearing in the sky after eerie screams were heard from a hole in the ground.
All this gave rise to rumors that Soviet scientists had drilled a “well to hell,” but many of the “evidences” do not stand up to scientific criticism: for example, it is documented that the temperature at the lowest point that the drill reached was 220 °C.

David Mironovich Guberman
Perhaps, David Mironovich Guberman, one of the authors and managers of the Kola superdeep well project, spoke best about the “well”: “When they ask me about this mysterious story, I don’t know what to answer. On the one hand, stories about the “demon” are bullshit. On the other hand, as an honest scientist, I cannot say that I know what exactly happened here. Indeed, a very strange noise was recorded, then there was an explosion... A few days later, nothing similar was found at the same depth.”